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It's well written, performed and produced but I found the energy quite linear and the songs dragged on a bit. There isn't much in the way of dynamics, very little change of pace/energy and nothing particularly catchy in terms of choruses. I'm also struggling to score on significance/legacy, particularly as it is a relatively recent album. This all sounds very critical but, In the face of overwhelmingly positive reviews, I felt it deserves a bit of extra justification. I actually don't think it's bad album, it's just not my vibe. 6/10
Monday album. Emoji Monday: 🕺🏻9️⃣0️⃣💲🔙🕰⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not listened to this for a while! The album to convert indie kids to dance music. I can see why as they blend indie rock attitude with clattering dance beats all with added humor. Along with The Avalanches (who fully converted me to the merits of sampling) LCD sound system are the best of their genre and this is a pretty great album by a hugely talented band. All my friends is an absolute masterpiece but its the dance music parts i struggle with a bit, the repetitive beats 'over and over again' and it becomes dull. I was almost converted. I like it but I don't love it adn probably never will. Unless anyone's got some pills... 3/5
Generic 6/10, didnt age that well
They are not bad, I like the singer's voice style, reminds me a bit of the Cure and Jack White from the White Stripes. Some good songs in the album but overall, I think it lacks depth.Also, the songs are too long and repetitive.
Aburrido
Disco de 2007 con reminiscencias al pasado, quizá por el auge de los sonidos retro traídos por la tendencia hipster que pegaba en aquel momento. Agradable y ameno de escuchar, aunque sin llamar demasiado la atención.
Nice album. That's it.
Meh
T'was okay.
dat nostalgia
Really enjoyed parts of this album. Very modern, with a mix of electronic and alt rock
Heard the name. Not familiar with the sounds.
Slept through most of it but first couple of songs didn't do it for me
Not really my flavor. Good background music.
Did quite get through the album, but suprisingly liked a lot of it.
2-3 good tracks on here, couple real flat ones too...
Some good tunes
Quite good. Sometimes chaotic.
This was good. assumed they were a UK band but not so much!
I enjoyed listening to this album. I liked someone great, all my friends, and New York I love you but you're bringing me down.
Im not sure what I expected from them, but it was OK
This was good considering how shit the other one was.
This is pretty cool for something I don't usually care about. I think this is the second time I've said this about an LCD sound system album here, so props I guess. Only real criticism is that it's too long and gets kinda repetitive. 3/5.
Celebrating 1 year of this list
While I’d heard of LCD Soundsystem, I don’t think I’d ever actually listened to them. After hearing Sound of Silver, I see no reason to listen again. It’s not the worst music I’ve ever heard, but it’s easily some of the most forgettable. The album makes decent background noise while talking with friends, but nothing about it is interesting enough to pull your attention away from the conversation.
I can appreciate it for its creativity, but it feels like someone making music from a home study trying to reinvent music.
I'm not the biggest fan of EDM in the world, and LCD Soundsystem—from my limited experience—seems to lean into that genre pretty hard sometimes. Granted, the band does keep it a bit more musical and less monotonous, but I've always kind of struggled with them. And Sound of Silver feels very EDM heavy for my tastes. It's too digital drum and synth loopy for me to be able to get jazzed about it. I appreciate that they sometimes provide some breaks in the monotony with some pieces that feel a little more band-oriented than "just a dude tinkering with his synths" (though I'm still not sure that all LCD Soundsystem is is just a dude tinkering with all his synths). But I struggle to enjoy much of what's going on here. I'm not really sure what else to say other than I just don't think I'll ever be a fan of the band. 5.5/10
06/26 Meh. Honestly it's pretty lame
Bad album to listen to while stressed lol, which probably colored my listening experience
I’m to old for this. I skipped the first song after a minute because it kept repeating, after the second song I skipped the whole album. Lousy singer.
Ikke min kopp te. Noe gøy her og der men for lite givende musikk. Alternativ elektronikk som på 90 tallet? Bare 10 år for sent
strano
terrible, boring, repetitive
Another one that went from one ear out to the other. I have been spoiled by the G-funk, and I just want to listen to more G-funk now.
it's aight. it has a lot of songs that go: *dink* *dink* *donk* *donk* and whatnot. last song probably hits hard if you're from new york fine listen, wouldn't revisit.
another day, another album I’m supposed to like but don’t
I enjoy LCD Soundsystem for the most part, but this one evoked more of a slam poetry vibe than I was interested in. 2-2.5
I listened to this while walking the dogs and it felt like I was going on an adventure, but a really sad one. Not my thing.
Pitchfork used to really try to sell me on LCD Soundsystem and they've got a few songs I like but I do not wish to spend an hour listening to them.
Interesting mix. A true hybrid genre. But, I've come to realize I just don't care for electronica. I did love the song "North American Scum." Beyond that, not much for me to get into.
