Sound of Silver

still a great album and even better nostalgia. my now deceased wife and i saw them on this tour as our first concert as a married couple. they didn’t play “losing my edge,” one of my fav songs ever, and i don’t really blame them for not playing it. they did knock out an outstanding version of “all my friends” that night. just great stuff all around here

Based on my past ratings, “dance-punk” sounds like something I would reject. But that’s not really a good genre label for this album, which certainly takes influence from both genres, but fuses them with the increasingly alienated mood of the 21st century for a new digitalized take on rock. Chilly yet passionate, repetitive yet epic, this is an all-time great album.

lcd soundsystem’s second studio album, following their 2005 self-titled debut and their nike-commissioned long-form release 45:33. recorded at long view farm in massachusetts, the album is considered to be much cleaner, bigger, and emotional than their last; lead musician and madlad james murphy covered the interior of the place in silver fabric when recording, wanting the album to not sound as "beige" as their debut. i like indie and alternative dance music because it makes me feel less like a club-dancing god and more like an awkward math teacher nobody that got dragged onto the dance floor and is just trying to have a good time despite not knowing how to move. the playful and groovy instrumentals paired with the moody lyrics make for such a vibe, i can't get enough of it. speaking of "can't get enough", i can really hear the early 80s dance pop influence too and it's killer! the first lcd album i listened to was pretty interesting by itself but this one packs a lot more oomph.

langweilig

still think it's a bit overrated

i wasn't expecting the original version of the buccaneers theme song to be here

Honestly, All My Friends is so good it almost brought this back for me

A phenomenal electronic rock album.

4.0 raw first time rating. Really like- I think I’m into this band more than I previously realized. Will have to replay a time or two to see if it creeps up in stars

This is #day817 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... this has to be my first time listening to LCD Soundsystem. Ever. Some folks get to lean on nostalgia in their reviews, but I don't have that. This project passed me by back in the day. Looking at it objectively, this is very much mid-'00s electronics clashing with an alternative rock ethos, or whatever. I don't think I like it, though. Judging by the general score, I think this album is largely overrated. I'm going with a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day818.

OMG THIS IS PERFECT!!! rating: 5/5*, would recommend

You know an album's good when you can remember at least a bit of every single track and the order they're on the tracklist.

I was honestly hoping to like this more because my friends really like LCD Soundsystem but I just couldn’t get into it or think it was anything special.

I think my issue with LCD soundsystem is that James Murphy sounds annoying and makes annoying music

Oh how I love this band! Great combo of electronic and punk music. This is near and dear to my heart ❤️

On the whole, the music was repetitive as it had the almost constant same beat throughout all the songs, but I did like "All My Friends". The songs had a tendency to run on too long also.

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It lands pretty well considering how hybrid it is.  Synth infused with 90s indie rock or something like that.  It does have a lot to it and some very varied yet cohesive sounds.  The issue is those perfectly reasonable elements linking all this together either at times bore me or make me think I am listening to a Madonna album (not a good thing in my world).  E.g. the driving dance beat in "Get Innocuous".  In that sense it may well be a masterpiece if I was a dance fan as I would think wow, I am listening to a mature, complex soundscape. You then have the indie part, and that is the worst part probably.  It's like Kings of Leon or something similar where they try and engage the audience with a dry vocal over a driving beat.  I am critical of this, but robotic indie bands can sound good with a similar energetic back and this is an example that gets it right some of the time.  It's a genuinely interesting album and happy to have come across it despite some objections. Just a shame in "North American Scum" it has gritty parts and then you have "All my friends" which is Kings of lean esk bore.  I think ultimately this is just a little too dance and that's not my grove to lose my meditative mind too.

Having been previously been only loosely aware of LCD Soundsystem, I somehow had an idea that I might quite like this album. I can see how it's blend of indie rock and electronica might sit right within one of my lanes of preference, but somehow this album never quite clicked for me. It has a few moments that got my head bopping, but at no point did it ever properly fire up an emotional response. It was all sort of just fine. It's a long album with some long tracks and this also facilitates me just drifting off and thinking of other things. At no point did the music pull me back to attention, either by being really good or really bad. It finishes with "New York I love you..." which sounds like it was written by Kermit the Frog and is straight out of the muppets. There must be some more emotional depth in this album for some people but I didn't find it.

