Orange Ave.

Seven Mary Three

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000007ROP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,853 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Sheesh! For a while there, it sounded like every Podunk guitarist half-wit and his tractor-driving brother were intent on aping Seattle sludgemeisters Pearl Jam. Even the English were nicking PJ licks (try as we might, can we truly forget Bush?). Orlando, Florida's Seven Mary Three--guilty as Vedder-voiced charged--seem to have gotten the cease-and-desist message. Their third outing finds frontman Jason Ross skewing off on several nongrunge tangents. Even his singing has grown more emotive and enunciated, moving away from the mawkish Vedder-ish murmur found on the early hit "Cumbersome." Tellingly, every time the grunge ghost surfaces here ("Peel," "Hang On"), the song sinks out of sight. But each time Ross and company test their aesthetic limits (the soulful "Chasing You," the Skynyrd-styled "Joliet," the alterna-peppy "Super-Related"), SM3's stock spirals up, up, up. Which clarifies the whole point of influences anyway: you're supposed to glean what you can from them and move on. Seven Mary Three seem to have learned that lesson. --Tom Lanham

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This band can jam, July 25, 2000

By	Joseph Mikitish (Spring, TX United States) - See all my reviews

Ok so this album isn't as hard as their others but they,like most artists with any kind of talent, are changing their style to suit how they feel. This album gives us an insight into a band that started out good and just improved their style. Good bands don't put out music to impress but to convey their thoughts, feelings, and emotions. You definitely see that here. This album is awesome, definitely worth having.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Better than horrific.... , July 31, 2008

By	Marcus T. Brody (Tampa Bay, FL) - See all my reviews

Orange Ave. is better than horrific, but less than bad, if you catch my drift. :) This album is an awkward, dis-jointed record from beginning to end. From what was written about the album by Jason Ross, there was a lot of turmoil in the band during the recording, and as a result, they put out a pretty bad stinker. With that said, I gave it 2 stars because there are actually a few good songs, "Hang On" is my favorite song on the CD. "Flagship Eleanor" is also good, and "Peel" is a very good song. I wasn't big on the first and only release "Over Your Shoulder", and never will be. All in all, I'd give it 2.5 stars out of 5, but certainly not 3, so I'll stick with 2.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Florida Band Keeps Growing, April 15, 2004

By	Clay Garrett "claygarrett" (Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After dropping anything that resembles Pearl Jam on their sophomore effort "Rock Crown" Seven Mary Three cranks up the tempo and distortion a bit on "Orange Ave." Jason Ross's vocals are more restrained in this record than the hit album "American Standard" and guitarist Jason Pollock proves he can lay down some real lead work on his final record with the band.

"Orange Ave." features the best three-song stretch of any 7M3 record to this point. "Over Your Shoulder" is the best song Ross and company have written, "Chasing You" is a solid mid-tempo track, and "Each Little Mystery" is a unique radio-ready ballad that unfortunately never caught on. Ross's voice is outstanding on the slow paced "Southwestern State" and Ross and Pollack show how far they have come as guitar players and musicians on "Joliet". "Flagship Eleanor" is also and overlooked gem.

You're never going to hear "American Standard" from 7M3 again and that's a good thing because they are so much better than that.