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 Excellent Green Day Variation Sep 25, 2004
Key:
***** - Outstanding
****1/2 - Excellent
**** - Great
***1/2 - Decent
*** - Okay
**1/2 - Marginal
** - Mediocre
*1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
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1. Giving Up On Love: **** A song with great lyrics and a reasonably good beat.
2. Summer Wind Was Always Our Song: ****1/2 Nice pop-rock ballad with both emotion and Energy.
3. I.O.U. One Galaxy: ***1/2 The start of this song is excellent, but it could really use a bit of work.
4. Bad Case Of Broken Heart: ***1/2 Interesting way to put it - a feeling that feels like a disease: Broken Heart. Outside though, not the best song.
5. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start: **** A brilliant backround sound makes this awkwardly named song a good song to listen to.
6. Road Signs And Rock Songs (Love Is Overrated): ****1/2 I love Mike's bass solo in this song, and saying, "And love is overrated. It leaves your devastated heart ripped in two." with Kris can be fun.
7. If You Really Want To Hear About It: *** There are better Ataris songs than this one. It's targeted too much toward little kids.
8. Fast Times At Drop-Out High: ****1/2 Again, the bass in the song makes the ballad noteworthy, and this solidly built song makes has no real complaints.
9. Song For A Mix Tape: ***1/2 Sudden theme changes from The Descendents, to fast rock, to Texan rock, makes this an unusual song. Listen if you like theme changes.
10. You Need A Hug: *1/2 The name sounds nice, but this song isn't good at all. As Kris is just writing to his little daughter instead of Denice (His girlfriend at the time), he not only makes it sound pretty poor, but also says bad words in front of her! Skip this one.
11. How I Spent My Summer Vacation: ***** Not overpowered, with great lyrics, time, and construction? Best song on the CD, and makes a VERY versatile ballad. This song, I REALLY like.
12. Teenage Riot: ****1/2 This punky song has everything you need to have a rule-free, fun, and naughty world. Don't listen to it too much though - the F word really stinks.
13. End Is Forever: ****1/2 Powerful song with more energy than most of the songs on the CD. Great guitar parts in the song make it very versatile.
14. Hello & Goodbye: ***1/2 It's just an accoustic ballad that might be hard to hear, but it ends the CD perfectly.
Best Songs:
1. How I Spent My Summer Vacation
2. End Is Forever
3. Road Signs And Rock Songs
Worst Songs:
1. You Need A Hug
2. If You Really Want To Hear About It
3. Bad Case Of Broken Heart
Overall: Not as good as So Long, Astoria, but Mike's bass parts in the EMO songs still make this CD noteworthy.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 It Begins... Sep 14, 2004
Even if this album sucked, I would still have to give it some credit for including a sound byte from a Kevin Smith movie. However, End Is Forever doesn't completely suck. It's just somewhat unnverving. Since their debut, the Ataris had built a reputation as a great pop-punk band that could deal with emotions but not sound like they were about to start crying. That ends with this album. The tempos drop, the lyrics get sadder, and the overall tone turns from emotional fun to emo-drippy. On the bright side, The Ataris attempt some new stuff here, which is never a bad thing. "Song For A Mix Tape" includes a pedal steel guitar solo, and several tracks employ the use of an organ. Unfortunately, not all experiments work. When the band attempts to get punk on "Teenage Riot," it comes out sounding corny and insincere. I'm sorry, but after hearing Kris Roe sing about nothing but girls for years, I can't accept him as a riot-inducing cop hater. "Song #13" manages to inject a bit of hardcore into the Ataris sound, but it isn't enough to save this album from succumbing to the depths of the emo trend. The Ataris had always managed to avoid becoming emo, but it looks like all good things must come to an End Is Forever.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Best Ataris CD May 19, 2004
alright just off the bat, i dunno how anyone can say blue skies is the ataris best cd because its not even better then so long astoria. This cd is like a greatest hits of their styles.
songs like "Teenage Riot", Song#13, and you need a hug are reminicent of the anywhere but here days.
their emo tracks are defiently blue skies like material, and if you really wanna hear about it is a great song (mentioning seaside nj might I add)overall this cd doesnt have 1 bad song. if an ataris greatest hits cd was made, i would be surprised if one of these songs didnt make it.
0 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Worst Punk rock album ever. Apr 29, 2004
this would be an excellent purchase if you enjoy the always changing and exciting world of punk rock. However, i dont i saw the music video boys of summer and thought that maybe this would be a good purchase. IT WASNT. The songs are all very repetitive and lame, the riffing is the same the whole way through and i dont think that the band members can eve play their instruments right.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Another great addition to the CD collection Dec 05, 2003
This one of the best albums (in my opinion) to come out of the falling pop/punk scene. It is because of this album i just got hooked on the*ataris. Though it has its emo side to it, it will still give you your daily dose of punk rock. Though not surpassing the best ataris album, blue skies..., it would rank #2. It has some of it's dark songs ("road signs and rock songs"; "song #13", and "teenage riot") and the songs to pick you up out of a pit ("up, up, down, down,...", "giving up on love" if you just dumped, and "if you really want to hear about it" even though that song is semi-cheesy sounding). the worst song on the album would have to be "if you really want to hear about it" only because it is the most poppy song on the cd, but hey! you may like it. so...if you are into music filled with emotion, feeling, and just energy, go out and pick up this album. you will not be disappointed.
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