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I quite liked this. It reminded me a little bit of Daft Punk in terms of the music but the lyrics and vocals are great.
Some good tracks
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
I have never listened to this group before. This was great!. I really enjoyed this and found myself listening to this repeatedly after the first listen. I will certainly listen to this again, and would look for other music from this group
James Murphy, the driving force behind LCD Soundsystem, once told journalists, "Writing about us isn't hard... Just use words like 'unlikely frontman,' 'bear-like,' 'unshaven,' 'Talking Heads,' blah blah blah" Indeed, looking at this disheveled man, the last thing you'd think is that he's a key figure in the indie sleaze movement, the 2000s' punk-electronic sound. Yet, it was his debut album that took New York dance floors by storm in 2005. On Sound of Silver, he further refined his style, while also making nods to Kraftwerk and, of course, Talking Heads. This energetic music, which makes you want to run somewhere, is surprisingly combined with lyrics about relationships, thoughts on aging, and the melancholy of the big city — in fact, these are precisely the topics that conversation turns to when the sun breaks on the dance floor.
it’s a fun dancey album, makes me think of good times in indie discos. But tbf it gets a bit long in the tooth and although there are some huge standouts there’s also a lot of meh. 3.0/5.0 Best Song: All My Friends
There is something deeply cringe about James Murphy to me, he makes (and often steals) great beats, but i don't like when he opens his mouth on the songs particularly. All my friends is obviously a hugely important tune to a lot of people and is a very good song though. I can sort of do without this album though
Didnt like it
Another sing-along record! So many songs I love on here: "North American Scum," "Someone Great," "All My Friends," "New York I Love You [etc.]"; I love this record. There are so many memorable lyrics on this album that I feel like listing them all would make this review go to 3 pages. "Someone Great" and "All My Friends" always make me cry because they feel so true. There are a couple songs that aren't all that compelling lyrically (e.g., Us v. Them), but they make up for it with something interesting in the drums or other instrumentation. (OK, "Watch the Tapes" is a bit of a dud that I often skip, but I think the rest of it makes up for it.) I still listen to this record a lot, and always enjoy it: 5 stars
An electronic album that won me over by the end. There's a lot of personality on here and the lyrics are actually pretty notable given the dance floor inclinations. The music is catchy, but repetitive enough that I was almost ready to just absorb it passively, but the songs kept drawing me back in and even look up the lyrics. The clincher was "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" which is stellar. Oh, hello guitars! I wish more of the album had been like this, but I'm not complaining.
Super
Kinda ok
bleh
Number: 77 Date: 03/20/2026 Artist: LCD Soundsystem Album: Sound of Silver Year: 2007 Genre: Electro Indie Rock Rating: 3 Notes: Before: So, I reviewed the wrong album yesterday. I listened to and reviewed their first album rather then this one. I actually listened to it at least 2x and I also listened to this one but didn't make notes on it. So, the point is, I have to listen to this one again and I've already heard plenty of LCD Sound System in the past 24 hours and am a little over it. I do like them a little but not that much. They have a few songs I like a lot but most of their music is not something I would go out of my way to hear. During: I have to say I liked their first self titled album much more than this one. On their first album, you could clearly hear some influence from The Fall on a few tracks. The Fall, btw, is my all time favorite band. This album though is mostly electro-pop, which is way down my list of genres that I typically listen to. 2 Get Innocuous! 3 Time To Get Away 3 North American Scum 3 Someone Great 5 All My Friends 3 Us V Them 3 Watch The Tapes 3 Sound Of Silver 5 New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down ----------------------------------------------------- 3.3 AVERAGE 3.3 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : I have to say the closer, "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down", was a nice surprise. I know this song but had no idea this was from LCD Soundsystem. I've added it to my favorites of 2007 list. The album as a whole though would likely rank somewhere from 10 - 20 for the year. The only thing that ranks highly from 2007 that is marginally similar to this album is Dan Deacon's "Spiderman Of The Rings" which is not on the 1001 list, in fact nothing from Dan Deacon is, which is a major miss, imo. 3 my personal rating 4 suitability for this list 3 impact ----------------------------------------------- 3.3 composite rating
I liked this!
