Sound of Silver

Ingredients: - 1 cup of The Strokes - 1 cup of Devo - 1.5 tsp of Television - .5 tsp of Daft Punk - 2 heaping tbsp of cowbell Directions: 1. Add all ingredients to silver saucepan. Stir to combine. 2. Bring to a boil, then let simmer on medium-low heat for 56 minutes and 12 seconds. 3. Pour into a silver bowl. Garnish with extra cowbell and percussion as desired. 4. Serve and enjoy.

The year is 2007. It's summer. I just turned 21, built myself a fixie, and am living in Seattle in a party house. At any time of any day or night you can find me at one of the 4 following places: Zeeks Pizza. Riding my fixie around the city. Crashing dance parties. Sitting on my front stoop drinking a bum jug of burgundy and vibing to this album. It was a summer of self discovery. Weed, mushrooms, ecstacy. I fingered strange women, parachuted envelopes of molly, turned every pair of jeans into jorts, smoked filterless Lucky Strikes in softpacks rolled into my tshirt sleeves. I had neon sunglasses. I was a huge fucking chode but was having the goddamn time of my life. And LCD Soundsystem was there every sweaty, drunk, sunny, indulgent step of the way. This album was anthemic. It played at house parties, bonfires, sunny day bike rides, dive bar patios. It fueled my self-indulgence and was a comforting backing track as I eschewed my religious upbringing and discovered there is nothing inherently sinful in the pursuit of pleasure. I don't think I'm interested in reliving 2007 but I'm glad for the memories. Thanks for helping me get laid so much, James Murphy.

You know, this started strong and I was like, "heck yeah, this is four stars easy!" but dang does it ever get repetitive as hell. Halfway through, my ears were exhausted. An few songs later, I wanted to stab things. By the time I was finished, I was mostly just angry that there is more than one LCD Soundsystem album on this list because that means that I have to do this again at some point. Also someone needs to have their cowbell confiscated until they can prove that they can be responsible with it.

Listening to this album feels like being poked gently with a dull object for 55 minutes and 55 seconds. At first it's just kinda irritating. Then as you get used to it, it's not so bad, you start to tune it out. Then there are actually moments where the poking feels invigorating, almost like a massage, but not quite as pleasant. And you almost feel sad and empty when the poking finally stops, like an integral part of you just disappeared. And then it hits you - you were sitting there letting someone poke you for almost an hour, when doing just about anything else would have been more enjoyable. 2 gentle pokes out of 5 👉👉

My bird liked this very much and chirped along with the music.

Indie dance music for people who don’t like indie dance music.

So obnoxiously repetitive. “North American Scum” might be one of the ugliest songs I’ve ever heard. Trying to sound 80s without the authenticity.

New York, you're bringing me down.

James Murphy wears his influences on his sleeve here. If you’re a fan of David Bowie, Brian Eno, Talking Heads and/or Kraftwerk, you’ll probably find something to like. Conversely, you might hate it because it’s a little on-the-nose.

Don't have eloquent enough words to describe how great this album is. Entwined with crystal clear memories of the euphoria of dancing with friends at their gigs and hazier memories of dancing in fields at sunrise.

