Sound of Silver

jens had dit kunnen producen

Een keer wat anders, begon me er wel aan te irriteren na een tijd.

Heel veel geluid. Interessant en raar maar wel leuk. 1 banger

This band is different thanI initially thought, in all the best ways. Some darker moments than I was expecting. Very enjoyable.

Like I can get behind the messaging but this is not the best way of going abt it

A damn fine album that has aged wonderfully. James Murphy takes his influences and makes something truly new and exciting. Some tracks do become a bit repetitive, but it's not a big deal.

Killer album. Nails the millennial joy of life tempered by impending sadness. Someone Great is a standout. There’s a tiny bit of filler which knocks it down to 4.5, but otherwise near perfect.

I was late to the party with these guys. There was a used copy of their first album at my local record store that went unsold for ages, at least ten years. Every time I went in, I saw that same black and white drawing of a mirror ball and the low-fi looking text of the band name. I knew nothing about them at all, and that CD gathering dust there didnt impart anything positive. I finally truly discovered who this band was and what they were about only a year or two ago, and heard this album, which I dug so much, I bought it only a short time later. This is absolutely fantastic 'dance-punk', perhaps the best since Liquid Liquid made "Cavern", which got hijacked to make Melle Mel's "White Lines". I digress. Every song here is great, fun, both danceable and hypnotic (except for the final track), with lyrics that can be both quirky and hit home emotionally. The songs "Get Innocuous!" and "Someone Great" are my absolute highlights, but it's all so good. It's a damn near perfect album.

割とめっちゃ好きかも。ビートの感じとかが楽しい。 反復されるビートを長々と繰り返したり、どんどん音数が増えたり、基本的な構成はそんな感じ？ ダンス•ミュージックなのかなと思います。 普段暗めのエレクトロニカしか聴かないけど、こういうのもいい。と思ったら最後だけリリック全開でびっくり。急にうるさくすんのはやめてください。

An album of Talking Heads and Bowie worship filtered through music nerds and 2000's electronica. There is definitely talk of this being a little too derivative, but it is refreshing that someone is cribbing notes from bands like the Heads instead of the other bands and artists that everyone rips off. Besides, the electronica influences and 2000's music nerdery are enough to turn this into something new even if the parts that make it up are familiar. The album has an air of artsy pretentiousness but there is a quite human core at the center of it that especially comes across in tracks like All My Friends, which I first heard in my early 30s and it hit me like a train. The minimalism and repetitive aspects of the songs are usually to it's benefit, helping create an antsy and uncomfortable vibe. There are a couple of songs that cross over into obnoxious though. Overall though, I really like this album.

Guess I like LCD Soundsystem, I've heard of this band before, but they sounded nothing like what I expected. Guess I should check out more of their stuff. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

ssuper fun notes and differnet sounds, felt good in the ears

8/10

Love love love love love. LCD were clearly allergic to the sophomore slump and produced an album that I completely adore. Listened digitally this morning and man, does this album just work for me. Sure, it's repetitive, but in a way where you can just sink into the song and let it bore into your brain in the best way possible. So hard for me to pick favorite tracks here, as this album is stacked with some of my top LCD tracks of all time. Will listen to this again and again (as if I haven't already been doing that before today). Favorite tracks: North American Scum, Someone Great, All My Friends (a generational 3-song run)

Super smart, hooky, dance punk techno. The whole thing is good, sure, fun to listen to, maybe even dance, but it has been, is now, and will be forever five stars on the strength of "All My Friends" which is one of the top two best songs since the year 2000. Sad, energetic, funny, elegiac, perfect song.

I wanted to be annoyed by the trendiness but there’s something so hypnotic and energetic and versatile here that I had to give in. “New York…” was already a fave.

Album sympa, mais sans plus. Un peu trop weirdo

Good classic rock

Is it dance or party music? If it is I’m giving my real attention to something other than the “music”. Are they trying to be the B52s or Talking Heads? ‘Fraid not, it’s been done, earlier and better. Do I agree this is something I should listen to before I die? I don’t think so. “New York, I love you” gets it up to a 2, barely.

Lots to like about this album

Not the greatest

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of I love you, but you’re bringing me down

One of those albums that is so personally significant that objective appraisal becomes impossible. So I won’t bother. I love it. And All My Friends live when surrounded by other people who love it equally is a quasi-religious experience.

I’ve always been something of a DFA fanboy and this is perhaps the pinnacle of their releases. Although some individual tracks might be better in places, this is a brilliantly consistent album. The percussion is absolutely metronomic and harks back to the best of krautrock, the synths cut through and Murphy’s delivery, whilst offputting for some I’m sure, has that lackadaisical approach similar to someone like Lou Reed. ‘New York, I Love You it You’re Bringing Me Down’ is one of those love letters that doesn’t gloss over the messy stuff and ‘All My Friends’ absolutely euphoric.

I enjoyed this one. The beat in All My Friends seems like an interpolation of Baba O'Riley from The Who. The guy's singing sometimes annoys me. It's like a slightly annoying version of Jack White. But not so bad that it ruins the otherwise good tracks. Not sure I'd go back to this, but it's kind of groovy. High 3/5. 3.5.

Album #155: Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem Genre (W): Dance-punk, electronic rock, electronica, indie rock, dance-rock, art rock Singles: North American Scum, All My Friends, Someone Great, Time to Get Away I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: I absolutely love the blend of rock and dance music! I think this album has amazing production and every single song has an irresistible beat and rhythm to it. A perfect dance album! Favorite tracks: All of it!!

one of my fav albums actually

Pretty nice, but not really my cup of tea.

Pretty good 7/10

In the time since reviewing the previous LCD album generated, they have grown in my estimation. Like I said reviewing American Dream, I basically missed out on them at the time. Any details about them that I picked up sort of gave me cause for suspicion. I decided to properly do my homework though, and now I wish I had embraced them sooner. There is so much going on during this record and throughout its DNA that make it music almost invented to suit my tastes. I can mention influences I picked up upon (Kraftwerk and less poppy Krautrock, ESG, The Fall, Bowie, Human League, Lou Reed, Eno etc.) but I ought to add immediately that the influences were beautifully incorporated into a modern, meticulously constructed, fun album that does not sound like a rip off. As a result of rejuvenating my interest, I will be revisiting the albums I already now own, and will be attempting to fill the gaps with the ones I don’t. If they tour again I will be making it my business to catch a show because it seems live they would be right up my street too.

Fist pumped when this came up, probably the best LCD Soundsystem album, though I think there's even an argument to be had for This Is Happening and even their surprise comeback American Dream which had no right to be as good as it was All My Friends is a euphorically bittersweet masterclass in buildup, starting with a snippet of what is probably ripping off Steve Reich's minimalist Music For 18 Musicians, but building on it and building on it and building on it, adding drums, vocals, guitar, synth, then completely taking off at like the 5 minute mark til the end, never slowing down the whole way Due praise to THE indie millennial anthem aside, they happily steal all the best of Talking Heads and Bowie elsewhere along with countless other influences I'm totally missing. Someone Great is a highlight, as is the opening track, as is the closing track. North American Scum verges on annoying but I just can't hate it, I think it's in Step Brothers at some point near the start lol All My Friends always brings back fun awkward nostalgia of my first club night out, dragged out almost by force after finishing a shift at 11 when I really would have just like to have gone to bed, ending up dancing in a circle of all my friends’ girlfriends (where are my friends tonight?) when it somehow came on, in full, typically nobody else knew the song, and I must have appeared far too excited belting out the lyrics

Want to like this more than I do, feel like it’s just sort of there when I’m listening to it 3

Sounds influenced by Bowie and Talking Heads to name a few

One of their best, filled with great hits and an album I can happily listen to all the way through.

This is great, I always lean more towards 'this is happening' as a full album but this has my fav LCD song (someone great) and lots of jams. I love the beginning too and the spooky Bowie vibe.

The peak of indie sleaze. The rise of a champion.

Favorite track(s): Get Innocuous!, North American Scum, Someone Great, All My Friends

En voi sietää konemusiikkia mutta kai tämä menetttelevä on

Great surprise, excellent work vibes

Meh.

James Murphy nem precisou cantar pra Get Innocuous! ser 100! Que álbum maravilhoso e incrível 💚

Amo esa combinación entre música de los 80 y música de los 2000.

Cool

I’ve just never really “gotten” LCD Soundsystem.

I enjoyed most of this. Some songs droned on a bit long, but was a decent mix of rock and electronic elements. 4/5

It's alright.

never got into them back in the day and it doesn't look like that will change. i like many elements of this but they are all elements i can get from better more interesting artists that don't make me feel like i'm in an urban outfitters

Да хз даже, вроде даже не настолько смехотворно плохо чтоб чёто там разносить и орать как плохо, но в то же время: какая-то жижа хз, возникает ощущение "лучшеб вместо этого послушал дафт панк" мне кажется это было бы интереснее. Опять таки, скорее всего это музыка для определенных мест и для определенных действий (танцев) лол Но когда ты сидя жопой на стуле пытаешься слушать эти 7-8 минутные лупы с периодическими намёками на какой-то инди-роцк, это ощущается как отварная курица с рисом (никак). На Someone Great мне уже даже начало казаться что альбом, в общем-то, ничего, но потом все пошло куда-то не туда. Типа.. почему тот же IDM порой прикольно слушать - его ритмическая основа, куда-то идет, развивается, порой неспешно, но это приводит к чему-то клевому. А тут жутко заёбывающий долбёж ну ещё с периодическим вокалом. meh..