Not heard before and at track 1 I thought I was going to really enjoy but it never got going for me. Interesting but found the vocals annoying. Title track was good
Just doesnt do it for me. I feel like I should like it but I just don’t
Not bad, but also fairly repetitive in places. Shame because when he focuses on melody he can actually write a good hook, but some of it feels lazy
I dunno, this is a weird one for me. The music has potential, very catchy at times. I want to like it at those times. Other times it's very busy and repetitive to the point of annoyance. The vocals don't work for me basically at all, but I can't put my finger on why. "Someone Great" is probably the best song. "Us V Them" is probably the worst for me.
Dance-punk meets electronic, 2007. The production is slick, the beats are there, but the vocals didn't work for me — a bit flat, a bit too-cool-for-school. Nothing stayed. Gets a similar feeling to Franz Ferdinand: technically fine, stylistically self-conscious in a way that keeps me at arm's length. "All My Friends" is apparently the centrepiece and great song of the decade. I can see why people think that. It still didn't quite land. 2/5 — not for me.
Инопланетные игровые автоматы. Это первый альбом, где я не стал писать сразу свои мысли, а дослушал до конца и это точно было правильное решение. Первая треть - настолько вводная, что тебе кажется ты не сможешь погрузится в прослушивание вообще. Под конец второй - я расплылся в полиритмии и сложной повторяющиеся структуре, в неминуемо доходящем до мозга вокале и медитативности. Ничего не приходят больше на ум, альбом впечатлил меня исключительно под конец, такого рода музыку нужно слушать долго чтобы войти с ней в резонанс, иначе она кажется неестественной что-ли. Финальная оценка - 4,5/10. Us v them песня напомнила песню из опенинга киберпанка franz ferdinand - this ffire.
Nudy. 2
I like long songs when it's changing, and has something exciting in it, these songs long and boring for me
Only the starter song has a good Rhythmic beginning, the rest is mid. And even the first song starts to tire my esr by the repetitive beat. 2/10
No standouts
I don't know man, I got like halfway through it and was already over it. Just not for me, I guess
I didn't enjoy this very much. I admit I came in with a chip on my shoulder, as this band was an archetype for the regional stuff that was considerably more popular than what I was playing in the mid 2000s (SKATE PUNK WILL NEVER DIE!!!), but I wanted to come in with an open mind. I just felt like right off the bat, the songs all sounded like lesser versions of better bands - I heard some particular Human League + Talking Heads influence, which sounds great, but also those two bands did it so good in the first place, why try to chase that again? A few tracks I recognized as friends' MySpace profile songs. A lot of the songs could've been trimmed down. I dunno, this wasn't a disaster but I hope I never have to listen to it again.
i just know there's an og 2013 tumblr hipster who does NOT play about this album fave track: north american scum
4/10
I'm not listening past All My Friends because I'm bored, but the beginning of this song sounds like Sex by the 1975. I was thinking how some elements seem like stuff you hear in the ambience of the 1975's music. This was sub-mediocre; the songs are too repetitive to be as long as they are. I'm not particularly struck by the lyrics and the different sounds (like cowbells) utilized in the songs give me the same crawly feeling I get when I listen to repeated high-pitched beeping noises. The only thing I would willingly relisten to would be All My Friends.
Not for me
Høres litt ut som krautrock, The Killers og Lonely Island samtidig. Og mest av alt, ganske døll dansemusikk fordi de prøver å være ironiske rundt det å lage dansemusikk?
Meh
The singer cant sing. but this was from that area where talk-singing was acceptable if you had energy and a mediocre beat. Goofy ass vocal tracks, totally changes the vibe and continuity of the album. The real talent here is in the synth work.
No surprises or anything memorable
Had to pause a couple times bc I thought my phone was ringing. But it was just the synths.
Me siento en 2015 en una fiesta llena de milenian! Buen slmbun, la realidad no conocía la banda pero me gustó
meh
Not my genre
This was OK. Not really my kind of music. I like The Black Album better
I had always heard of this group but have never heard their music. Now that I have it’s safe to say that they are over-hyped. I like minimalism but these songs are just boring. The lyrics aren’t doing much either. I would still like to give them another shot but am not sure I would want to put this on again. I see there’s another album on this list and it came out ten years later so maybe they’ve improved over that time. For now this album should be wiped off this list as it’s taking up too much valuable space.
Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem was an interesting discovery for me, as I wasn’t familiar with the band before. It’s not really my usual style, but I do enjoy this kind of sound from time to time. I found the album engaging and different from what I normally listen to. After looking into the band a bit more, I get the impression that they might have even stronger albums than this one. Still, it’s definitely an interesting band worth giving a chance. I’m not sure if I’ll explore their full discography in depth, but so far, this has been one of the best albums I’ve listened to in this challenge.
Fun music. Dont love electronica bit this is electronica with lyrics which makes it to me more pop-dance electronica which is ok. Still a few flgood songs but could have easily died without hearing it and would have jist been am afterthough. Ok but in no way great must listen
Kinda buns not my style
Doesn't really sound like 2000s music to me. It started off okay but wasn't a big fan of the middle or end, so meh.
