Editing Look Forward to Failure

{{Infobox album|
| name       = Look Forward to Failure
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[The Ataris]]
| cover      = The Ataris - Look Forward to Failure cover.jpg
| alt        =
| recorded   = September 14–18, 1998
| released   = November 10, 1998
| venue      =
| studio     = Silver Cloud Recording, [[Redondo Beach, California]]<br / > [[Sound City Studios]], [[Los Angeles]], California
| genre      = [[Pop punk]], [[skate punk]]
| length     = 14:40
| label      = [[Fat Wreck Chords]]
| producer   = [[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]], [[Stephen Egerton (guitarist)|Stephen Egerton]], [[Joey Cape]] 
| prev_title = [[Anywhere but Here (The Ataris album)|Anywhere but Here]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits]]
| next_year  = 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 [[Extended play|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.

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/look-forward-to-failure-mw0000601316|title=Look Forward to Failure - The Ataris {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref>
}}

==Track listing==
{{track listing
|total_length = 14:40
|title1       = [[San Dimas High School Football Rules]]
|length1      = 2:45
|title2       = Not a Worry in the World
|length2      = 2:22
|title3       = My So Called Life
|length3      = 2:41
|title4       = My Hotel Year
|length4      = 2:18
|title5       = Between You and Me
|length5      = 2:36
|title6       = That Special Girl
|note6        = featuring [[Mark Hoppus]]
|length6      = 1:55
}}

==Band members==
* [[Kris Roe]] – [[Singing|vocals]], [[guitar]]
* Patrick Riley – [[guitar]]
* [[Mike Davenport|Michael Davenport]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Chris Knapp (musician)|Chris Knapp]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]

==Additional personnel==
* Backup vocals were provided by [[Mark Hoppus]] and [[Chad Price]].
* Tracks 2, 3, 4, and 6 were recorded and mixed at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO on September 14–18, 1998.  They were produced and engineered by [[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]] and [[Stephen Egerton (guitarist)|Stephen Egerton]] and mixed by Jason Livermore.
* Tracks 1 and 5 were recorded at Orange Whip Studios in Santa Barbara, CA.  They were produced by [[Joey Cape]] and engineered by [[Angus Cooke]].

==References==
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