Liked this one

I can't really judge this as I know nothing about Dance music - I think that's what this is? There are some OK moments but overall I don't think one can fully appreciate this whilst not on some sort of toxic substance, or high otherwise. I've hear worst though. I just find this too formulaic. Start with a simple theme, repeat, repeat until even the ravers are about to fall asleep, then add a layer (or fiddle a few knobs) to momentarily add some interest again, repeat repeat, end of song. New song, same. So, musically, I rate this very low but within the subculture I can imagine this is a good album and probably influential too. It's just not for me.

very repetitive, didn't like

This was probably the hardest album to rate here, if it was possible to give it 3,5, it would have been best. Ultimately, after a second listen, I enjoyed myself the same or better as the first time. So, in the end, this deserves a 4.

Couldn’t get through it

Hot garbage

First few songs were meh but I got into the rest. Very repetitive but decent background music

Overall: 8/10 I kind of loved this. It makes me dance and think and vibe so hard. Fav Song: New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down

Not sure this would be a 5 if this wasn’t a long time favorite album of mine. I love every song. Rock that cow bell! 5 Boolean: True

I still don’t like electronic/dance music. The final track was the best because it didn’t fit into that category but it wasn’t a great song. I don’t really know what to say. It made me feel sad. And I’m pretty sure that’s not the purpose of this kind of music.

Niet echt boeiend

I would have loved this when I was 15

Someone Great is my standout but can't say they're a favorite. Definitely a big part of my liberal arts college experience

North American Scum and Someone Great are worth the price of admission ten times over. But dare I say this album has no skips?

INCREDIBLE!! get innocuous, time to get away, all my friends are amazing songs I’m obsessed. what a banger

First album of theirs I've really liked. The variation in style is what keeps it so fresh, only 9 tracks but all well developed and recorded. 'Someone great', 'get innocuous', 'all my friends' and the ode to New York all standouts.

Nice!

2.75

The have an album in my personal collection that I prefer. This is still decent but the songs are on the longer side. Which is to be expected for this kinda Indie Dance Music. Someone’s Great, All My Friends , Sound Of Silver and the mellow New York , I Love You But You’re Brining Me Down (which is the one ballad on here and my favourite track) great closing track) Overall it’s more than a 3 probably a 3.25. Would listen again but have to be in the mood. The songs could be cut down a bit but again that’s Dance Music for ya.

bangggggs

Like the other albums of theirs I listened to, I bounced in and out between the songs. I did find myself to be bopping along quite often though.

“All My Friends” really moved me. What a song. A masterclass in build up and payoff. Sometimes this feels more like what you’d hear at the club rather than an album of songs, and that’s ultimately to its benefit. (“Watch the Tapes” felt the most like a band track.) Plenty of time for the songs to expand, dig in, and stick to you; and all of them are dynamic enough to not get old or boring. Feels both off-the-cuff and carefully constructed.

listened before… i really don’t fuck with lcd sound system like that. but someone great is one of my favourite songs ever

A solid album from a great band! LCD Soundsystem is one of those bands where my enjoyment increased considerably after seeing a live performance. For whatever reason, after seeing their music went from songs I enjoyed, to tunes that fill me with so much positive energy. I’m writing this two weeks before the midterms and this was a much-needed reprieve from the toxic energy I’ve been absorbing. I’ll be forever grateful for my son getting me into music like this, or at least as reenvisioned in the oughts, it is fun for someone getting AARP mailers to branch out into new sounds. Keeps me young. Partly why I started this project to begin with.

Favourite Songs: Get Innocuous! All My Friends Sound Of Silver

Loved the energy of this album. Completely blind going in and was satisfied. Favorite song: Watch the Tapes

I never really got into LCD Soundsystem the way some other people did. There was talks of me seeing them with my friend Quinn, but he decided to just sell the tickets instead, so my only real interaction with them was a couple of listens to This is Happening while I was in Hawaii last summer. And while I don't think this does their sound as well as that does, there's certainly a lot to like here. It's more a showcase of potential than anything else, but there are some songs on here that definitely could've made This is Happening. And it's just a really fun album, there's a real sense of optimism to their music, and it's just a really nice change of pace from some of the other stuff I put myself through. Favorites: North American Scum, Watch the Tapes, New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down

As close to perfect as a record can get. No notes, the definitive indie disco album

