Sound of Silver

I wish we had left this sound in the 80s. It’s okay. Some of the quirky lyrics made me giggle.

"all my friends" is fantastic. the rest feels like a joke i'm not in on

Listened twice. It’s alright I enjoyed it. Last track probably my favorite

Good and easy listening

3.5 * It's a good danceable rock album

I like this better than the other album by them we had before. Songs are long and winding but I enjoy the base ideas quite a lot. Good background music although I probably won't revisit very much. Highlights: All Your Friends, Sound of Silver, New York I love you. 3.5

I liked it, but a couple of songs really dragged on for too long in my opinion.

This was different. I didn't hate it, but I wasn't sure what to expect. From what I had read, this band's sound is very much a hybrid mixture of The Killers + The Strokes + a pinch of Devo + a dash of Daft Punk. Enjoyable for what it was, but I don't see myself going back to it anytime in not too distant future.

It started off as some sort of electronica, but then pivoted into an eclectic alt-rock sampler. It was OK, but it's not joining my library anytime soon.

Ok this one made me kind of get the LCD hype. NA Scum and NYILY were great, I didn’t realize they were LCD. A pleasant vibe to look at a nice blue sky to.

What a bop

Dance rock has never been my thing so was interested to give this a listen. I get DJ Shadow vibes (whom I am a fan) from the first track Get Innocuous!. This is electronic rock, well not my thing in general I can appreciate it. Stand out tracks: - Get Innocuous! - North American Scum - All my friends - Sound of Silver - New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down

Already loved some songs from this album but never listened to it in full. I think LCD Soundsytem really typified the beginning of the indie sleaze movement which lasted for the next decade, of which the genre is very close to my heart. Some of the songs are really repetitive musically which I understand is the style but I get bored of easily. The lyricist is amazing however and the end of the album is a highlight with New York I Love You.

it was alright but the vocals didn’t stand out to me, lots of cool sounds though

I have definitely heard of LCD Soundsystem before, and I'm sure I've heard some of their music at some point but somehow none of this was familiar. It was good, it didn't blow me away but I mostly enjoyed it. Definitely better with headphones.

I enjoyed listening to this album, hope to remember to come back to it.

Was not a big fan of the beginning but it got better. I enjoyed Someone Great, All My Friends and Us vs Them. Singers voice reminded me of others so it wasn't super unique.

It's fun. It's dancey and has good energy. I had fun playing bass to it. Not hearing anything especially great or creative about the songwriting. Cool beats. I like the North American Scum song.

5.5/10

I love Daft Punk is playing in my house, my house. But this falls short of that hype. Still ok to listen to at the gym. I'm too old for all night raves, but the first track would be great for that.

Too brassy for my brain in one sitting and the “vocals” suck. Other than that it was kinda cool. Hanging middle of the road on this one. It sounds a little dated for a 2007 release.

Achei mais animado q o outro...até q gostei desse

I liked this and I listened to it twice through. It was a 3 after the first listen and I thought it might be a 4 if I listened to it again. But still a 3. Easy funky rock/dance vibes. Very LCD Soundsystem, so it tracks. Sound of Silver was the one that stuck out the most to me as good background music.

The voice of me off but some the instruments parts were nice.

A little too sonically busy for me. Many of the tracks sounded similar.

The high of "Someone Great" followed by "All My Friends" is incredibly high. I appreciate James and his dance punk aesthetic, these more chill momements with brilliant lyricism, and just a killer vocal performance speak to me and make the biggest impression. While most of the album was dancier, I found myself losing interest at times. The second half of "The Sound of Silver" definitely reinvigorated the album. The long groove is moody, driving, and and compels you to move. "New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" took me out entirely. Not a bad song, and seemingly a deeply personal one, but this is not what I wanted from LCD Soundsystem.

Fun upbeat songs. Prob a one listen for me

I liked this album when it came out-fairly upbeat, nice to drive to--though the title track ("Sound of Silver") is actually pretty boring (even if its one lyric is pretty funny). I'm still listening to many of the songs on this album to this day--though I don't think it's by any means a mind-blowing album. It feels like a good spring-to-summer transition album.

Meh

3.5★. A bit of a hit-and-miss. The good stuff (Get Innocuous, Someone Great, All My Friends, New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down) is great but I don’t care much for the rest.

Not my favorite style of music but a fun stretch for me. Overall takeaway: vocals are kinda lame, but the instrumentals are fun

Cool album. Zou het niet meteen 4 sterren geven. All my friends is echt wel een banger. Ook een aantal nieuwe nummers hierop leren kennen. 3.4

1. To string you along with pretense 2. For you I caught a lot of static 3. We are North American scum 4. There shouldn’t be this radio silence 5. We set controls for the heart of the sun 6. Cloud, block out the sun over me 7. Avoid all the plans ‘cause we’re making our day jobs into a steady career 8. Sound of silver talk to me 9. But you’re still the one pool where I’d happily drown

A little too much filler, but the songs that hit hoo boy

Really interesting sound! Not my personal bag but this is very unique.

Finally, a song by this band that I recognized. Some of it is nice, a lot of it makes me want to listen to other music I like better. The last song made me want to turn it off. 2.5

I vibed with this one way more than I did the first one.

They overstayed their welcome on most songs. However, I did think they had a cool sound.

++: North American Scum, Sound of Silver, New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down + Get Innocuous!, Us v Them, Watch the Tapes +-: Time to Get Away, Someone Great, All My Friends 6,3/10

Good, couple proper musically tracks like the album closer. Sometimes feels a little try hard, but that might just be cause there’s no singing.

Highlights: "All My Friends," "Us Vs Them," "North American Scum," ...

