So Long, Astoria

So Long, Astoria
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, alternative rock
Length	48:55
Label	Columbia
Producer	Lou Giordano
The Ataris chronology
All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know (2002) So Long, Astoria (2003) Live at the Metro (2004)

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

This is The Ataris' first album on Columbia Records, having previously been signed to independent punk label Kung Fu Records. It peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified gold status. The album's title song alludes to the 1985 film The Goonies, which is set in Astoria, Oregon.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Kris Roe, except where noted.

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, Mike Davenport, John Collura and Chris Knapp) – 4:07
9. "All You Can Ever Learn is What You Already Know" (Roe, Davenport, Collura and Knapp) – 3:31
10. "The Boys of Summer" (Don Henley and Michael Campbell) – 4:18
11. "Radio #2" – 3:20 (featuring backing vocals by Mike Herrera of MxPx)
12. "Looking Back on Today" – 3:53
13. "Eight of Nine" – 3:30
14. "I Won't Spend Another Night Alone" – 3:50 (hidden track)
15. "The Saddest Song (Acoustic)" – 4:09 (hidden track)
16. "Beautiful Mistake" - 3:13 (Japanese release)
17. "Rock 'N' Roll High School" - 2:17 (Japanese release)

Radio #2 is in reference to an earlier Ataris track "Radio Still Sucks" from the Let It Burn split with Useless ID.