7 (Apoptygma Berzerk album)

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7
Cover to the original edition of the album
Studio album by
Released1 May 1996
GenreFuturepop
Experimental
Electro
Length57:27
LabelMetropolis Records
Apoptygma Berzerk chronology
Soli Deo Gloria
(1993)
7
(1996)
The Apopcalyptic Manifesto
(1998)
Singles from 7
  1. "Deep Red"
    Released: 1 Apr 1994
  2. "Non-Stop Violence"
    Released: 1 Apr 1995
  3. "Mourn"
    Released: 1 Oct 1997
Re-issue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

7 is the second studio album from Norwegian futurepop group Apoptygma Berzerk. The album was released in 1996 following frontman Stephan Groth's work on several side projects. It has been remastered and re-released in 2003, 2008 and 2014 (on cassette)[2] respectively. While each remaster included bonus songs, the samples of Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" present on "Love Never Dies – Part 1" were replaced with a choir keyboard patch playing an entirely different melody, due to copyright issues over the original pressings by Tatra and Metropolis Records. The album peaked at #18 on the CMJ RPM Charts in the U.S.[3]

Track listing[edit]

Original 1996 pressing
No.TitleLength
1."Love Never Dies – Part 1"5:28
2."Mourn"5:33
3."Non-Stop Violence"6:51
4."25 Cromwell St." (Alludes to serial killer Fred West, who killed at least 12 young women in Gloucester, England, and committed suicide in 1995.)4:24
5."Rebel"5:51
6."Deep Red"4:00
7."Nearer"6:35
8."Half Asleep"4:55
9."Love Never Dies – Part 2" (ends at 2:58; hidden tracks "Non-Stop Violence (reprise)", "Untitled One" and "Untitled Too" begin at 9:55)19:56
1998 Metropolis pressing
No.TitleLength
9."Mourn (Remix)"7:13
10."Electricity" (OMD cover)5:09
11."Love Never Dies – Part 2" (ends at 2:58; hidden tracks "Non-Stop Violence (reprise)" and "Untitled One" begins at 7:55)14:27
12."Untitled Too" (unlisted track)3:25
2002 remastered pressing
No.TitleLength
9."Love Never Dies – Part 2" (ends at 2:58; hidden tracks "Non-Stop Violence (reprise)" and "Untitled Too" begins at 9:58)16:05
10."Mourn" (APB Guitar Remix)6:17
2007 remastered pressing
No.TitleLength
9."Love Never Dies – Part 2"2:58
10."Deep Red" (Blackmail Remix)3:25
11."Untitled 2" (includes "Non-Stop Violence (reprise)" as a prologue)6:07
12."Mourn" (APB Guitar Remix)6:17
13."Mourn" (Lo-Fi Version)6:39

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r376286
  2. ^ "Apoptygma Berzerk. 7. Cassette. - Storming the Base". Archived from the original on 2014-05-01.
  3. ^ Helms, Colin (23 November 1998). "RPM" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 56 (596). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 28. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 17 December 2021.