Great album. Three stars as a whole because I'm not sure at this point if I would revisit as a whole (maybe that will change). Last track is lovely but unfortunately the colossal weight of emotion in All My Friends seems much like a imploding star, crush and devour all tracks around it's 5 star worthy artistry. As a middle aged man listening to another middle aged man singing about those early 2000s it strikes like a two chorded fork through the heart (even though weirdly I missed this track at the time)

I don't get it

Get Innocuous! 2.8 Time to Get Away 3 North American Scum 3 Someone Great 2.7 All My Friends 2.5 Us v Them 2.4 Watch the Tapes 2.4 Sound of Silver 2 New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down 3 Score: 2.644444444

I can’t explain it any further but this album just sounds like 2007. It’s not a good or bad thing, it’s just a thing. I enjoyed the album though!

Last time I got an LCD album, I hated it. This time, not too bad. Though too repetitive at times. Not terrible though

I may have been wrong about LCD Soundsystem in college after hearing "Dance Yourself Clean" - I did enjoy this album albeit slightly repetitive on some tracks. The grooves and unpolished vocals give it a nice indie feel.

This sounds like that band that met in art school and have been friends ever since. They make every decision together, straight down to what toilet paper to buy. They're the group that you heard and thought they're good because they have that one good song you like and then made an entire album of the same song. 3/5.

Better than most electronic albums from the era. Mostly because the songs go somewhere. It's also not as long as most, which serves this record well.

Wasn’t sure about it, but listened all the way through and it was surprisingly ok.

Better than expected for electroniia. Notables NA Scum Sound of Silver New York

That was fine? I listened on Friday and am writing this on Monday. I remember it being solid but don't remember anything standing out. Album cover: B. Sure.

I have not loved the first few songs. "North American Scum" is the first good one. "All My Friends" is also good. They really sound like The Killers on this track. All the next tracks didn't do it for me, but then "New York I Love You..." was pretty good. I've dabbled with LCD Soundsystem a little in the past and it's never clicked. They don't quite hold the same status as Radiohead, but they're another one of those bands everyone says they love. This album was a little boring. The interesting elements of it don't feel like they're executed that well. It all feels a little middle of the road and bland. I didn't dislike it and a few of the songs were good. 6/10

So many folks whose taste I respect rate this highly. I can sing and dance along and all but I think I missed whatever age window I needed to catch this in. Listened multiple times to try to make it hit harder. Did he or jack white start doing this weird singing first. Better call the po-LEEEEECE!

Favourite track: Get Innocuous!

I never really “got” LCD Soundsystem. I like dance, I like this era of indie rock, I like punk. I get what they’re doing, and I even really like most of their singles, and maybe even a song or two from each album. When Lil B sang about hipster girls shaking their ass, I was one of those girls he was talking about it, and at most of those parties, I was shaking ass to LCD Soundsystem. But left to my own devices, I rarely if ever would choose to listen to LCD Soundsystem, especially a full album back-to-front. There’s just something about it where the parts are greater than the sum. I like the genres they’re trying to combine, but I don’t like the combination; I like a song or two on a party playlist, but the albums lack momentum or gravity. Which is strange, because what Sound of Silver does have is variety — normally the lifeblood behind momentum and gravity! Maybe it’s the track length, which implies a dance beat crescendo that LCD can never really build. Maybe it’s the self-seriousness of the lyricism, which all have the depth of a 2000s indie film about the bridge and the tunnel. Maybe, just maybe, I just find LCD to be too pretentious, with too much of a “look what we can do by blending genres you wouldn’t expect a couple Williamsburg boiz to be interested in blending!” And maybe, just maybe, that’s a bit too far past the line for me to sit through an hour’s worth of material without rolling my eyes. This is a very long way to say that LCD Soundsystem aren’t really for me, unless it’s in small bits. While I get how and why someone could love Sound of Silver, and I can respect it and might’ve felt differently with modest tweaks, this is the quintessential example of a Greatest Hits Band™️ to me. You can like Sound of Silver, but I’ll just take the moments that don’t overstay their welcome with a 10-minute runtime and move those to a playlist that people can actually dance to at an actual party. And maybe even “New York I Love You,” whose sentiment may be overdramatized and dismissive of this gorgeous city, but also (and I say this from experience) still at least speaks to the Youngest Millennials in Brooklyn™️.

I have a love hate relationship to LCD Soundsystem. At times I find his music great, at others I find it pretentious and formulaic. This album is probably the LCD Soundsystem album with the least songs i know (of the hit albums). I found it quite good. Something with the style hasn't aged particularly well to me and the sound that sounded so fresh around the late 00s now sounds a bit boring instead. Still there is a certain groove to many of the songs that are fun in their scaled back way. Special shout out to "North American Scum" and "All my Friends". It is at its best a cool blend of indie electronic and a good window to what the indies listened to around the late 00s early 10s. Strong 3.

Después de varios intentos de que me gustara algo de este grupo, creo que este es su disco más interesante por ahora. Me he guardado: Someone great, All my friends y New York, I love you but ...

Enjoyable

Geht so

- It was fine! Good first song - I was expecting more variation after that, and then there wasn't really - These songs are probably better if you listen to them individually rather than sitting down and listening to the whole album at once... they blend together after a while unfortunately :( - However! "Samey" doesn't inherently mean "bad" (at least not to me, anyways). Pretty alright!