“Sound of silver, talk to me, makes you want to feel like a teenager, until you remember the feelings of a real life emotional teenager, then you think again.” The most improbably lengthy, yet still catchy, hook I have ever known. I’ve been a fan of LCD Soundsystem for quite some time, but have never strayed far beyond their excellent 2010 album “This is Happening” (sadly not in the 1001 list- I checked). I’ve tried to get into Sound of Silver before but have never made it through, so I’m glad to have given it more time here, because it’s brilliant. The best or worst thing about LCD Soundsystem, depending on one’s angle, is that James Murphy is a born magpie, shamelessly cherry-picking from his record collection and spinning old hits and deep cuts into new concoctions. Is this a smart skewing of DJ and electronica sampling in a rock environment? Is it an example of post-modern bricolage to reflect our increasingly fractured world, just like a shattered mirrorball? Or is it just a huge rip-off? Kraftwerk, Pete Shelley, Bowie, David Byrne and many more could put a reasonable case in after hearing this album, as well as any other by Murphy. Bowie’s response to Murphy’s plagiarism admission? “You can’t steal from a thief, darling.” My feelings are similar: everything is borrowed in one way or another. All heroes have heroes and nothing is made in a vacuum, like it or not. With this album, Murphy just about stays on the right side of pastiche. “Get Innocuous” is a very well-constructed opening, from the distinctive synth percussion intro, to the bassline filtering its way into existence, to the echoing foreboding vocals right up to the chant towards the end. It’s completely addictive and had me hooked as it unfurled all the way. The third track, “North American Scum” is an adrenaline-fuelled stomper with a satisfyingly beefy sound and passionate, furious vocals from Murphy. But “Someone Great” and “All My Friends” are on another level: sublime tracks making up the heart of the record. Immediate, emotive, simple: true modern classics, and the fact we get them back to back here is astonishing. My only gripe is that these two centrepieces set such a high bar for the rest of the record. The other two highlights are “Us v Them”, an admirable epic which manages to keep the momentum going against all odds after “All My Friends”, and the stirring, dejected “New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”. On the other hand, “Sound of Silver” and “Watch the Tapes” could have arguably been trimmed out to make a much tighter album. “Time to Get Away”, too, is relatively lightweight, enjoyable but failing to reach the same heights as most of the other songs here. Still, this is an immediate, irresistible hit. Catchy, immaculately produced and full of humour and heart, it’s a nine out of ten for sure.

Derivative. Some songs remind me of Talking Heads, but without any passion. Oh hey, I remember this song from KEXP. “New York I love you but you’re bringing me down”

Bowie with an 808, innovative, bouncy and fun

Great album. It’s an interesting mix of fun danceable (get innocuous, tone to get away, North American scum) juxtaposed with a few emotionally resonant masterpieces (Someone Great, All My Friends, New York I Love You). I hear prince, I hear electronic, I hear punk, I hear tribal rhythms. The repetitive style of the songs either put you in a dance trance or hammer home the reverence. I want to give this a 5, it deserves it, but I think Sound of Silver and Watch the Tapes, could’ve been left off for a perfect album. I’m stuck between 4-5. Might have to sleep on it.

meh

The best single LCD Soundsystem studio album for sure. I love everything they did through the MSG "farewell" run, shame that James Murphy has become cringe ever since reforming the band

Massive Open, consistent diverse sounds somewhere between White Stripes and OK GO, and it does it for me. Hell yes.

An amazing album in its own right and my favourite by LCD. On rotation at least once every couple of months with James Murphy's trademark idiosyncratic style and attention to detail it always makes me smile/dance.

This is the archetype of what everything seemed to sound like when retired from listening to popular alternative music and retreated to a bar to grow a beard instead. This isn’t bad, just pick n mix industrial-emo-garage-danceable bullet points on a mid-noughts A&R dude’s bullshit bingo card.

Decidedly uncool, it feels too self conscious and try hard. There are parts that threaten to tickle my fancy but ultimately I just feel bleh about this album. Someone needs to tell this bloke he ain’t Prince.

They don't do brevity, do they? Not sure I really get on board with combining Kraftwerk and Moroder with post-millennial irony. There's a kind of lassitude that squats at the heart of this project that turns me off. The music isn't good enough to pull me back. Repetition has its place as a tool for creating an ambience, but alas, that place is not on an LCD Soundsystem album.

such a cool album, definitely a nostalgia trip. New York I Love You singlehandedly brings it from an 8 to a 9/10. my main criticism is that some of the songs feel a little too drawn out, but its still great

Sharp and funky and emotional and cool all at the same time.

Corny throughout but I think after getting over the stink of dance pop there's something heartfelt and good to jam around to.

Listened just yesterday to it. Infectious and driving referencing all the good stuff that's came before and inventing new things along the way. James Murphy is a great guy and his personality just flows out of the music. 'All My Friends' is such an anthem.

Made me wanna shake ass. Really cool sounds. Extremely fun. Honestly blown away. Making plans to go to the club as we speak

11/30/2023 - it was a rainy November day and my neighbour/friend died upstairs. People were in & out of my apartment all day, sirens blaring non stop. I'd been staring at the wall for hours. My LCD Soundsystem tickets that night seemed like a selfish idea given the timing but I still went. I needed something so incredibly loud that I couldn't hear my own thoughts. Someone Great comes on and I just start sobbing in my boyfriend's arms, in a room full of people who didn't notice. It's something I'll always remember. I wish that we could talk about it, Emilio </3

Perfection. It’s all bangers. Its the perfect length for an album. Every song is unique but stays within the themes of the album. Multiple of the songs are massive hits and rightfully so. This is easily in the top 10 maybe even top 5 albums I have heard on this platform. 10/10

Every songs rhythm is fucking electrifying. There’s no need to listen to closely to the words (apart from on New York I Love You) but if you do I know you’ll connect to something. This is my first listen to LCD and won’t be my last. I think people that don’t like this have never smiled to themselves in a mirror and it shows.