Love the electronic sound. North American Scum, Someone Great, and New York I love You but You're Bringing Me Down were my standouts. I'm feeling a 7.6/10.
All My Friends. One of the great songs of this century so far. They came along when I wasn't really listening to much new music, so didn't hear it at the time, but their Glastonbury performance the other year was amazing. I really like this album.
Ah, LCD Soundsystem. I discovered my first hatred for this exercise with your "American Dream". That album induced a rage blackout, so when I listened to this one, I couldn't recall if I hate it for the same reasons. There are three categories of tracks on this album: 1. Amorphous instrumental-forward pieces that are four times longer than they need to be, usually with an incredibly irritating riff at the core. 2. Lazy, spartan backing arrangements with random, chaotic "artistique" vocals overtop. It's basically bizarro, honky hiphop - that's to say, a minimized musical platform on which a vocal performance stands, with none of the swagger and all of the ego. 3. A slightly more uptempo conglomeration of type 1 and type 2. None of this material comes across as genuine, infectious, cool, inspiring or inspired, moving, dynamic, or meaningful. As a result, this is probably the worst way you could waste an hour, because you could fall for the illusion that material like this has worth because it got commercially released. Ultimately, this reeks of the pretense and zeitgeist found on a lot of popular records circa 2005-2015, and stinks even worse because there's so little instrumentation and direction to hide the artist's delusion that their vision has value. Please, I beg you, avoid LCD Soundsystem at any cost.
4.5 this grooves hard, I’m a big LCD Soundsystem fan
good, obviously. all my friends is genuinely the most satisfying song ever recorded.
There really isn't a bad song on this.
Perhaps unsurpringly, I really liked this one. Strong emotions and vocals, amazing synths and soundscapes. Dragged a little towards the middle, but still a strong album overall.
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.
This was one of, if not THE tippy top, top albums of the year for 2025. I've listened to LCD for a while but I heard Someone Great on the radio and it embedded itself in my head and never left. Today I'm happy for another excuse to listen! This is a mixed bag album. You could argue it doesn't have a strong set of songs as maybe half are nothing special, but the other half!... All My Friends has been listened to hell and back. North American Scum is such a banger. And New York I Love You is one of the best closers to any album. Maybe it's a generous 5 as a whole but I'd be a liar if I didn't rate it by the top of my list. Highlight: I'd normally say Someone Great but on this listen it was All My Friends. When that song hits it truly hits.
I really liked this and it has introduced me to an artist that I wasn't familiar with and will listen to more. A great fusion of dance and rock
Fun at times but too repetitive, did enjoy a fiar bit tho. New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down was my fav song and first listen of the album with All My Friends and Us V Them being my other highlights
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
Blind album, know the artist by name. Very repetitive but also catchy. House vibes. Very intriguing in many ways and kept my attention throughout.
Solid album. Really like someone great & all my friends. 4
So many of y’all’s favorite albums sound the way they do because of lcd soundsystem btw It’s soooooooooooooooo awesome truly
Wonderful artist! Already saved some songs to my playlists. So energetic!
"north american scum", "all my friends", and "new york, i love you but you're bringing me down" are highlights. solid discography. never listened to "american dream" tho.
3/5
A few years ago I read a memoir by a major figure in American history that really moved me. It made me feel as if I should have read it in school, and actually that my life was less than it should have been because I hadn’t encountered it sooner. Though not quite as profound, I got the same feeling today listening to LCD Soundsystem, which really surprised me. I know the band, the story, the most popular songs, but when they were gaining popularity I was in grad school and mostly checked out of new music. I figured they were a band for other, younger folks. But going through this album today I immediately felt the connection with lots of music that is central to who I am, like Bowie’s Low and Let’s Dance. I didn’t hear any of that until listening in album form. Even the songs I had heard before felt different, which I’ve experienced a few times. Anyway, it feels like something that went wrong in the past has now been set right, and I’m a fan as I should have been in the past
Alright Sound of Silver kind of bumps.
