An Ocean of Doubt is the fourth installment in The Emo Diaries series of compilation albums, released September 28, 1999, by Deep Elm Records. As with all installments in the series, the label had an open submissions policy for bands to submit material for the compilation, and as a result the music does not all fit within the emo style.[2][3] As with the rest of the series, An Ocean of Doubt features mostly unsigned bands contributing songs that were previously unreleased.[2][3] Notably, it features the first song released by Further Seems Forever.
| An Ocean of Doubt | ||||
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| Released | September 28, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Emo, indie rock | |||
| Length | 51:22 | |||
| Label | Deep Elm (DER-381) | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
Reviewer Heather Phares of Allmusic remarks that "the album catalogs emo's increasingly diverse sounds" and that it "reaffirm[s] Deep Elm's status as one of the best emo labels around."[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What's Our Dilemma" | Fivespeed | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Backbreaker" | Red Animal War | 2:35 |
| 3. | "Supergirl" | The John Doe Band | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Distance" | Ed Matus' Struggle | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Rolling Snowball" | Aina | 3:34 |
| 6. | "Vengeance Factor" | Further Seems Forever | 2:47 |
| 7. | "Twenty1" | Keystone Sinatra | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Valens" | The Movielife | 2:06 |
| 9. | "Set the Spokes Alight" | Spy Versus Spy | 5:14 |
| 10. | "Corners" | ODG | 4:22 |
| 11. | "Milk and Lots More" | Merrick | 3:03 |
| 12. | "Sasshe" | Flux Capacitor | 11:54 |
| Total length: | 51:22 | ||
References
edit- ^ Fares, Heather. An Ocean of Doubt at AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ a b Greenwald, Andy (2003). Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 118–119. ISBN 0-312-30863-9.
- ^ a b "The Emo Diaries". Deep Elm Records. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Review: Emo Diaries, Vol. 4: An Ocean of Doubt". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-09.