I listened to this on acid and it ruled

LCD was one of the first shows I saw with my wife, back in 2017 at Brooklyn Steel - just a great live act. I don’t really care for pure electronic music in general, but I love when a band can pull off that sound and vibe with a full band. I also love a full circle/serendipity moment - this was the assigned album on the day my first kid was born - two days ago, over seven years after that first show with my wife. I only got through a few songs in the morning when I went to grab coffees, before things got real. And here I am a few days later back home listening to New York I Love You with him sleeping on my chest. So far fatherhood gets 5 out of 5 stars, and I can’t give his first album anything less. Can’t wait to introduce him to Kollaps.

Sound of Silver I’m very familiar with this album, one of my favourites by one of my favourite ‘modern’ bands. I listened to it A LOT when it came out and I still return to it pretty regularly. I cannot believe it's actually 17 years old. Its influences are worn very obviously on its sleeves, with James Murphy clearly magpie-ing from Bowie, Can, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, dance, disco, house, new wave, punk. And while those influences are easily identifiable, they are shepherded together to make something that, although not totally unique, is definitely a great synthesis of all of the above in its own nice The triumvirate of North American Scum, Someone Great and All My Friends is superb, the cornerstone and heartbeat of the album, and encapsulates what I love about LCD Soundsystem. The new wave/punk edged North American Scum with its wryly amusing lyric, the hypnotic drive and build around the rhythmic and pounding keyboard and sincerity of the lyric of All My Friends. But best of all, Someone Great, which I absolutely love, with its pulsing keyboards and noises and its vaguely cryptic lyric about loss, emotionally resonant yet slightly out of touch. Either side of that, I love the layering of Get Innocuous! and the insistency of the groove and drum pattern. I love the drum sound on Time to Get Away, and again the groove is great, with the little riff/break for the chorus and angular/new wave guitar. Brilliant bass groove on Us V Them, I love the cowbell and the breakout into the ‘Block out the sun’ part. Watch the Tapes is yet another great, mesmeric groove with a great beat and another sardonic lyric - 2 new wave dance bangers. I’ve always liked the lyric of Sound of Silver and the song is a great dazed and moodily atmospheric track built around those words and some excellent keyboard noises. New York I Love You is a great closing track after all the dance driven grooves, with it’s more conventional arrangement and almost doo-wop verses. I love this album, from the sound of the drums and keyboards to the vocal style, the wry lyrics and the fantastic danceable grooves interspersed with genuinely emotionally impactful moments. It’s very easy for this type of album to fall into the trap of hipsterish imitation, but the fact that James Murphy is a bit older than his peers and his undoubted skill as a synthesist of his influences makes this a cut above, and one of my favourite albums of the last 20 years. Easy peasy 5. 🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩 Playlist submission: Someone Great Ps, the album after this, This Is Happening is also excellent, and if you like it it’s worth checking out their other 2 albums. The first one is a little rough around the edges but has some great tracks and American Dream, their last one, has a slightly older, more mature feel to it. The 45:33 mix is also good, some of the musical moments and parts in that got pulled into Sound of Silver.

That was excellent! I had never heard it before and I will be hearing it many many times in the future.

LCD Soundsystem brought back my hangover. 6/5

Life changing

Unreal album any EDM or electro fans ...this is a must

I really don’t think this band is for everyone. But, this is one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands. It combines so many of my favorite genre elements, from punk to disco to even Phillip Glass-esque repetitive sound. More LCD Soundsystem.

A perfect example of music that's dancy, electric, eclectic, and dynamic all at the same time. The comparisons to Talking Heads are apt, although they definitely lean into the electronics more, and are not as globally influenced as some of the Talking Heads stuff. With the exception of "All my friends" (frankly, a bit of a dud), all the songs are incredibly solid and fill out their time well. As an album, it never gets boring with its sound, each song has its own strongly unique fingerprint on this album. I'm a bit biased because I've listened to this album a lot before, but I know I love it, and getting it in this challenge was a treat.

