Apoptygma Berzerk - 7

Label:
Catalog#:
2006Rec 008, 2006Rec 008
Format:
CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue, Digipak
Country:
Germany
Released:
Oct 2007
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
EBM, Synth-pop

Tracklist

1   Love Never Dies - Part 1 5:27 X
    Strings, Organ [Chuch Organ] - Geir Bratland
  Vocals [Female] - Tone Langvik
2   Mourn 5:33 X
3   Non-Stop Violence 6:49 X
4   25 Cromwell St. 4:24 X
5   Rebel 5:51 X
    Vocals - Richard Hall*
6   Deep Red 3:59 X
    Vocals [Female] - Charlotte Syversen
7   Nearer 6:35 X
    Backing Vocals - Jonas Groth
  Strings, Organ [Chuch Organ] - Geir Bratland
8   Half Asleep 4:55 X
9   Love Never Dies - Part 2 2:58 X
    Featuring [Collaboration] - View (4)
  Guitar - Vegard Blomberg
  Vocals [Female] - Kari Pettersen
  Written-By - Stephan L. Groth* , Vegard Blomberg
10   Deep Red (Blackmail Remix) 3:25
11   Untitled 2 6:07
12   Mourn (APB Guitar Remix) 6:17
    Remix - Apoptygma Berzerk
13   Mourn (Lo-Fi Version) 6:39
    Producer, Recorded By - Jonas Groth , STP (3)

Credits

Co-producer - Erik Wøllo (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9) , Frank Østrem (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 8)
Producer, Vocals, Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Roland Tb-303], Programmed By, Sampler, Arranged By - Grothesk*
Written-By - Stephan L. Groth* (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 13)

Notes

Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8 recorded and produced at Matrix Studios.
Tracks 2, 3, 6, 9 recorded and produced at Wintergarden Studios.
Originally mastered at Masterhuset, remastered in 2007 at Master & Servant.

Tracks 10 to 13 are bonus tracks.
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by Xonic_64 Aug 10, 2008
Another re-release of Apop's classic album 7. There's not any real change from the previous digital remaster, the most obvious changes being that the Carmina Burana sample has been omitted again and there's still no "Untitled One". Other than that all the songs are here. Love Never Dies Part 1 starts off the record as a sort of gothic dance anthem while Mourn takes on a rather arty approach with its strange beat, but yet catchy melody. Non-Stop Violence is still a powerful anti-war, anti-tv song and in my opinion is probably the biggest reason you should by this album. Then it kicks off with two rather arty tracks. 25 Cromwell St. is a song about the murders on the title's address most likely and is sort of a slow EBM theme. Rebel is a kind of strange weird reversed rhythm thing with a pulsing bass and samples of Moby talking about Jesus Christ. Deep Red is a violent sadistic floorfiller with hard beats and yet again a catchy melody. Nearer takes another break from the hard beats and is a surprisingly beautiful ballad where we are treated to Jonas' magnificent backing vocals, which were lacking from the more EBM-oriented Banilla Dream version from the Non-Stop Violence single. This is by far the best version of the song. Half Asleep kicks off yet again with hard hitting beats and lyrics about temptation and sin. Love Never Dies Part 2 comes as the album's biggest surprise as it is a beautiful guitar ballad basically.

The bonus tracks are probably why you should get this re-issue. The Blackmail cover of Deep Red is a kickass rocked-up version of the song and it fits very well. Untitled Too is there as well, but no Untitled One, the APB guitar remix of Mourn is a good dance-track, but the real gem on this album is the last track. The Lo-Fi version of Mourn is simply the most beautiful piece of music I've heard from Apop in a long time. It is stripped down to just a guitar, some synths and Stephan's beautiful voice. Probably my favourite track off this re-release.
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