ATC - Planet Pop

Most observers cite savvy record producers as the driving forces behind Euro-dance-cheese-fluff albums like ATC's Planet Pop. The CD's back cover gets to the truth of the matter, however, forgoing a list of the names behind the curtain (or in front of it) in favor of credits for artwork, photography, and shoes. The latter might seem like a good sign, but, despite being touted as an "international sensation," Planet Pop will hardly keep anyone on the floor all night. Mastermind Alex Christensen front-loads the CD with answer songs to Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"--"Around the World (La La La La La)," followed by "My Heart Beats Like a Drum (Dum Dum Dum]"--before allowing his young charges to sink into a morass of drab ballads, listless sub-Stacey Q electro-disco retreads, and the obligatory Latin number. Fabulous footwear, though. --Rickey Wright Amazon.com

Gangsta Rap is back with Planet Pop baby!

This album is ok, but there is one song on this album that is HOOOT STuff.. Its the Around the world remix featuring G-UNIT! 50 and lloyd banks go nuts on that song.. your should definitely cop this album if you are a dance or hardcore hip hop fan! April 4, 2006

Fun!

This is what music should be all about: fast dance beats, perky music, great vocals, and intelligent lyrics. I love ATC and they're gonna be HUGE. Just watch! January 22, 2006

JUST SHOWING MY RESPECT

ATC is simply incredible. I'm sure that anyone who's into europop has already listened to a few of their songs, so I'm just reiterating exactly how good ATC is.

From the beginning of europop, there were people who hated it, and there where people who loved it. There wasn't an in between. Thanks to ATC, europop now has the ability to convert people into loving it.

"Around The World (La La La La La)" needs to be listened to by everyone. It's the most played song in German radio history. This song is what converts people. I myself used to resent europop, but once I heard this song, I instantaneously became addicted with it. Soon, I found myself listening to every song by ATC. Eventually, I was where I am now, listening to every europop group that I can find. Unfortunately, I still haven't found anything as good as ATC's "Planet Pop [ENHANCED]". May 1, 2005

Fun album!

I thought that ATC's album from 2001 was a fun effort. I still hear echoes of the La La La La La chorus in the catchy Around The World. But the rest of the album is just as good. My Heart Beats Like A Drum, Mistake No. 2, Lonely, Let Me Come and Let Me Go, Magical and others are very fun dance pop. But they are equally good on the ballads, as with . The girls sing the dance numbers more, but the guys are just as good on the ballads. This album does a good job in letting each of the members sing lead on the songs. I still like Thinking of You, which I thought was longer with all the chord changes, but they cram a lot in 3 1/2 minutes of that one song. Sometimes, a few of the songs sound like the ones by Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears. But keep in mind that the pop trend was so very contagious back in 2000 and 2001 with most of those young artists competing for chart space. ATC managed to prove their point with their solid album of songs. Catchy, infectious, addictive. Wished that they'd still be performing now. April 24, 2005

Planet Pop!

This multi national group, with members from The Netherlands, Italy and New Zealand will defenitely make your feets move. "Around The World" and "My Heart Beats Like a Drum" were both catchy uptempo songs with a influence from 90's Eurodance, apart from Eiffel 65 they had more lyrics but still the happy meliodic sound as them, ATC is a quartet with 2 girls and 2 boys, the girls sings most of the songs that were single released but the guys also appear in some. "Why Oh Why" and "Thinking Of You" were also single released, but both slower then the top hits. "Notte D'Amore Con Te" got the hook in Italian, If I'm not mistaken Enrique Iglesias also recoreded the song. There are 18 songs on this album which is a bit too many, not all of them are that good, However there are plenty of cheesy Euro-Dance songs here that won't make you dissapointed. Not all songs sound like "Around The World" though, many ballads for example. A good album nonetheless that could be worth picking up. January 4, 2005

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