Loved loved loved this album in high school and college. Have since fallen mostly out of love with LCD Soundsystem and their permanently ironic sincerity but Sound of Silver still bumps. This one might be a victim of my own love and overplaying of it, so attached to specific memories that I can't really revisit it & unlike other albums that are saddled with similar baggage, the songwriting doesn't raise it above my own relationship to the songs. Its catchy, the riffs are good, the hooks live deep in my brain but their meaning is two-sided. James Murphy's meaning is there, yeah, and its alternately heartrending and smarmy but then my own memory encodes it with another meaning and I rarely feel that kind of way anymore & even find feeling that way indulgent and gross. And New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down is a skip and always has been!
I grew up with this album so I'm biased but I always thought that this was such a unique and fun dance album. 4/5
Album so good it makes em hyperfixate and hyperventilate every time
North American dance-punk revival!
It’s okay felt like it dragged a lot
dont like
Love a bit of punk-funk, so yeah this was good.
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).
reinterpreted low
Electronic music just isn’t really my jam. For most of the album, I feel like I was just listening to sounds instead of music. The title track makes my brain feel tingly which was kinda weird but an interesting feeling. I liked the last song, New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would! Beep ba boop
Great album. Great group.
While I love some of the songs here, the album as a whole isn’t a full listen.
All my friends is one of the greatest songs ever written
Definitely has some stand out songs
The beats pick you up and carry you along, mixed in with just the right amount of mid-2000s indie. That genre is very easy to dislike but occasionally someone does it well and although I can't put my finger on why, this is in the latter camp. I couldn't pick out many standout tracks at first listen but the album as a body of work passed an hour enjoyably. 'New York, I Love You...'. was notable. Not sure I will seek it out as a regular listen
I really expected to enjoy this. The vocals aren't for me and overall there was nothing that interested me.
I can’t really specify why but I liked it more than a 3/5
Kinda repetitive but still good
I loved this album when it came out and it's a time capsule album for me. Favorite songs: All My Friends, Get Innocuous!, Someone Great
ya knowww not all songs need to be 7 minutes
I had never listened to an album by this band. I really dug it. This is what I came here for, will put this on my rotation.
Album #89 LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver Why doesn’t All My Friends open the album? It literally starts with the lyrics “That’s how it starts”. When you have a song that good on your album, it almost overshadows the rest (even though the other songs are all great too), therefore it’s best to put it on first, that way we aren’t just waiting for it the whole time. All My Friends is pretty much the modern-day Baba O’Riley, a rock epic with a repetitive piano lick that sets the tone for what's to come. At least The Who recognized that it needed to go on first so that we could enjoy the rest of the tracks without tweaking for a hint of that piano. Would be a 10 if All My Friends opened, but as it stands, the album feels disjointed. Also, less cowbell, please. Best Songs: All My Friends (one of the greatest of all time), Someone Great, New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down Worst Song: Sound of Silver Score out of 10: 9
Somehow I thought I’d liked it more Still a great album though!
Not my cup of tea. I was surprised because I vibed with American Dream. Too dance heavy.
Soft 4.
didn't finish
Definitely some cool fun tunes but they’re all too bloody long. I was loving All My Friends and Us v Them but after a while even though I enjoyed them so much they just felt like they were never going to end. Seriously, cut each of these tracks in about half and they bop, but otherwise for me I’m sorry but they really overstay their welcomes. (2.5 stars)
The music was not as interesting as i wanted it to be, particularly considering this is my genre of choice, but gee the lyrics were clever and fun. 3.7
Super stuff. Full of brilliant dancing bangers.
Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? Unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? Not a big electronic fan, I’ve seen them on a SNL Favorite song(s)? Time to Get Away, All My Friends, New York I Love You Overall Thoughts: I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It’s a nice blend of electronic, rock, and alternative. The first song turned me off but it only got better after that.