Honestly? I love this album. I always feel a little guilty about it, maybe? I mean - rock that cow bell. But that’s the thing, James Murphy is funny. He doesn’t take himself or the act too seriously. It’s ironic, both lyrically AND musically. And Pat Mahoney and Murphy work that percussion relentlessly. I mean they CAN rock the cow bell. So, yeah. It’s a 5. It just is. 5 Boolean: True

Not the dance music that hits with me, but a nice enough listen

Meh

I had no idea what to expect from this album, but it really surprised me with its crazy wide scope in terms of genre and style, and the songs were extremely well-written and performed, even if less polished in places. I heard so many different sounds, including Talking Heads, Ben Folds, Beck, and just like driving avant garde club/dance tracks. Just really eclectic and pleasantly awesome to listen to. I listened to it twice, five stars.

Not something I would usually listen to, but I found myself enjoying it immensely. A fun, explosive, one-of-a-kind album that easily balances satirical tunes alongside real tearjerkers.

Interesting soundscapes, the lyrics though. Not mindblowing

It was fine. Would not be in a rush to re-listen but would not turn off if on

There are good songs in there, but the jangly and repetetive piano arrangements annoyed me after a while.

- Knew nothing but the group's name, so this was a fun discovery. - Middle half (from "North American Scum" to "Watch the Tapes") is extremely solid. Playful, self-deprecating, and almost irreverent at moments. Emotionally resonant at others..."Someone Great" and "All My Friends" effectively match the latter. - A couple of cuts would make this all even more sharp.

Completely new to me. I liked it for the most part, could have perhaps done without the vocal part. Interesting

Что-то очень похожее на talking heads. Есть что-то интересное в музыке. Но в целом не особо

Wow what a great album. Nearly a fiver. Highlights All my friends + New York, I love you

Songs are repetitive, but I think we can get interesting ideas from this album.

Super cool range. Loved the was the the way that genres were blended and I felt like it was a precursor to the sound of the 2010s in a lot of ways

Oh who am I kidding? If anything deserves a 5 in this trash heap, it's this. This is the anthem of my entire generation. 10/10

This album was okay, just didn’t do much for me, like literally no standouts until the very last song, idk it’s all stuff I’ve heard before and just feels like so generic to me

This album was always a mystery to me, I've listened to it about 5 times now but I never knew what I wanted to rate it. It's not perfect by any means but it feels so perfect and so well thought out. The simplicity of the synths mixed into a very complex song makes for such an intriguing listen each and every time I have picked this album up. You can tell this band is inspired by other huge bands like Pink Floyd for the title Us V Them, Daft Punk, and other electronic artists of their time, but now they stand among those ranks in the modern day as one of the greatest bands ever. Everything about this album screams a nerdy kind of fun and you can hear the joy and excitement the band is feeling through the music during the entire runtime. I love this album so much. Nuff Said.

Pas mon style

Mixed feelings on this one… Some parts were a tough listen, others had me genuinely nodding my head. A pretty mixed bag Fav track: All my friends

Great painting music

Close to a 4 but it probably won't get a revisit from me

Sound of Silver is a very interesting album from the start. The first half is incredibly enjoyable. Unfortunately, I find that the second half becomes a bit repetitive.

Huh. Wasn't sure if this was electronic or rock. Or both. It was good though.

Not to get all 2000s on you, but this is what I would have called "hipster swill" back then. Some bands are derivative. Some bands plagiarize. And then there's LCD Soundsystem. James Murphy loves to brag in interviews about having "discovered" many of the bands he rips off, a Columbusing move for which I have zero respect. Try having an original thought for once!

shes good but not relaly memoerable

865 albums into this journey, and I have been clear about my lack of comprehension and appreciation for Electronica. I have listened reluctantly and without much change to many of the offerings so far. This album was the rare exception for me. Granted, it has lyrics, and that goes a long way to opening my mind a bit more. Sound of Silver stood out for me because it actually sounded like there was a real human drummer and that much of the music was generated by band members. I am sure this is true in many different Electronica bands, but even some of the more repetitious songs later in the album I could envision being performed by an actual band. This album was quite a surprise.

vissa låtar är lite speciella men vissa känns också som vanlig tråkpop

My sensory system did not enjoy. Grating.

White Stripes, but Dance! Daft Punk, but now with real guitars. You can absolutely get down to this music. What a fun album!!

I felt like there were a few hints of Grinderman, and a few hints of Daft Punk, and overall, it definitely had a pretty strong mid to late 2000s feel to it, which is not a bad thing. Good listen!

Easy to listen to. 3.5!

there's a few things i can appreciate about this, but it's not something i would ever listen to or enjoy myself. least favorite(s): time to get away

Really liked the first song, entire album is something entirely new to me, in other words like a form of fresh air. Overall 8.5 our of 10!

really good

꽤괜

LCD Soundsystem is the most recent band I saw in concert (just last week) and they played at least 4 songs from this album and are still selling merch with the album art on it. Such a great album and band.

258. ok

This is just talking heads but the head isn’t good

Good!

Aika pitkäveteistä, biisin alussa tulee melodiaa ja se looppaa biisin loppuun asti.

Tuntematon bändi itselle, paljon kuulunut arvosteluissa, että parasta ikinä. Levy alko mielenkiintosesti, mutta sit se olikin vaan indie rockia. Ihan viihdyttävää, mutta pidemmän päälle ei jaksanut kyseiseen hetkeen innostaa.

Indie dance punk that really expanded on what Murphy was doing on the self titled debut. This record came out just after I moved to New York City and will forever be intertwined with that period of my life. LCD Soundsystem is one of my favorite electronic acts of all time, and this record is a big part of the reason why. It's melancholy yet danceable, and still sounds great almost 20 years later.

Great album.

LCD is the kind of guy who's actually pathetic but he puts this energy into his music so it's actually so good it's painful Would I listen again: yeah. Deserves to be on this list: would prefer This Is Happening but this works 4.4

Best Track - "All My Friends"

Enjoyable mix of electrnoica with pop and R&B sensibilities. Some songs channel a strong Prince vibe. Overall an enjoyable listen even if it did lose me occasionally.

thought i would love this upon hearing get innocuous + thinking it was similar to massive attack? immediately was disproved as i HATED time to get away. a pity as the production is obviously very cool, vocals really sold on this one. wanted to skip so many times throughout. this just feels botched, the poor producer 💫get innocuous, sound of silver, new york i love you but you're bringing me down 👎time to get away 4/10 --> did not enjoy. most of these songs i would not voluntarily listen to again.

WE ARE NORTH AMERICAN SCUM

A second album by this band makes the list? Unnecessary. One is enough to get the gist. It’s ok… not punk, maybe new wave EDM, hints of gaiety. Not my bag.

5/10 No es malo, pero es raro. No me termino de gustar, medio aburrido por momentos

I audibly gasped when I got this album to review! Definitely one of my favourites and NOTHING will ever top All My Friends

Me sorprendió para bien después del arranque que tuvo, que no me había gustado. Un par de canciones me gustaron bastante.

Standout tracks: someone great, all my friends, us v them, sound of silver

Ironically, I doubt anyone would ever call James Murphy "American scum". (Just like "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole".)

If you can’t have fun listening to this album, the problem might not be the album because this is an undeniable good time.

I read reviews filled with nostalgia and was waiting for great vibes but I found this a little boring. I’m worried I’m becoming musically numb!

mid 3.5.

Definitely bumpin' I've heard of LCD Soundsystem before, but didn't listen to them too much. Very cool mix of electronic instruments and real instruments such as guitars. Singing and mixing is very nice and on point. Some tracks had me laughing, such as "North Americans"

Possibly the best album of the 21st century.

I enjoyed it. I may even use the word “eclectic”

5/9

I like North American Scum. It sounds like a 4 star album. I like watch the tapes.

i like this a lot, i def like a different album of theirs better but still a bop

I can appreciate that this is an influential thing, just got bored. Some songs I liked but even those I wasn’t blown away by. And I had to turn my earbuds down bc some of this was just harsh noise

I did much like it yes. Really crisp, mixing and production, great at World building. The instruments weren’t too robotic and I felt a lot of emotion come through the music. I’m not sure how much I would actually go back and listen to it, but it was a great listen

I feel like over time my rating has gone down. Initially my thoughts were drowned in hype. in math, each number is defined by itself without any context. an equation can be read and understood alone by combining multiple numbers who each have their own definition. James Murphy has brought sounds together like math. Each instrument defines itself and stands alone, but when brought together with the numbers, it creates a new novel sound. Because of the out-of-the-blue nature of these piecewise collections of sounds, there isn't a directed emotion that it evokes. It feels so baseless it creates a new world that I think is emotionally defined by whoever is listening. all that being said, ts lowkey sound like something that'd play in a museum exhibit or during an animated transition of a 2000's educational video you'd watch in science class.

