60 Second Wipe Out

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60 Second Wipe Out
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Studio album by
Released11 May 1999 (1999-05-11)
Genre Hardcore punk, digital hardcore
Length54:20
Label Digital Hardcore
Producer Alec Empire
Atari Teenage Riot chronology
Burn, Berlin, Burn!
(1997)
60 Second Wipe Out
(1999)
Live at Brixton Academy
(1999)
Singles from 60 Second Wipe Out
  1. "Atari Teenage Riot II"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Too Dead for Me"
    Released: 1 October 1999
  3. "Revolution Action"
    Released: 28 December 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
Pitchfork 3.6/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

60 Second Wipe Out is the third studio album by Atari Teenage Riot. It was originally released through Digital Hardcore Recordings in 1999. It peaked at number 17 on the UK Independent Albums Chart, [6] as well as number 32 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "60 Second Wipe Out has all of the ingredients fans could expect from their favorite anarcho-hardcore-electronica group." [1] Marc Weingarten of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of B+, saying: "Wielding break beats like ninja stars and synth bleets like num-chucks, [Alec] Empire performs mad chopsocky maneuvers that will turn you into a glutton for punishment." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Revolution Action" Alec Empire, Hanin Elias 4:09
2."By Any Means Necessary"Empire2:38
3."Western Decay"Empire5:50
4."Atari Teenage Riot II"Empire6:08
5."Ghostchase"Empire, Elias4:34
6."Too Dead for Me"Empire, Elias4:17
7."U.S. Fade Out"Empire2:52
8."The Virus Has Been Spread"Empire1:15
9."Digital Hardcore"Empire4:11
10."Death of a President D.I.Y.!"Empire, Elias4:43
11."Your Uniform (Does Not Impress Me!)"Empire, David Melendez5:48
12."No Success"Empire, Elias, Melendez, Kathleen Hanna 3:48
13."Anarchy 999"Empire, Melendez, R. Wallace, G. Barreto, J. Perez, Anthony Quiles4:07
2000 US reissue edition CD bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."No Remorse (I Wanna Die)"4:15
Limited edition bonus disc: Live in Philadelphia Dec. 1997
No.TitleLength
1."Get Up While You Can"5:10
2."Deutschland Has Gotta Die!"3:03
3."Sick to Death"3:45
4."Destroy 2000 Years of Culture"3:51
5."Not Your Business"2:59
6."Speed"5:20
7."Into the Death"3:24
8."Atari Teenage Riot"3:17
9."Midijunkies"7:41

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Atari Teenage Riot

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [6] 17
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 32

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