Perfect fucking album
le son des edging vore de konbini (oui j'ai un abonnement wifi)
Sound of silver, more like sound of gold to me
Really liked the sound, really fun and complex/interesting instrumentals. Occasionally a little overly silly for my taste, but otherwise really enjoyed it.
This was an okay listen.
Franchement pas mal la musique de konbini
8/10
Really cool vibe. I really enjoyed it
It was ok - nothing groundbreaking but an interesting listen.
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.
This was quirky and catchy enough to get me to like it a little.
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.
You could probably watch the excitement vanish from my face as the album continued. I was really into it at first but as the track list progressed, it became more and more dull, ending with the most boring track. All in all, I could see myself liking this more if the band kept up the energy instead of using annoying sounds halfway through. Best songs are Time To Get Away and North American Scum. 5/10, so middeling.
Not one of the most cohesive albums I’ve ever heard, but it wins me over through its sheer number of great songs. Last three songs especially were all complete slappers: the dance punk of “Watch the Tapes” the Kraftwerkian repetition on the title track and the beautiful and completely unique ballad “New York I Love You”
👍🏻
Interesting but not generally my vibe
Seriously, this is an UTTER CLASSIC. Good timing on this one since I'm going to Chicago to see them this weekend. the middle section of this album (Someone Great, All My Friends, Us v Them, Watch the Tapes) is unbeatable.
8 - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver - Rating = 3 Get Innocuous definitely sets the tone… slow layer building electro track. Right when it gets a little too same-y, another layer comes in to liven things up… good intro track. Time to Get Away brings the vocal keeping with the building groove, keyboards… they’re good at this building. Nothing American Scum continues the jam… this is okay but just okay, gets long, but thickly layered at the end. Someone Great is a nice change in groove if not totally, but good. All My Friends starts with a repetitive keyboard noodle that goes on by itself for over a minute and is annoying after 30 seconds. The same noodle repeats through the song… it’s annoying. The vocal is nice, but I can’t get past the keyboard. Us v Them gets off to a building jam and has a nice groove evolving, this is a good jam… eight and half minutes is a little long, but I dig it. Watch the Tapes is cool. Good vocal and catchy. Sound of Silver is a driving vocal, bass-y groove underneath, drifts a bit as it goes, a little long at 7+ minutes. New York, I Love You - different vocal piano track… it’s nice and a good ender… definitely different without any electro elements. Overall - this is a good album of the time and groundbreaking in many ways. I like it. I don’t love it, but it’s definitely an important album.
I'm seeing this group in concert this summer and I'm starting to suspect I will be the only person there who never really got LCD Soundsystem. Maybe that will change but this 3 star review will last forever.
It's great, but I don't know if I would listen to it again. Stand-outs - Someone Great - All My Friends
Nope. Replay no
2.4
Every single track on here is an anthem. “North American Scum” is perennially relevant to my life. This album felt like a revelation when it came out and I can’t even say it makes me feel nostalgic only because I still listen to many of its songs pretty often. The tone of each track varies widely, but there’s always driving beat tying it all together. Just enough cowbell. Bold to have a dirge dedicated to NYC as the closing track instead of the title song. Definitely a top 100 album, maybe even top 25.
ya despues de unas canciones se vuelve muy repetitivo, pero para escuchar algunas por separado? buenisimo
Good to hear again
Dance-punk, electronic rock, electronica, indie rock, dance-rock, art rock.
