The Greatest Generation (album)
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| Studio album by The Wonder Years | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Pop punk | |||
| Length | 48:51 | |||
| Label | Hopeless | |||
| Producer | Steve Evetts | |||
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| Singles from The Greatest Generation | ||||
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| Metacritic | 97/100 |
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The Greatest Generation is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Wonder Years. The album was produced by Steve Evetts, who produced their last album, Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing.
In the teaser video the band talked about the recording and writing process of the album. They wrote the album in a small apartment above an abandoned sandwich shop. In the teaser, "Soupy" Campbell called it a third piece in a trilogy about growing up. He also stated the album was about the end of the war he had within himself fighting depression and anxiety. The title is taken from the term coined by Tom Brokaw about how the generation that fought in World War II was 'the greatest generation'.
The Greatest Generation is a part of a trilogy (along with The Upsides [2010] and Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing) that dealt with vocalist Dan Campbell's struggles of being scared, loneliness and feeling lost.Grantland writer Steven Hyden compared albums by Japandroids, Fucked Up, and Cloud Nothings to The Greatest Generation due to them "shar[ing musical] DNA with Generation." "Dismantling Summer" was written after Campbell's grandfather had a heart attack.
On March 6, 2013 the band announced the album's title, artwork and track listing. On March 25, the band held a live chat on the AbsolutePunk website, where they streamed the first single from the album, "Passing Through a Screen Door". The song was made available for download via the iTunes Store on March 27, 2013.
On April 15, the song 'Dismantling Summer' was released online for streaming. The band played four record release shows in 24 hours in support of The Greatest Generation: Philadelphia at 6pm on May 10 with Modern Baseball; New York City at 12am on May 11 with A Loss for Words; Chicago at 10am on May 11 with Mixtapes; and Anaheim at 6pm on May 11 with Versus the World and the Sheds. Due to travel complications the Anaheim show did not begin until 8pm.
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