Beneath the irony and silly voices, there’s some really incredible music here. A lot of it feels like an acquired taste

10. avgust 2026. 16.08h skoro 20 godina nakon sto sam prvi put cula new york i love you but youre bringing me down vratila sam se na cijeli album best: someone great, get innocuous

Feel like this is the point they started taking themselves too seriously, some fun tracks but also some overwrought more serious tracks which may work for some but for me 🤢

Mmmm espero que salga otro de LCD por que este no me pareció tan bueno

Such an interesting writing style. Also love the funky production

I enjoyed this. Wasn't sure I was ready for it first thing on a Monday morning, but it was fun. Rode a nice edge between rock and electronic.

Was on board till the title track, it all fell apart around then

Hasn't heard them before, wasn't what I was expecting but was too repetitive for my tastes

This was okay.

i think im not getting the point yet. maybe in another moment of my life

indie sleeze bedroom pop wo ned fireflies level cringe isch - ned das fireflies kein banger wer aber you know

Love!

Plenty to like here. 'All My Friends' is so relentlessly catchy, it burrows its way into my brain with that ridiculously repetitive piano line and lyrics about missing your misspent youth. Other highlights include 'North American Scum' (which somehow hits harded in this day and age), 'Someone Great' and 'Us v Them'. Makes me wish I was 18 and partying in 2007 rather than meandering my way through my 30s

I was a bit cautious with this album. I had been excited to listen to American Dream previously in this project and I found it a major letdown. I hoped this would be an album I liked from a band I assumed I’d enjoy. Thankfully the second time was the charm. This had all the fun musicality I was looking for but also interesting lyrics and mostly good vocals. And it wasn’t ridiculously long too. Standouts were Get Innocuous!, North American Scum, Someone Great, and All My Friends. Just a notch below was New York…

Overall solidly enjoyable listen - couple really good songs / chill electronic vibes 4

Die US-amerikanische Band um James Murphy nahm ihr zweites Album größtenteils in der abgelegenen Long View Farm in Massachusetts auf, ergänzt durch Sessions im hauseigenen DFA-Studio in New York – eine Kombination aus ländlicher Zurückgezogenheit und urbanem Groove, die dem Album seine eigentümliche Spannung verleiht. Erschienen auf DFA Records in Zusammenarbeit mit EMI und Capitol, bewegt sich Sound of Silver zwischen Dance-Punk und elektronischem Rock, ohne sich einem der beiden Pole ganz zu unterwerfen. Murphy, der die Studiowände während der Aufnahmen komplett mit Silberfolie verkleidete, um sich beim Einsingen weniger exponiert zu fühlen, liefert damit unfreiwillig auch das Bild für den Albumtitel. Musikalisch ist dies ein Album der Kontraste: Der treibende Opener "Get Innocuous!" und der bissige Radiohit "North American Scum" stehen neben der fast schon zärtlichen Melancholie von "Someone Great" und dem monumentalen Abschied "New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down". Das Herzstück bleibt jedoch "All My Friends" – ein siebenminütiger Klavier-Loop, der sich zu einer der eindringlichsten Popmomente des Jahrzehnts steigert. Murphy gelingt es, Ironie und echte Emotion gleichzeitig zu transportieren, ohne dass sich beides gegenseitig aufhebt. Was Sound of Silver von seinem rohen, spröderen Vorgänger unterscheidet, ist vor allem die gewonnene Klarheit: Die Produktion wirkt aufgeräumter, die Songs atmen mehr, ohne an Dringlichkeit zu verlieren. Es ist ein Album über das Älterwerden, über Freundschaften und Verluste, verpackt in Beats, die trotzdem zum Tanzen einladen – eine seltene Balance, die vielen ähnlich ambitionierten Platten fehlt. Ein Album, das Kopf und Körper gleichermaßen anspricht und seine Ernsthaftigkeit nie zur Last werden lässt.

don't love it or hate it, just not my scene

Loooooove

"Sound of Silver" is a good album - no more, no less. The production is crisp, cold, and clear, perfectly suiting the music. Across the record, I can hear the fingerprints of many artists I admire, including David Byrne, Kraftwerk, The Human League, Eno-era Roxy Music, The Killers, Lou Reed, and David Bowie. However, no single track truly grabbed me, nor does the collection sustain the high level of quality needed to invite repeated listens. Three stars. 1 "Get Innocuous!" (3/5) 2 "Time to Get Away" (3/5) 3 "North American Scum" (3/5) 4 "Someone Great" (4/5) 5 "All My Friends" (3/5) 6 "Us v Them" (4/5) 7 "Watch the Tapes" (3/5) 8 "Sound of Silver" (3/5) 9 "New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" (4/5) Total - 30 Average - 3.3 397/1001 208/397 albums reviewed were new to me.

I really liked the energy on this album. Listened to it twice in the car and again at work. Played well in public. For an electronic album, there is enough variation it’s not too repetitive and the vocals help add some soul. The female vocalist is cool too. Reminds me of Quinton and Miss Pussycat. “North American scum” and “watch the tapes” stand out to me with their punchy vocals. The drums are very organic for an electronic album. The whole thing gives me of an indie rock vibe. I really like it and I don’t think it gets old. There are a few pieces of irritating “sparkly” high pitched sound in a couple tracks that hurt my ears a bit and make me want to skip, but they go away after a few repetitions… notably in “sound of silver”… the rest of the album is a good groove and pleasing to my ears. 4 stars

Interesting. May need a second listen...

Pretty interesting listen, this album is a clear cultural remnant, the style is incredibly 2000s pop punk, frozen in time. Theres a clear artistic vision which I can respect but unfortunately a lot of the songs just don't really develop, once you've listened to the first 30 seconds of it you've heard the whole thing. Which I guess is the point. Last song is a bit of a different vibe which I liked.

An old favorite of mine from high school. Still holds up pretty well for me

I like the EM part, not that big a fan of the D, though. Wait…

Sound of Silver was a far more enjoyable album than i thought it was gonna be. I have been aware of one of the songs on this album prior to listening to it, that being Us V Them and it's appearance in the NBA Live 08 soundtrack. I do consider that song one of the weaker ones though as i don't like the vocals in the beginning but they do get better eventually. However, the rest of the songs are all very good as they all have that really fun groove to them. I also do like this one more than the other LCD Soundsystem album on the list as while that one is good too, it's just a little too weird for my liking. This album just managed to be a really nice surprise. Best Song: Someone Great Worst Song: Us V Them

Some great songs mixed in with some adequate songs. New York I love you is a perfect song to end the album

Cool album, really good example of the better side of the indie rock / post punk scene, with the biggest difference really being the overall quality of the songs themselves

LCD sound system not my favourite electro-rock band, but lets see how the album is. I am a little familiar with them but don't recognise these song names. Get Innocuous is a good opener. Oh North American Scum is a song I knew but didn't know the name of. Good tune. Someone Great is a groove as well. Electronic stylings inn rock.music gets a lot of hate but imo much of it is unearned. This is an excellent album.

I know this artist and album. I just recently started to get into these guys. This album is so good.

It was really good, surprisingly so!

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Gute Scheibe, wenn auch nicht deren Beste.

I don't know, I don't know, oh, where to begin, but this is a 5 star record for me. I remembering listening to this album a lot around the time it came out and it remains the stand out record in their discography as far as I'm concerned. Some of the influences like New Order and the Human League are worn on their sleeve but James Murphy deploys them in interesting ways across a varied nine tracks. The song that surprised me most and still stands out is All My Friends which builds to a real emotional punch that I wouldn't normally associate with something so danceable.

Didn't enjoy it

Really enjoyed this. Had only listened to their 2010 album before but enjoyed this as well

I'm usually not a fan of electronic/dance music; however, Get Innocuous and All My Friends were pretty good. I enjoyed the beat and drums of Us v Them; however, the lyrics weren't as strong. The album was slightly repetitive... "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" was a great way to end the album. It's a really nice track, but the lyrics aren't that strong. They try to sound deep, but they end up feeling pretty shallow and don't say anything that interesting. However, I really enjoyed the build-up. 2.5->3

8/10

There were parts that I really enjoyed, such as Time to Get Away and North American Scum, and there were parts that grated on me, such as Get Innocuous! and the title track. I guess if you like the beat, you will like the song and if you don’t then it will get tedious quickly.

Jein. Sorgt für gute Laune, wird aber recht zügig eintönig.

Mitunter unfassbare Songs, aber nicht durch die Bank konsistent.

