Harmonizer

Apoptygma Berzerk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B00005YSUI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,691 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to Perfection, March 1, 2002

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R O C K E T (The Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harmonizer (Audio CD)

First of all, I've read some reviews elsewhere that complained that APB is selling out...WHAT!? If this is what's popular where you live, please tell me where you live so I can move there! This album is amazing. I honestly did not expect it to equal Welcome to Earth. I was very pleasantly surprised, though, when I first listened to it and found out it's even better than Welcome to Earth. There are so many songs on Harmonizer with single potential. The only skippable track is "Detroit Tickets," which isn't even that bad - just kinda boring. Every other track is a masterpiece. I don't think I could pick a favorite, but some highlights are "Spindizzy," "Suffer in Silence," "Unicorn," "Until the End of the World," and "Rollergirl." Okay, I just named half the album. But really, it's that good.

I am definitely not a fan of his older stuff, though. The growly vocals, the dark industrial sound, and the not-so-great production didn't do much for me. Welcome to Earth was an enormous evolutionary step for APB, and this evolution only continues with Harmonizer. He's not selling out. If anything, he's moved away from the stereotypical goth-industrial growly stuff that to me seems more of an image than something that's actually from the heart. He's realized his musical strengths and true interests and spun off on those. So glad he did.

So if you're a fan of his old darker growly stuff pre-Welcome to Earth, then you probably won't like this album. But if you love "Starsign," "Eclipse," and "Kathy's Song," you should love Harmonizer. It's definitely bumped something off my "top 5 albums of all time" list.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly anticipated, and worth it, February 22, 2002

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David Lewis "techboysf" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harmonizer (Audio CD)

For long-time APB fans (like me) that were hoping their last album, "Welcome to Earth", was a one-time, failed experiment in synth-pop (unlike me--I think it's brilliant)... Bad news: "Harmonizer" makes it totally clear that APB is now all about dance/synth-pop music.

And Stephan Groth does it extremely well here. Near-perfectly crafted and produced, the album is a natural progression from their last one. The second track, "Suffer in Silence," is the first evidence of that--and also the best song on the album (maybe I'm a bit biased because the lyrics hit pretty close to home). The first single ("Until the End of the World") is also astounding--and features some nice guitar work that's usually reserved for their live shows, not the albums. Another track, "O.K. Amp - Let Me Out" is ready-made for the dance floor, and I can't wait to dance to it--hopefully at their upcoming live shows in America.

In short, this one may be a disappointment for some old-school fans of APB, but it's defintely a disc that I'll be keeping in my changer for quite a while.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars THE CHILD DEVIANT, March 29, 2007

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CRAZOTOLOGY (Joplin, MO. (USA)) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Harmonizer (Audio CD)

Another future pop style album one of the most important artist in regards to the future pop genre. Much like the prior and far better album (Sighns) this album is verry poppy...verry emotional...verry dancey. However, it is missing all of that fun sci-fi weirdness that was on the 'sighns' album and sadley, most of the darker elements of Apop's early material seems to be long gone. This album is catchy, and well produced...but it has no edge to it whatsoever. A good album...but a further step into the mainstream, and a long sprint away from the days of songs like "Deep Red" and "Bitch". I wish that Stephen Groth (creator of Apop) would go back to his dark side again...his music is loosing it's meaning.