A weird experimentation vibe throughout. It's ok as background music but I don't think I could ever seriously sit down to listen to this
Easy listening version of Crystal Method. Trying to hard to be hip and trendy, and getting a Beck sound. 2 Star
Not my thing
I had heard a lot about LCD so i was excited to listen to them for the first time really, I was a bit dissapointed to be honest. There were a few tunes in there but I couldn't really get into the album. The songs felt long and monotnous at points. I'd give it a 2.5 based on it being a unique sound, but I probably won't be looking into LCD too much in the future, unless another album comes up.
Electronic dance. Not for me.
Better than I expected! I didn’t think I knew any of the songs but I knew North American Scum
Not totally my genre but liked it more than I would’ve thought!
It was not something I would normally listen to but it wasn’t unpleasant. Songs were long but most of them didn’t drone on.
North American Scum is a terrible song.. I might even agree with the premise of the song, but the amount of times "We are north americans" is screamed through my speaker was too much.
Not my style, I was having a hard time getting into it! I can appreciate it, just not my cup of tea.
Some songs really started to drag on. I was really done with it by the end and then the stupid new York song came and knocked off another star
Likes: singles are good, some songs have a Roxy Music vibe Dislikes: overly repetitive, grooves don’t go anywhere, and I don’t like some of the sonic texture choices Overall, I don’t like this. Most of the tracks sound less like finished songs and more like a bored guy fucking off with his new keyboard. The tracks that ARE SONGS don’t save the rest of the album.
I feel bad but I just dont love it! Its very dad rocky and I just feel like making music in that genre it has to be reallyyyy catchy to grab me. There were a few good songs that I enjoyed (specifically All my Friends and New York), but IDK not my fav
I found most of this album monotonous and lifeless. There some listenable tunes including North American Scum, All My Friends, Us V Them, Watch The Tapes. New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down is just an ugly song (imo).
I really expected to enjoy this. The vocals aren't for me and overall there was nothing that interested me.
Not my cup of tea. I was surprised because I vibed with American Dream. Too dance heavy.
Every time I think LCD Soundsystem are growing on me something happens to reset my brain and I'm back to being mildly disinterested. I noticed a number of the high scoring reviews have a large dollop of nostalgia driving their love of this record. I don't have this. Perfectly fine, repetitive tunes for doing the housework to, but I tapped out on the song All My Friends - it felt as if every element of this track was backing me in to a corner and screaming at me. Horrible stuff.
Do I recognize most of the songs? Yes. Do I love any of them? Not really. This album encompasses my feelings of LCD Soundsystem as a whole: they sound all right when I hear them and am in the mood for them, but otherwise pretty meh.
The marriage of indie rock and dance music is an unholy one. This album kind of reminds me of the worst parts of both. Someone Great is a good song, but the rest of this I would actively avoid listening to again.
Interesting but not generally my vibe
Nope. Replay no
2.4
ya despues de unas canciones se vuelve muy repetitivo, pero para escuchar algunas por separado? buenisimo
My least favorite Gorillaz album
I don’t know, I find this album very slow and bitty. It doesn’t really flow for me, from one song to another. A lot of the songs are samey. Or is that just me not digging it…. I can respect what it is, what’s been trying to be done, I just don’t think it’s my vibe. Found myself wanting to turn it off a lot. Felt abit stressed with some of the songs on. Some bits sound like a rabbit running over a piano. And a dog jumping on his balls while singing. I was hoping for a lot more actually. All my friends is probably the only song I really didn’t want to turn off.
A bit repetitive in places and singing was annoying too got a bit hard to listen to , can hear the vibe they are going for but not my bag really , one to come back to and try soak in a bit more
Couldn't really get into this one, can be a bit repetitive and all over the place but I'll give it another try one day.
The first track has a good rhythm. The rest gets a bit too repetitive for me, with interesting moments. I don't like the voice of the male singer. 2.75 / 5
This was too much of the same. The component parts are interesting enough, but somehow the whole is less.
Elektro bet man per daug indie
Starts out sounding like Daft Punk, turns into something really weird and not my vibe by the end...
Daft Punk, if it was daft.
Eh. All My Friends is a geniunely fantastic track, but I can't see myself coming back to this in full.
Razen, da mi je ime znano, nimam blage. Začetek mi ni bil obetaven, sam po se pa komad ("Get Innocuous!") razvije v všečno smer. Mal mi variira spet. Naslednje dva me nista ful navdušila. Zj, "Someone Great" mi je pa spet mal bolj všeč. Ampak. Komadi nikamor ne grejo? Trajajo in to je to. Pa kinda isti so mi večinoma. Neka shitty normy elektronika. Zelo early 2000s. Earwormy.