Sound of Silver wears its influences on its sleeves. I can hear Bowie, i can hear some Moroder-era Disco and (most troubling) some indie-rock singing and some luke-warm punk-spirit. On some tracks this works incredibly well. Get Innocuous, Time To Get Away and Someone Right just hit a sweet spot. They are fun, focussed and find a great balance between monotony and excitement. And yes, these songs are all on the first half of the album. Other songs are… rougher. North American Scum is vocally challenging for the ears, the piano on All My Friends seemed to pierce my eardrum at some point and the time has come to delete Us vs Them from my library. At some points it felt like LCD Soundsystem was a music class in high school that just wanted to try out every instrument they could find - it gets too messy and annoying. I guess they said it best themselves: It‘s not getting better, it‘s just getting old. The album left me a little baffled. I really enjoy four tracks on here - but the other five just don‘t work for me at all. Yet i am intrigued enough that i hopefully will find the time to dig deeper into LCD‘s discography.

So good. Just a big eclectic hug of an album. Daft Punk x Bowie x The Fall x Kraftwerk x Sinatra.

A favorite song is on this album - someone great. That alone gives it 5 stars. I enjoyed other tracks as well - e.g., new York I love you

I used to LOOOVE this album but this listen didn't hit quite as hard as it used to. Still such a great sounding record production wise

lovely

exceeded my expectations

This is great. I am aware of most of the popular LCDSS tunes so was nice to listen to this in full. I would definately listen again. I do feel like they have a very specific sound that is strong throughout, which i guess could be called samey or repetitive, but it works and think it always will. However, I didn't like the last song, sounded like it could have been in the muppets.

Just cuts you open this record, so much emotion handled so well. Just wanted to sit with it forever. Think it's my favourite record we've had on here so far. Maybe the best gig I've ever been to.

Nice

Decent, but unremarkable

Ooh I like the buildup on Get Innocuous. Some 80s style (reminds me of Love Action) sequenced synths going on alongside the analogue sounding drums. Whole track has a very 80s feel. The lyrics 'You can't normalise' feels like Tom Tom Club (or Christmas Wrapping!) Retro feel carries over. Time to Get Away is almost Talking Heads-esque, with some funky new-wave feel. But with an indie style vocal delivery. More indie feel on North American Scum. Someone Great has that big bass sound from their later work (How Do You Sleep) The driving piano sound on All My Friends is annoying, relentless, but sounds like it can't even keep good time. This track is more like Killers. Best track - Get Innocuous 3.5 stars - an interesting mix of 80s synth new-wave and indie.

It's good but the best song is the last song

Thought this would be right naff, but had some really nice bops on here which kept moving and building and such. This kinda music is bad when it doesn't go anywhere.

I always find LCD Soundsystem stuff goes on a fraction too long but I’m willing to forgive it in this case because it’s gorgeous. New York I Love You is one of my favourite songs of all time.

Starts off sounding a little like the difficult second album it was purported to be but soon finds a groove. ‘All My Friends’ the obvious high point.

I happen to be a fan so this was easy for me. I do like some of their other stuff better so this is only a 4/5. Only, lol.

For electronic dance music, this is really good and musical. The songs go on too long because it’s intended for the club. But it’s very listenable, at least, and it has a sense of humor. A 3, or a 4. I’ll go with 4.

I wouldn't normally give this the 5, but seeing as "This Is Happening" isn't on the list for X reasons (ask Dimery), this will have to do. This album was life-changing for me. I was in college when I learned about them. The late 2000s were dismal for millennials, culturally speaking. Not because we didn't have a culture, mind you, more that I was getting the cold shoulder by my peers and older folks that I was a "hipster" because of my taste in alternative music (I didn't have a Dead Kennedys shirt just to be ironic, dammit!!). Alas, being a hipster was a big subject in alternative music at the time, and no matter how you sliced it, if you were different, you were different. So, I basically hid behind my musical tastes - punk, noise rock, industrial, experimental music - and defended it as if it needed to be saved from philistines all over. A bunch of crap, if you ask me, but I was young. Enter James Murphy, a Gen Xer from New York that decided he would play whatever he liked, and didn't give a damn what people thought about. Mixing acid house, funk, synth pop, punk, jazz, and noise? A fan of Arcade Fire, but also Front 242? The Fall and Liquid Liquid?? Who the hell was this guy? When I saw them live, I only knew "All My Friends" because it was ranked as the 2nd greatest song of the 2000s by Pitchfork (yes, I admit, pretty hipster of me). How daft I was. Saw them for the This Is Happening tour and they blew the whole place apart. Incredible musicians, tight compositions, loud quiet loud dynamics, and the best part - how goddamn NICE and COOL Murphy was with the audience. Hardly the snooty hipster from NYC. An observational genius through and through. Open and filled with bright ideas and ironic lyrics that were more true than ironic. Love this album - continues to get through my adult life. Funny, clever, wild, tight, cold, warm, tragic, hopeful, strange, familiar, and those BEATS and RIFFS. If you can't enjoy it for what it is, maybe watch the Madison Square Garden concert recording or go see them live. It's the best party ever no matter who you are, and you may leave it wiser beyond your years to be yourself, and to stop hiding, just like I did. Thanks for everything, James!

fuck its such a fantastic album, all my friends and new york, i love you, but you're bringing me down, are such amazing songs and some of my favorites of all time

I've never knowingly listened to this album before, but those first five tracks were familiar - they've clearly crept into my consciousness somehow. And they're perfectly good songs, just not essential. The whole record just doesn't seem that special - the title track, Sound of Silver, for example, sounds like it could be a Heaven 17 b-side from 30 years earlier. Although I can now join the ranks of those that have listened to the album in full, I'm not feeling especially enlightened. I'd go so far as to say I didn't really need to listen to the whole thing. Having a vague familiarity with those first five tracks suited me just fine. Oh well, there's no going back now.

This album has some great moments: North American Scum and My Friends in particular but some of the other tracks are a little bland. Can't see it being worthy of being on the list, though it is a decent enough album.

If disco was a party then this is a "party" - a simulacrum of the sort of revelry Studio 54 was known for, only desaturated, drained of much of its energy, made clumsy and slightly pigeon-toed in the way all the indie girls in the mid-2000s stood for some reason. It isn't *bad* per se, but it's mostly just sort of *there*, like a half-built house some other contractor was supposed to finish. James Murphy sometimes seems like he wants to be Isaac Brock ("Time to Get Away"); more often he seems like he wants to be like who Brock wants to be like, which is David Byrne ("Get Innocuous!"). His sociopolitics are hit ("North American Scum") and miss ("Us V Them"). Occasionally his effort is cut with a crucial bit of Ian Curtis ("All My Friends"), and perhaps that's what he's most trying to signify - Curtis's utter exhaustion. And so Murphy's compositions frequently stand still in the middle of the dancefloor and refuse to move, playing the same phrase over and over with no variation, *The Tin Drum* in aural form. And the problem with that tactic is that it focuses attention on his lyrics, and he doesn't have enough to say - or rather, what he is saying is that he doesn't have enough to say, which isn't exactly the same thing but the extra steps are ultimately unimportant. Murphy frequently relies on throwing out a very direct, literal statement of how he's feeling without any apparent attempt to make it poetic or to fit meter, which is probably supposed to sound like he's being overcome with feeling but instead just feels like he didn't feel like finish the lyric properly ("New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down"). On "All My Friends" he bemoans the grind of touring (both figurative and literal, as in the grind of his teeth when he's high) and pines for home. Which, great - I wholeheartedly support heading back to Brooklyn and climbing in bed for a month. It's just hard for me to get past the feeling that my time is being wasted here when Murphy evidently thinks his own time is being wasted putting this music forward.

No está mal pero por momentos un poco machacón.

LCD Soundsystem isn’t a band I listen to all that much, but I’m very familiar with their big hits, and this album has many of them. I really like the dance-punk sound, which clearly draws influence from bands like New Order, while still feeling distinctly noughties. The vocals, in particular, remind me of The Strokes and a lot of the indie bands that defined the era. Overall, a really solid album with plenty to enjoy, and one I'm comfortable giving 4 stars to.

Not as good as the orhers…

Canciones extremadamente largas y para nada adictivas o gustosas de oir para mi le daria un 3 por el intento. No fui capaz ni de terminarlo.

I thought this album was great. I listened to it while on a run, it definitely helped the run, but I added a few little dance steps. The Friends song was great, the teenager one was so so. Overall, I enjoyed the album quite a bit.

Never really listened to this because it was too 'popular' at the time. Kinda derivative but also pretty banging. Very Bowie. Also sounds like the strokes. This whole list is odd as hell. Basically every track makes me think of something I'd much rather be listening to.

I mean, it’s LCD Soundsystem. They’re a top 10 band of all time for me. This Is Happening is one of my favorite albums of that decade, and James Murphy is one of the most brilliant minds in indie music in my opinion. And this is generally seen as their masterpiece, containing one of their two most well-known songs, that being “All My Friends.” Really, I don’t know what to say about this album other than that. It’s an album that at large criticizes the intricacies of the social world under capitalism, and song to song breaks down under those same intricacies: the stress of tour, of aging, of foreign criticism, of losing someone important, of New York itself, at some point Murphy even cries out to a cloud to “block out the sun over [him].” It’s an album of fear, anxiety, and depression, and that’s why I love it. 10/10

Never really listened to them and wasn't a fan of some of the songs I heard from them, but I liked this album more than I thought I was going to. Some of the 'techno' I didn't like, but the more 'pop rock' songs were pretty good.

