Let it Burn

Infobox Album |
Name = Let It Burn
Type = album
Artist = The Ataris/Useless ID


Recorded = Various Artists
Released = April 11, 2000
Length = 24:27
Genre = Pop punk
Label = Kung Fu
Producer = Various
Chronology = The Ataris
Last album = "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits"
(1999)
This album = "Let it Burn" (split with Useless ID)
(2000)
Next album = "End is Forever"
(2001)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Useless ID
Type = album
Last album = "Useless ID/Tagtraum" (split with Tagtraum) (2000)
This album = "Let it Burn" (split with The Ataris) (2000)
Next album = "Bad Story, Happy Ending"
(2001)

"Let it Burn" is a split LP release on Kung Fu Records by pop punk bands The Ataris and Useless ID, and Useless ID's first apperance on a major label release.

The album features 8 tracks from every band, although Useless ID's cover of The Beatles' "Something" is absent on almost all of the releases of the CD. Additionally, the CD has another hidden track by The Ataris at track #96.

The album was recorded after Kris Roe of The Ataris has heard Useless ID and invited them to recorded a split album with The Ataris for the Kung Fu label. The split album also gained Useless ID a record contract with Kung Fu Records.

The Ataris track "The Radio Still Sucks" and the Useless ID track "Too Bad You Don't Get It" has previously appeared on the Fat Wreck compilation "Short Music for Short People".

Track listing

# "The Radio Still Sucks" (The Ataris) - 0:28
# "Song for a Mix Tape" (The Ataris) - 0:32
# "P.S. The Scene Is Dead" (The Ataris) - 0:32
# "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits" (The Ataris) - 0:27
# "Let It Burn" (The Ataris) - 2:13
# "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" (The Ataris) - 2:19
# "On with the Show" (The Ataris) - 3:32
# "San Dimas High School Football Rules" [Acoustic] (The Ataris) - 3:13
# "Too Bad You Don't Get It" (Useless ID) - 0:34
# "Questions + Answers" (Useless ID) - 2:11
# "Run" (Useless ID) - 1:22
# "Time to Move On" (Useless ID) - 1:26
# "Have a Nice Life" (Useless ID) - 1:58
# "Lost Once Again" (Useless ID) - 2:05
# "Not to Wait" (Useless ID) - 1:31
# "Something" (Useless ID) - 2:04 (a Beatles cover that is absent from most releases of the CD)
# "Bad Case Of Broken Heart" - (The Ataris) (hidden track)

Liner Notes

*Track #1 was recorded at Orange Whip Studios in Santa Barbara, CA by Angus Cooke.
*Tracks #2 and #3 are unreleased songs from "The Radio Still Sucks" sessions. "Song For A Mix Tape" made it on to End Is Forever in its full length form.
*Track #4 was recorded at the Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, CO by Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, and Jason Livemore. It was supposed to be on Short Music For Short People, a compilation by Fat Wreck Chords, but Fat Mike said "it's too emo." This song originally appeared on the "No Stars, Just Talent" compilation on Kung Fu Records.
*Track #5 was recorded at Orange Whip Studios by Joey Cape and Angus Cooke during the recording of Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits. It was the only song left off the record.
*Track #6 was recorded at Orange Whip Studios by Joey Cape. It originally appeared on "Happy Meals Vol. 2" on My Records. This was the first song that Kris Roe wrote when he moved to Santa Barbara, CA and the first Ataris song that Joey produced.
*Track #7 was recorded at The Sandbox in Hollywood, CA on July 17 by Rick Parker. It was originally released on the "Metal Rules" compilation on Cooler Records. This is originally a Mötley Crüe song. Kristy "Krash" Mators of Pretty Boy Floyd played the guitar solo. This track was recorded the same night that Kris Roe hung out at the bar "The Rainbow" and wrote part of the song San Dimas High School Football Rules.
*Track #8 was recorded in Kris Roe's apartment on Garden St. in Santa Barbara, CA during the last week of 1999.
*Track #96 was recorded on a small cassette player outside of a Salvation Army in Concord, NH during a summer tour. Kris Roe was singing and playing into a payphone.