Repetitive dance/electronic. Pretty fun rhythm and not immediately repulsive. Might get old as album goes on, but first track feels exciting and different. Discordant classical is always a fast-track to my pretentious heart. VOCALS??? No deal. It’s actually pretty rad. A little too disco-y. “More more more” “type shit” as the youth say while not understanding that deep cut disco reference. Hell, I barely understand it. New song. Thankfully. Hated that rhythm. Fun start to this bad boy. Like the song title. A little more subversive. Less disco, more modern. This is pretty good. Lyrics are fairly lame. Probably don’t understand the cool mid-2000s disco white guy thematic overtones. My loss right? Kind of flip flopping on the lyrics. Good song. Long, but good. MELODRAMA?? Not in my influential album list. The Smiths meets Owl City. Vocal melody kinda bad, but also hypnotic and I was bobbing my head to this. I might just be excited about the prospect of listening to new music, but this album has sort of flown by. Relistenable? Parts. That was kinda nice. Edit. It’s bad. Annoying Billy Joel on psychedelics feature. Ooh no. Kings of Leon. This song is stinky. So lame. Yeah this was a record scratch halting, garbage song. Sad music for people who’ve never been sad. College breakup song. Thumbs down. It removed my thoughts on the next track. Bad until near the end. I can’t bring to mind my effervescent prose and devastating critiques at this juncture. Next song rips. Watch the tapes? I will now. More white stripes/Hives than Coldplay/Fray. Sick. Don’t tease me with a Warren Zevon wolf howl. Werewolves of (trendy New York neighbourhood). What a zinger. That’s the type of “heat” missed when this puppy doesn’t save. Nostalgia takedowns?? Hubba hubba. WHOA, ALBUM NAME MENTIONED. Bass line = NICE. Record pops, weird ambient break which is a plus. Another good song. Picking up near the end. Although it keeps on going. And I’m happy about it. SpongeBob beat introduced to rapturous applause. Oh no. Ballad album closer. Ironic? Almost assuredly yes. Tribute to New York somehow though. Why do people who live in urban areas always feel the need to talk about it constantly? Hold the phone. Big takedown. Why do I like this? What has happened to me? This sounds like Weezer slightly. I hope no music nerds see this. I can only imagine them blowing air out of their one unclogged nostril and whirling their Cheeto dust around the office. Humiliating HIGHLIGHTS: North American Scum, Watch the Tapes, Sound of Silver, New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down 3.5

It was ok. Shocking there was a song I know. Don’t think I would go back to it.

So fun. Maybe not LCD's very best album, but their talent is showing huge on this one.

This is a big vibes album. You don't pay much attention to the lyrics but there is a general coming of age, summer, exploring vibe to the songs. Then it just gets very repetitive.

New York i love you but you're bringing me down and american scum are really good but we didn't vibe so much with the rest.

Surprisingly solid album. Great closer too.

Lacking in emotional content, or maybe I'm just a jaded aging hipster. More Talking Heads and even shadows of Gang of Four here and there: "Sound of Silver" more like "Sound of Anthrax - but I forgot the words so I improvised something really silly." A lot of misplaced nostalgia about growing up, wondering if this is purposeful or spontaneously heartfelt? Intuitively feels like the latter at first listen. Some mid-oughts alternative rock that sounds like the Killers, Phoenix, Franz Ferdinand, etc. etc. etc. Which *I* don't love but appeals to a lot of folks. That said, this album is kind of interesting. More so when the singer is just chatting over the bleep blorp stuff, it's painfully obvious when he's out of his league - not everyone can be David Bowie, nor should everyone make the attempt to be. "Be yourself" is always the stylistic choice that is most satisfying. Works well on songs like "Us v Them" and "North American Scum." Not convinced it is worth all the accolades, though. Maybe it's the hipster music trick of appealing to the 30-something east-coast white boy English majors who write for Bitchfork, Rolling Stone, et. al. rather than doing anything risky.

I like it, but not love it

LCD Soundsystem is the Wilco of electronic music. Meaning everyone has that uncle that's way too into them.

For a band I’ve never heard of, I know a lot of their music from video games and movies

Meh, 3 stars

Quirky but funky

It's pretty OK. It sounds like mid-2000s rock (ala The Strokes, Interpol, The Killers, et al) but with a slightly more upbeat, slightly electro-pop foundation.

It combines all of my least favorite things about indie/alt music from the late 2000s: overreliance on poorly produced electronic elements, bad vocals, and a faux self-effacing pretentiousness. Last track is good tho

There are some good hooks here and there, and “All My Friends” is a great jam, but overall it’s just not really my thing and doesn’t change my view of this band as overrated.

This didn't work for me. The electronic beats were almost nauseating--the music needed to be thicker, or have a fuller sound or something, and I thought the lyrics were often not that interesting. I love the name of the band and the name of the songs, but the repetition / electronic dance aspect was kind of boring to me.

I’m familiar with this group, but not this record. This has some interesting sounds on it and I’d like to revisit it to fully immerse myself in it as I think it is a very good album; my close friend swears by it. Some unique electronic compositions combined with unique vocals. I’m still left a bit unsure about it, but I enjoyed it.

Born-again Bowie ain’t bad.

Some good and bad. Different for it's time, but now just a thing. I could keep some on as background music.

I do like the sound of this album but something about it doesn't make it a 4 for me. If i could I would rate it 3.5 stars. It's definitely fun to listen to

7/10. It has some nice songs on it. Although, it didn't feel too groundbreaking. :)

Nunca entendí de que va LCD Soundsystem, un poco messy pero no tan malo

I made it Al the way through and felt like I needed to take a break and try again in a week. First thoughts: it grew on me as the album went on and by the end I think it was okay. Good soundtrack music- stirred some feelings and sounded cool. But I don’t think I’d put it on again Second thoughts: it may be like Radiohead where the more you listen the more you get and 2 years from now they may be one of my favorite bands.

Interessantes Album mit ausgeprägten Techno und Rock Elementen. Leider sind einige Songs etwas verspielt, sodass es an der Gesamtkonzeption fehlt. Toll ist „All My Friends“ (gut arrangiert) und „Sound of Silver“ mit faszinierenden Trance und Techno-Elementen. Insgesamt durchaus zu Wiederholung geeignet.

Couple of good songs but just boring for most of the way.

can be fun if you're in the right mood. other times it can be tedious and boring.

Gotta say I enjoyed this. Triggered the Kraftwerk/Blondie/Giorgio Moroder disco-cheese pleasure centers in my brain. It's a long stretch tho.

liked some songs more than others, got Radiohead vibes somewhere and also there was a song that it seems like the 1975 ripped off for Sex. lol. may keep some songs

Так себе, почему-то ожидал что будет лучше.

