Hallucinating

Hallucinating

Track Listings

1. Backwards

2. Doing It Anyway

3. Slicebeats

4. Keep You

5. Apt. 26

6. Dusk

7. Hallucinating

8. Fear

9. Basic Breakdown

10. Anymore

11. Bruised

12. Evils

13. Question of Reality

14. Death

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
The initial flurry of interest surrounding this band couldn't help but focus on the fact that Apartment 26 are headed by Biff, son of Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler. But this band's sound is far removed from Sabbath's sludge. Tracks like "Doing It Anyway" rub sexy samples, crunching riffs, and Biff's powerful voice into a high sheen. Their Nine Inch Nails-style industrial electro-rock is just as accessible and radio-friendly as anything by their nu-metal peers, but there seems to be more going on behind the polish. Maybe "Keep You" is a little too close to being a Deftones tribute--except for those weird noises in the background. These people obviously spend a lot of time with their sampler. It shouldn't be too long before pedigree is no longer an issue and they're noticed for their own overwhelming noise. --Emma Johnston

Hallucinating,Apartment 26,Hollywood Records,Alternative Metal,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock

Average customer rating:

so much potential...

Different, Good, and Forgotten

Quite simply one of the best albums of the new age...

Techno rocK

A classic, and a mysteriously forgotten debut

Hallucinating
Apartment 26
Manufacturer: Hollywood Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Backwards
Doing It Anyway
Slicedbeats
Keep You
Apt. 26
Dusk
Hallucinating
The Fear
Basic Breakdown
Anymore
Bruised
Evils
Question Of Reality
Death
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Bonus Track

Amazon.com

The initial flurry of interest surrounding this band couldn't help but focus on the fact that Apartment 26 are headed by Biff, son of Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler. But this band's sound is far removed from Sabbath's sludge. Tracks like "Doing It Anyway" rub sexy samples, crunching riffs, and Biff's powerful voice into a high sheen. Their Nine Inch Nails-style industrial electro-rock is just as accessible and radio-friendly as anything by their nu-metal peers, but there seems to be more going on behind the polish. Maybe "Keep You" is a little too close to being a Deftones tribute--except for those weird noises in the background. These people obviously spend a lot of time with their sampler. It shouldn't be too long before pedigree is no longer an issue and they're noticed for their own overwhelming noise. --Emma Johnston

Customer Reviews:

so much potential..........2005-03-15

Apartment 26 strike me as a band with a lot of potential. Unfortunatly, Hallucinating isn't all that great. On the plus side, it is a moderately experimental blending of metal and electronic music. However, there are few songs that are really worth listening to. They all just kind of run together into a relatively bland mess of distorted guitar and computer bleeps. The only song that really stands out is the hidden instrumental track at the end of the CD. It seems to be the only actual realization of the unique creativity hiding just below of the surface.

While Hallucinating is a somewhat weak effort, I still believe it to establish Apartment 26 as a band to watch for in the future.

Different, Good, and Forgotten.......2004-05-22

A few years ago the movie Mission Impossible 2 came out. And not long after I purchased the soundtrack. There was one track on there that caught my interest for a short while. "Backwards" by Apt. 26. I found it to be a different and interesting track. But I soon tired of it and lost interest in discovering who Apt. 26 was. Then a couple of months ago the name Apt. 26 popped up again with their new release (Music for the Massive). I heard a song on that CD that caught my interest and I then remembered "Backwards". So I listened to the clips here on Amazon.com and eventually bought the CD. There are two important things to note, if you don't like the preview clips on this site you probably won't like the CD, and this CD DOES NOT sound like "Music for the Massive". But, for a debut album this CD rocks!! I love every minute of it. Some of the songs are dark and disturbing but some are just incredible alterations of noise that have been twisted into something musical. The awesome thing really is that Apt. 26, just threw their style out there, they didn't try to copy anyone, they didn't try to forge a new sound they just did what they do. It's obvious they have their own style that just comes straight from the creativity of their mind. If you like Electronica and Rock, this is a CD for you. Some songs are a bit weak, but there are a handful of songs that just make this CD stellar. If you got a few extra dollars lyin' around and you don't have this CD yet and you like this style of music get the CD. Check out the preview clips, if you like those, GET THE CD!! :)

Quite simply one of the best albums of the new age..........2004-05-02

This album is incredible, loaded with a great deal of memorable tracks. "Backwards" is fantastic. "Hallucinating" rocks with absolute authority and "Basic Breakdown" stands as a hard rocking favorite. If you don't own this, you don't like great music.

Techno rocK.......2004-04-13

This Debut album from Apartment 26 is fantastic. There are no weak tracks. With the exception of The Fear which depends on your mood. As most people who have heard of this band know, the singer Biff is the son of Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath Fame. I first heard of Apartment 26 with their song Backwards off the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack. Half of that album was [bad]. I liked Backwards and then downloaded the songs the Hallucinating and The Fear. Let's just say I was not disappointed. Excellent combination of Hard Rock and Techno. It took a few listens for the keyboards to really stand out. Now this isn't industrial stuff like Nine Inch Nails. It really isn't that dark. I don't think a lot of the songs are about anything at all. But they are filled with good lyrics, nicely structured songs. And like I said, there are no weak tracks. Some people actually complained about this saying that this results in no standout tracks. Well if your like that then you should just stick with your bands that have 3 or 4 good songs on an album which result in 3 star ratings. At least that's what I do. Well here are the songs.

