American Apathy
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 reached number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and has sold over 100,000 copies in US.
Track listing
- "I'm Back" – 3:25
- "Survive" – 3:12
- "No Way Out" – 3:27
- "Always" – 3:16
- "Bastard" – 3:26
- "Sex Machine" – 2:51
- "Four More Years" – 0:17
- "Revolution" – 3:39
- "Let's Fuck" – 2:39
- "Fuck the World" – 3:32
- "I Wish I Was the President" – 4:05
- "Dream" – 2:56
- "The Life" – 5:08
- "People Are People" – 3:12
American Apathy: Reloaded track listing
- "Bitch" – 3:06
- "Fuck tha Police" – 3:48
- "Burn" – 3:16
- "Debonaire" – 2:53
- "Now Is the Time" – 2:56
- "Motivation" – 2:55
- "You Spin Me Round" – 2:44
- "Bring It On" – 3:16
- "Sick" – 3:41
- Only rare initial pressings of the album included all of these bonus tracks onto the special edition version 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.
Limited edition second disc
- "Debonaire"
- "Now Is the Time"
- "Motivation"
- "You Spin Me Round"
- "Bring It On"
- "Sick"
Personnel
- Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, samples, engineer, producer, mixing
- Virus – lead guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, vocal producer
- Racci Shay – bass
- Ben Graves – drums
- 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
Chart | Peak position |
The Billboard 200 | 128 |
Top Heatseekers | 1 |
Top Independent Albums | 14 |
;Singles
Song | Chart | Peak position |
"Always" | Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 38 |