How to Ruin Everything

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How to Ruin Everything
Studio album by Face to Face
Released	April 9, 2002
Recorded	August-September 2001
Genre	Pop punk
Length	51:01
Label	Vagrant
Producer	Trever Keith, Scott Shiflett, Chad Blinman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Face to Face chronology
Reactionary (2000) How to Ruin Everything (2002) Shoot the Moon: Essential Collection (2005)

How to Ruin Everything is the sixth studio album by the punk rock group Face to Face, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). This was their last album before their 5-year breakup from November 2003 to January 2008.

How to Ruin Everything was also Face to Face's only album without Chad Yaro on guitar. The band remained as a three-piece, making it the first time Face to Face had not recorded an album with him since their 1992 debut Don't Turn Away.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Bill of Goods" – 2:46
2. "The Take-Away" – 2:47
3. "14 Hours" – 2:20
4. "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" – 3:06
5. "The New Way" – 3:35
6. "The World in Front of You" – 2:44
7. "Why Would I Lie?" – 2:46
8. "Unconditional" – 3:13
9. "Shoot the Moon" – 3:20
10. "Graded on a Curve" – 3:43
11. "Fight or Flight" – 3:06
12. "Waiting to Be Saved" – 3:18
13. "Double Standard" – 2:42
14. "The Compromise" – 3:31
15. "How to Ruin Everything" – 3:04
16. "Nothing Succeeds Like Success" – 2:34 †
17. "Anybody Listening?" – 2:26 †

† = Japanese bonus track.

[edit] Personnel

• Trever Keith - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
• Scott Shiflett - Bass, Vocals (background), Producer
• Pete Parada - Drums
• Chad Blinman - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Hiro Arishima - Liner Notes
• Ramon Breton - Mastering
• Kalynn Campbell - Art Direction, Illustrations

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Heatseekers	12
2002	The Billboard 200	178
2002	Top Independent Albums	13

v • d • e Face to Face Current members Trever Keith • Chad Yaro • Scott Shiflett • Pete Parada Former members Mark Haake • Matt Riddle • Rob Kurth • Jose Medeles Studio albums Don't Turn Away (1992) • Big Choice (1994) • face to face (1996) • Standards & Practices (1999) • Ignorance is Bliss (1999) • Reactionary (2000) • How to Ruin Everything (2002) EPs and compilation albums Over It (1994) • Live (1998) • Shoot the Moon: Essential Collection (2005) Producers Thom Wilson • Jim Goodwin • Chad Blinman Related bands Legion of Doom • Me First and the Gimme Gimmes • No Use for a Name • The Offspring • Pulley • Saves the Day • 22 Jacks • Viva Death Record Labels Dr. Strange • Victory • Vagrant • A&M • Fat Wreck Chords