The first half of this album is god tier and 'all my friends' is one of my top five songs of all time. It's fun, clever, cool, funky, danceable, heartfelt, energetic, uplifting and well made in terms of musicality and production. It does what good music does and fills my heart with happiness.

A modern classic. Their debut album had its moments but was irritating at times. This album is more consistent and has much better songs. I can also appreciate their later work, but overall those albums are not as good as Sound of Silver.

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Awesome album. Not usually a big fan of electronic music but this one hit right. Last song was my fav.

Their absolute peak. Lyrically brilliant and untouchable for much of it. Pretty much no missteps and just a joy start to finish.

Wondered if it would have aged well. It did. Awesome.

ONe of my fav electronic albums

Awesome!

Completely won over by this album. Great fun

I never gave this a chance when it came out, and that was a mistake it’s full of great tunes!

Get Innocuous is amazing and by far the best track on the record. The rest of the album is just okay.

All song were fantastic but like 8 minutes

really fun album! my first of lcd soundsystem, and im glad i listened, it was a blast. 8/10

1st time listening. Very enjoyable; loved the first 2 reviews about it. Good time had by me.

My first time listening to this album. Somehow I missed out on LCD when growing up although I remember the name. Overall, I enjoyed it, especially the mix of dance-punk with early 2000s vibes. Pretty cool, but also maybe too repetitive and it gets old pretty quickly. Didn’t care for the ballads either, definitely the best part of the album were the fast tempo tracks with 16s on hi hats.

I'm in a bad mood at the moment and have a headache, but I'm pretty sure I like this.

Another one I've owned forever and never really listened to. In this case, a pleasant surprise! It's no more than the sum of its parts, but those parts are among my favorites. It's pretty hard to mess up a margarita given quality ingredients, and similarly if you put "The Man-Machine", "Lodger" and "Extricate" in a blender the result will taste pretty good regardless. 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

J'ai été très surpris de ne pas tomber sur un album mais sur un Fast & Curious avec Hugo Clément. Pour autant je dois dire que certains moments m'ont beaucoup plu, comme par exemple celui où l'intéressé doit choisir entre les mots "réfléchir" et "agir" et qu'il répond "agir".

The first song is an absolute banger, was actually a little disappointed with the rest of the album :(

В Max Payne 3 было пару миссий-флешбеков, где действия разворачивались в нуарном Нью-Йорке вместо бразильских фавел. Контраст, что они производят, должен привносить разнообразие, дополнять происходящее. Мною же это воспринималось как издевательство, мол "Чувак, смотри, мы умеем, могли бы всю игру сделать приятной и интересной... но не захотели, хы-ы-ы-ы". На этих миссиях понимаешь, что смена сеттинга в триквеле - это просто лютый кал в рамках серии. Казалось бы, при чём тут ключи? Вроде очевидно, что последний трек альбома... похож на нормальную музыку. Перед этим ты почти смиряешься, что вот это монотонное повторение неприятных звуков и рандомных фраз может в определённый момент определённому человеку немного доставить. Но потом начинается последний трек и понимаешь "Ой не, нахуй это дерьмо, я ебал просто, нахуй этот кал, когда люди уже давно нормальную музыку придумали?". А, наверное, "чтобы расширять рамки восприятия, создавать что-то, отличное от созданного"? Не, ну ребят, давайте вы этот монотонный кал на фоне для себя как-нить наклепаете, а в топ уже чё-нить нормальное выкатите, а? Шоб вот включить, и весело. Или грустно. Или одухотворённо. А не скучно. Для последнего у меня есть "Две минуты тишины" за авторством Джона Леннона и Йоко Оно, захочется - на репит поставлю. Вышесказанное характерно для вступительного трека и с 5 по 8. В 2-4 всё же можно найти адекватные элементы. Но отличной музыкой назвать - вряд ли. North American Scum - хорошей, ладно. Отличной можно назвать лишь последний трек. Но это всё не вытягивает альбом даже до середняка.

Not really a fan of this one, I knew of North American Scum already but the rest of the tracks all drone on for at least 2 minutes longer than necessary.