Quite experimental, it might just not be my style, but it dóes have something
ничего плохого хорошее электронное звучание ненапряжный вокал Разве что долгие треки с однообразными секциями позитивненький такой альбик, но скучноват 2.9
meh
lots of clicking and beeping
mid it didn’t really stand out to me lol
Interesting album, but not something I'd return to. Too repetitive.
Only one song really stood out to me. Some cool stereo mixing. 2 for now, but might listen some more to see if this grows.
It's certainly a subgenre of music... maybe it'll grow on me someday but today ain't the day.
Inoffensive, but irritating
I did not like this. I’ve heard of LCD Soundsystem. I even think I own a Christmas song by them, but this was horrible. Long songs, no real melodies, electronic sounds, and a lot of repeating of lyrics. The last song on the album was ok though.
It's just not memorable music. I've only just finished listening to it, and I can't remember it.
Too varied, all over the place.
Что-то мимо вообще. Однообразное звучание, не очень приятная, раздражающая музыка, которая «капает» по мозгам. Ожидал совсем другого. Dance Yrself Clean и Daft Punk… в разы больше нравятся.
Noise
Lots of piano and synth. Good background music but nothing special.
Cool but not my style
Day 163 Highlight North American Scum
Got bored pretty quick. Not annoying, but that interesting
I prefer their self titled album. This is just dull af.
This indie classic has all the dance vibes of the early to mid, 2000s, well maintaining more refined and polished sound. This album is a'ight.
There are moments in most of the songs where you think it’s catchy and cool, but then they exhaust that idea to the point where you can’t stand the part you thought you liked. Repetitive to the point of boredom and neverending songs. Who thought electronic brit pop made by americans was a good idea?
A very similar experience to Play by Moby, I really enjoyed the start and thought maybe I could get into more electronic music, but then it dropped off hard, North American Scum was the worst song by far and made me consciously notice the repetitiveness of every subsequent song. I liked the genre mix of Indie and electronic, felt fresh and new. Too many stinky songs for me to listen to the album again but definitely adding some to my playlist. Fav song: All my Friends. Probably a 2 or 3 I mostly agree with your review but man I either was not in the mood or I just did not like it. I did like someone great and all my friends (but I have heard that one before).
Mais um que escutei durante a semana e acabou aparecendo por aqui logo depois. Não sei, às vezes acho que LCD Soundsystem não é pra mim. Já tentei algumas vezes e nunca bate.
Malo, pero escuchable
Garbage.
Some ok songs but bad overall. A lot of songs were close to being good but either had bad vocals or bad sound effects
Only ever listened to This Is Happening in full and that one’s great. I was surprised by how skippable a lot of this album was :/-
An American band in its early stages of electronic music
2, boring, just a bunch of repetitive beats.
The instrumentals are weird, and the vocals are lame.
Nahh
Naaah. not for me. A bit too samey all the way through. Whiny. punk pop guitars and droning or faux-rapping, semi-tuneful vocals. Not my thing.
Really had to push through my tolerance for repetitive music to listen to this album. Some of the songs had decent beats though. The vocals on others were kind of grating. Not my cup of tea.
The only song I liked on here was “ North American scum”, other than that - Nothing…..
Get Innocuous! - 4/10: The beat is okay, but I wouldn't listen to it again. Time to Get Away - 6/10: I like the beat and it's pretty catchy. North American Scum - 7/10: I really like the beat and drums on this song. Someone Great - 5/10: I like the vocals. All My Friends - 7/10: I like the beat, drums, and vocals. Us vs Them - 5/10: I like the beat. Watch the Tapes - 6/10: I like the beat and it's pretty catchy. Sound of Silver - 5/10: Just kind of strange, didn't really enjoy it. New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down - 5/10: I like the pick-up (idk what to call it) toward the end of the song and the guitar. Not a fan of the vocals. Overall Score: 50/90 Overall Rating: 6/10 - I have never heard of or listened to LCD Soundsystem before, and while the album wasn't terrible, it's definitely not my favorite. I'm not a huge fan of the punk genre, but the album isn't the worst. I probably won't listen to it again, though.
It was ok I guess, but too repetitive. It got me all bored.
Not really my vibe i felt like the songs were too long and the lyrics to repetitive but I vibed to some songs
Fine. Nothing stood out except the last song for me. Otherwise just pleasant noise.
? nicht meins !
Eh, this was fine but kind of boring. Very repetitive.
The beats got me moving, but I don't love the vocals and it's way too repetitive. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.
Did somebody get a Casio keyboard for Christmas? A couple of the later tracks are alright but this is mostly irritating.
Aika hauskaa kolketta, kappaleet hieman liian pitkiä..
Not for me
Long. Like 6-1/2 minute per song average long. But not a good 6-1/2 minutes.
I listened to this song with an ear infection, so I might be judging too harshly. This is just wrong. The dance beat for an apparent rock album just doesn't fit and doesn't sound good. I didn't like this.