Several nice songs, but a couple, e.g., the opener, bring it down.

get innocuous! é uma introdução forte e minha faixa preferida, consequentemente me fez esperar muito mais das seguintes, us v them também se destacou. mistura diversos elementos que curto bastante mas queria ter aproveitado melhor, achei meio cansativo.

Grew on me!

This was a lot better than I was expecting and good to have on in the background.

Wait. I liked this. North American Scum is GREAT. Like add to my playlist great. The rest were good.

Not really my thing but it wasn't too bad.

It’s ok

Pretty nice

"New York, I Love You..." is a gem! Rest is decent

Good and groovy electronica, but the beats are repetitive and the tracks are long. A good listen if it isn't your primary focus, bad if you want something engaging

not so much

Just ok

Nice album actually, would be nice if the kraftwerky start would be embraced more throughout the album.

This feels like something you need to listen to more than once to really dig into. Enjoyed it overall. It’s like Beck, Arcade Fire, and Phillip Glass all rolled into one.

The reviewer who says he made all his jeans into jorts really made me smile because there is a lyric by The Fall that fans of James Murphy "show their bollocks when they eat". Anyway, decent enough indie dance but I've never really got the fuss. If it came out ten years earlier when I was working in pubs I'd have all kinds of good and bad memories attached to it I'm sure.

okaay get innocuous baut lang uuf aber s isch au recht cool. ha chli angst vor dem album welli goaub scho mega vier guets ghört ha vo ihne aber angst ha dases afoch sochli kritiker:inne darling stuff isch. de erst song isch etz no cool gsi. ah er goht nomel einehalb minute. und denn hörts mit atonale striicher uf okay. time to get away isch no funky? north american scum isch no funny. sorechgsang chaner. chli nervig mit de ziit. d songs sind z lang. someone great isch eigentli sehr schön sad aber de konstanti BING BING BING. mann unnötig. biah und die synthis sind alli so chalt. all my friends isch soooo weird gmixt. WA SEISCH SING LÜTER. us v them macht eig au bitz funky stuff aber au immer chli s glich. ETZ NOCH 3e halb minute chunt harmonie und e melodie. etz isch geil! watch the tapes findi au wieder easy geil, gitarre scratch als perkussion passt super. ha gad wölle schribe dasi churz vergesse han dasi am musig lose bin und denn chunt s klavier ine bi dem blib blup teil und dasch schono nice. ich finds etz aber nüt mega innovativs oder so. bass nocher tätscht aber super. meh. new york i love you und so hani schomol irgendwo ghört. ich checks irgendwie städt chönd zermürbend sii. und paradoziali beziehig mitere stadt chani mega novollzie. nocher song irgendwenn luut voll cool. git glaub e 3 find s het meeeega geili moment aber d songs sind viel z lang und s haltet chli meh vo sich alses isch findi. sorry für alli wo finded de guy isch es mega genie und het d musig neu erfunde und so. (huere liest iiiirgendöpper da review uf schwizerdütsch und regt sich uf)

Pretty cool beats. Would study to

Wasn't the day for it at all.

Some good tunes but too long and monotonous for my tastes

All I could think of was Fatboy Slim this whole album, is that good or bad? I dunno, it makes me realize that you dont hear this kind of music that much anymore. The lead singers voice grated on me as this went on. Not bad, not great.!

Was going to give this 4 stars because I was enjoying how “Beck”ish it was but then the songs started to sound annoying. On a different day it would have been a 4!

Not my thing.

The songs go on for too long. And there's not enough variation for me. I won't come back to this.

First time through I'd have given it 2.25, another listen and a few of the tunes started to grow on me. Still reminds me of early New Order and Book of Love from the 80s - a bit light. 2.75

Love the sound and production. Get Innocuous was my favorite, but overall most songs had to much repitition for me.

Many repeating sounds, songs with a slower tune tend to get quite repetitive. Example New York I love you, lyrics just repeat and repeat Electronic beats are ok, get Innocuous sounds like a Halo soundtrack at parts, many musical layers. North American scum is catchy at times, is a rock song with a good electronic beat More slower electronic beat songs like someone great and sound of silver are irritating and I'm not sure why I'd listen to, I'm not dancing to them and the effects in the background hurt my ears Like more upbeat songs like all my friends

This is a good LCD Soundsystem album. I like their stuff, but none of it blows me away. I usually get into a mood occasionally to listen to one of their albums. My favorite thing that James Murphy has been apart of was the Tim Heidecker movie, The Comedy. North American Scum is my favorite on here.

Ok, this is fun. Groovy, even. But I'm not sensing anything stellar about LCD Soundsystem over what others in the genre have already done. More of the talking songs are reminiscent of Talking Heads ("Us V. Them"), but Talking Heads did it better. There are some actual melodies sung over the thumping pulse in "Someone Great" and "All My Friends," but the Killers did it better. Judi Chicago (from ATL!!!!) threw this same dance party just as well (though 4 months later), and they remain in the obscure club scene, where LCD Soundsystem should be instead of headlining festivals. The line that resonates with me the most, from the title track: "[it] makes you want to feel like a teenager until you remember the feelings of a real-life emotional teenager; then you think again." Not revolutionary, but a good reminder that it's less dramatic on this side of 20. I wish there were more songs like "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down," easily the best tune on Sounds Of Silver. The Kermit-the-Frog-sings-Ben-Folds seems sincere and honest, placed after a 50 minute in-your-face shake-your-butt-a-thon . It is leaving the club when it closes at 2am, after the dance party has ended and you're back to reality and the consequences of your actions. Like a mediocre movie that ends spectacularly well (looking at you, "The Usual Suspects"), one is left with the overall feeling that the entire experience was great, or at least worth enduring for the payout. Don't let them re-color the past. It's not bad, but it's not the mind-blowing music you read about in the YouTube comments. Maybe if you come from a rave culture, this has more heart and melody, but coming from heart and melody as I do, this is decaf with a beat.