I liked the first 3 songs but the rest of the album really won me over
Firefighters came through the lobby of my work with a stretcher right as I finished listening to Someone Great. I nervously watched a young man, clearly out of it but otherwise alright, be loaded into an ambulance and escorted away. A couple trainers set his bags on the side of my front desk to search through them for his car keys. From the opening moments, I felt pretty sure that I would enjoy this album; Get Innocuous! begins the album with a slow electronic buildup a la Dance Yrself Clean, the intro to their next album which I am already a big fan of. The blend of indie Rock, electropop, and electronic house music, plus whatever other musical influences or random instruments the band wants to incorporate, come together to make LCD Soundsystem the exact right amount of eclectic for my brain. I also the way James Murphy uses his voice, balancing a passable amount of melodic performance with a relatable near-spoken dialect, occasionally broken up with moments of high-pitched breaks that land on account of the sheer energy he puts into them. The band also has a knack for writing lyrics that capture the specific experience of living in America as a disenchanted youth struggling to grow up and make a life for yourself despite the world around us, in a way that still retains an element of wit and humor. I am always a sucker for art which conveys sincerity through a mask of irreverence, and LCD Soundsystem seems to have that emotion tightly dialed in at exactly the right level for me. Highlights: Get Innocuous!, Time to Get Away, North American Scum, Someone Great, All My Friends, Us V Them, Watch the Tapes, Sound of Silver, New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
Electro dance classic
meh
nice and groovy. some of the songs can be a bit long and repetitive and i think about lowering my score but then a banger comes on fav song: North American Scum
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.
I always love LCD for the first half of the song, and then the game becomes figuring out just how patient I am. Ran out of it more often while listening to this album, although of course it still bangs
IT was OK
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
I liked this, gonna revisit.
This was too much of the same. The component parts are interesting enough, but somehow the whole is less.
This music wasn’t for me. I don’t think it was bad. I just don’t think it’s good.
I just liked one or two songs... the rest of it sounds pretty basic to me, sounds like the artic monkeys or any 00's - 10's "alternative" band.
It was good. I haven't listened that before. Something to chill out.
11/10 This is the perfect soundtrack to pretty much anything
I only know one song!
Made me want to dance. Found myself wishing for better vocals though
Elektro bet man per daug indie
Great electronic album
Starts out sounding like Daft Punk, turns into something really weird and not my vibe by the end...
Light 8
Daft Punk, if it was daft.
Fun indie dance music. North American Scum and All My Friends are highlights. 3.5/5.
First foray back in the day to lcd. All my friends vid was peak. Great buildup and sustained throughout, proper comedown with ny
Nunca había escuchado esta banda; estuvo bien, un electrónico tranca.
Not sure how I feel about this album. I love the EDM elements, but it skews way too indie. I've heard New York I Love You, and North American Scum and they're good, but All My Friends was just grating. I just heard that same piano chord just being slammed for 8 minutes. There is something about it though, that's endearing. The music part of it is great, but the lyrics and vocals are so amateurish that it feels like a record your hobbyist friend made. That isn't really a negative, but it adds to the relatability of the record. If your friend makes it, it's absolutely insanely good. If a professional musician makes it, it's missing some "professional" quality. Funny how our expectations change. I think that aspect alone has kinda changed how I feel about the album. On more listens, some tracks grow on me as dance tracks, and I still like North American Scum, I think it's just All My Friends that I have a problem with because of the piano part which makes it feel like 8 minutes of hammering a nail into my skull.
Swings wildly from super cool to formulaic. Sometimes you think the whole album's the same song and then you're in the middle of a banging iconic chorus. It was certainly more exciting when you heard them very loud 7 pints down in small indie venues. It's definitely one of the better albums of the era 3.6
Eh. All My Friends is a geniunely fantastic track, but I can't see myself coming back to this in full.
I have had the last song of this album on my playlist for a very long time, but I had no idea that the rest of this album was as good as it is. House music vibes with alternative and a little bit of funk. Just an incredibly interesting vibe. Absolute treat of an album.
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
Interesting album. Enjoyed but didn’t love
Not for me
Good album! I really enjoyed it!
Groovy.
First impressions: well, it’s interesting if nothing else. The actual instrumental, awesome! The vocals? Well, not my favourite. The first track, Get Innocuous, was this almost to a T. I appreciated the vibes, but this was background music to me. I enjoyed Time to Get Away slightly more. It at least felt like it had a reason for every decision made. Following on from this, North American scum was a good time! The lyrics were quite good and it had a nice groove to it. Someone great reminds me of the Terraria soundtrack mixed with Metrics “Now or Never Now”. I genuinely loved All My Friends. Us v Them was really not my thing. I don’t think it’s bad, I just liked it less. Watch the tapes was solid. The title track again, was alright, it just wasn’t my thing. I was not expecting a piano ballad, but New York… gave it to me. I usually love good piano ballad but I couldn’t get into this one. It was also so out of left field for this album. There were bits of it I liked, 3/5 ⭐️ 50/1089
Wow what an amazing surprise. I only ever knew the final track and I've wanted to check out the rest of the album, but I didn't expect it to be that good! Def gonna be a buy on vinyl.