Lär ju ha varit typ 2007 när ebis med kompanjon Bert3000 stod på skolgården och hetsade "ååååh Dino Mike, du måste nog riktigt lyssna på LCD Sound system. Det är sååå bra". Gillade det inte då, gillar det inte nu. Besviken x2. Kan ändå förstå att folk hyllar, vilket räddar betyget en aning. Har också lärt mig att nordamerika och mer specifikt new york är keffsoft.
Ah det är väl rätt gött, helt ok. Kanske. Kanske borde lyssnat nån gång till. Men jag är ingen maskin
it was decent but I was toning in and out. the constant swishing sound in 'someone great' triggered my sensory issues so that was a skip. I liked the songs 'North American scum' and 'New York I love you but you're bringing me down'.
Zzzzz it’s a mystery why this vapid shit ever got the reputation it has.
A few catchy tunes, but all a bit too smug and self-satisfied for me to enjoy it.
I really like Someone Great, the rest I really don't vibe with
Did not listen to this album.
2 out of 5 Not all that bad. Some songs were pretty good.
Interesting. Probably wouldn't listen to it again except for second cut entitled It's Time to Get Away From You which I have added to my play list for quick acesss. Too repetitive.
I don’t know if ‘annoying instrumentation’ is a bug or a feature here but I’m finding it grating. Looking at you, bells on “Us V Them” Sound & lyric repetition is also fatiguing to me here. Many of these tracks could be half their recorded length. Hearing the same sentence literally 20 times in a row feels like… lazy lyrics? I know I’m glass half full here, it’s just the vibe I get.
okay
A couple tracks had funky catchy grooves, but I lost interest. Not my bag.
Repetitive until it's boring, not my jam.
Every song sounds the same Soundsystem. Repetitive sixteenth-notes Soundsystem. There are some exciting moments on this record but I still find it dull.
Eminently listenable as background music, and wholly forgettable. It's strange to see an album from 2007 rank so highly as the pop-punk/alt-rock movement was already declining in popularity. It's fine, and the themes/lyrics are less cringe to an older listener than some of their earlier contemporaries, but as a result, the songs are too clean and white-washed to have any of the soul and earnestness that its predecessors had. Maybe it says a lot that I tabbed back over to check the name of an absolute banger...and it was the randomizer kicking with a Modest Mouse song after the album had ended.
I was not familiar with this band before listening to the album. They have an unique sound, that mixes electronica with rock melodies. Vocals distract me from the music and electronic music is often just background noise to me so it's a mixed experience. In the end, nothing in the album really hooked me in.
Somehow never got round to trying LCDS before. Not a huge fan of the dance rock style generally, but I can see they're good at it. Most of the songs should have been half as long to be honest, and the piano on All My Friends actively gave me a headache. North American Scum was my top track, I think. Overall a fine enough album, but I won't be putting it on again.
It has a moments, but I don’t think I care for this band onto the next one!
Listening notes made it sound like it would be righ tup my motorik strasse... but it was really boring. Timing is everything I guess.
2,3/5
It was pretty average for me. Not bad but not exceptional either. I liked the opening track though.
North America Scum was a stand out for me, but I didn't really care for this album.
not particularly a favorite of mine. I liked north american scum, but everything else was kinda eh for me
This was/is not my NYC. I was going to hardcore shows in the basement of the Charleston, 538 Johnson, etc at the time. I may contain multitudes but these two things are too diametrically opposed to be reconciled. Started out promisingly enough because Get Innocuous has a cool groove.
This is too harsh but it’s just like they took the gorillaz and the killers and copied all the build up moments but took out all of the hype/release of those songs. A lot of aimless electronic music which can be cool but I don’t think it means to be aimless. This real life emotional teenager song threw the whole thing down a rating, terrible song.
No thank you.
Fine, it sounds like a weird mix of rock and 90s synth pop and I'm not vibing with it.
Um zur Ruhe zu kommen? Maybe
A little too techno-y
The long intro of the opening track made me think this was going to be a straightforward EDM album, so it was surprising to hear those pulsing electronic sounds paired with an off-key, almost vulnerable voice. The repetition in later tracks—both musically and lyrically—feels excessive, but Someone Great and All My Friends point toward something deeper: a sense of loss and longing for times and people gone. Sound of Silver builds on that emotion—cowbell and all—while the closing track, New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down, starts as satire and ends as a moving search for belonging and meaning.
I’d rather be listening to just about anything else, to be honest. Ear pollution.
i can appreciate the talking heads/the strokes influences but i can’t get behind the songs 6+ and some of them were a real drag to get through
I thought I liked it and then I didn't.... Made my head hurt a little bit.
I liked it so little I didn't finish listening to it.
It seemed to have something which evaporated to nothing. Pick one play then OK. Anymore it is just a tad repetetive.
