Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits

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Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits
Studio album by The Ataris
Released	13 April 1999
Recorded	June 1998 at Orange Whip Studios (Santa Barbara, California)
Genre	Pop punk
Length	36:31
Label	Kung Fu
Producer	Joey Cape
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The Ataris chronology
Look Forward to Failure (1998) Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits (1999) Let it Burn (split with Useless ID (2000)

Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits is the second-full length album by The Ataris, released on Kung Fu Records in April 13 1999. "Blue Skies" is considered by many fans to be the strongest album of The Ataris and gave the band a big following.^{[neutrality disputed][citation needed]} It is also widely considered as the most personal of records from guitarist/vocalist, Kris Roe.^{[neutrality disputed][citation needed]} The album marked a change from the more straightforward pop punk of Anywhere but Here in both production and style. With a new band and added guitar, Kris Roe's songs took on more depth, became slightly heavier, yet retained the catchiness and identifiable issues that had given the Ataris their original fanbase. The album also includes the anthem "San Dimas High School Football Rules", which was the last song played at The Ataris shows up until the end of the So Long, Astoria tour. The album contains a clip from the movie A Bronx Tale at the end of "Your Boyfriend Sucks".

Kris Roe took the photograph for the album cover. It's a photograph of the "Blue Skies" trailer park sign along the 101 freeway in Santa Barbara. It also coincides with the fact that driving North on the 101 there are 12 exits to get off in Santa Barbara.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Kris Roe except where noted.

1. "Losing Streak" – 1:52
2. "1*15*96" (Roe, Marko DeSantis) – 3:54
3. "San Dimas High School Football Rules" – 2:47
4. "Your Boyfriend Sucks" – 2:48 (with dialogue sampled from the 1993 film A Bronx Tale)
5. "I Won't Spend Another Night Alone" – 3:49
6. "Broken Promise Ring" – 3:26
7. "Angry Nerd Rock" – 2:34
8. "The Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl" – 2:49
9. "Choices" – 1:33
10. "Better Way" – 2:03
11. "My Hotel Year" [acoustic] – 1:26
12. "Life Makes No Sense" – 1:42
13. "Answer:" – 2:11
14. "In Spite of the World" (Roe, Mike Davenport) – 3:37
15. "Ben Lee" [Australian bonus track]

[edit] Trivia

• "San Dimas High School Football Rules" is a quote from the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

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