Because of all those things, I thought it would be as good a time as any to compile my list of the 27 albums that most shaped these first 27 years of my life. Starting Friday January 31, I will be posting one album from the list every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until we reach #1 just before my birthday.
Let me make one thing abundantly clear: I am not saying that these are the 27 greatest albums of all time. I am not so arrogant to believe that my personal opinion is the definitive voice on music. I like what I like. Hopefully you will be able to unearth some gems from my list. If not, that is alright. These songs and albums are important to me regardless of anyone’s opinions of them.
#6: FM Static – What Are You Waiting For?
Release Date: July 22, 2003
When I first heard the album: Summer 2003, Summer/Fall 2004
Why I loved it then: The first track off this album I heard was Crazy Mary in mid- to late-2003. I actually thought it was awful and that Trevor McNevan should stick to Thousand Foot Krutch and stay out of the pop punk game. (Yeah, I was wrong about that. If by chance you ever read this, sorry Trevor.) Fortunately, the next single (“Something to Believe In”) was much more palatable to my tastes. At this point I was a little more open to the band. Then, in the summer of 2004 I heard “Definitely Maybe”. It fully described everything I was feeling about Jessica, my hopes for a relationship with her, and my disappointment in the relationship that she was in at that time. I also heard “Three Days Later” and knew that I HAD to pick up this album. I did, and I fell in love. The songs accurately captured where I was at that point in my life with adolescent love and heartache. My sister can still sing some of the songs off this album to this day because of how much I overplayed the album back then.
Why I still love it now: What Are You Waiting For? is the second of the three albums that served as the soundtrack to my senior year of high school (along with Hawk Nelson’s Letters to the President and another album that will be detailed in a future entry in this series). Each of the three albums holds a special place in my heart today for very different reasons. This album holds a special place in my heart because it reminds me of someone who is still very important to me. I cannot listen to this album without thinking of Jessica and our last year at camp together. It brings me back to thoughts of her, Lake Williamson, youth convention in Springfield, and Friday nights during football season. It reminds me of a time in my life when I was truly and completely happy and hopeful. For just a moment, What Are You Waiting For? makes me feel 17 again, and I don’t mind it at all.
Lingering Lyric: “One, she makes me feel not / Too much like anything, that's / Three times more than I've ever felt before, and it's / One a.m. and I'm / Too sucked in, 'cuz it's/ Three days later, I can't stop thinking about you”
Top Tracks: Three Days Later, Something to Believe In, Definitely Maybe, Donna, All the Days, Hold Me Twice
Previous Entries
27. Avalon - In a Different Light
26. The Dangerous Summer - Golden Record
25. Just Surrender - If These Streets Could Talk
24. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
23. Relient K - Two Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do
22. Better Luck Next Time - Third Time's a Charm
21. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
20. ZOEgirl - Life
19. My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
18. Anberlin - Blueprints for the Black Market
17. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
16. Rise Against - The Sufferer & the Witness
15. We the Kings - We the Kings
14. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
13. New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay
12. The Graduate - Anhedonia
11. Hawk Nelson - Letter to the President
10. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
9. A Day to Remember - Common Courtesy
8. Anberlin - New Surrender
7. New Found Glory - Coming Home
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