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Ocean Avenue is the fourth studio album by American rock band Yellowcard. It was released on July 22, 2003, through Capitol Records. After touring to promote their third album One for the Kids in 2001, the band signed to the label in early 2002. Following this, bassist Warren Cooke left the band in mid 2002, and was replaced by Inspection 12 guitarist Peter Mosely. In February and March 2003, the band recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, with Neal Avron. Ocean Avenue is a pop punk and punk rock album, which was compared to Blink 182 and Simple Plan. Before Yellowcard's promotional tour of Ocean Avenue, Mosely was replaced by Alex Lewis. Yellowcard appeared on the Warped Tour, during which "Way Away" was released as the album's lead single on July 22, 2003. The band went on a club tour of the United States, before going on tour with Less Than Jake and Fall Out Boy. "Ocean Avenue" was released as the second single on December 16, 2003. Lewis departed from the band and was replaced by Mosely before a co headlining tour with Something Corporate and a stint in Europe. "Only One" was released as the third and final single in June 2004; they toured Europe, Australia, and Japan. After this, they had a US tour. Ocean Avenue received mostly positive reviews from music critics, some of whom commented on Sean Mackin's violin playing and songwriting quality. The album peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200, as well as number 8 in New Zealand, and number 149 in the UK. The album was certified platinum in the US by the RIAA, gold in Canada by Music Canada, and silver in the UK by the BPI. "Way Away" and "Only One" appeared high on the US Alternative Airplay chart; "Ocean Avenue" peaked at number 37 on the US Hot 100, and within the top 100 in Scotland and the UK alongside "Way Away". "Ocean Avenue" was certified double platinum by the RIAA and silver by the BPI. "Only One" was certified gold in the US. In the years following its release, the album has received retrospective acclaim and is widely viewed as one of the greatest pop punk albums of all time.