3 - BAD

I had not listened to any LCD Soundsystem previously. It felt like an album of its time (the mid-aughts). Though and electronic album the rock influence is clear, with songs that reminded me of The Who, Modest Mouse, and Passion Pit. It had some decent variety, with the final track slowing things down before closing out the album. I enjoyed listening to it, but don't I'd put it in my regular rotation.

To disclose my biases - yes, James Murphy did go to my high school so I may be inclined to overrate him (out of hometown pride). But also yes, James Murphy did say that he wanted to blow up my hometown with a bomb so I may be inclined to underrate him (out of fear for the lives of my family). I think this is the best LCD Soundsystem album - it's super dancy and fun with great instrumental buildup but it's also where they first figured out how to express some emotions (other than anger). But it's still got the classic LCD thing where it seems a little detached and superior so the listener gets to have fun and dance but also feel smart and look down on other more sincere dance music. The drums are a real drum kit on most songs and mixed super loud which gives the whole thing some edge (same with a little bit of real bass). 5 stars. You can explode my family James Murphy.

Listens: Fairly familiar Anytime someone asks for a band I think is overrated, my answer is always LCD Soundsystem. It's not that they're bad—that's not what overrated means—they're just nowhere near as good, in my opinion, as the critical fervor around them has always claimed. And I guess I feel somewhat qualified to have this take because, unlike many other indie darlings like Arcade Fire, I actually like a lot of LCD Soundsystem's music! This album, admittedly the only one of theirs I've actually listened to in full, is a perfect encapsulation of that for me. There are some incredible songs here—"North American Scum" goes hard as hell, and "Someone Great" almost always makes me tear up. But it all kind of sounds the same. By the time you're halfway through the album, at "Us V. Them", the music sounds like a parody of itself, like they want to keep dancing but are just out of ideas. It starts to feel rote, uninspired. The only reprieve comes at the end with "New York I Love You," a sardonic lament against gentrification that's a sonic left turn into balladry on an otherwise straightforward dance-punk album. But to be clear, their sound has its strengths. Hearing their almost-live drum timbres against their dance landscape was a revelation for me, and they deserve kudos for the restrained, slowly building style they're known for. But the way they lay into repetition can be a blessing and a curse. When it works, it works. When it doesn't, you're stuck listening to an eight-minute song that never really seems to go anywhere rewarding. Even lyrically, the repetition falls flat: "Makes you want to feel like a teenager, until you remember the feelings of a real-life emotional teenager, and then you think again," is funny the first time, but by the third you're kind of over it, and don't even talk to me about the eighth. That said, their cultural influence in the 2000s is undeniable, and I feel shifted back in time listening to this in ways that their contemporaries can't manage. Not that it feels dated; it just feels like a cultural relic of a time when things felt more... hopeful?

Dynamic interconnection

Five stars even before I listened again. Punk-Funk-Techno-Dance Rock supporting lyrics about ageing.

Some talking heads influence? Enjoyed this

Cracking album with so much going on. Dépêche Mode and Talking Heads influences (to name just two) given a complete remodel by combining it with Industrial / Dance. A foot-tapping 4*

Started really strong but teeters off at the end. Still cool but didnt wrap up how I wanted. Favorite Song: Someone Great

Hay dos tipos de canciones en este disco, los dos tipos me gustan de formas distintas. Una mezcla de Gorillaz, IDKHOW, Depeche Mode y Talking Heads.

3/5

Extremely groovy Sound of silver song in specific could be a great song to get high to. Mood - Upbeat, High energy

A bit too conceptual and not enough melody

First half had the stronger material. Indie dance rock was popular in the 2000s and LCD Soundsystem is one of the more well known bands of this style.

I enjoyed how the rhythm build throughout the tracks.

Like disco meets indie. Very artsy and I enjoyed the album!

I’ve been meaning to listen to this album for a while. Prior too, I had only heard the song “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” which is a great track and remains one of my favourites, but my favourite is “Time to Get Away” because I love the funky instrumental. Great record overall

This is weird to me… I LOVE This Is Happening and was sort of expecting to love this too although a part of me sort of intuitively knew I wouldn’t love this as much…and I was correct. I almost like Someone Great but it isn’t quite there for me… nothing on this record is quite there for me and I feel like it’s got a harsher rating than it probably deserves because albums I might like slightly less are at least introducing me to something new, this was a band I already know, performing worse than I’m used to. I also ALMOST like All My Friends … this album is like an emotionally avoidant person I’ve fantasised about but the reality can’t match up to the daydream, especially because the fundamentals of this album, like an emotionally avoidant person, just aren’t for me. I was also introduced to some of the songs on this album by an emotionally avoidant person I once used to fantasise about … it’s very hard to be objective on this project isn’t it. Things hit you at the right time on the right day and those things become something you carry with you and I’m sure this album is that for some people but for me it dragged on and on and on, a genre I love in a way I don’t like which felt more like a betrayal than an entirely new artist / sonic experience. You may say it’s not that deep but how deep is anything really, as deep as we want it to be. This album is like looking through a window to people having fun but I can’t reach through and join them - perhaps I love this in an alternate universe. This isn’t for me but I feel like it really should be. Things surprise us … good and bad … I’m going to bed !

vibey electronic pubky background noise i found interesting and enjoyable

yet another band i've heard of plenty but never actually listened to (aside from soulwax's remix of "daft punk is playing at my house", which i suspect sounds nothing like the original). honestly, they're not really what i expected at all? but since it turns out they're kinda, electronica with a heavy dance punk lean, im into it all the same. it's a good sound, often heavily electronic but still managing a lot of variety in timbre, and always with the syncopated rhythms i expect from dance punk and an overall grittiness that gives it a nice edge. i enjoy the crunchy synths and sharp, clicky drum machines every time they show up, especially in tracks like the title track, "get innocuous!" and "someone great", and james murphy does a lot of interesting stuff with his vocals throughout. it's a lot of fun! honestly this album was a pleasant surprise. there's a lot to like about it, and although i don't feel strongly enough about it to give it a 5, it's definitely got me wanting to check out more of lcd soundsystem's stuff.

Rating: 5.0/5 Short Review: Smart, anxious, danceable, and deeply human. It’s an indie dance record that somehow captures adulthood better than most singer-songwriter albums. You can dance to it while having an existential crisis. Favorite Track: “All My Friends.” One of the greatest songs of the 2000s. Nostalgia, aging, friendship, and time passing—all built on one relentless piano loop.

Nautin. Tässä oli hyvä meno. Yritin pitkään pohtia että mitä tää tuo mulle mieleen ja vastaus oli lopulta rollarit...?

En oo saanu kahteen yöhön oikeen unta (kiitos päikkärit jotka osuu klo 18-22 välille) niin lähimuisti toimii tosi hyvin. Tai ees muisti. Mutta eilen muistan headbopanneeni tätä ja joku jäi soimaan päähänkin. Sitte koitin kuunnella uusiksi heti putkeen ja en jaksanu. Mutta pidin tästä, en mahottomasti mutta ei mikään myöskään silleen mätänny. Thumbn up,

Tässä kuulu kivasti elementtejä monenmoisesta ja tykkäsin tän meiningistä kovasti. Bändi menee tarkempaan tarkasteluun.

Iloinen yllätys, monipuolista hauskaa meininkiä, vaikka olikin välillä vähän toisteista. Juuri ja juuri taitaa pudota nelosen puolelle!

Kannen ja nimen perusteella olin intron lähtiessä soimaan vähän varautunut että mitä tuleman pitää. Ja alku ei siis todellakaan temmannut mukaansa, mut voi pojat että olikin kiva yllätys miten tää kappale kappaleelta voitti puolelleen! Ei ollenkaan niin toisteista kuin ensi tahdit pelottelivat ja vaikka toki oli jumittaviakin kohtia niin ne oli jotenkin just semmosta hyvää jumitusta. Ja hauska hybridi koneellisempaa settiä sotkettuna rehtiin poprock-kamppeeseen ja vähän jotain punkahtavaakin vibaa. Loved it! Erityisesti Someone Great säväytti! Ja New York, I Love You but You're bringing me down bassot oli ihanat! Ja kun levy pyörähti uudelle kierrokselle niin alun introkin oli alkanut bängää ihan huolella!

