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"shining on" in a new direction

D. Meyer | Chicago, IL USA | 05/15/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"It seems that Apoptygma Berzerk seems to be "shining on" in a new direction with a new pop rock sound. Many reviewers are talking about how this is the best song on Apoptygma Berzerk's new album "You and Me Against the World", well I agree it does sound excellent. However, this song was composed by Guy Chadwick lead singer of the band "The House of Love", the best version being on the self titled album "The House of Love" 1990. Give the original a listen, in my opinion it is one of the best rock songs ever produced. It is very cool that Apoptygma Berzerk is paying tribute to this song by redoing it. The problem is that Apoptygma Berzerk's most powerful song on this new album is not composed by them, which is too bad because in the past Apoptygma Berzerk was able to produce their best tracks on their own. I really hope that the new sound (and look) of Apoptygma Berzerk does steer the band too far away from the great music they have produced in the past."

Nice work

Christopher Dimauro | 06/13/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"well, the actual song "shine on " as well as black pawn and Friendly Fire are very good songs, nice club beat to the cd, however the remixes are a bit slow and kinda drag this single down.



shine on- 4/5 a good rock sound plus the combined efforts of apop to have a ebm sound. very good work.



black pawn- 5/5 very good song. the lyrics bring you back to the older days of apop, where emotion is the true nature.



friendly fire- 5/5 good song.



You Keep Me From Breaking Apart -

...according to phillip remix- 2/5 - kinda slow and brings down the regular song, plus, i never really liked remixes



Tuning In To The Frequency Of Your Soul - drugwar remix-2/5

same as above, brings the origenal down.



18/25"