History YMMV / BlueOctober

* {{Wangst}}: Considering the subject matter. Downplayed when Any Man In America debuted at #8 on the Billboard chart, the band's highest-charting album to date. At least they can say they had a Top 10 album.

* CreatorBacklash: In the liner notes of Any Man In America, Justin admits that he says some things throughout the album that he is not proud of, yet he feels this is an effective way to convey his point of view of the divorce that split him from his daughter and his ex-wife.
* DissonantSerenity: "Chameleon Boy" has a relatively silly title, but the song is seemingly about bipolar disorder and is very solemn. "Into The Ocean" is a bit of an uptempo song with serious overtones about suicide.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With the decline of [=CDs=], Blue October releases prior to Foiled are getting harder and harder to come by in retail stores. Even some of the band's late 2000's/2010's work isn't being shelved in some places. It's iTunes, Amazon or...a scavenger hunt.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Any Man In America features Justin rapping, in high contrast to their previous work which mixed mid-tempo rock songs and ballads. This is likely to divide fans.

* FaceOfTheBand: Justin Furstenfeld is the lead singer, the lead songwriter and many of the songs are about his life and experiences.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: While not a consistent example, Blue October's music tends to spotlight how "subjective" someone's mental condition can be at a given time.
** [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Some Anvils Are Dropped]] with Any Man In America, in that divorce can be far more hard-hitting to a male, particularly a father, than a stereotype suggests.

* EarWorm: "Calling You".

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Just about everything on the Foiled album, particularly "X Amount of Words" and [[DissonantSerenity "Into the Ocean".]]

** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped with Any Man In America, in that divorce can be far more hard-hitting to a male, particularly a father, than a stereotype suggests.

** [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped SomeAnvilsAreDropped]] with Any Man In America, in that divorce can be far more hard-hitting to a male, particularly a father, than a stereotype suggests.

* CrackPairing: Furstenfeld has a duet with [[Music/TarjaTurunen]], a soprano singer from Finland, on "Medusa", the closing song of Tarja's album "Colours In The Dark".

* BrokenBase: A standout example. Some fans were not happy (and remain unhappy to this day) with Foiled, which was a musical and production shift from their first three albums. Yet Foiled made the band famous. Compare fans of Metallica's 1980's work who remain upset to this day over the Black Album.

* {{Wangst}}: Considering the subject matter. Slightly averted when Any Man In America debuted at #8 on the Billboard chart, the band's highest-charting album to date. At least they can say they had a Top 10 album.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With the decline of CDs, Blue October releases prior to Foiled are getting harder and harder to come by in retail stores. Even some of the band's late 2000's/2010's work isn't being shelved in some places. It's iTunes, Amazon or...a scavenger hunt.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With the decline of CDs, Blue October releases prior to Foiled are getting harder and harder to come by in retail stores. Even some of the band's late 2000's/2010's work isn't being shelved in some places. It's iTunes, Amazon or...a scavenger hunt.

* CrackPairing: Furstenfeld has a duet with [[Music/TarjaTurunen]], a soprano singer from Finland, on "Medusa", the closing song of the album "Colours In The Dark".

* CrackPairing: Furstenfeld duets with [[Music/TarjaTurunen]], a soprano singer from Finland, on "Medusa", the closing song of the album "Colours In The Dark".

* CrackPairing: Furstenfeld duets with [[Music/Tarja Turunen]], a soprano singer from Finland, on "Medusa", the closing song of the album "Colours In The Dark".

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:Just about everything on the Foiled album, particularly "X Amount of Words" and [[DissonantSerenity "Into the Ocean".]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: At least one song on each album contains this, but "The End," the last track on Approaching Normal, is a TropeCodifier. The song is sung from the vantage point of a [[spoiler: jilted husband, who creeps up to the doorstep of his own house, and sees his wife (or possibly ex-wife) having sex with another man. The husband, clearly upset, BREAKS INTO HIS OWN HOUSE, kills the man, the wife and himself in succession.]]

** {{Narm}}: "The Flight" is already kind of Narmy, but then the chorus comes in, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cSGb1p0HF3k#t=130s well...]]

* TearJerker: A sizable part of their song catalog. Any Man In America is this for anyone who's been through a divorce, on the losing end of a custody battle, or both. The liner notes for this album even include [[spoiler: a letter from Justin to his young daughter Blue, pictures of them together and pictures of band members with their own children, pets and hobbies.]]

* [[TwoHitWonder OneHitWonder]]: Technically, for "Hate Me" and "Into The Ocean". "Hate Me"'s status as the band's biggest hit to date is Lampshaded on the title track of Any Man In America.