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Released
  
September 16, 2003

Artist
  
Story Of The Year

Producer
  
John Feldmann

Length
  
41:47

Release date
  
16 September 2003

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Recorded
  
2003 at Foxy Studios, Marina del Rey, California.

Page Avenue (2003)
  
Live In the Lou/Bassassins (2005)

Label
  
Maverick Recording Company

Genres
  
Emo, Alternative rock, Post-hardcore, Punk rock

Similar
  
Story Of The Year albums, Emo albums

Story of the year and the hero will drown lyrics


Page Avenue is the debut studio album by Story of the Year. It is one of the first post-hardcore albums to be certified Gold by the RIAA

Contents

Release

"Until the Day I Die" was released to radio on August 12, 2003. Page Avenue was released September 16, 2003, through Maverick Records. The singles released were "Until the Day I Die" and "Anthem of Our Dying Day". The album is named after a stretch of road in St. Louis, Missouri. Page Avenue was mastered using HDCD. Although it is unmarked, playing the album in a CD player able to decode HDCD will give superior sound quality. "Anthem of Our Dying Day" was released to radio on April 13, 2004. In September and October 2004, the band headlined the 2004 edition of the Nintendo Fusion Tour, which also featured Lostprophets, My Chemical Romance, Letter Kills, Anberlin and Autopilot Off. "Sidewalks" was released to radio on October 5, 2004.

Reception

The album peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200 charts. The album has been certified gold in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track listing

All lyrics written by Dan Marsala and Adam Russell, all music composed by Story of the Year

Enhanced Material

  • 3 behind-the-scenes videos
  • "Until the Day I Die" music video
  • Band photos
  • Links to more exclusive content

    • Page Avenue: 10 Years and Counting

    On March 8, 2013, the band announced their hiatus was over and they will be touring worldwide to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album Page Avenue. It was also stated that the band re-recorded Page Avenue, entitled Page Avenue: 10 Years and Counting with a release date on October 8, 2013. Originally they planned it to be a full acoustic version of the album, but after the collaboration with City Spud during their concert in 2011 they decided to re-record the album with a different feel to each song rather than just acoustic versions. This version doesn't feature the songs "Burning Years" and "Falling Down".

    This was the last recording to feature long-time bass guitarist, Adam Russell.

    Personnel
  • Dan Marsala - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ryan Phillips - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Adam Russell - bass guitar
  • Philip Sneed - rhythm guitar, vocals, piano
  • Josh Wills - drums, percussion
  • Matthew Amelung - programming, percussion, piano
  • The song "And the Hero Will Drown" was featured in the video game Need for Speed: Underground.
  • The album cover can be seen as a poster in Lucas Scott's room in the TV series One Tree Hill.
  • A slightly different version of the song "Sidewalks" can be heard in the Jake Jagielski and Peyton Sawyer passion scene in episode 16, season 2 of One Tree Hill, and was featured on the show's original soundtrack, as well as in the video game Donkey Konga 2.
  • In the TV series Everybody Hates Chris, a Story of the Year sticker based on the album cover can be seen next to Chris's bedroom door.
  • The song "Until the Day I Die" was used in a trailer for the movie Friday Night Lights.

    • Miscellaneous

  • Although the album cover warrants a PARENTAL ADVISORY sticker, the album itself does not make use of any swearing or cursing.
  • The image on the front cover of the album is an upside-down satellite view of Downtown San Diego.
  • The album title is a reference to Missouri Route 364, which is located in the band's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.
  • The song "Razorblades" was originally recorded as "Razorblades and Cupcakes" while they were still known as Big Blue Monkey.

    • Songs

    1And The Hero Will Drown3:13
    2Until the Day I Die3:56
    3Anthem of Our Dying Day3:36

    References

    Page Avenue Wikipedia
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