I've listened to this before years ago but had a tough time making it through the tail end of it. I am more used to a polished electronic/dance music sound, whereas this sounds pretty analog for lack of a better word. I liked it better this time around. It sounds like a mix of Kraftwerk ( I think probably all electronic dance music owes Kraftwerk for their innovation) a bit of New Order with either Robert Palmer or Mick Jagger type vocals. I particularly liked 'Someone Great'. I did find some of the sounds, song structure and vocals to be a bit repetitive. Overall a cool album though.

It was decent. Felt repetitive or boring at times but some songs i really liked

What in the modern funk/dance music is this? I don’t love it, but I like it. The songs do seem to get a little repetitive, but overall it’s a good listen and I wouldn’t necessarily skip them if the came up on a playlist.

I had never listened to this album at all and so far, I am liking it! I felt my foot tapping along while it played along in the background while working. I may need to put this on my "work" list for concentrating. I like "Us vs Them" and "sound of silver" and kinda dig most of the songs in their own way. A good listen

It’s ok. I liked a couple of songs.

Funky little album with some nice bass and a healthy dose of cowbell. Only problem is the singer gets obnoxious sometimes, whether it's intentional or not. (New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down being an example.)

Quite good, a bit on the repetitive side as you get through the album though. Nice summer vibes

Pretty good; easy to listen to. Not sure I'd remember it x

Never listened to LCD in the day, so this is my first real listen. It's okay, but I'm wanting more electro... this feels like indie with some loops or plussed up casio beats. It sounds like what an older guy who was into 80s synth pop as a kid would make. It's decent, would listen again, but wanting more. 3.7

I’m sure it’s great but it’s not my thing

3.5

Really enjoyed the electronic beats of this album! 3.5/5

I can definitely understand why this is an all-time favorite for a lot of people. My main issue with this and LCD Soundsystem in general is the talk-singing style and the synths that don’t really change. Still, I liked it and its subject matter is pretty unique. The highlights for me were “All My Friends” and “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”.

LCD I like the repetitive trance like development in the long songs but it might be a bit slow to develop or a might not always be worth it. Least favorites were watch the tapes and New York. The instrumental and electronic elements are more interesting than the vocal I think I would like this more with a different singer. I liked the other album we had better.

Börjar mkt bra. Lite synd på "sången" i första låten. Tillför inget. Förväntade mig mer instrumentell musik.. det blev inte så. Det var ändå helt ok.

Hade inte hört så mycket av dem tidigare annat än All my friends, som ju är en höjdare. Tycker det var lite högt och lågt i övrigt (och rätt spretigt musikaliskt). Ett par låtar hade kunnat kortas ned. Stabil trea på totalen.

What do you even call LCDS? Some fantastical blend of dance-punk; dance-rock; electronica; electronic rock; indie rock(?) Album hooks you with upbeat and irresistible dance elements "North American Scum"", Someone Great" and "All My Friends" are iconic classics

Tbh i like lcd sound system ok but its never been my thing

So so

Vil hellere høre Low

Repetitive. Would have given it a 2 but the New York song bumped it up.

I appreciate this kind of music but it is not my forte.

I really adored some aspects of it, and some of them surprised me in a good way. Maybe it won’t be your kind of album to listen to, because of the length of it and the overspread material in it. Overall, really appreciated this listen 🖤

Enjoyable variations in sound. Pretty good.

"Hi. I'm white but I'm cool. Isn't this great background music. So cool, right? just have a drink or get high or whatevr. Each song has at least a minute where you can just vibe, y'know. Just lots of beats to talk about how rejection is hard. Wait, did you not notice the music? So edgy, right? Wait, where are you going...?" Just the same, All My Friends is a bop and New York I Love You is awesome.

Fine listening, but too long. Boy do I relate to *not wanting to be an emotional teenager*

It’s ok, a little too grating to have as work background music

Very unique use of instruments. Can't say that this is my cup of tea. But good stuff nonetheless

Some nice tracks with nice instrumentals, but the vocals can be hit and miss. Favourite song: All my friends

Decent electronic, overshadowed by other giants of the genre

Yeah i dont know still not my favorites. Loved the first track tho

Je pensais que j’allais aimé ça plus que ça, finalement c’est un peu un Aphex Twin bootleg

Some highs and lows. Gets a little out there for me, and very repetitive in the middle bits. Ends on a high note.

In most cases when I see the electronic genre, I know a headache is soon to follow. Well, surprise here. I fell in love with All My Friends and immediately downloaded during the first listen. I can't say enough about how much I love this song. The music, the lyrics and just the way it makes me feel is right up there with any of my favorites. This is a 5 star song. And after a few more listen to the album, I thought North American Scum was very good and thought Someone Great and Watch the Tape were decent songs as well. Much to my surprise, I found myself grooving in my seat at times and then even let the genre play out today. I can't say I think this is a great album, but I can't tear it apart either. I never imagined I would give a dance/electronica album a solid score, but here we are. Mainly on the back of All My Friends, I'm scoring a 3. Probably even closer to a 3.5. 3

3.5 As someone who has admittedly never done so himself, I don’t think I’ve ever heard an album that seems to sum up the NYC clubbing experience quite as well as this one does (though The Strokes’ debut comes close). Both musically and lyrically, this album feels like the experience of going out, getting a little too crazy, and then sobering up on the walk back to your apartment, just as the sun begins to poke out. That to say, I’m not normally a big fan of club music, but LCD Soundsystem is able to put an alternative rock-inspired spin on the genre that seems to work for me… about half of the time. The few songs I’ve heard by the group prior have been pretty hit or miss, and I felt mostly the same about this album. But man, when these songs hit, they HIT. I really liked Someone Great and North American Scum (don't blame the Canadians), but holy cow, All My Friends is on a totally different level. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve listened to the track since I first heard it (despite its near 8-minute runtime) - there’s just something about the song that really speaks to me. I love the fast-paced piano hook, I love the buildup, and God, I love the lyrics. “You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan And the next five years trying to be with your friends again You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can Yeah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend” “Though when we're running out of the drugs And the conversation's winding away I wouldn't trade one stupid decision For another five years of life” I think most importantly, I love nights with my friends, and as someone who is reaching the end of his first five years of trying to get with the plan, this song really strikes a chord with me. Is there really anything better than just a good night with good friends? Fantastic song, but unfortunately, the rest of the album just doesn’t really hold much of a candle to it - each time I re-listened to this thing, I found myself kind of over it after All My Friends. I like the closer, New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down, but other than that, there’s really not much of interest going on in the back half. I like the lyric “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”, but the song grows repetitive and annoying very quickly. I struggled with my rating a bit on this one given how much I love and appreciate the song All My Friends, but really, the only particularly enjoyable aspect to this album for me is that song and the two before it. So, I think that keeps it out of the 4 territory, but everything else is at least inoffensive enough to keep it from being below a 3, so I’ll allow the greatness of those three songs to earn it the half star. Plus, something about this album makes me think this group would be an absolute blast to see live - I’ll definitely be looking into that.