In April 2001, Yellowcard released their third studio album One for the Kids through Lobster Records. It was promoted with a tour of the southern United States with Inspection 12, and a two week tour of the US West Coast with Bordem. Yellowcard had moved from Florida to California, with the hopes of someone from a label would be attached to them. Harper said their manager was adamant about finding them a different label, and made pitches to a number of labels. one of a few major labels who showed interest. In June and July 2002, the band appeared on Warped Tour, which coincided with the release of the band's second EP The Underdog EP on July 2, through Fueled by Ramen. Capitol Records had licensed the EP to Fueled by Ramen as not to lose the band punk credibility. On July 21, 2002, Inspection 12 guitarist Peter Mosely joined Yellowcard as their bassist. In October and November 2002, the band supported No Use for a Name on their headlining US tour, and played a few shows with the Starting Line and Park. In February 2003, Yellowcard played a handful of West Coast shows with Park and Stole Your Woman. Between signing to Capitol and recording, Yellowcard spent a period of time writing new material in several studios. They spent around four months writing material, before going into pre production. The band had one song, "Boxing Me", that their A&R person felt sounded like a single, but the members considered the track "too poppy" and dropped it. Key and drummer Longineu W. Parsons III wrote together and would often jam material. Mosely played bass on every track, except for "Only One", which was done by Key. Mosely also played piano on "Empty Apartment" and "Only One", and added vocals. Christine Choi and Rodney Wirtz played cello and viola, respectively, on "Way Away", "Breathing", "Empty Apartment", "Only One", and "Believe"; Mackin and Avron wrote the string arrangement. Key said he had had re written the verse music, melody and lyrics 30 minutes prior to a show. "Breathing" was a reaction to the end of Key's first post high school relationship. He had written the guitar riff to it in a dressing room at the Glass House venue in Pomona, California while on a tour. The song was inspired by Ocean Boulevard, a road in Jacksonville. Key said the sign on that road lacked the word boulevard, only being named as such on a map. As he was trying to find a rhyme for the lyrics, he used the word avenue instead. It was nearly left off the album as Key was unable to come up with a chorus that he was satisfied with, until settling on the lyric "Finding out things would get better". Discussing "Empty Apartment", he mentioned the various line up changes the band had gone through, and "sometimes you're faced with a decision of: Do you quit? Do we break up and just call it? Or do we move on without this person?" He said his relationship with his father was strained during the making of the album, and used the song as a way to remind him of his importance. The music came about from Key using different amplifiers to achieve a different sound, utilizing a tremolo effect played through a Fender Twin amp. "Miles Apart" was written in the basement of The Nile venue in Phoenix, Arizona; Key thought the riff progression was very simplistic that he referred to it as "my first guitar riff dot com". the band said they wanted something with a heavy amount of reverb as Sunset Sound had one of the earliest built reverb chambers. who was best friends with Harper and Mackin. Following this, they went on tour with the Ataris; during the last night of the trek, Key had injured his jaw from messing around with Mackin. After seeing a doctor, Key stayed with his parents in Jacksonville and had surgery. The rest of the band went on tour with Lagwagon while Peter Munters from Over It temporarily filled in for Key. Later that month, the band went on a brief tour of Japan, followed by headlining shows in California throughout June 2003. They took a week long break before starting press and in store in events in the lead up to the album's release. and then toured with Don't Look Down. Ocean Avenue was eventually released on July 22, 2003, The Japanese edition included "Firewater", "Hey Mike", and the acoustic versions of "Way Away" and "Avondale" as bonus tracks; "Way Away" was released on radio the same day. The CD version included "Hey Mike" and an acoustic version of "Avondale". Key felt it was a "little more tough, a little more edgy" choice as the album's first single, wanting to avoid being seen as a poppy band. The music video for "Way Away" premiered on The O. C. on September 2, 2003. In October 2003, Yellowcard appeared at Shocktoberfest and on IMX before playing a handful of shows later that month. In November, the band went on a US tour with Less Than Jake and Fall Out Boy, and performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! "Ocean Avenue" was released to radio on December 16, 2003. Around this time, Lewis was kicked out of the band and replaced by Mosely. In March and April 2004, the band went on a co headlined a US tour with Something Corporate, and was supported by Steriogram and the Format. The band later toured Europe in May 2004 with Less Than Jake and the A. K. A. s. On May 18, 2004, Yellowcard appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. "Way Away" was released as a single in the UK on May 31, 2004. In June 2004, "Only One" was released as a single; The music video for "Only One" was directed by Phil Harder and was filmed prior to the European tour. After appearing at the main stage on Warped Tour, the band performed at the MTV Video Music Awards. They played a few European shows with New Found Glory before embarking on tours in Australia and Japan. "Ocean Avenue" was released as a single in the UK on September 6, 2004; the CD version included "Firewater", an acoustic version of "Way Away", and the music video for "Ocean Avenue". The video sees a woman steal something from Key, who then proceeds to chase her; he is in turn being chased by two villains, played by Mackin and Parsons. In October and November 2004, the band went on a six week tour of the US. Ocean Avenue was pressed on vinyl for the first time in 2011 through Hopeless Records, individually and as part of the box set 2002–2011 Collection. It was re pressed by Hopeless Records in 2014, and by Field Day Records in 2021. In 2013, the band released an acoustic version of the album, Ocean Avenue Acoustic, in honor of the album's tenth anniversary. The band toured the acoustic album later in 2013 and again in early 2014. "Way Away", "Ocean Avenue", "Empty Apartment", "Life of a Salesman", "Only One", and "Believe" were included on the band's first compilation album Greatest Hits (2011).

Ocean Avenue received mixed reviews from music critics, many of which commented on the songwriting quality. Entertainment Weekly writer Joe Caramanica said the band laid "somewhere between A Simple Plan and blink 182, which is to say they're resilient enough not to whine, but too young to have a reason to anyhow". Madsen wrote that as integral was Key's vocals and Harper's guitar were to the band, Mackin's violin was "more than just a gimmick and absolutely should not be written off as one".

Ocean Avenue peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200, It also charted at number 8 in New Zealand, gold in Canada by Music Canada, Outside of the US, it reached number 63 in the UK and number 66 in Scotland. "Ocean Avenue" charted at number 13 on Mainstream Top 40, number 21 on Adult Top 40 and Alternative Airplay, and number 38 on Radio Songs. Outside of the US, the song charted at number 34 in New Zealand, number 61 in Australia, and number 65 in Scotland and the UK. "Only One" charted at number 15 on Alternative Airplay, and number 28 on Mainstream Top 40. BuzzFeed, Kerrang!, Loudwire, Rock Sound, and Rolling Stone. "Ocean Avenue" is featured on Billboard's list of the "100 Greatest Choruses of the 21st Century" and Cleveland. com's list of the top 100 pop punk songs. Alternative Press ranked "Ocean Avenue" at number 42 on their list of the best 100 singles from the 2000s. Author Leslie Simon in her book Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes―from Punk to Indie and Everything in Between (2009) wrote that the album not only launched Key as an "unexpected emo sex symbol but proved that violins are actually more punk rock than you think".