So Long, Astoria

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So Long, Astoria
File:The Ataris - So Long, Astoria cover.jpg
Studio album by The Ataris
Released March 4, 2003
Recorded August 19 to November 1, 2002 at Ocean Studios, Burbank, California; Grandmaster, Hollywood, California and Orange Whip Studios, Santa Barbara, California
Genre Pop punk,[1][2] punk rock,[3] rock[4]
Length 48:55
Label Columbia
Producer Lou Giordano
The Ataris chronology
All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know
(2002)All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know2002		 So Long, Astoria
(2003)		 Live at the Metro
(2004)Live at the Metro2004
Singles from So Long, Astoria
  1. "In This Diary"
    Released: February 2003
  2. "The Boys of Summer"
    Released: September 29, 2003
  3. "The Saddest Song"
    Released: November 5, 2003

So Long, Astoria is the fourth full-length album released by The Ataris on March 4, 2003.

This is The Ataris' first and only album on Columbia Records, having previously been signed to independent punk label Kung Fu Records. It peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200[5] and has been certified gold status.[6] The album's title song alludes to the 1985 film The Goonies, which is set in Astoria, Oregon. To date So Long, Astoria is The Ataris’ most successful album. In December 2013 the band released the demos that had been recorded for the album.[7]

Background and recording

Origins

After promoting their previous album End is Forever and ending their contract with Kung Fu Records the band signed with major label Columbia Records to begin the recording of their fourth full-length album. The band hired Lou Giordano to produce the record.

Recording

The band officially entered the studio to begin recording sessions for So Long, Astoria on August 19, 2002 at Ocean Studios, Burbank, California.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 57/100[8]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars [3]
PopMatters positive[1]
Punknews.org 3.5/5 stars[4]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars [9]
Sputnikmusic 4.0/5[2]

Initial critical response to So Long, Astoria was very average. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 57, based on seven reviews.[10] The album was included at number 25 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.[11]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kris Roe, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "So Long, Astoria"   3:22
2. "Takeoffs and Landings"   3:56
3. "In This Diary"   3:54
4. "My Reply"   4:14
5. "Unopened Letter to the World"   2:38
6. "The Saddest Song"   4:15
7. "Summer '79"   3:57
8. "The Hero Dies in This One" (Roe, John Collura, Mike Davenport, Chris Knapp) 4:07
9. "All You Can Ever Learn is What You Already Know" (Roe, Collura, Davenport, Knapp) 3:31
10. "The Boys of Summer" (Don Henley, Michael Campbell) 4:18
11. "Radio #2"   3:20
12. "Looking Back on Today"   3:53
13. "Eight of Nine"   3:30
Total length:
 48:55
  • Radio #2 is in reference to an earlier Ataris track "Radio Still Sucks" from the Let It Burn split with Useless ID.

Personnel

Charts

References

Citations
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sputnikmusic review
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Allmusic Review
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ RIAA Search 'The Ataris'
  7. ↑ https://theataris.bandcamp.com/album/complete-demos-so-long-astoria
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Rolling Stone Review
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Bird, ed. 2014, p. 71
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Sources
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External links

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