In a word, overstimulating. This album got worse and worse as my last toke got further and further away. There's some good vibey beats but the vocals aren't there. This is definitely music to have on in the background of a 2007 party. (When I saw that this album came out in 2007 I was like ohhhhh that makes sense.) I do kind of like North American Scum as a song but the lyrics are horrifying lmfao.
Rough week. Another band whose generic, anodyne, soulless music—adored by all the most boring people I knew at the time—I couldn't stand when they came out. Of course, I was being a dick. But this still bores me.
Ok
Just don't get it
good, but not my thing. 2
Why is there so many electric music in top 100 Records list
Friends was the one I liked the most but most was a vibe that I am rarely in
why is this here
Really dry, repetitive. After the first two songs it was difficult to focus on this album
Sound of trash. 2/5
Bisschen eintönig ...
This album was just really repetitive. I liked only a few songs but after a while, I just thought it was too much of the same thing over and over again. It's almost as if it was on repeat. I do like North American Scum because it was in Step Brothers so I'll give a pass but other than that. LCD Soundsystem is a very bland band that I just could never really wrap my head around. Favorite Songs: Time to Get Away, North American Scum Rating: 2.5/5
I have friends who love this band. This is something we don’t talk about.
Definitely unique but probably not my favorite. Don’t think I’ll listen to the whole thing. I do love the indie touch on it.
Painfully reptitive.
Not my style of music ngl, 2 good songs tho
I will give it a few listens, but too Techno for me so far. I’ve heard of this album forever and never got around to it
Extremely millennial-core, don't love this
Very of the era.
Kinda interesting for a brief time, but every song is about 3 minutes too long.
eh
There are parts of this that could be cool but in the end it’s all just meh
Started out really bad. Get Innocuous was terrible. Was worried that this was going to be a total slog. But then Time To Get Away was a little better, repetitive though. North American Scum was pretty funny, the highlight of the album (actually the only good song). The rest of the album continued the whole repetitive but ok sound. Wasn't as bad as the first impression, but not great either. Best song: North American Scum
Não é meu estilo de música. CVJ Neko.
Entiendo por qué está tan bien calificado. Está muy bien pensado. Solo no es algo que en este momento quisiese escuchar.
❤️ : Someone Great 😊 : Get Innocuous 👍 : All my Friends Sound of Silver NY, I Love You but You're Bringing Me down 😶 : Time to Get Away Us V Them Watch the Tapes ☹️ : North American Scum
Us vs them... the drums and bass intro was great. It had a fun sound but didnt give me that dichotomy but a harmony to it. The beats are very similar in every song and the Lyrics don't speak to me well. It doesnt feel deep or personal
Starts out sounding like someone is banging on a screen door. It’s not a bad album but it’s definitely not for me.
Meh. Worth a spin, but ultimately vapid.
Man I was never gonna enjoy this. It’s drawn out (the songs the album itself is a little longer than it probably should be but not terrible) and super electronic. Just not my vibe
This album is like a party you want to leave in the middle of. It doesn't sound bad at all, but the repetitiveness (my biggest gripe with electronica) gets old fast. It's not that long of an album, but I would enjoy it more if it were halved, I think. There's just no emotional journey, deep thought, or intricate musicianship to keep eight minutes of, say, Us v Them interesting.
Wanted to love this. Wanted this to hit my nostalgia bone, but it came up short. Felt embarrassing and dated. Some good songs but just not go-back-and-listen worthy
Mouais
Not my kind of music
Finale to the LCD Soundsystem entries. I was disappointed by the phenomenally milquetoast “American Dream”, but still have an open mind about this band. I’ve seen LCD Soundsystem being discussed a few times on the Internet and think there’s a chance for me to come around to this band. I can never have enough electronic albums in my rotation, too. Hmm. My criticism of American Dream continues to ring true. This album is, again, quite minimal – a style which doesn’t really appeal to me. Still, there’s some interesting sounds in here. “Someone Great” is the highlight of the album. There’s an interesting softness to the track despite featuring some harsh electronic synthesisers. I also enjoy the wavy cosmic sound during the intro and the xylophone/robotic tones that appear during the chorus. The songwriting and vocal performances are pretty solid, too. They really fired on all cylinders with that track. However, I also appreicate the successor track “All My Friends”. While admittedly a little too long, the lively, minimal piano and building tension on works pretty nicely. “Us V Them” is among the worst songs on the album, though as a cowbell enjoyer I’d be remiss to express my respect for such a bold, ambitious track. "NYILYBYBMD" is a solid closer. I enjoy me a little piano ballad, and the lyrics are a pretty fun listen. Wish I could check the entry for this album in the book, but alas! I can’t. I only have the 2005 edition of the book. In any case, I get the impression that this album is a respectable pick. It’s acclaimed, was commercially successful and is an early example of how the Internet has increased musical outreach. I suppose I can cosign this inclusion, even if I’m generally pretty apathetic towards it.
Dull and repetitive.
