Orange Ave.

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Orange Ave.
7Mary3 Orange Ave cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 14, 1998
RecordedFebruary 1998 – March 1998
at Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN and
Morrisound Recording in Tampa, FL
Genre Rock, post-grunge
Length47:27
Label Atlantic
Producer Tom Morris
Jason Pollock
Jason Ross
Seven Mary Three chronology
B-Sides & Rarities
(1997)
Orange Ave.
(1998)
The Economy of Sound
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rock Hard 8/10 [4]

Orange Ave. is the fourth studio album by American post-grunge band Seven Mary Three. It was released on July 14, 1998, on Atlantic Records. The album peaked at #121 on the Billboard 200. [5] The album is named after a street running through downtown Orlando, Florida, the band's hometown. [6]

Contents

The album's only Billboard -charting single was "Over Your Shoulder" (#7 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #16 on Hot Modern Rock Tracks).[ citation needed ] "Each Little Mystery" was also released as a single, but did not chart.

In an interview with Rolling Stone , Giti Khalsa discussed the band's progression and explained the fourth album's style:

"We made American Standard when we were fresh out of college, and it represented that time. With RockCrown , it was very much a response to going from playing bars and fraternities to getting a record deal to selling a million records in a year. And Orange Ave. is a response to the last few years and us being a little further away than at the beginning and being able to look back and go, 'Okay, I get it now.'" [7]

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that "though Seven Mary Three still won't be mistaken for a creative dynamo—its diversity generally means there's a wider variety of forgettable rock songs from which to choose on Orange Ave.—it's certainly not so difficult to endure, sort of like the work of an accomplished but underwhelming bar band." [8] The Sun Sentinel wrote that "by forgetting trends and focusing on their own experience, Seven Mary Three has made Orange Ave. a dark horse contender for the year's best rock album." [9]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Seven Mary Three.

  1. "Peel" – 2:08
  2. "Over Your Shoulder" – 4:18
  3. "Chasing You" – 3:38
  4. "Each Little Mystery" – 2:45
  5. "In-Between" – 3:09
  6. "Joliet" – 4:20
  7. "Super-Related" – 3:24
  8. "Flagship Eleanor" – 3:01
  9. "Southwestern State" – 4:41
  10. "Hang On" – 2:58
  11. "Blessing In Disguise" – 4:33
  12. "Devil's Holy Joke" – 8:18
    • "Devil's Holy Joke" ends at 3:20, followed by the hidden track "Talk to You Like That" beginning at 4:16.

Album credits

Production

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