Get innocuous - cool rhythm but not cool for this long. Don't care for the vocals and the mix is muddy Time to Get Away - we're having fun here. The kooky vocals feel better here, sit better in the mix, which is less dense than the first track North American Scum - Step Brothers! A hit, to be sure. The way he sings Canadians is low key goated Someone Great - intro rocks. lyrics hit. Sounds out of tune to me though at points All my Friends - nope Rest of the album - glad it got made. pretty experimental and the lyrics are interesting. Some of the stuff just doesnt sound good though, hurts my ears. 6/10

2.46 per track

I quite enjoyed this! I liked the first, and last two tracks best. The album worked really well as a soundtrack to a self portrait I was painting. It is not the usual music I would choose whilst painting and I think it contributed to me making a different kind of painting. An enjoyable album.

It's OK, don't get the fuss with this album

Some reasonably good songs. Most of them sound quite repetitive though. Not sure what I was expecting but this wasn't what I thought LCD SoundSystem sounded like. Thought they would be more techno/electronic but some songs actually seemed to have good lyrics. Somewhat easy listening, I think I could enjoy listening to this more than once.

Fun n funky. I'd probably enjoy more listens.

A lot more here that I like than I’d initially anticipate. Multiple songs I should go back to. 3.5/5

All My friends good

There are some fun moments and there are some really repetitive moments.

First listen Saved 4/9 Top track: New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

Fine, but nothing standing out to me on here. I had this over the weekend so had ample opportunity to listen. I’d already played it twice and was about to listen to it a third time but just could not be arse with it again. Not a good sign.

They were a big band for awhile but for some reason never came across my radar. I knew North American Scum as it was used as the intro song to Ron and Fez when I listened to XM Radio, but nothing else was familiar. It was decent. I can see why it's popular.

New York, I love you but...

I randomly bought this CD a long time ago. I don’t know if I’ve ever listened to it in one sitting. It has its moments

All of my friends have great Musical taste but still they love this album much more than I do.

Sounds ok

I was late to this, but managed to be convinced to give it a listen. It’s such a solid album - but something about it will always be a little off to me. The whole experience is a conundrum.

I'm still not overly impressed by LCD Soundsystem, but I thought this one was okay. It's not my favorite, but it's not bad either. "Watch the Tapes" stands out as my favorite because it's the closest to sounding like an actual song.

I often wonder how recency bias feeds into the whole "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" schtick, because we've come across more than a few 2000s era album that have, unfortunately stank like shit. This one doesn't, thankfully, but it's also nothing close to a must listen, its just a lot of mid 00s angst over mid beats...

C'était ben le fun.

I liked it but I did skip a few songs because of the repetitiveness. I would rate it a 3.5 but I don't think I like it enough to push it up to a 4.

Meh it’s a good album just not my cup of tea

Fine for background music while concentrating on something else.

Some really great musical ideas here but I can't get over the singing

Got some pretty funky beats and vocals at first. Got a little too repetitive for my tastes.

Would give it 3.5 if i could. Wiuld be a 4 it it wasn’t as repetitive. New York I Love You is worth 5 stars in it self.

I’m really partial to New York I Love You. Overall, a really nice album. I don’t find it the most interesting all the way through, but I think the singles are worth it.

Repetitive, high pitch bells are annoying

Definitely makes you want to get up and dance.

A little hit and miss for me but I enjoyed North American Scum and All My Friends

Started off enjoying the album, but it became quite repetitive.

Bit of a mixed bag this one. It often sounds very 80's synth-poppy. It's like they were trying to emulate Soft Cell or Human League, but 20 years too late. And they do sound very English, which no doubt prompted "North American Scum", which I quite enjoyed.

At points thought this could be a 4 but quite repetitive in the end with some dull notes. 65/100

Pretty solid. Was playing Super Auto Pets to this. - 6/10

Not a bad album, but I am ambivalent about some aspects like the repetition, lyrics, off-key singing, and song lengths. The production was great though. Overall, there were a few songs I liked, the rest didn't hit.

I already knew the good ones

a little repetitive for me

It was fine but not many memorable tracks. Think I was hoping for more given how much I've enjoyed some of their recent collaborations and remixes.

driving rhythms but found it quite samey

So much fun and so so good. There is so much amazing music!

A few good songs

Dnf. Not bad, just boring

I didn't know what to expect with this one but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a mix of Daft Punk, Postal Service, and The Strokes? Dancy, indie-rocky, personal, and human. Some songs dragged on just a bit too long, but there were plenty of songs to enjoy here. I would give it a 7/10, but I'll round down to a 3/5 just because I probably wouldn't revisit that much. Favorite Songs: Get Innocuous!, Someone Great, All My Friends, Watch the Tapes, Least Favorites: North American Scum,

Wel geinig, sound of silver is wel grappig, verder niet heel bijzonder

Mostly not for me.

Total 80s groove! I could hear some Bill Nelson, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen.... and a smidge of White Stripes. Great driving music! You'd be boppin in your seat and miles be flyin by! Makes you feel like a teenager..... a real life emotional teenager..... 🎶

This album surprised me. I don't usually enjoy super-repetitive electronica rock (with a few exceptions) but there were some really enjoyable tracks on this.

