Paper Walls
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| Studio album by Yellowcard | ||||
| Released | July 17, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | January 2 – March 22, 2007 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Studios, Burbank, California | |||
| Genre | Pop punk | |||
| Length | 47:45 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Neal Avron | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (62/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 87% |
| AllMusic |    |
| Alternative Press | |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C) |
| IGN | (7.4/10) |
Paper Walls is the sixth studio album by American pop punk band Yellowcard, released on July 17, 2007. This is also the first Yellowcard album with Ryan Mendez, the last with Peter Mosely, and the last studio album to be released through Capitol Records. The album was recorded at Ocean Studios in Burbank, California and was mixed at South Beach Studios in Miami, Florida.
Prior to the release of Lights and Sounds (2006), it was announced that guitarist Ben Harper had parted ways with the band. He was replaced by Ryan Mendez.Lights and Sounds failed to reach the sales expectations of their break-through album Ocean Avenue (2003). Violinist Sean Mackin called the group "a little too jaded" and Lights and Sounds "a little too dark ... We all went a bit too far." Mackin insisted that the band did not see the album as a mistake, but more of a "learning experience".
On October 16, 2006, only six months after the release of their previous album, Lights and Sounds, the band announced over their official website that they were back in the studio. Pre-production began in October 2006. On January 2, the band announced they had begun recording a new album.
Prior to the album's release, the group released 10 behind-the-scenes videos documenting the recording process via their Myspace profile.
Shortly after the album's leak and release date, the songs "Shadows and Regrets" and "Five Becomes Four" were first believed to have been written about former guitarist Ben Harper, who left the band to focus on his record label, after recording Lights and Sounds last year. However, recently it has been said that "Shadows and Regrets" is about Scott Shad, former drummer of Inspection 12 and best friend of Ryan Key, who died in a car crash. The song seems to reflect this interpretation better, as the chorus states "We were only kids. And we were best of friends. And we hoped for the best. Let go of the rest." While this could understandably be about Ben Harper, he and Key only met in high school, whereas Key and Shad knew each other their entire lives.
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