Enjoyed 2 songs but overall not my kind of music

Very excited for this one. Has one of my favourite ever songs. Hope the rest can measure up. Rocking with this. Love their intros. Mr. Soundsystems you may be the goat. I think it may be time. Time for what you ask? Well mayhaps to get away. Dude there's a girl?? Of course there is the musics good. I know some North American scum. I fear this may be another case of one song absolutely hitting it out of the park and the rest kinda just being there. All My Friends is a masterpiece, the rest kinda good. Girl did you even know that you spend the first five years trying to get with the plan and the next five years trying to be with your friends again?? Were you aware? Did you even fucking know that?? Oh my god. One of the best songs ever and not even their best song. Insane. Yeah lowkey I don't like this. They struck gold once then immediately started mining in the other direction. Oh wait hold on let em cook. Makes you wanna feel like a teenager, then you remember the feelings of a teenager, and think again. SO true. Sometimes I wanna go back to high school then I remember high school and think again. Yeah mid as hell overall. Favourite: All My Friends Least favourite: Time to Get Away

LCD has yet to make the perfect album. It’s hard to translate what they do live to album form but this comes pretty damn close. It’s probably 4.5 stars VS 5 but I’m gonna do the 5 anyway.

a timeless hipster dream!!!!!

I've listened to this album several times and I'm still not a big fan of the title track. The rest of this is great though, with my favorite being "New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down". This is a mid 4 for me

Sound of silver talk to me

Ansi sterk. Gef henni þrjár núna, en hún fær annan séns seinn.

I love when a singer isn’t great and they fully embrace that but don’t let it get in their way to creating an enjoyable experience. This is such a fun album with good energy, infectious beats, and one of my personal favorites (All My Friends).

It makes for decent background noise. There's nothing too bold to snap you away from whatever you're actually doing. But concentrating on listening to the album itself is a chore. While fun, it quickly becomes repetitive.

ehhhh

Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem: Tedious Electronic Discordia. A simplistic but ok synth-punk dance song (All My Friends) crammed into a 55 minute album, backfilled by shovel with unimaginitive and over-repetitive riffs and twee Grade 1 scat singing. Occasionally, the voice and riffs are reminiscent of early Talking Heads at their worst - but that comparison would be too flattering. A poor album that has aged badly. The upside: I can, in good conscience, add it to the ‘never again’ pile. 🟡⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️ 8%

I have listened to this album a total of 3 times now in my life, so I think that is giving it a fair chance. I have never understood why it is so highly rated. Some tracks are just plain annoying and repetitive, e.g. ‘Someone Great’. Many tracks were average at the time but have aged badly, like ‘North American scum’. The album is not particularly innovative and seems to take a lot of inspiration from Talking Heads. I liked 'Sound of Silver' the most even though it has the fewest listens of any track. Overall, not a great listen for me.

There were a couple of songs that I liked, but overall it doesn't score high on my list.

High bar but I dislike the criteria of said bar.

Uno de los álbumes más hermosos que he escuchado

No notes.

Pre Listen: I think I've heard of LCD Soundsystem before? Sounds very familiar to me. No expectations, album cover looks a lil boring though. Notable Tracks: Us V Them - I like the harmonies through the mid-part of the song. Favorite part of the album up to this point. sadly there's ~3 minutes before and after the mid section of the track that are trash. Post Listen: Not a fan. Millennial gabagool. Boring ass vocalist. Songs that go on for longer than needed. I'm getting so tired of these sorts of albums on this project. They feel like time wasters. Albums that aren't terrible, but aren't even close to being good, so you feel just...nothing listening to it. No sensation other than feeling like my time is being wasted listening to this stuff. Like yeah sure it has some good moments, a good beat here, neat harmony there, but then it'll dive into the absurd and your brain just wants it to be over with. Overall sound was this miserable mix of Indie and Punk, musical equivalent of drinking a warm plastic water bottle left out in the sun. :L 2/5

Siento que ellos reflejan un sonido de una época que me emociona saber cómo se va a ciclar y ser mejor que elles.

This reminds me of a modernization of Liquid Liquid's sound. Energetic and punchy electro-rock. Songs are brilliantly put together.