Not bad. Listened while at work and it blended in with the background....so nothing really stood out. It was a worthy listen.

I liked it, not enough for a 4

klassiker aber umghaut hats mi nit

First time hearing this album. It had some good songs with great basslines.

Well this was a pleasant surprise! I was a little deflated when this came up, the band name suggesting to me a purely electronic/dance act. However, what I got was a combination of synthesised beats supplemented - crucially - by scratchy guitar, real drums and impressive bass guitar. It reminded me of an updated iteration of New Order. I really quite enjoyed the first 5 tracks, with opener 'Get Innocuous' and 'Someone Great' being particular standouts for me. However, at 55 minutes, it did outstay its welcome somewhat. So, not a total convert but quietly impressed. The question is, though, will I be tempted to relisten?

B- Get Innocuous! 3 Time To Get Away 3 North American Scum 3 Someone Great 3 All My Friends 3 Us V Them 4 Watch The Tapes 3 Sound Of Silver 3 New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down 4 Better than the other one.

decent EDM Album Som bangers some are way to long of tracks

Modern New Wave Sound. Not bad. Don’t turn it off when it comes on. May listen to more of their stuff in the but don’t think I’ll seek it out. They probably put on a heck of a live show though.

Mezcla de canciones con ritmo, algo de electrónica, estilo pop. Ritmos tranquilos. Un tanto mediocre

Most song lyrics not relatable for me. Too repetitive rhythm. Ok for workouts and dance party.

Really really enjoyed this and cant wait to relisten 3.5

Irregular disc, but includes the marvelous: North America Scum. So it gains another star

It's coffee shop or local record store music, and I mean that in the best way. The only song I was familiar with before listening to the whole album was New York I Love You because of the music video with Kermit and the mashup with Miles Davis.

I really didn’t like it at first but it grew on me. I think I get it.

This album got better as it went on. Starts at a 2 star, and finishes at a 3. The last song was a little week, but not bad.

could i write poetry to this? n

Fun! Talking Heads, B-52s, Devo...

I can see why people love this, but can also see why people hate this. Which means, yup, I’m right in the middle.

Pleasing sound, overall good variety. Small but fitting changes in rhythm. Over the duration of the album sadly a bit repetetive, but there are some great songs. 2.5/5

I am very familiar with this band and although I only listen to them when KEXP plays them, the songs sound great cranked on the car stereo.

Very 80's alternative sounding, repetitive

Schizophrenic ass album. Pick a lane. Just kidding. You do you.

It starts off great and continues to be the same throughout so not bad but a bit repetitive. Low 3.

Okay. Wouldn't listen again. It's interesting, but repetitive and too much of an 80s sound for my liking

I wish all the songs were like “Get Innocuous” and “Sound of Silver”

These guys are kind of meh for me. This was a more enjoyable listen than their 2017 American Dream, also on this list for some reason. I would like a half star since this is better than average, but not "make me sit up and listen".

Meh, probably the roots of "electronic alternative"

Decent: not much to say about this album tbh. I have heard a lot about LCD Soundsystem and they were as I expected. I can see why people like this music. The lyrics were solid and some decent beats but nothing to make my head turn.

не так горячо как те песни которые я знаю, можно лучше!

Didn't feel like LCD Soundsystem's best.

This was a really decent listen that turned into a bop. Will definitely come back to it another time

Surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Good lyrics, interesting electronica. Will give this another listen, 3/5!

Not bad. Not brilliant. A bit more than mediocre. Nothing to write home about. I liked the second or third track.

Decent but not earth-shattering.

On paper this is something i should love and given how many good things ive heard of lcd soundsystem i expected to like this more. Theres a lot of cool stuff ab it but tbh i have to agree with a common sentiment in the reviews that finds this repetitive. Normally i like repetitive music (see: daft punk) but something about this one was kinda boring me halfway through. Will still give other works of his a shot but left a bit underwhelmed

Not my favorite genre, but I was able to listen to the whole album. So not bad.

Surprisingly okay

The music was really cool, but just not my style!

"Get Innocuous" and" Time to Get away" are not the greatest songs to start the album with. 2/5 But "North American Scum" and "Someone Great" are excellent follows. 4/5 "All My Friends" is clearly the highlight in my opinion. 5/5 It gets worse again from there, but not too bad. 2-3/5 "New York, I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down" the only song I already knew and love. 5/5 Overall 3.16. Seems like an unfair score for an album from which I really enjoyed about half of the songs and actually saved one of them for repeated listening.

Håpte detta skulle vær midt i blinken for meg, men den gang ei

Un album plutôt nuancé pour du dance.

The pop/synch sound that they bring is very unique. A little bit uneven at times, but it carries well overall

Music and lyrics are interesting, but the vocals don't quite hit for me. They are pretty flat and non-melodic, which extends frequently to the chorus as well. This works a bit better for bands like the Strokes, but here I don't really get into it. Overall it is decent in smaller doses, but I'm tired of the voice by the end of the hour.

IDK why, but this album makes me sad and anxious. Reminds me of a party I went to at Robin's house in about 2009 where I stood still for ages so that the timelapse someone was filming would just have me stood there for ages. Makes me feel old.

Toe tappers of the modern day

Every song could have been half the length but some absolute bangers

It’s like listening to Talking Heads but just a little less goofy. It’s missing that “I’LL TELL YA LATER!” energy, but I was really impressed with this album. Probably will listen again!

already heard this

Un disco muy dinámico. Muy del nuevo milenio. Sus canciones es muy repetitivas con notas y reminiscencias de Talking Head

“Electronic dance music.”

eeeeeh except for NY I love you

It grew on me more than I thought. The lyrics were fun and surprisingly thoughtful tbh. And the bass hit especially.