Kivaa eteenpäin jurputtavaa meininkiä. Eka ajatus oli että "tämä on sellaista musiikkia, mistä miehet tykkää". :D:D Jäi vähän taustapöhinäksi lopulta.

tää on kyllä huikea levy, josko ei lcdn parhaimmistoa!! niin hyvää pliits plööts ((jos haluatte lisää lcd soundsystem suosituksia niin käykää kuuntelemassa mun lempibiisi dance yrself clean))

Brilliantly produced indietronica, perfectly constructed dance songs for people who don't dance, and the equivalent of that one scene in the Barbie movie where the main Barbie questions mortality in the middle of a dance party. These are all the things I think of when I hear the rave-siren beats of Sound of Silver, an album I honestly wish I was there for. There's definitely something very 2000s about this, but the songs' structures themselves are timeless. I honestly feel as though songs like "Someone Great" could have been written in practically any era of popular music. It's even more true with that universally applicable message of "All My Friends:" as we get older, we tend to lose valuable platonic connections with not just friends, but others in our community as a whole, and our world shrinks at the time when we could allow it to expand the most. It's a cold, dejected irony that's been injected in basically every song - peep the snarky sardonics of "North American Scum" and "Watch the Tapes" (in my opinion, the only real dud song on this. The rest of the tracks more than make up for it.) "All My Friends" in particular is an absolute homerun of a track. It could have been written in 1967, 1987, 2007, 2027 or 2057 for all I care, and it works in every last one of those eras because ageing is just a natural - and terrifying - thing that happens to us all (if we're lucky...) The thing is, it's terrifying until it actually happens, which is, what I feel, the whole thesis of this album. Don't worry about what inevitably happens, because you'll just scare yourself twice. Dance as badly as you want to because, if you're ever embarrassed about yourself, just remember that no one will remember it anyway. In many ways, this is neither optimistic nor pessimistic as an album; its outlook is realistic, which I find so refreshing since it ties in so well with how organic these beats are. James Murphy is a master of mixing and the art of rhythm building - just check the opener "Get Innocuous" and the album's crown jewel "All My Friends" for the best examples of his work. It feels like an actual band is playing this live in studio despite how carefully curated and measured it all is. I think what I'm getting at is this is an album full of contradictions that normally clash but blend perfectly on this pillar of 2000s indie electronica. An album that can only come from experience and some years of wisdom, which Murphy had quite a bit of compared to many of his less well-remembered contemporaries. Progress might look slow, and you might feel late compared to your peers, but it will always, ALWAYS pay off in the end, I suppose. Key Tracks: Get Innocuous!, Someone Great, All My Friends, Sound of Silver

Ideal music for creative distress

No me molesto pero no lo repetiria. Repunto al final, la voz lo daña un poco, la musica es buena. solido 5/10

"Dance-punk"? Geez people just make up genres now. Meh.

It's ok, a bit different. I didn't really warm to it though and some of the tunes get stuck without any progression.

Electronic music Long songs: kind of boring. Vocalist not very good. Songs sound the same. Not very good. Two stars

This is not their best work in my opinion. One stand out track & the rest washed over me.

- Played Israel despite the boycott in 2010 and no news of their views currently, so going to have to assume they're Zios, especially after giving their music to Elon Musk for an ad. So, another band I used to listen to a lot that I will be boycotting. - So many bangers on here - I love the synths and melodies. - There isn't a bad song on here, though maybe a few could be a little shorter, but not enough that I won't give this a 5! It's definitely my favourite LCD Soundsystem album, and I know it really well.

I get why people love it, but not for me.

An incredible album, not without some flaws but it’s been a captivating listen for coming up on two decades now and I don’t see that changing any time soon.

It was good length for an album. Has a lot of good songs. Didn't realise I know one of the songs from this.

Cet album est pile dans ce que j'apprécie, musique très accès sur le rythme, sur les petites variations au fur et à mesure de la musique. Cela manque à mon goût d'avoir un moment qui transporte plus mais le moment était extrêmement agréable

This was really good and a lot of fun. I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. The songs grooved and were catchy, although sometimes they went on too long. The vocals fit well ans the songs were super interesting. Liked Songs: "Time to Get Away" , "North American Scum" , "All My Friends" , "Us Vs Them " , "Watch the Tapes"

Listening to this made me feel really cool.

Heavy beat and percussion to open an album is always going to win me over - 7 minute opening track usually tedious and obnoxious otherwise Start of all my friends, incredible. I like the starts more than the middle and the ends. Us vs Them The schtickiness of this sounds I find tiring to sustain for a whole album, synth beats not enough to keep me loving this I will admit I started this expecting sneaky sound system lol

I don’t know that I’ve ever listened to LCD Soundsystem but I was pleasantly surprised! Made for a great album to walk to. Also blown away by how much All My Friends clearly inspired Sex by The 1975. Everything old is new again!

This man loves cowbell!! personal highlights included the 8+ minutes of near non-stop cowbell on Us Vs Them. Besides that, can’t go past the glorious heart of this album: the riotous, sleazy good times of North American Scum, followed immediately by two of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, Someone Great and All My Friends, brought together for nearly fifteen minutes of transcendental bliss. Just two of the best songs ever made, sitting there together, antgems of 2000s indie but also just powerful all time songs. The melancholy, the build, the little blips and electronic sputters. Incredible incredible incredible. I went straight back to play them both again after the album finished. Without a doubt the pinnacle of LCD Soundsystem’s career. Thank you James Murphy. I’ve sometimes been a skeptic of New York I Love You… but I loved the bombast in the album context. Great closing credits. Sound Of Silver (the song) also had some great moments

making my triumphant return because arkady told me about today's album. an all-timer, easily 5 stars. lcd sound system is very high school to me, but in all the best ways. this album embodies the total non-chalant try-hard cool of teenagerdom. i was born at exactly the right time to feel this way. like nothing i had ever heard before, but also a perfect epitome of electronic indie of the late 2000s/early 2010s, with that kind of 80s new wave flair. someone great being used in gossip girl 1x12, thank you for introducing me to this album! (wrote this whole review forgetting about the literal lyrics of sound of silver, so well done on that i guess)

If somebody played this to me with no context and asked me what year I thought it was from I would’ve instinctively guessed 2007, which isn’t necessarily a good thing because I consider that a weak period for music generally. I have no nostalgia for this but found it quite enjoyable despite its time period deficits. It’s better than most other things from the mid to late aughts, particularly when they don’t try to force themselves out of second gear. They’re at their best with a song that can drone along.

just ok. Some good stuff, some not great.

Get innocuous! 4.5/5 Time to get away 5/5 North american scum 4.5/5 Someone great 5/5 All my friends 5/5 Us v them 5/5 Watch the tapes 5/5 Sound of silver 4/5 New york i love you but you're bringing me down 5/5

Déjà connu. Un album excellent avec de nombreux hits 9/10

Celebrating 1 year of this list

Okay I went into this thinking it would be an instant 5 stars because I really do love this album. Lowkey it does slap, of course it does, but maybe not quite as hard as I originally thought? I love the fun art-pop electronic 2007 vibes of it, truly like the best of quite a shaky era. I just don't think it is LCD Soundsystem at their bestttt.. sorry <3 NY I love you is always a tune x

Big time bangers, a true classic that's both very of its time but never really dated. I've listened to this so many times and I still enjoy it every time. It's just fun init, really really really good tunes, sharp lyrics, wry wit. Everything ya want in an indie pop album.

Som agridoce repleto de nostalgia por memórias falsas. Elementos sintetizados casados em perfeita harmonia com a sensibilidade humana. Eu me sinto assim ouvindo qualquer álbum do LCD Soundsystem, e Sound of Silver certamente se destaca. 5/5

Ummmm...I quite enjoyed this album!! New York I love you but you're bringing me down was a nice change of pace from the other songs. New favorite band!!

Going to give this a 5. Solid throughout and a lot of catchy songs

92/100 One of the last things I would usually consider myself is a dance punk fan but damn bro this album might have changed that. I never thought I would like dance music at all actually. I used to be really into disco but we won't talk about that era. Anyways this is my first LCD Soundsystem album after trying to get into them a couple years ago when someone said they were like talking heads. This is the farthest thing from that ever actually but I don't think they were referring to this album. It's nonstop bangers I saved the whole fuckin thing and am currently relistening to it as I write this review. What an absolute beast of an electronic album it never stops hitting and hitting you don't get a break here. Some people I've seen have said that leads the album to get repetitive easily, which in the case of others like it I could see due to the 7-8 minute runtime on some of these songs. HOWEVER, that is not the case here. These songs are always fun, always catchy, and always a joy to be bumping your head to. This is the kind of music I want to be listening to, tracks and albums from genres I never would've considered, but now am happy to be listening to. Great stuff all around, and I will definitely be listening to more from them. Also feel the need to mention the closer, as it is a piano ballad that is nothing like the rest of the album, but because I fuck with piano so much I love that shit. Seems like lots of other people do too considering the 50 mil listens on spotify and 95 on here. It's in my top 3 on the album alongside All My Friends and the opener Get Innocuous! Really cool album yeah I dig this man

Crap.

I'm sure many many people will find this annoyingly shouty and bleepy. And it is! But it's exactly my kind of shouty and bleepy. I love it!

No..

Alrig hørt LCD Soundsystem før. Skulle lige ind i det - men så synes jeg satme godt nok det var fed

*77 Den skal lige koldstartes, men så kører vi også. Diskokugle på 1,5 meter i diameter er påkrævet.