Enjoyment: 5/10 Replayability: 4/10 Cohesion: 6/10 Flow/Pacing: 5/10 Artistic Merit: 6/10 Weighted Average: 5.05/10 Review: This is some chill electronic club music that ends with a strange love letter to New York. Liked Song(s): Get Innocuous!, Someone Great, Us V Them Disliked Song(s): North American Scum, Sound of Silver Recommend? Yes Heard Before? No

Oh buddy, not a lot for me to like here. This album sounded like Nick Cave and Coldplay mashed together (this is NOT a compliment). Bad minimalist sad boi “rock” with a lot of electronica backing. There was one song that was entertaining and I realized it was because I recognized it from the beginning of 'Step Brothers'. Did not care for the album overall, and I'm confused as to why this group has multiple entries on the list. 2/5

2,5

Stylistically this is my least favourite LCD album pre American Dream but holy shit it flows together so nicely. So well thought out as a whole project. Dude really is the master of slowly building layers in a really satisfying way. Best tracks: Sounds of Silver, Get innocuous 8/10

JL : 2, Sound of Silver

There's something truly intoxicating about the tonality & atmosphere created on this record - the electronic indie beats are fantastic to listen to and the flow of the record is superbly put together. Every track has its own place but they blend together seamlessly. Huge fan of this one.

Hell yeah

Very good album, good group. Will check out other albums.

bueno, no le presté mucha atención

719/1001 2026.10.08 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

The cover made me think this was going to sound real different so i feel a bit blue balled rn ngl

I knew this album was important based on opinions and commentary of people who like similar music to me, but I never gave it a try. I really, really enjoyed it. Some of the backing percussion and synth reminded me of less abstract versions of songs from Kid A.

Låtarna är väl ok. Lite roligt sound. Riktigt nice percussion. Velar mellan tvåa och trea.

Första två låtarna är riktigt ssx on tour!

Hur kan ett album låta så här bra?? Och alla låtar är bangers, man vill ba ut och dansa!

Gillar, lättlyssnat men ändå intressant

I didn't know this record, and it's been a really great discovery. It's a mixture of styles blended together into an album that will definitely stay in my rotation.

Sounds really good. Groovy, tight dance-punk with a sound of its own, and the long builds pull you in

this is where it starts

Loved this. Really unique.

just like when i first heard new order at age 15

Dance punk is very much the calling of this album through and through. Super fun stuff, with colorful vocal mixes, popping and rolling bass riffs, and sometimes minimal, sometimes maximal, drum and percussion patterns. It's a feeling that really isn't matched in a lot of bands' output. Murphy had it down to a science. The looping, the whirling and the evolving song constructions are super fun. Now, I know for a fact that I prefer another album of his, so I'll leave a 4 here. I think LCDS does have to be on a list of music you have to hear before you kick the bucket, because it takes a lot from the pop before it, while injecting it with a more modern list of song topics and instrumentation. If the other album I'm thinking of isn't on here, this would be a 5. For now, I'll round to a 4.

LCD is really in their bag here, just hitting on all cylinders. They are the best at mashing up dance, electronic, indie rock and punk attitude, with arty stream of consciousness lyrics. Very high 4, pushed to 5 by the end.

Fine electro-dance-punk music. Gets a little repetitive in places, but got me moving and I enjoyed it enough to listen a second time.

See my previous LCD Soundsystem review, though this is probably their "best" album front to back, and certainly the one that means the most to me.

LCD Soundsystem will always have a special place in my heart. "All My Friends" and "New York, I Love You" are two of the best indie songs ever written. Favorite track: New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me zDown 4.5/5

music is love

Fitting music for a dance party or rave, but too repetitive for much else.

Elevator music from hell played for a fancy trust fund kid riding to a VIP rooftop club in New York City I hear a certain annoying hipster smugness and irony (post-/pre-.) Murphy vocals sounds like low budget David Bowie impersonation on some tracks and sort of squawks on others Perhaps flat is the best way to describe this. Flat may be a perfectly respectable aesthetic position, except that here it just repeats as lethargy, occasionally enlivened by the sound of seagulls screeching at one another over the remains of a fast food carton - I mean vocals

Major

GOATed

Look I don’t love everything about this album, but Someone Great and All My Friends are amongst the very best songs of this century, and New York, Get Innocuous and North American Scum are only a tier or two below. Murphy was mining something special at this time

Gran álbum! Le doy 4 porque hay algunas canciones con las que no termino de conectar, pero a la vez hay canciones tan potentes que de verdad trascienden en impacto Us V Them y Get Innocuous son mis favoritas del álbum, pero hay otras que se le acercan mucho Instrumentalmente hablando sumamente talentos, el uso constante de loops es una propuesta muy interesante también así que si, es un gran viaje musical el que entregan por acá estos genios