Annoying

By golly, I really did not like this album. Yuck. Some of the songwriting is good, but even then, the background instrumentals are just awful. I don't like the looping approach taken on a lot of these songs. The songs will start by slowly adding each layer, and then the song is just kind of stuck with that as it goes on. It can't really change much from then on. The melody will change, and they might add another layer, but that's it. I liked the last song okay I guess, although it was off to a rocky start. The second to last song though...ugh. Too long, and very bad.

I feel like anyone complaining that this is repetitive is entirely missing the point. Best listened to in a sweaty frenzy at a live venue, another long time favorite that gets an easy five.

Sound of Silver- LCD Soundsystem ||4.5/5⭐️ ༘˚⋆𐙚｡⋆𖦹.✧˚ SUCH A STRONG START WITH THE FIRST TRACK. i like the slow build up to the beat and it’s just so funky and futuristic ig idk i kinda love it. the cheering for the first song is so cute too. idk i love when songs do that cuz then it just like lives in my brain for the rest of the day. however the song loses points for that ear piercing ass star wars laser sound effect. i’m excited for what the rest of the album has in store ^^. i feel like im yapping but holy shit. all my friends so SO GOOD. THE EMOTION WITH THE VOCALS AND THE BUILD UP OF THE MUSIC BEHIND MAKES U RLLY FEEL THE IMPACT. the desperation to keep things the same but ultimately being unable to is just so GOOFOFKFIFOI this song hits HARD. easily my favourite. overall this is an album that once again surprised me, i really liked it! however i do find some songs overstayed their welcome (us vs them did nawt need to be almost 7 minutes) and others i find are *good* but not great yk? _______________________ stand out songs: time to get away, north american scum🥈, someone great, all my friends🥇, watch the tapes🥉,

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4[.7] of 5 stars This entire album is a vibe, and it’s probably gonna be one of my new favourite electronic albums. From the first track, this album really captivated me. The mixture of indie rock and electronic music styles created something almost irresistibly groovy, while also having some incredible guitar hooks and vocal work. The mixing of electronic and analog instruments really intrigued me throughout the whole album. This entire thing sounds like The Strokes mixed with Daft Punk and a bit of new wave mixed in there. I loved the vocal lines, guitar hooks, and feel of “All My Friends,” the cool electronic bits of the first track, and the intensity of the closer. Favourites: Get Innocuous!, All My Friends⭐️, Watch The Tapes, Sound of Silver, “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down.” Dislikes: Us v. Them

This record brings together many musical elements that I love. Unpolished dance rock with a punk-leaning spine, songs that build despite repetition. Brings me back to my grad school days when I would go to my favorite bar which had a great catalog of LCD Soundsystem on the Touchtunes and my friends and I would load up 5-6 songs for an hour-worth of good feels - the real bang for my college buck. I welcome revisiting this record every time it pops up, haters be damned.

Shut up and play the hits. High 5.

Unreal album. Listened before and loved in the past but sort of forgot about it. Was a pleasure coming back to such a great album. Really riled me up and gave me a lot of energy.

Brilliant

It's good. I didn't want to like it, but I really did. North American Scum reminds me of Homosapien by Pete Shelley. Even if with that ripoff I still liked it. Will need a copy of this for the collection.

New York, I love you But you're bringing me down Like a death of the heart Jesus, where do I start? But you're still the one pool Where I'd happily drown

Wunderbar

Hell yeah

The greatest dance album of all time, nothing to say best song: all my friends, get innocuous worst song: watch the tapes (still peak) surprising how this is happening isnt on here and american dream is

James Murphy is a genius artist, simple as. Solid 5 Stars.

