One for the Kids

One for the Kids is Yellowcard’s third studio album, and the first to include lead singer Ryan Key.

In a 2011 interview, violinist Sean Mackin said this about the album:

“One for the Kids was a really big album for us. You have to understand, we started the band when we were 15, 16 years old. The first two albums before Ryan Key joined the band, we only printed 1,000 copies. We were just high school kids. When we decided to make a run at being in a band, we signed to a record label, Lobster Records. They had full distribution, and we started recording as a different style of band than when we first started. That was very punk-rock-focused, kind of extra adolescent? When Ryan joined the band, it brought a different kind of songwriting that allowed us to showcase our different sorts of influences.
It’s an important part of Yellowcard and, really, the version of our band that most people know.”