Is This Hyperreal?

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Is This Hyperreal?
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Studio album by
Atari Teenage Riot
Released7 June 2011 [1]
RecordedThe Hellish Vortex
Genre Digital hardcore, noise, electronic
Length43:30
Label Digital Hardcore, Dim Mak
Producer Alec Empire
Atari Teenage Riot chronology
Atari Teenage Riot: 1992–2000
(2006)		Is This Hyperreal?
(2011)		 Reset
(2014)

Is This Hyperreal? is the fourth studio album from Atari Teenage Riot, and their first album since they effectively disbanded in 2000. It is the first ATR album featuring CX KiDTRONiK, and the first album without former vocalists Hanin Elias and the late Carl Crack.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Activate!"3:36
2."Blood in My Eyes"3:47
3."Black Flags"4:00
4."Is This Hyperreal?"4:12
5."Codebreaker" (feat. Steve Aoki)5:16
6."Shadow Identity"4:12
7."Re-Arrange Your Synapses"3:14
8."Digital Decay"4:23
9."The Only Slight Glimmer of Hope"3:53
10."Collapse of History"6:57

Notes

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Beats Per Minute 60% [5]
Consequence of Sound F [6]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 5.1/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Metacritic assigned it an average score of 65 out of 100, based on 13 reviews. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Jermy Leeuwis (April 5, 2011). "Atari Teenage Riot to release Is This Hyperreal?". MusicRemedy.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Luke Turner (April 12, 2011). "Atari Teenage Riot's Guide To Is This Hyperreal?". TheQuietus.com.
  3. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Is This Hyperreal? at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Is This Hyperreal? - Atari Teenage Riot". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Album Review: Atari Teenage Riot - Is This Hyperreal?". Beats Per Minute. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Young, Alex (June 15, 2011). "Atari Teenage Riot – Is This Hyperreal?". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Album Review: Atari Teenage Riot - Is This Hyperreal?". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Atari Teenage Riot: Is This Hyperreal? Album Review". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Atari Teenage Riot: Is This Hyperreal?". PopMatters. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Atari Teenage Riot - Is This Hyperreal?". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 7 December 2017.



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