Liked it a lot as a lad, really not fun to listen to now. Feels so whiny and incel. Dance songs that don't make me want to dance, emotional songs that don't make me feel emotion, etc Fav song: Someone Great
Boring, too long, and just not my thing.
Boring sounds. Annoying beat. Stupid lyric.
Onda Daft Punk pero se queda a mitad de camino, honestamente me embolo
more about vibes more than anything!
First half took a bit to get into - not my music taste - the mix of instruments was irritating to my ears. The last three songs from watch the tapes, sound of silver and new York I love you but you're bringing me down - much better. Overall 2.5, with some hidden gems.
Couple of good jams, otherwise not my favorite
Too much cowbell. Ooommf dragged on a bit
This may be the most early 2000s album I’ve ever heard. It’s like Talking Heads without the charisma or talent.
Inoffensive background music. Doesn't make you feel anything
I only knew ‘Someone Great’ when heading into this album, but at most I thought that it was a decent song. Everything else just seemed to wash past me, where I was wondering exactly what I had just listened to. I don’t really get the LCD Soundsyatem hype, and this album didn’t do much to push me closer to an understanding
Shrug
Derivative electronic sounds. Reminiscent of Bowie’s Berlin years.
Eerste nummer en de intro erger ik mij al aan. Duurt ook veel te lang. Dit wordt weer een interessant album dus. 2e nummer een stuk beter gelukkig. Dit is plots onverwachts viben. En dan in het 3e nummer wordt er een poging gedaan om te zingen. Doe dat nou niet jongen. Tandjes, zonde. Deuntje is prima. Het is opzich allemaal best oke, maar zn nummers duren echt allemaal net ff te lang. En het is ook niet zo dat er nou een hoop twists in zitten.. Nee, album had potentie maar is het hm, mede ook echt omdat de nummers echt veeeeel te lang zijn, voor mij niet. 2 reten FAV: All my friends
I was obsessed with this album for a time and then forgot about it. Funny how it found me again. Gotta say, not sure what I saw in this one.
el. Rock, 2007 -> 2
Offensively repetitive and dull. This is mind numbing levels of repetition; similar to Chinese Water Torture, for me. All My Friends is an absolute Banger tho Best Song: All My Friends Rating: 3.5/10 (Irritating) Stars: 2/5
I do not like the average LCD Soundsytem song. I find it repetitive, and annoying. Once I got stuck listening to "Yr city is a sucker" with no ability to change the song and it was possibly the worst thing I had ever heard. "New York I love you but you're bringing me down" is good
Not really my vibe either. Much more grungy than my go to’s. Some of the sound was enjoyable, but the vocals leaned into discordance pretty often (shocking given that album cover, huh?). I’m just not a big discordance guy yet. Though this 1001 album thing is making me appreciate the extremely broad range of what people like, and I find that cool. LCD Soundsystem gets a 2.
I'm unsure how I felt about this album. I mainly just listened to it as I sat at my computer as it didn't particularly grab me. But I did vibe with a few songs, but I don't think this album as a whole will get a lot of replays from me.
Man, idk if it's because I was in a bad mood when I heard this, or if it's truly boring, but nothing about this really grabbed me. I sort of just tuned out. Would I revisit this: no
#599. There's so many examples of a one hit wonders wrong album on here that it's surely intentional at this point. This is just repetitive and kinda boring, honestly. 2/5: meh.
Some good music
Mediocre indie electronic. Multiple songs that had me check the time left halfway through. The good parts were obscured by repetition until it was dead. Was it influenced by a lot of the greats, sure. Has it influenced more modern bands I enjoy, sure. But I won't be revisiting this album.
Interesting sound, never heard of this band, so it was a fun listen, but not my fav
The epitome of "ok." Safe, boring album.
Eh
Some of these were ass. A few were funky and cool. New yoke I love you was neat and us v them was pretty actually good. Some sounds reminded me of the paper Mario sound track. Lots of weird sounds.
No
Confirmed what I already knew, my least favourite of the dance punk revival scene. Too much EDM not enough of the other elements makes it boring and repetitive.
I liked LCD Soundsystem. Then the kid who recommended them nonstop turned out to be a pedophile. I can't really listen to them anymore. Sorry, LCD Soundsystem; it's not your fault.
Not really a fan of this one. Has some great hooks like on All My Friends and Get Innocuous, but I think there's a lot of fat that could have been cut. Really feels like the album was a clean 40 minutes but the artist felt he wanted it longer. Favourite track: Get Innocuous!
I have to be in a really specific mood to listen to this one.
I can understand if you have a nostalgic love of this album because you were young and partying a lot when it came out. My favorite Outkast album is like that for me (it is not on the list and should be as it is a lot better than the two that are) but I don't have that attachment to LCD Soundsystem. This is pretty blah to me and only the final song and "North American Scum" stand out. 2.25/5
Never got into LCD and was intrigued. I liked it a bit is the best I can say.