I’m at a 5. My big confession is that I know the name LCD Soundsystem, but I’ve never heard them – I thought I had, but for years, I was confusing them with “009 Sound System”, aka the band (or guy?) with that one song that got overused to death on YouTube in 2009. Granted, I did think I had a sense of what LCD Soundsystem actually was, but, uh… Boy, was I wrong. And, boy, was I glad to be wrong. I was expecting indie rock music, but I was sort of expecting the grungier side of it – it does eventually come into play on the last track for a bit, but for the most part, this is electronica indie rock, and it’s the type of electronica (and the type of rock) that I really fucking vibe with. Straight from “Get Innocuous!”, this album hit the ground running and never really slowed down for me. Granted, there are a few things I can point at – a few songs do settle into a rhythm when they could’ve kept building and expanding, and a few tracks got a little boring because of that. However, that “boredom” more so manifested itself into just falling out of the trance that most of the tracks put me into – James Murphy does a fantastic job of finding a rhythm, sticking to it, and pulling the most out of it that he can. Once he hits a wall, it’s a little easier to “wake up” from the trance, and that’s where the ‘boredom’ comes in, but it’s a boredom that’s still tinged with the anticipation of something new. I’m sure someone will complain that this is 55 minutes, and that the soundscapes all blend together & meld together into one long, boring, plodding album, and if that’s the way your ears heard this, then I dunno, I guess I can’t blame you that much. It is an acquired taste to like this sort of thing, but for my money’s worth, I just can’t understand how this might be the electronica album that bounces off of someone. This isn’t Kraftwerk doing FL Studio loops for 10 minutes on Trans-Europe Express (and no shade to Kraftwerk, that’s just their most boring album to me – their influence on this album & electronica as a whole is felt here), this is blended really well with rock instrumentation that evokes everything from Talking Heads to DEVO to the Beastie Boys & Queen. As someone who went into this 1,001 albums thing turned off by really long tracks (and can still easily be turned off by them), I just think that even with most tracks on this album being over 6 minutes long, they’re all captivating in their own way, even if I bounced off of one or two. Ultimately, I just thought this was great – far beyond what I was expecting it to be, but a very welcome surprise. I need to listen to the debut album whether it’s on the list or not, and that includes the ‘really should’ve been a major hint’ track of “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House,” which I’ve read the title of, but never made the connection for. As far as this album goes, it’s a 5, through and through – a really fast 55 minutes, and a really enjoyable listen.

Amazing. One of my new favorites

Please, please watch this video of Kermit singing the final track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MSXv_YXLmI&t=0s (I love this album so much) Favourite Tracks: Someone Great, All My Friends, New York I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down Least Fav Track: North American Scum

First full album listened though familiar with many of the tracks; great vibes!

New fave

Before writing this review I must confess I have not heard of anything from LCD Sound System other than Daft Punk is Playing at My House. It's been an absolute pleasure listening this album from start to finish. The album starts with "Get Innocuous!", which has a long but increasingly fast paced, 70s/80s retro feel build up that I enjoyed very much. The theme gets further developed in "Time to get away", with lovely percussion and great baseline. "Someone great" sounds like an instant classic, with good lyrics about grief. "All my friends" again another strong track with fast pace piano base to start. Strong lyrics about aging. "Us v them" brings it back to earlier theme in the album - great build up and very immersive. I found "Sound of silver" musically varied and interesting, and "New York, I love you but you are bringing me down" is a great song to close the album. The slow(er) glam-rock ish finish was like finishing a dream-like odyssey back to the past, but yet it's very 00s indie. For the other tracks in the album, musically "North American scum"/"Watch the the Tapes" are good, but compare to aforementioned tracks they are a little bit forgettable. Overall I really enjoyed the album, and I will definitely listen to more albums by LCD Sound Systems! 4.5/5

I’ve always felt that LCD Soundsystem shouldn’t work. It’s like the joke about Losing My Religion; it’s a five minute song with no chorus and a mandolin as a main instrument, why shouldn’t it be a hit? LCD Soundsystem are a Dance Punk band fronted by a middle aged bloke who looks like somebodies uncle, and who writes exclusively about being middle aged, seeing the kids around you overtaking you and being ennui-ish about it. But fuck me, if it works, it works. I am, loathe to admit, still quite young, but since I discovered it at 17 All My Friends has been one of my favourite songs, and it’s sense of melancholy detachment, dissatisfaction and disappointment with how life turned out has always had a special place in my heart, aged 17, 22, or 26. And the rest of the album is also perfect, danceable and devastating all at the same time. All I ever want to do is be with my friends, whether that be tonight or any other night. When listening to James Murphy and Co, I feel among friends

Man, I love LCD Soundsystem. Wish I had got into them earlier! Such a cool sound and so clearly influenced by Talking Heads.

Easy

Love this band, love this album. It’s such an entertaining listen from front to back, but I will say the final track has always been my least favorite. There’s so much to listen for on this album, so many fun noises, so much slowly-morphing synth. It’s easy to just get lost in this album. 5 stars all day.