Songs out of 10, intros out of 5

1. Backwards 9/10: Great song lots of keyboards and cool lyrics.
2. Doing it Anyway 10/10: This song never gets old, it's also the most vulgar on the CD.
3. Slicebeats 10/10: It starts out like Backwards, but becomes something completely different.
4. Keep you 8/10: a Love Song But it's ridiculously catchy.
5. Apt. 26 8/10: One word, Cool.
6 Dusk 4/5: A 30 second intro of what's to come.
7 Hallucinating 10/10: [good]! Lots of techno, very heavy (for this band)
8 The Fear 6/10: Like I said this song really depends on your mood.
9 Basic Breakdown 9/10: sounds like a Combination of tracks 2 and 5. Not filler though.
10 Anymore 10/10: Really good, radio friendly but it wasn't played on the radio. NICE.
11 Bruised 8/10: Ok this is a little close to being a NIN song. Lots of keyboards.
12 Evils 3/5: Weird. I'm not sure if it's an intro because it doesn't sound like the next track at all. Also 30 seconds.
13 Question of reality 10/10: This song just clicks. Its heavy with good lyrics.
14:Death: 9/10Apparently this song is about Marriage.

Tracks 15-25: every track is roughly 16 seconds. It varies. But each one adds a new sound and after a while it becomes really bad and hurts your ears. Still cool though.

26 Untitled: 11/10 Most untitled tracks are not that great. But this is the best techno song ever. Sad that its only 2 and a half minutes.

There was also a song called Afraid of You that was made during the recording sessions of this album and is hard to find. Too bad cause it's a 9/10. Apparently there is a song on the UK version titled Void with Burton C. Bell. I haven't heard it so I can't comment on it. The UK version also has a different cover. Something like a weather balloon.

In conclusion this album is currently (...) Unavailable in the states. (...) Trust me this is worth every cent.

A classic, and a mysteriously forgotten debut.......2004-03-18

Sadly, Apartment 26 have been designated critical whipping boys from the get go. Their first album, Hallucinating was one of the most impressive releases from the then current crop of metal/electronic fusion (including bands such as Static-X and Pitchshifter). But their biggest breakthrough was that they didn't rely in industrial textures as much as those others. Instead, they tended to focus on more blips-and-bloops oriented techno, to back up their standard heavy guitar assault (even occasionally wandering into trance(!)). Unfortunately, this was ignored, due to their lead singer being the son of Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler. This led the press to whine about favoritism being the only reason this completely unknown band got a spot on the Ozzfest tour.

The other thing perhaps holding them back then was that the album resolutely avoided any apparent emotion. No angst, ala Korn, and no cathartic rage, ala Static-X. Just really good music, that sounded like a really talented machine couldn't stop spewing forth great beats and melodies.

The best tracks on this album are the high-speed spazz-beat ones, such as the title track, and "Slicebeats". At some moments in these songs, it feels like you're slowly but surely being sucked out through some sort of vortex into a parallel dimension. The band is also reasonably adept at your standard mosh-ready guitar stomp, and when paired with their nice techno twist, a lot of the more generic songs come out sounding better than you'd expect. For the best example of this, check out "Basic Breakdown" with probably the best riff of the entire album. The song "Question of Reality" is without question the most intense track here... sort of sounding like Stabbing Westward on methamphetamines, but MUCH bleaker and heavier.

If there's a complaint I have, it's that the band should have focused more on the electronica and less on the metal, simply because they seem so much better at it. The more melodic, techno interludes are the high points, especially the final minute and a half of "Keep You", and the utterly mind-blowing bridge in "Bruised". But these quibbles are minor in the face of an album that's this much fun to listen to. You can get it cheap now, so give it a shot. It's definitely worth your time.

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Average customer rating:

VIVA LES BEEHIVES!

fun remixes...

an odd noise

This ROCKS! It's just plain fun!

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Album Details

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Customer Reviews:

VIVA LES BEEHIVES!.......2000-02-23

The B-52s have acquired a great number of allies in their time, and this CD reflects the huge amount of love for their work that exists out there... these re-mixes are the perfect gift for any fan who loves both the B-52s and electronic music. I am however IN COMPLETE DISAGREEMENT with the first review. The Moby remix of "Good Stuff" is a brilliant example of mid-90s techno. OLD SCHOOL! You can forget about the 12" mix of "Love Shack". Anyways, this CD will facilitate yet another generation's introduction to these masters a funky-kitschy-avant-garde.

fun remixes..........1999-06-06

This remix EP from the B-52's is way above par. The Jason Nevins remix of "Hallucinating Pluto" is a fun journey through "laser beams"... The Edge Factor Club Mix of "Debbie" is wonderful as well. The 12" mix of Love Shack is a must-have for any party. The only downfall to this cd is the horrible Scottische Mix of "Good Stuff" done by Moby. Just Brutal.

an odd noise.......1999-01-28

Apart from the 12" mix of Love Shack - which is this cd's killer - this is a pretty savage restructuring of the B-52s sound. It's puzzling to think who this will appeal to, as the sound is so aggressively contemporary, and a lot of 52 fans (I suspect) are no longer in the first flush of youth (so to speak). Like the previous reviewer says, don't get this if you're wanting the original thing, but by all means give this a listen.

This ROCKS! It's just plain fun!.......1998-09-12

If you like the B-52's you'll want this CD. There are some great remixes on here, and they just fit the band so well. Front to back fun. A very enjoyable listen.

But, this shouldn't be a pick for a first-time CD from the band. This is incredible fun only if you know the band. If you don't, then it's gonna sound a lot like "yet another" album of dance tracks.

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