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The Greatest Generation

The Wonder Years

2013 · Rock, Pop

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The Greatest Generation by The Wonder Years

The Greatest Generation is an Alt/Indie album by The Wonder Years, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 32 pressings tracked, owned by 15 collectors.

About

<i>The Greatest Generation</i>, the fourth studio album by the Philadelphia pop-punk sextet The Wonder Years, is rife with the nostalgia of growing pains. Lead singer Soupy Campbell had described this recording as the third installment in a trilogy about growing up, but it’s also about the war that he won battling depression. The opening tune, “There, There,” starts softly with Campbell singing in a near-whisper over electric guitar distortion. When the song builds to a crescendo, the band balances restraint with sonic tantrums that at times recall Sunny Day Real Estate's emo-defining 1994 album <i>Diary</i>. The following single, “Passing Through a Screen Door,” exudes a more palpable catharsis as Campbell spits and sneers lyrics that reflect a quarter-life crisis having crept up on him while his friends and cousins got married and started families. The tension in his voice sounds as real as that of the winding guitar interplay between Matt Brasch and Casey Cavaliere. “Dismantling Summer” contrasts quiet and loud parts alongside lyrics that struggle with holding onto the summer while letting go of the past.

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Tracklist

  1. 1There, There2:26
  2. 2Passing Through a Screen Door3:35
  3. 3We Could Die Like This3:38
  4. 4Dismantling Summer3:46
  5. 5The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves3:55
  6. 6The Devil In My Bloodstream4:05
  7. 7Teenage Parents3:38
  8. 8Chaser3:54
  9. 9An American Religion (FSF)2:16
  10. 10A Raindance In Traffic3:39
  11. 11Madelyn2:47
  12. 12Cul-De-Sac3:38
  13. 13I Just Want to Sell Out My Funeral7:34

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Alternative Rock
  • layered
  • anthemic
  • heartland

Album notes

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FIRST PRESSING (May 2013 - 1 x LP)
300 - Orange Marble (Banquet Records exclusive)
600 - Dark Blue
600 - Grey Marble (Hot Topic exclusive)
3000 - Red (Approximately 1200 opaque red and approximately 1800 translucent orange) (50 w/ screen printed cover for each of the Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Anaheim record release shows) (50 w/ screen printed cover for pop up shop)
24 - Test Press
SECOND PRESSING (June 2014 - 1 xLP)
5 - Test Press
1000 - Red
(1500: Source-Hot Topic) (1200: Source-Hopeless Records) - Purple (Hot Topic exclusive)
THIRD PRESSING (June 2015 - 2 x LP)
??? - Ivory
FOURTH PRESSING (November 2015 - 2 x LP)
350 - Split Coke Bottle Clear / Mint Green (Wax Bodega exclusive)
FIFTH PRESSING (March 2016 - 2 x LP)
??? - Half Red / Half Blue (Hot Topic exclusive)
SIXTH PRESSING (May 2018 - 2 x LP)
??? - Black
SEVENTH PRESSING (April 2019 - 2 x LP)
500 - Clear w/ Orange Splatter (Newbury Comics exclusive)
EIGHTH PRESSING (September 2023 - 2 x LP)
500 - Blue & Bone Swirl (Banquet Records exclusive)
500 - Clear & Orange Split w/ Black Splatter (Newbury Comics exclusive)
500 - Blue w/ Black Blob & Orange Splatter (Brooklyn Vegan, Revolver, Alt Press exclusive)
500 - Orange & Clear w/ Orange Splatter (Zia Records exclusive)
500 - Ultra Clear w/ Purple, Green, & Blue Splatter (Sheet Happens exclusive)
3000 - Green in Clear w/ Black Splatter "Black Birds On A Highway Sign"
1500 - Half Orange / Half Clear (A/B) Half Blue / Half Clear (C/D) Half White / Half Clear (E/F) boxset (300 w/ signed insert)
3500 - Orange Inside Ultra Clear w/ Blue Splatter (A/B) Blue Inside Ultra Clear w/ White Splatter (C/D) White Inside Ultra Clear w/ Blue Splatter (E/F) boxset
NINTH PRESSING (April 2025 - 2 x LP)
2000 - Olive Green

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Casey Cavaliere
  • Josh Martin
  • Laura StevensonVOCALS
  • Matt Brasch
  • Mike Kennedy
  • The Wonder YearsWRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER

15 collectors on Gatefold own this · 32 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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