I Guess This Is Goodbye (album)

I Guess This Is Goodbye is the fifth installment in The Emo Diaries series of compilation albums, released October 24, 2000 by Deep Elm Records. As with all installments in the series, the label had an open submissions policy for bands to submit material for the compilation, and as a result the music does not all fit within the emo style.[2][3] As with the rest of the series, I Guess This Is Goodbye features mostly unsigned bands contributing songs that were previously unreleased.[2][3][4]

I Guess This Is Goodbye
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000
GenreEmo, indie rock
Length54:17
LabelDeep Elm (DER-390)
The Emo Diaries chronology
An Ocean of Doubt
(1999)
I Guess This Is Goodbye
(2000)
The Silence in My Heart
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reviewer Johnny Loftus of Allmusic remarks that "Sonically, this volume of the series doesn't tread too far from the emo feedbag. The set vacillates between a rawer, post-hardcore sound (Cast Aside) and the drifting and/or driving traditional emo of groups like [Kerith] Ravine and Benji. This is not the strongest chapter of the Emo Diaries, but it will certainly offer enough thrills and chills for Deep Elm faithful."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleArtistLength
1."Looking Past Sky"The White Octave4:11
2."Daydreams of a Future"Slowride2:51
3."You Do It Awfully"Reubens Accomplice4:04
4."6:00AM in Cortona"The Walt Lariat5:48
5."Frostbite"Sunfactor5:30
6."I'll Never Get Home"Eniac3:52
7."Interlude / All at Once"Benji4:47
8."Two Empty Bottles"Kerith Ravine2:57
9."Racecar Theory"Cast Aside6:43
10."Accentuate"Billy4:16
11."For Good"The Others5:30
12."Landmine"The End of Julia3:41
Total length:54:17

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Greenwald, Andy (2003). Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 118–119. ISBN 0-312-30863-9.
  3. ^ a b "The Emo Diaries". Deep Elm Records. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  4. ^ a b Loftus, Johnny. "Review: Emo Diaries, Vol. 5: I Guess This Is Goodbye". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
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