- So Long, Astoria
Infobox Album |
Name = So Long, Astoria
Type =Album
Artist =The Ataris
Released =March 4 2003
Recorded =August 19 toNovember 1 ,2002 at Ocean Studios, Burbank,California ; Grandmaster,Hollywood ,California and Orange Whip Studios, Santa Barbara,California
Genre =Pop punk
Length = 48:55
Label = Columbia
Producer =Lou Giordano
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpdaylo4xpzb~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theataris/albums/album/263465/review/5945353/so_long_astoria link] |
Last album = "All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know "
(2002)
This album = "So Long, Astoria"
(2003)
Next album = "Live at the Metro "
(2004)"So Long, Astoria" is the fourth full-length album released by
The Ataris onMarch 4 ,2003 .This is The Ataris' first album on
Columbia Records , having previously been signed to independent punk labelKung Fu Records . It peaked at #24 on the Billboard 200 and has gone gold since. The album's title song alludes to the 1985 filmThe Goonies , which is set inAstoria, Oregon .Track listing
All songs written by
Kris Roe , except where noted.# "So Long, Astoria" – 3:22
# "Takeoffs and Landings" – 3:56
# "In This Diary " – 3:54
# "My Reply" – 4:14
# "Unopened Letter to the World" – 2:38
# "The Saddest Song " – 4:15
# "Summer '79" – 3:57
# "The Hero Dies In This One" (Roe,Mike Davenport ,John Collura and Chris Knapp) – 4:07
# "All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know" (Roe, Davenport, Collura and Knapp) – 3:31
# "The Boys of Summer" (Don Henley and Michael Campbell) – 4:18
# "Radio #2" – 3:20 (featuring backing vocals byMike Herrera ofMxPx )
# "Looking Back on Today" – 3:53
# "Eight of Nine" – 3:30
# "I Won't Spend Another Night Alone" – 3:50 (hidden track)
# "The Saddest Song (Acoustic)" – 4:09 (hidden track)Radio #2 is in reference to an earlier Ataris track "Radio Still Sucks" from the
Let It Burn split withUseless ID .ee also
*
Astoria, Oregon
*The Goonies
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