Cheap Casio B52:s.
This might not be too bad without the vocals.
Meh. I found it very mediocre? There was not complexity or depth, rather very standard electro disco. The first song was ok, felt more towards synthapop but still, nothing remarkable.
The opening track started off interesting. I liked the instrumentals but as soon as the vocals started, I wasn’t sure if this album would be my thing. The next two tracks were not it for me. Then I got to Someone Great and All My Friends. I was shocked by how much I liked these two. This gave me hope for the rest of the album but unfortunately none of the other tracks stood out to me. I found them either boring and repetitive or just straight up bad. 2 stars though for Someone Great and All My Friends
Didn’t really get on with this one to be honest, a bit boring!
not.bad
First track very talking heads
No. Any music I can make on my computer doesn’t deserve a listen. At least I didn’t pay for this.
the last two songs are awful
I don’t get it. The best song still really needs that YouTube duet with Miles Davis (look it up) to be better. Ah well.
Didn't like it at all. The instrumental were ok and sometimes good bur the lyrics were lazy and uninteresting.
didnt give it an honest chance, but this is music for people who love cocaine
Has some interesting grooves and sounds, but can get fairly repetitive. The vocals also don’t do it for me overall.
2.5
Maybe a bit melodic with nothing that interesting to note
Ok, Dimery; that's quite enough EDM-esque albums. Every time one of these comes up, I feel like the name of the book should be "1001 Albums You'll Hear and Wish You Were Dead." This album isn't exactly Daft Punk or Skrillex; there's a bit of a rock edge to it that makes it slightly more palatable. There's enough techno influence, though, to make it suck.
Heavy electronica to start with and I was thinking I did not like it at all. But as the album progressed some songs were a bit more listenable.
зачем делать 8минутные песни, в которых вообще нет развития? одна мелодия просто дрочится. ебанутые ?
Viel schräge Sound, ein paar melodische Lichtblicke. Insgesamt eher schwach. 2/5
Not great, but it shares some traits with songs from OhLand and Two Door Cinema club, which are both good. However, I'm here to rate THIS album. Which is a 2/5.
eh, a little too repetitive
Annoyingly repetitive
Basically a 3, first few tracks threw me off
I vibe with it, I like the use of keyboards. In general I just find the album a bit boring for whatever reason. I'm not a super big fan of the singing voice Also... cmon: "Makes you want to feel like a teenager Until you remember the feelings of A real-life emotional teenager Then you think again" Ehhhhh 💀💀
I think I get why it's here. Is it worth being here... Not for me.
I don't get all the hype about this and how it deserves a place on this list. It has a grating voice, annoying production, stupid arrangements, bad lyrics, and unoriginal composition.
Ничего в такой музыке не понимаю. Альбом не захватил совсем, но, возможно, заинтересует когда-нибудь потом.
Not as good as it thinks it is
It’s not bad, I actually quite like the sound of it but it’s just not an album I see myself listening to again, none of the songs were very memorable to me. I usually try and give each album a couple of listens but after one listen I didn’t feel like I wanted to give it another go.
This sucks. It (especially North American Scum) sounds like Pixies if they were electronic and sucked. The only good song is "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" because it sounds nothing like the other songs. It reminded me of Fugazi's I'm so Tired mixed (at some point) with alternative electric guitars from some Radiohead B-side.
Boring
I've been standing in tents at festivals with people absolutely in awe of this band, and I'm obviously missing something. They were a big part of the Meet Me In The Bathroom book and film, and again, as much as I appreciate what they're going for and their musical and technical abilities, it isn't for me. A harsh 2 because I never play their music, but I'd like to like them.
Probably wouldn’t FF if one popped up in play list but not gonna be listening to the whole album again.
Not my favorite of theirs, too much synth
I have to admit this isn’t my style of music, but this album was fun.
Meh ok just ok
Too repetitive and not very imaginative.
Overall, repetitive, derivative dirge. A couple of decent tracks save it from a 1 star review. Not sure what the hype is about to be honest.
Lots of influences, from 70s and 80s, which are kind of spot that sounds like …. but with a lot of the life sucked out, for me at least. Just tiresome to my old ears, being a little water torture in places, think “dance” music that just repeats the same beat is a need to be there thing. just don’t see the point of this being here, oh well 2 Star. For dropping hints of prior music I actually like and for the cowbell
I find their music to range from annoying to boring
This album wasn’t really my taste. Funk but if a white guy with frosted tips wrote it. Kinda like jamiroqui (napoleon dynamite) after listen. To almost all of the songs, it became apparent I wouldn’t listen to these song again afterward maybe the North Americans song lol kinda funny
I had a fever and for all these years I thought the cure was more cowbell. But it turns out this album proved that theory wrong. In this case it was as easy as turning off the 56 minutes of dubstep.
Obnoxiously repetitive. Halfway through, my ears were exhausted and I hoped it would end soon. Usually I like Electronica.