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The original issue? Great! The reissue? VOMIT.

El Centro | 02/20/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Prospective purchasers should be aware that this is the reissue of the '96 album (originally issued with different cover art and several extra tracks.) While the original was an epic, sweeping album, the reissue removes a good deal of samples, reworks guitar lines and, in its biggest sin, removes the original choirs from Love Never Dies pt. 1 and replaces them with canned, midi choirs. The same album, only steamed, starched, pressed and sterilized. Yuck."

Love never dies

E. Anderson | 08/23/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Over the years, I have sold my fair share of cds for extra cash. There were a few that I later regretted selling. Apoptygma Berzerk's 7 is one of those few cds that I wished I never sold. I recently acquired a copy of last year's remastered version of 7 at a fraction of the cost that is offered here on amazon. 7 has always been my personal favorite Apop cd. The crisp synthesized melodies and throbbing dance beats is what always made me favor this album over the other Apop albums. With 7, I there are no more than two filler songs while on other albums there have been 3-5 songs that I would find myself hitting the forward button on. The only two songs that I really wasn't all that impressed with is "25 Cromwell St" and "Half-Asleep". I wish I still had the original version of 7 to compare it to the remastered version but I don't. I really like how 7 opens up with "Love Never Dies". It is a killer dance song. The operatic sample in the song gives the track an added oomph to the song. Song has a lot of energy. The next two songs continues with that same frantic energy. After not having heard 7 in 3-4 years, the cd still holds up well with me. For me it is classic futurepop. I hope that there will still be some of that in the next Apop album. I liked the most recent album but it wasn't classic Apop."