Look Forward to Failure

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Look Forward to Failure
The Ataris - Look Forward to Failure cover.jpg
EP by
ReleasedNovember 10, 1998
RecordedSeptember 14–18, 1998
StudioSilver Cloud Recording, Redondo Beach, CA
Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Pop punk, skate punk
Length14:40
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Producer Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, Joey Cape
The Ataris chronology
Anywhere but Here
(1997)
Look Forward to Failure
(1998)
Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits
(1999)

Look Forward to Failure is an EP released on November 10, 1998 by The Ataris on Fat Wreck Chords. This was the first album released to feature fan favorite "San Dimas High School Football Rules", a song that would later appear on Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits . The band also intended on putting the song "That Special Girl" on Blue Skies, Broken Hearts as well but it didn't make the cut. The song features Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 on backing vocals. The version of "My Hotel Year" that appears on this EP is the electric version and contains an extra verse at the end. The version that ended up on Blue Skies was acoustic and shortened.

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."San Dimas High School Football Rules"2:45
2."Not a Worry in the World"2:22
3."My So Called Life"2:41
4."My Hotel Year"2:18
5."Between You and Me"2:36
6."That Special Girl" (featuring Mark Hoppus)1:55
Total length:14:40

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References

  1. "Look Forward to Failure - The Ataris | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-07-20.