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]
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Released | 1 May 1996 | |||
Genre | Futurepop Experimental Electro | |||
Length | 57:27 | |||
Label | Metropolis Records | |||
Apoptygma Berzerk chronology | ||||
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Singles from 7 | ||||
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Re-issue cover | ||||
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Track listing
editNo. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r376286
- ^ "Apoptygma Berzerk. 7. Cassette. - Storming the Base". Archived from the original on 2014-05-01.
- ^ 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.