The Ataris - So Long Astoria [Bonus Tracks]

Title: So Long Astoria [Bonus Tracks] Artist: The Ataris Release Date: 3/4/2003 Label: Japanese Import, Sony Music Distribution UPCs: 4547366009996, 766489840123 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk Revival, Punk-Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock Moods: Earnest, Energetic, Exuberant, Rousing, Reflective, Summery, Angst-Ridden, Passionate, Bittersweet, Fun, Cathartic, Rambunctious, Aggressive Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. So Long, Astoria
2. Takeoffs and Landings
3. In This Diary
4. My Reply
5. Unopened Letter to the World
6. The Saddest Song
7. Summer '79
8. The Hero Dies in This One
9. All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know
10. Boys of Summer
11. Radio #2
12. Looking Back on Today
13. Eight of Nine
14. I Won't Spend Another Night Alone
15. The Saddest Song [Acoustic]
16. A Beautiful Mistake [*]
17. Rock 'N' Roll High School [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Japanese Import 342 2003 CD Sony Music Distribution 342

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Kris Roe, leader of the Ataris, would seem a little young for nostalgia, but So Long, Astoria (its title referring to Astoria, OR, the town in the 1985 film The Goonies) is his musical version of a memory play, a series of reflections on his youth in the late '70s and '80s. Roe, who grew up in Anderson, IN, and moved to Santa Barbara, CA, to pursue his rock & roll dreams, reminisces fondly about adolescence in songs like "Summer '79" and addresses his own young fans in "My Reply." The Ataris' fourth full-length album of new material and their major-label debut on Columbia Records, So Long, Astoria is, musically, a collection of speed punk tunes, similar to the work of Green Day and blink-182. Roe's lyrical identity makes the band's songs stand out; his sentimentality stands in contrast to the music's aggression. Includes a cover Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" as a punk anthem, revising the famous line about the "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" by referring to Black Flag instead. [There is also a Japanese version that includes the bonus tracks "I Won't Spend Another Night Alone," "A Beautiful Mistake," a cover of the Ramones classic "Rock 'n' Roll High School," and an alternate version of "The Saddest Song."] ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andrew Alekel Engineer Angus Cooke Cello, Tracking Anthony Luis Photography Braxton Harting Photography Brent Vann Tattoo Art Chris Knapp Drums Chris Sabo Photography Chuck DeMeyer Photography Colby Blanton Photography Danny Clinch Photography David Ashton Assistant Engineer, Tracking David Buchanan Photography Dean Nelson Assistant Engineer Denice Roe Photography Elissa Meihsner Producer, Tracking Eric Palmquist Producer Guy Wetzel Photography J. Bradley Cooke Engineer Jack Joseph Puig Mixing James Muhawi Piano Jason Cupp Assistant Engineer John Collura Guitar, Vocals Jon Pikus A&R Jonathan Cox Programming Josh Schobert Photography Justin Wagner Photography Kris Roe Mellotron, Moog Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals, Photography Lou Giordano Producer, Mixing Michael Davenport Bass Mike Herrera Vocals (Background) Paige Brubeck Photography Thomas Flowers Engineer, Producer Tim Devine A&R Tim Pagnotta Vocals (Background)