Kan vi lige snakke om, hvor LATTERLIGT godt et nummer "all my friends" er? SÅ klasse. Alt i alt fedt over hele paletten, synes det er et album der kan meget forskelligt og som ikke rigtigt rammer ved siden af nogen steder. 4 flotte

Er vild med albummet, er vild med bandet, vild med James Murphy og jeg er vild med historien bag netop dette album. Det er så fedt, det er så delightfully kitsch, og foden vipper hele vejen igennem Highlights: All My Friends, Someone Great, New York I Love You Hvis man er fan, så lyt til P6 Beat elsker LCD Soundsystem Vi er et godt stykke oppe at støde til de høje karakterer her 4.3

det var sgu ret fedt. Ville ønske, jeg havde hørt mere af dem inden koncerten på Northside, for egentlig ikke specielt vild med deres hits, men det er godt nok meget guld imellem ellers. Men ligeså fede nogle af numrene er, ligeså intetsigende er der også et par der er. kommer lige på den rigtige side af 4 stjerner.

Quite interesting

A truly unique sound would have no idea what genre this would be, some really great high energy songs on here. And others that made me uncomfortable somehow, I didn’t love all of it but as a whole it’s a great and unique album

Love him and love his wine taste

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've always hesitated giving LCD too much attention. I can't even fully tell you why. I felt it listening to this. I like parts. I might even like certain tracks. I don't know. Plus I feel like I missed the boat and I kinda don't care or want to care, and this last listen didn't change that sentiment a whole lot.

I thought this was a pretty cool album actually. I missed it when it first came out because with the ages of my children at that point, I was listening more to things like The Wiggles and the Dora the Explorer soundtrack. Still, I thought this was edgy and fun, and I definitely heard bits of the Strokes and Cake and Bowie influences. Highly enjoyable four stars for me.

De muziek klinkt als een soort alternatieve Daft Punk. Dus veel herhaling, maar wel allemaal met beats die gewoon echt lekker dansbaar zijn. Niet alles werkt even goed, het issue dat ik met het vorige LCD Soundsystem album had is hier ook weer aanwezig: niet elk nummer had zo lang hoeven zijn als dat het was... Wel werkt deze soort van melancholische house heel goed op sommige momenten. Someone Great is bijvoorbeeld een prachtig nummer, krijg er emotionele vibes van. Maar een Us vs Them? Dat had echt geen 8 minuten moeten zijn. En dat heb ik bij veel nummers, het idee is geweldig, de uitvoering is vaak niet sterk genoeg om de volledige duratie te boeien. Sound of Silver heeft een beetje het zelfde probleem, al vind ik de instrumentals daar wel sterk genoeg om me meer te boeien voor het hele nummer. Het doet me allemaal heel erg denken aan American dream van dezelfde band, opzich logisch natuurlijk, maar daar hadden ze nog veel meer dat elk nummer een heel vet idee had, maar dan een veeeeel te lange en uiteindelijk middelmatige uitvoering. FAVO: Get innocuous, Time to get away, Someone Great

Ну окей..

Eh, it’s ok

YIPPIE!! it was so cool to hear where a lot of my fav bands get their influence from. Incredible fun! 9/10

LCD Soundsystem are always amazing.

Another album that should go against everything I claim to stand for, but alas, I fucks wit it. Quirky and vibey and unique, and goddamn it "New York, I Love You" is so fucking beautiful. I mean what the fuck. They capture that yearning, broken, tired, privileged-enough-but-like-you-know-it-and-you-accept-it feeling so fucking well. It makes me want to cry. This is not my favorite music but it's an easy 4. Fave tracks: - Get Innocuous! - Time to Get Away - All My Friends - Us V Them - New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

I love this album! It's great! Haven't listened to it in full in a while, so this should be fun. Like visiting an old friend that can't stop moving and making you move with him. Get Innocuous has always been one of my favourites of theirs. I've sweated so much to it. It just builds and builds and builds, until the number of sounds is like a cacophony. But good. Only bad part is the loud obnoxious sound close to the end. Time to Get Away is the second shortest track here (and it has 4 minutes) but keeps the essence of the rest of the record. North American Scum is so good I won't even complain about the subject matter. Fun!!! Someone Great has always been the true classic out of this album (no shade to All My Friends). The build-up that is characteristic of every track is very strong here, and the ending is amazing. All My Friends is the ultimate indie electronic classic. It plays at every edition of a festival I sometimes go to (shout-out Paredes de Coura), so I associate it with that it its usual crowd. Lovely song. Lots of fun to jump around with the titular friends. Not sure anyone has ever fully understood the lyrics though. Us v Them is an underrated classic. I understand that it can be way too repetitive for people, but for me it is perfect. It is the most "extreme" example of the album's core: repetition and build-up. Love it. Watch The Tapes is much shorter than the other tracks, and that difference is noticeable. It feels less complete, but still good. The title track sucks. Honestly the only song here I don't like. And then comes the New York, as a very unexpected sentimental ending to the album. The other big classic from it, and deservedly so. Overall this album is very good. A lot of fun. Very danceable. One of my favourites so far (even if I did already know it). Great stuff!

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

Someone Great is the best song on here New York is good too

James Murphy without a doubt did nothing but pull together all his 70's influences (Berlin Bowie, Eno & Talking Heads, disco) and repackage them to an elder millennial audience who just wanted to feel something again. But man, this one still has my heart even if my brain knows it's kinda meh. The one-two emotional gut punch of "Someone Great" and "All My Friends" is an all timer for me, and there's a handful of great grooves. But yeah, it shouldn't be considered some amazing feat. It's just really fun dance music from the age of irony and it's better as a trip down memory lane than anything else.

Pander to me

A fun album and band, but not one I'm overly crazy about. I had a good time listening to the punk instrumentation and fun vocals. That said, I can't see myself seeking this out in the future.

Most of this is probably very fun to dance to but a little repetitive just to sit around and listen to. The conspicuous exception is Someone Great, a terrific song. (Those chimes!) All My Friends accelerates nicely too: it feels a little Killers-like. I also really like the Lodger-era-Bowie-ish vocals on Get Innocuous.

Sounds good, but it lacks some punch, problem to be fixed in This is Happening.

Incredible

This is decent... I'm familiar with the radio airplay tracks, which I've always enjoyed. Maybe a couple of tracks too long though. Very close to the 'to buy list' but I'm not sure when I'd reach for it. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★☆☆(6/10) Total reviewed : 363 Already owned : 79 Purchased : 16 To buy : 6 Nope : 262

06/26 Meh. Honestly it's pretty lame

Bad album to listen to while stressed lol, which probably colored my listening experience

Vibed

Solid album. A nice variety of songs. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I leave you with this banger from the olden days of youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huEtJw7pfLk

5/5. This record and its follow up “This is Happening” are likely among my most listened albums of all time and in my opinion they probably are the peak of the 2000’s indie boom. Once those drums really kick in on opener “Get Innocuous!” You’ll know you’re in good hands. and the album is chalked full of amazing grooves like that. However where this album really becomes an all timer is in the middle with the three track run of “Someone Great”, “All my Friends” and “Us V. Them.” “Someone Great” is likely the most emotionally potent song in the LCD Soundsystem catalogue, being a tribute to frontman James Murphy’s therapist who took their own life. Lots of gut-punching lines about the moments leading up to him getting the news and the aftermath of it all. Then right after is “All my Friends” which has an almost Krautrock like repetition to it, and sees someone at a party trying to reconnect with old friends. It also contains my favorite LCD Soundsystem line “I wouldn’t trade one stupid decision for another 5 years of life.” It also just has a fantastic build. Then there is “Us V. them” which has the best groove on the album. And though those three are all timers, the rest of this album is stacked too. I love the synth lines of “Time to Get Away” and the more fast paced “watch the tapes.” Then there is also the closer “New York I love you, but you’re bringing me down” which mostly ditches the electronics and forms a fantastic piano led ballad to close the album out.

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.

so sick. hypnotic synth. favorite song: someone great.

LCD Soundsystem are a 9/10 band with a 9/10 discography. The albums are always phenomenal, but there is always a weaker track among the bunch that slightly dampens the mood. Sound of Silver starts phenomenally and lays out its cards instantly. The influence of Kraftwerk is probably the first thing you'll notice, and the band isn't ashamed of it in the slightest. There are a couple of more obvious infleunces sprinkled along the album, all of them well incorporated into songs that in the end manage to sound fresh and original. The two obvious standouts are the electrifying production and James Murphy himself. He isn't often praised for his vocals, but he should be, because he delivers everything perfectly here. His lyricism is also great and adaptable to both serious and more lightweight songs. While it's an obvious step up from their debut, Sound of Silver remains only my third favourite album from the band (I predict some disagreement here, but I love American Dream much more than the average person). The stretch between Us V Them and the title track is probably my least favourite in their discography, which is a bit crazy to say because all of these tracks are pretty solid. However, the highlights of Sound of Silver are among their best ever tracks, so it all evens out. Favourite track: All My Friends

I loved this when it came out. Going in again, it brought back all the excitement from when it was released in the aughts. I don't think there's a filler tune, all bangers but especially the title track and Us V Them, the latter causing any normal human to find it impossible to sit still.

