1.Assess the Mess(10/10)- I love this beginning, very cool and weird.
2.Theme to a Fake Revolution(9.5/10)-This song does sound a little like his brothers(Rob Zombie) Dragula. I like everything about it.
3.Free(8/10)- A little on the light side but still a awesome track.
4.Action(7.5/10)-Pretty good song.
5.Thats Entertainment(10/10)-One of my favorites on this cd. I love the lyrics, chorus, and his voice sounds similar to Marilyn Mansons.
6.A is for Apathy(8/10)-This song is really fun to listen to also.
7.Transform(9/10)-Song is awesome and listen to the end with the guitar solo,really cool.
8.Top of the World(8.5/10)-One of their heavier songs on the CD and it is really good.
9.Song about Nuthin'(9/10)-One of my favorites, this song isn't anything PM5K's ever done before, you'll know what I mean if you listen to it. Slow, sad, then picks up and gets heavy.Awesome.
10.Stereotype(8/10)-Good song to listen to and shows his lyrical creativity.
11.I Knew It(10/10)- Also a favorite, I love the guitars and drums in this song and the chorus is really awesome.
12.Hey, Thats Right!(10/10)-Another favorite,uses the electronica voice, which sounds awesome and probably the heaviest song on the CD, which rocks!Oh yea, listen to the end of track 12 as it starts track 13.Its weird.
13.The Shape of Things to Come(9/10)-A good ending to a very good CD.

PM5K surprised me with this CD, they lost their spacesuits and a bit lighter with a few tracks, but they stay consistant through the whole album, and I still love these guys music.


A drastic improvement...PM5K have dropped the Spaceman theme   May 24, 2003
James (Chicago)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Weeks before the release of Powerman 5000's "Anyone for Doomsday?" the band scrapped it because the "Rob Zombie style didn't fit the direction they wanted to head." 2 years later, and 4 years since their last full album, the wait is over! Transform is the new album by Powerman 5000. Well my friends, the wait was WELLLLLLL worth it. The CD starts out with a 30 second intro entitled "Assess the Mess" which is a poem that Adam 12's father wrote and recorded. The lyrical value of "Transform" is immense. The songs have gone from the outerspace type that was heard on "Tonight the Stars Revolt!" and "Anyone for Doomsday" to real down to Earth lyrics. Living so free is a tragedy/ When you can't be what you want to be. Is a sample from the song "Free," which also includes a tribute to Joe Strummer in the bridge. "Thats Entertainment" is a song about how dumb the music industry has become. Spider One calls the line in "Lets see who's the biggest whore" a song inspired by Christina Aguilera's Dirty. "Transform" is the title track of the album, and in a way, represents the CD. It says your window of opportunity opens and closes really fast, in all points of few, so just do what you can when you can. "Hey Thats Right" is a version of Elvis Costello's "Radio Radio." It is the sister song to "That's Entertainment." My favorite tracks off the album are "Free, Action, A is for Apathy, and A Song about Nuthin." There is only one song I am not fond of and that is "A Theme to a Fake Revolution." PM5K have made a drastic change in their music, and it is for the better. I highly recommend this album, for almost anyone.


read the title of the cd   June 28, 2003
gmoney (New Milford, CT and Gilbert, AZ)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

if you're expecting the same old Powerman 5K that is full of bass tones and hardly change tone at all, then you will be surprised when you hear this CD. they actually sing! not that i don't like their past albums, i do, but it's different from what they have made in the past. i love listening to "when worlds collide" and "drop the bombshell" for playing video games and such, but these new songs actually have me singing along, and a lot of the tunes stay in my head. "A is for apathy" was the first one i heard from 'Transform' and i thought it was an okay song, but it was "Free" that sold me on the CD. the refrains are catchy, and i know that a lot of you PM5K fans are not used to singing along to catchy refrains with these guys, but i like this new style along with the old stuff, i don't think this is a permanent change in their genre or style, but they wanted to try and reach out to more fans, and none will be left behind. i wont call this a "must have" album, but a "must listen to"