You and Me Against the World

by

Apoptygma Berzerk

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So this album is a new spin for APB. This album has received pretty lukewarm reviews from US fans and I must admit that when i first heard some samples from this album on their website, i thought "what is this???" Being the type of music collector i am though, i had to buy the album. So it came, and i listened to it once through. On the first go through, i too thought, its just ok, not like the old stuff. After listening to it more and more though, i now feel like this is probably the best album APB has released to date. In my opinion, this album is extremely powerful. Vocally, APB is getting better and better and it shows on this release. Musically, the album is completely solid. All of the tracks are songs and there is no filler. It just rocks from beginning to end.

The bonus track Is electronic love to blame is one of the best APB songs i have ever heard. In this together, Love to blame, You keep me from breaking apart, into the unknown and the cover of Shine On (originally by house of love) are extremely catchy and really easy to sing along with. I'm giving it four point five stars because the track maze is not very good but then again thats just my opinion.

This is not the old APB. But its our band, this is APB!!! if you have the patience to give it a fair chance then i highly recomend this album. They are advancing in every aspect and just seem to get better and better. Great job APB!

I have loved this band for years. When I first heard their "Welcome to Earth" Album in college I was entranced by the ethereal melodies and philosophical lyrics, along with the harder, more danceable tracks. I also really liked Harmonizer.

However, even though I respect any musicians' desire to experiment and break out of "their norm," I really felt like this album didn't showcase their talents at all. I found a lot of lyrics to be trite, and teenage-angsty, combined with uninteresting music. The one track I did like was "Tuning In to the Frequency of Your Soul."

Maybe this 80s-pop style will never be a favorite of mine with ANY band and is just a matter of personal preference, but I thought what they did best was the darkwave electric/EBM/Synthpop that they did on their other albums. It really doesn't even sound like APB in my opinion. I really miss their old style!