Burn, Berlin, Burn

Atari Teenage Riot

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
• Original Release Date: April 22, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grand Royal Records
• ASIN: B000001X3G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #214,530 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Start the Riot

2. Fuck All!

3. Sick to Death

4. Press

5. Deutschland (Has Gotta Die!)

6. Destroy 2000 Years of Culture

7. Not Your Business

8. Heat Wave

9. Atari Teenage Riot

10. Delete Yourself! You Got No Chance to Win! [Live]

11. Into the Death

12. Death Star

13. Speed

14. Future of War

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

ATR is one of those bands that look great on paper: youth fighting the system, a band blending old-school punk with samplers and break beats, a musical revolution. Unfortunately, Burn, Berlin, Burn! is mere cathartic venting, not a full frontal assault on government, press, and social ills. Musically, they dish out a mix of recycled punk and bad jungle--not even much for ear candy. It's a shame because they are the type of band you really want to take seriously, but so are the reunited Sex Pistols as they scream about EMI 20 years later. A good idea taken to an unoriginal conclusion. --Bill Snyder

Product Description

Originally licensed by the Beastie Boys for the now defunct Grand Royal label, Burn, Berlin, Burn (originally released in 1977) raised the bar for electronic music upon its release. This 2003 reissue is remastered. Digital Hardcore Recordings. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars got gabber-punk, July 31, 2003

By	Adrian (El Paso, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burn, Berlin, Burn (Audio CD)

First of all, this cd IS way better than 60 second wipeout.I first heard ATR on a tape my cousin lent me. After listening to the first 10 seconds I was like "dude, this is so breakbeat". Then "start the riot" shot off fast..... It was fast, loud, aggressive, and it wasnt all punk or metal. The beats were hard and the screaming was screeching, I loved it. I was like "dude!" I wanted to hear more stuff like it, which is kinda how I got hooked on gabber/hardcore. After that my life consisted of only school, work and gabber. Now all I listen to are dudes like Omar Santana, Delta 9, Ron D. Core, DJ Tron, Rob Gee, ATR, and anything else on Industrial Strength records.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars digital hardcore, December 25, 2004

By	Drain (e.p.TX) - See all my reviews

gee...you know, i wonder just how many people know that this is really compilation album that is a kinda "best of" with tracks from their import only albums "delete yourself" and "the future of war"...? anyway, the majority of these tracks come from "future" and it serves as a good introduction to ATR for those who've been living under rock or don't know good musik when they hear it. it goes without saying that most people aren't going to like them, (just as half the world hated "setting sun" by the chem), but for those who remember when punk actually had a point and a message...ATR takes punk into a whole new direction where modern punks won't dare to go. using electronics, samples, scything unforgiving lyrics...they get a point across and it's very good.

like i said...
not everyone is going to get this.
but for those who do, you'll know this as a political band that stayed underground in the u.s. while bands like rage against the machine were mainstream and on mtv. it's not a bad thing coz you have to look for the musik that matters and that is exactly what you're getting here....

something that matters, not disposable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aggressive, pointed, non-whiny, not anti-everything, August 4, 2004

By	S. Champ "Combichrist Enthusiast" (MO, US) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is some hard-hitting stuff. It's gutsy, clear-headed, and angry. It isn't blunt, but it is sharp.

Their lyrics weren't screened by a marketing department. They weren't trying to ride a gravy-train. The result is some free-flowing stuff.

I'd have to disagree with the classification of ATR as being 'anti-everything', either. They aren't. They fire with a big gun, but they aren't firing at random, or carelessly, or at everything.

It's unfortunate that they lost their DJ - like /lost/ lost, kaput, no more mr. guy synth/sample (left, on the cover). Still, the music keeps going, and the singers might reappear, yet.