American Apathy

American Apathy
Studio album by Dope
Released	July 26, 2005
Genre	Nu metal, industrial metal
Length	48:25
Label	Artemis
Producer	Edsel Dope
Dope chronology
Group Therapy (2003) American Apathy (2005) No Regrets (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
CDNow
melodic.net	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

American Apathy is the fourth studio album by nu metal band Dope. It was released July 26, 2005 on Artemis Records and managed to sell 9,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album shows the band going back to a more aggressive style of music, incorporating more industrial metal and nu metal elements than on their previous album Group Therapy. The album has sold over 100,000 copies in US.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks by Edsel Dope and Virus except when noted.

1. "I'm Back" - 3:25 (Dope)
2. "Survive" - 3:12
3. "No Way Out" - 3:27
4. "Always" - 3:16
5. "Bastard" - 3:26
6. "Sex Machine" - 2:51 (Dope, Slade)
7. "Four More Years" - 0:17
8. "Revolution" - 3:39
9. "Let's Fuck" - 2:39
10. "Fuck the World" - 3:32 (Dope)
11. "I Wish I Was the President" - 4:05 (Dope)
12. "Dream" - 2:56 (Dope, Milner, Virus)
13. "The Life" - 5:08 (Dope)
14. "People Are People" (Depeche Mode cover) - 3:12 (Martin Gore)

American Apathy: Reloaded track listing

1. "Bitch" (Alternate Version) - 3:06
2. "Fuck tha Police" (2005 studio version) (N.W.A Cover) - 3:48 (Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren)
3. "Burn" (Featuring the Detroit hate choir) - 3:16
4. "Debonaire" (Fuck Hollywood mix) - 2:53
5. "Now Is the Time" (alternate version) - 2:56
6. "Motivation" (alternate version) - 2:55
7. "Spin Me Round" (American Psycho mix) (Dead or Alive Cover) - 2:44
8. "Bring It on" (Fuck Tomorrow mix) - 3:16
9. "Sick" (Bang You're Dead mix) - 3:41

• Only rare initial pressings of the album included all of these bonus tracks onto the Special Edition Version (which also included a Bonus DVD) of the album giving it a total of 23 Tracks.
• In the edited version of the album, the track titles "Let's Fuck", "Fuck the World" and "Fuck tha Police" are changed to "Let's ****", "F.T.W." and "F.T.P." respectively.^[1]

Limited edition second disc

1. "Debonaire" (Fuck Hollywood mix)
2. "Now Is the Time" (alternate version)
3. "Motivation" (alternate version)
4. "Spin Me 'Round" (American Psycho mix)
5. "Bring It On" (Fuck Tomorrow mix)
6. "Sick" (Bang You're Dead mix)

The bonus disc only includes newer pressings of the release.

Personnel

• Edsel Dope - bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, programing, samples, engineer, producer, mixing
• Virus - bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, vocal producer
• Racci Shay - drums (live)
• Brix - bass guitar (live)
• Detroit Hate Choir - performance
• Chip Quigley – executive producer
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Stephen Jensen - art conception, art direction, design
• Dan Machnik - photography
• Shawn Nowotnik - assistant
• Ron Ransom - illustrations
• Joey Stumpo - mixing assistant

Chart positions

Album Chart (2005) Peak position The Billboard 200[5] 128 Top Heatseekers[5] 1 Top Independent Albums[5] 14

Singles Song Chart (2005) Peak position "Always" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 38

References

1. Allmusic review
2. http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=3402
3. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/47736/Dope-American-Apathy/
4. http://bravewords.com/news/dope-release-drug-music-video-teaser-blood-money-album-due-in-march/
5. "American Apathy - Dope". Billboard.