Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits

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Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits
The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 1999
RecordedJune 1998 at Orange Whip Studios Santa Barbara, California
Genre Pop punk, [1] punk rock, [2] skate punk,
Length36:31
Label Kung Fu
Producer Joey Cape
The Ataris chronology
Look Forward to Failure
(1998)
Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits
(1999)
End Is Forever
(2001)

Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits is the second studio album by the American pop punk band The Ataris. It was released on Kung Fu Records on April 13, 1999. The album cover is the neon sign for the Blue Skies Mobile Park in Santa Barbara, California, taken by Roe. In December 1999, the band went on a midwest/west coast tour with MxPx. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Cleveland.com ranked "San Dimas High School Rules" at number 44 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kris Roe, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
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
5."I Won't Spend Another Night Alone"2:59
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 version)1:26
12."Life Makes No Sense"1:42
13."Answer:"2:11
14."In Spite of the World" (Roe, Mike Davenport)3:37
Total length:36:31
Australian bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Ben Lee" 

Personnel

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