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

Fabulous. Infectious. Great energy. Classic all around.

Stand-out tracks: North American Scum, Someone Great, Us V Them, Sound of Silver, New York Wow this album was an experience. I have to give a special shout out to the percussion on the album and all of the cool textures it manages to accomplish. Funnily enough, I would say the weakest track is the one with the most listens, All My Friends. I feel that it is the only track that doesn't try to be as unique as the others and it gets pretty repetitve by the end. That said, there are no skips on this album so yeah, safe to say, it is a 5.

Highlights: Get Innocuous, Time to Get Away, North American Scum, Someone Great, Us V Them, Watch the Tapes, New York I Love You Cool and hip. Instant classic because it respects the rule of more cowbell. Loved the sound, didn't pay much mind to the lyrics.

My favourite part was the part about North America (as a North American). Second favourite was when they went beep beep boop boop and cling clang

LCD soundsystem sounds like early 2000’s Franz Ferdinand Interpol type shit but with Talking Heads erratic shit and also like b52’s blondie but then it’s electronic also. I absolute loved it

8/10 Mix one cup of Talking Heads, one cup of Kraftwerk, a tablespoon of 2000s indie and a pinch of disco and a soupçon of punk, and what do you get? LCD Soundsystem. This is an album that I know reasonably well, but not one that I come back to all that often, so I was pleased to be able to give it the thorough listening that this process demands. As someone who finds that endless repetition can very easily become incredibly boring, I was very pleased to hear that, for the most part, LCD Soundsystem do an absolutely excellent job of avoiding that pitfall. Their arrangements and layering of elements ensure that there is a near constant movement to their tracks, even when superficially, there isn’t significant obvious change to the patterns. They also manage to play and programme rhythms that manage to successfully fall into the “hypnotic groove” slot that is so successfully handled by artists such as Kraftwerk and Fela Kuti. There is repetition, but it feels alive and exciting all the same. For me, that blend of beat making and synths with new wave, post-punk influences is where the band really excel, with the opening three tracks being real highlights in that regard. When they lean a little more into the indie-rock sound through the middle of the record, there is still great quality in there, but it doesn’t quite manage to connect with me in the same way and starts to feel like it lacks a little of the unique LCD Soundsystem sound that their best work delivers. Fortunately, they manage to pull things back around for the final three tracks, which anchor us fully back into the world that the openers built. There is a solid, hooky melodic sensibility present across the record, and their sense of groove is of a really high standard, but they also prove themselves capable of moments of real emotion, bite and swagger, all of which contributes to an album that feels stylistically coherent, but broad enough to offer a good range of experiences through its runtime. If I was to be a touch critical, I think that they could probably have truncated a few of the tracks a little, which may have improved my experience through the slight lull in the albums centre, but otherwise, this is a really solid record that I’m glad to have spent a bit more time with. Get innocuous! - There’s something of an edge of Talking Heads about this. It manages that trick of being repetitive, but maintaining enough variety within its arrangement to maintain a sense of direction and not become too boring. There’s a hypnotic edge to it and it’s got a cool, slightly robotic, Kraftwerk style swagger to it too. A strong opener. Time To Get Away - There’s more of that cool swagger again here. The drums and percussion are carefully distributed and layered to build a groove that shifts while maintaining a consistent pulse. It’s interesting how simple all of the parts are, but the arrangement is where they get given life, which is admirable song construction. North American Scum - The groove between the bass and drums here is really compelling and has great feel. Again, the use of different layers in each verse as the song progresses give this more range than one might initially expect. The chorus is a great hook, even if the vocal is a touch shrill, and sits as a nice contrast to the rolling verses. I’d say the verses are perhaps a touch long, but it’s a minor quibble on an otherwise quality, punky cut. Someone Great - Another quality, layered groove now and that staccato synth lead is really nice. The vocal sections here are a bit too bland, unfortunately, and the vocal melody is a bit boring and repetitive. I’m not in love with the doubling of that melody with the glockenspiel either. There’s some great stuff in here, but it’s the first track that doesn’t full connect for me, and feels a bit flat. All My Friends - This takes a while to get going, and it reminds me of The Killers a bit. It does develop as it rolls along, but it doesn’t have the deftness of arrangement of the first three tracks. This one is more about the narrative of the vocal really, and it’s not bad, it’s just a bit too one-dimensional, perhaps because the developments are subtle and all within a more limited dynamic. It goes on for way too long too. US V Them - It feels like we’re back to the more interesting type of arrangement now, and there’s some nice dynamic ebb and flow here too. I think they’re more interesting when they lean towards electro funk, rather than indie and while there is repetition here, it’s more cleverly layered and structured to create a pulsing, shifting, hypnotic groove that sucks you in and flows around you. This is a touch on the long side, and probably could do without the more repetitive stuff towards the end. Watch The Tapes - This has a cool, driven, front-foot groove to it. The main riff is great and there’s some excellent drumming in here too. There’s not as much clever layering, but it’s not needed as much for a sub 4 minute track. It’s cool, swaggering and has a nice, slightly punky attitude to it. Sound Of Silver - Back again to the more hypnotic, Kraftwerk edged electronic grooves now. The layering of drums and percussion is pretty good here and there are some nice subtle shifts in there, particularly from the synthesised percussion. It’s a nice, chilled vibe, and I’m getting into the sound design here quite a bit. The vocal parts add a bit of extra range, but feel less core to the track than the evolving synth work, which is restrained and delicately balanced, but very effective. Great track. New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down - A sombre, stripped back effort now that weaves in tiny touches of hope here and there really effectively. It builds in weight as it goes and then punches in aggressively just after the mid-point. There’s great dynamic and tonal change to this one as it goes and the two sides of those changes sit really well against one another. It’s not as layered as other tracks, but offers enough emotion and range to succeed on its own terms.

A formative album for me. Sound of Silver works because it’s not just a great dance record. It has real emotional weight underneath it. There’s a mix of joy, nostalgia, anxiety, and sincerity that makes the album feel deeply human without losing its infectious energy. “All My Friends” is the standout and one of my all time favorite tracks. "North American Scum" will always make me think of listening to Ron and Fez while delivering pizzas back in the day. This is a beautiful, fun no skip record. 5/5.

I really enjoyed this. He does a great job writing these and I think every track is colorful and enjoyable. It's sad and introspective and meloncholic and I eat shit like that up. He does a great job painting emotions and feelings. Never took the time to understand it before tbh. I do think the quality is lacking a little, and I get that's the point... it feels more authentic that way. But idk, the tracking just feels so compressed together and his voice isn't incredible (conflicted about saying that because he even agrees). I have a lot to say about All My Friends (I pared this down a bit). It's abosultely dripping with nostalgia and that really does something for me, especially in this phase of life. The build is incredible, you can feel the frustation of growing up and missing your friends and regretting not being present in it more. The lyrics just hit and it resonates immensely with me. By the last bit I'm ready to burn it down... but I feel like the climax is a bit of a let down. I want that cathartic release of saddness and meloncoly and regret, kick me right in the balls with it. It just doesn't quite get there in my opinion. But I bet it goes so hard live. Really enjoyed it, just think it could be better. Feel free to tell me I'm an idiot and that's the whole point though. I do think the quality is a little lacking as well, every thing seems pretty compressed and there's not a ton of room between things. Wasn't sure where to put this one tbh, I really wanted it to be a True Five... but I think I've found enough nitpicks with it that it's a 4.5/5. stand outs: Get Innocuous!, Someone Great, All My Friends, Us V Them.

This was cool I guess. I saw LCD Soundsystem a few years ago in Franklin Music Hall. They sounded awful but I blamed that on the bad acoustics of the venue. This album seemed to be the "classic" sound of the band. My husband really likes them, I think they're OK. Same holds true for S.O.S. EDIT: I have been reminded that we actually saw M83 at FMH, not LCD Soundsystem. My bad.

rounding up a bit, prob more a high 4 but YESSSSSSSSS !!!!!! MORE OF THIS ‼️‼️‼️ this is such an iconic album, forgot how much i love lcd soundsystem <33

What a great album. Someone great right into All my Friends is just incredible.

Another album/band that I’m sorry I missed when it came out. Really enjoyed it!

LOVE THIS ALBUM!! the drum samples are incredible, i love the vocals too! all my friends is like a top 50 song ever, i think north american scum is incredible too. So awesome.

Not to my tastes. Not bad, some interesting stuff I guess.

It's their best album, what else could I give it?

Is it good? Yes. Do I like it? Yes? Did I get bored? Also yes.

Very enjoyable. Enough to listen to multiple times and to be intrigued enough about to want to dig about in their back catalogue. Lots of stuff going on here and well worth a listen.

one of my personal favourites, im such a sucker for good dance/post-punk so this is right up my alley and the indie sleaze feeling is so prominent here it basically transports you to 2010 10/10 Favourite: All My Friends Least Favourite: None

Interesting, not what I expected.