Honestly, it was a little boring for my taste. I like my electronic music to be more bombastic and this just wasn’t it. Not to say it’s bad as it was still good, but it didn’t make too big of an impact on me.

Well someone is a fan of Talking heads. There were a couple of track, the first one included that definitely had that vibe. After that it drifted into modern American pop, came back a bit later but drifted off again. I suppose variety is a good thing but not particularly me. Might just scrape a 3.

That’s not normally the sort of music I listen to. If that was the sort of music I listen to, I’d probably listen to this. If that makes sense. Better than I thought it would be. Had a little snooze half way through but it didn’t induce nightmares, and when I woke up it was still bobbing along quite nicely.

Not a band I listen to often, I’m more into something like The Avalanches, MGMT, Daft Punk etc. But it still is quite an enjoyable album! 6,5 out of 10

Cool sound, I liked this album will probs check out more from them

I’ve tried lcd a couple times pretty solid but never hits just right for me, last song was a BAANGER tho! Could see it hitting if you listened to it a couple times.

I love LCD soundsystem but damn this album wasn't doin it for me for some reason

Unique sound pretty good ended on a banger. 3.5

Solid album to fill out your general erection ballot thats due the next day. Gotta do my civic duty 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Please please please go listen to their next album “This Is Happening” It’s iconic it should be on this list so I can give it 5 stars Why is this album on here instead? >:(

This is happening is better but this was p good

Some songs are pretty solid neo disco jams and the rest are just wailing over meandering beats. Its like a 2.5 but I'll round up to 3 because it's much better than that godawful James Taylor album.

It’s fun, I enjoyed it - bounced between scores as it went, but in the end, I think it was a little too repetitive to warrant more than a 3. Listened on the way home from Silver City, which feels appropriate. Highlights: - Get Innocuous - New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down

good stuff?

Didn’t like this sound

It was a bit boring.

Alright.

All My Friends is an amazing song. Still not sure if I really like Sounds of Silver or if it's annoying. Rest of the album is forgettable.

Treeees sympa ! Je ne connaissais pas le groupe à part la chanson « dance yrself clean » et c’est une très chouette découverte. La voix de james murphy est 🤌🏼🤌🏼 L’album «  this is happening » est encore plus chouette à mon goût. Je conseille aussi la musique « oh baby » Ça me fait pensé un peu au groupe alt-J par moment

Easy listening, was a good album whilst I was working but no memorable tracks for me

Two songs good. All my friends. New York ….

Really like the slow build on the first track. Overall I like the sound but not the singing.

I liked it but not as good as some of thwir other stuff

Unique sound

ok

Sounds like some Jacob music Kinda fire

decent

Not my favorite but not a bad album. Baby’s first house music.

Didnt expect that

Honestly never really got the hype for LCD Soundsystem, even though by rights they should be something I really like (I love a lot of other indie/dance hybrid shit, I'm the right age, etc). But yeah, this to me is a couple great songs and some pretty good ones. In other words, solid 3.5 material. Pretty good, but I can name like 5 other indie dance bands I prefer.

A few.bangers in the middle.

Elsket denne da den kom, men har ikke stått seg like godt :-(

I was excited to listen to this album, but as I did, I wasn't the biggest fan. There were flashes of things I liked but a lot of the choices that were made just didn't work for me. Strange sounds at certain moments. It didn't make it a bad album, I just wanted it to be better.

I believe this is number two from LCD Soundsystem, a band I went and saw with Andrew and Alden without knowing their music at all. They've got some serious jams on here, no denying that. I always assumed they were a band from decades ago, but this one's pretty recent. Still not quite a "fan" of LCD like that, but both albums we've had have been good, I think they're worth a nod on here. Favorite tracks: North American Scum, Someone Great, Us v. Them. Album art: I've seen this one a lot, but I'm not a big fan. Some kind of light or something set up on the ground, and the whole image is rotated. I don't know, it just doesn't do anything for me. 3.5/5

Not my style, a bit too repetitive; that being said, “where the buildings are old and you might have lots of mimes” is an all-time great lyric. Favorite song: North American Scum. 6/10

Es bueno, pero no mindblowing

Reminds me of the Chemical Brothers

Bit electronic for my taste

Great background album. I will probably listen to again

My favorite part of this album was the sound design. There are a lot of really juicy and rich synth parts which are a joy to hear, on a par with those of Daft Punk. The first track is kind of the odd one out and is very reminiscent of Kraftwerk. The rest seems to have more influence from the David Bowie/Brian Eno Berlin era. I can't comment much on the songwriting as it is rather minimal and dancy. I have never been the biggest fan of LCD Soundsystems vocals but revisiting them this time I found them more tolerable, especially noticing the clear Bowie influence.

Solid electronic beats Fits the "mid 2000s" vibe North American Scum was a bop Someone Great felt like it could be a Postal Service song All My Friends sounds like it was sampled for Time To Dance Sound of Silver deserves headphones I knew "New York, I love you" already!

Builds in energy and relatability with each track. Likable, up beat, a little repetitive.

Nice vibe, not totally my time but it grew on me, good instrumentation and overall a chill listening experience.. 6/10

Not my thing at all. Think slowed down rave, with carefully layered electronic soundscapes. All very well done, but it left me absolutely cold. This is what I would expect a good set of music generating algorithms to produce. The drum rhythms are absolutely mechanical, the bass lines follow predictable structures and then a 'correct' melody is layered on top. The lyrics seem to be more concerned with the sound than the meaning. Then on the final track they transform into a mediocre lounge band!! I guess they had a message they wanted to deliver, but what it was is not at all clear.

Lidt en light poppet version af Kraftwerk, men det var ok

Ei herättänyt kauheasti tunteita. Ihan hyvää kuunneltavaa eikä alkanut rasittamaan missään vaiheessa, mutta mikään ei sillein ylittänyt toista

I didn’t think I would like it but once I got past the first song I got into it. Pretty good feel good music.

Surprisingly funky beats, eg, on North American Scum. Someone Great is pretty. Fun sounds on the title track.