What a great record. The synths, the keys, the drum machines. During the height of folk indie rock, I would use this album as kind of palate cleanser. It was the perfect antithesis for the music culture of the time. The irony of it all is that this band (and this album) live on. This is one of those records that takes it as close to the edge as possible, but never over the top. Maybe because of conflicting sounds and elements. Its wild, but calm. Its apathetic, but full of emotion. Its dancy but also somehow anti-dancy. This is a really cool and unique album that should be revisited frequently.

Amazing 4 song Run from North American Scum through Us vs. Them (that bassline!) with All My Friends the highlight - although the rest of the album is also more than strong enough to ease this to a 5...

What wonderful

Great album.

Listened 2024-12-24 @ 9:00 AM I've started listening to LCD Soundsystem in college but I haven't listened to the full album in so long. Tracks 4 and 5 are my favorite of the album.

One of the best albums of its time

Love LCD soundsystem, super excited to get into this as a whole. The first track reminded me of Blue Man Group. It's arguably repetitive, but it's refreshing, I can vibe with this. 5* Highlights: someone great, watch the tapes

Dance-punk, electronic rock, electronica, indie rock, dance-rock, art rock

What do you rate an album with two 5-star songs, a couple 4 star songs and the rest 3 star songs? I probably won't play the whole thing through often but I'll be listening to the 5 star songs until death do us part.

Finally something in my wheelhouse! Get Innocuous starts with a pretty long drum machine intro with an acid style bass in the background. Funky! James Murphy’s vocals remind me of David Bowie. Also there’s some female vocals and guitar too. And a violin outro. Next is Time to Get Away. Nice funk drum intro. Got some clavinet and some percussion. Very funky. Reminds me of Talking Heads. Next is North American Scum. One of their hits, and a song I remember digging a lot when I first heard it somewhere. The lyrics are hilarious! Next is Someone Great, which I heard is a tribute to James Murphy’s late therapist. It’s very beautiful. Reminds me of This May Be The Place by Talking Heads. Amazing. Next is All My Friends. Very Krautrocky and has a John Cale esque piano part (fittingly enough he actually covered this song) Also they referenced Pink Floyd’s Set The Controls to the Heart of the Sun! Very good song! Next is Us v Them. I remember hearing this song in Burnout Paradise and digging it. Also I like the part where James Murphy says “Bells” and then agogo bells play. Huge banger. And it has an instrument called the “Fun Machine”. I don’t know what that is, but every song should have it. Next is Watch the Tapes. Nice ramonesy punk intro leading into a dancer new wave / post punk main portion. It’s alright. Also some funny studio chatter at the end Next is Sounds of Silver, with an acapella intro and some Linn drum and synth bass, then going into an ethereal section with choir and piano, then a tribal dubby section with lots of reverb and delay, and some xylophone sounds. Really trippy. Pretty minimal lyrics, but that’s ok cuz it’s mostly focused on the instrumental and the progression of the song, with the repeated refrain being a mantra. I like this experimental stuff. Finally is New York I love You But You’re Bringing Me Down. Another song I have previously heard. Mostly cuz of the music video with Kermit and its use in movie trailers. Very scathing critique of Bloomberg era New York City (which still remain prescient under the current Eric Adams regime. Dude was tried for corruption for Christs sake). Love when it goes all balls too the wall with the distortion at the end a la Rock and Roll Suicide by Bowie. Also it has a fake out at the end like Strawberry Fields Forever or November Rain! Damn good album!!!

This one is just a wild ride from start to finish. Not as good as their self-titled in my opinion, but fantastic in it's own right. The whole middle of this album blew me away. Favorites were North American Scum, Someone Great, All My Friends, and Us V Them.

Many people consider this the best LCD Soundsystem album. They might be right. I’m not one of those people however. It’s funny that the two albums representing the band on the list are not the two I would choose. This Is Happening and the debut are some of my favorite albums of this century so it’s hard to compete. I also can’t help but think that Us V Them somewhat sounds like the Home Depot theme. The layers here deserve to be listened to.

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Ah I’m so glad this is here. I wrote in my review of american dream review that I really hope Sound of Silver is on this list. This is LCD Soundsystem’s clear magnum opus to me, even if James Murphy and company haven’t had a bad album yet. All My Friends is one of my all time favorite songs. The title track has a way of getting lodged in my head. NYILYBYBMD is a fantastic closer. Brilliant.

If there is ever an end of the world party, the headliner would be LCD Soundsystem

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