It’s ok
More like sound of midver, got em’!!! Nah but this album I was actually kinda excited for and it wasn’t that great in my opinion. 9 songs 56 minutes is a little bit of a grind!
I've never listened to an LCD Soundsystem album start to finish, but I think I recognize some of these tracks by name. This just isn't my jam. I find it boring and repetitive.
I like the retro-electronic dance sound, but many of the individual songs get too repetitive. Overall, a good, but not great, album.
I feel pretty much the same as my last LCD Soundsystem review. I find it more interesting that we are seeing more than one album from these 'middle of the road' type bands.
This was a lot better than the other LCD Soundsystem album I've gotten on this list. These actually sounded like songs and had structure. That said, the album is a tad too long. 3.0/5.0: Good
these songs were reminiscent of talking heads, which is to say they were pretty good. the problem is they were all way longer than they needed to be which makes it tough to keep listening
Really liked this - listened a lot at uni! The vocals break up the beats really well!
EDM with lyrics about the melancholy of getting older.
me encanta este album y le tengo mucho apego, estoy muy sesgada y no me importa
ничего плохого хорошее электронное звучание ненапряжный вокал Разве что долгие треки с однообразными секциями позитивненький такой альбик, но скучноват 2.9
the more i listened the songs i found i liked so a win is a win
Nothing particularly good about this at all. Vacuous, obvious and unoriginal for the most part. The third track “Someone Great” was a new a level of dreadful. Vocally, lyrically and the phrasing of it all I found cringeworthy. I knew it was going to be tough at that point. I had a high scoring week last week, but this was woeful.
LCD was always more of my brother's band. They're great but they never moved me the way they did him. I still think this is an amazing album filled with wry messages drunkenly mumbled at a bar that should have closed a couple of years ago. Somehow now set to idiosyncratic tunes that border on the theatrical. Did...did I just listen to a musical?
quitando que las canciones son más largas que un día sin pan, muy bien. más canciones menos largas con más diversidad lo harían sentir menos repetitivo
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None of my favorite LCD Soundsystem songs are on this album, and yet it might be my favorite album of theirs.
Very derivative - Human League, Low-era Bowie, The Fall, The Hold Steady - this is a pedestrian re-hash of better ideas that other people had, and it does nothing of any note with them
And yet again, I'm pleasantly surprised by this band with this album. It's funky, groovy, jammy and with a touch of electronica that doesn't turn me off.
meh
Sound of Silver was a good listen at work, the beats where chill and I enjoyed the album
5 - okay i have to do it. a 5. a rare 5. This is one of the most iconic and prolific albums to come when and where it did, ESPECIALLY if you live in NY. I have personally have had some of my favorite moments listening to live music during 2 of the songs on this album. I don't think its perfect, but goddamn it sure is close. Fav songs: Get Innoculous! , North American Scum , Someone Great , All My Friends , NY I Love You...
zu abgehoben und individuell.....schwer zu beschreiben, hat null meinen Geschmack getroffen
Teilweise sehr eigenartig, aber mag den Stil. Sound of Silver, All my friends, und NY I love you sind top.
Haha, wusste am Ende nicht woher ich New York i love you but you are bringing me down kenne, aber das Video mit Kermit dem Frog war wohl ein isnichwahr video. Witzig. Angenehm zu hören. 4 Sternchen
Iconic. A perfect album.
One of the best albums ever
Godt dance rock album. Nogen ville måske kalde det dét perfekte. Det har sådan en underlig lyd af at det lyder live men også maskine samme tidig? Organisk elektronisk lyd som ikke er computer lavet føles det som om. Det handler om natteliv, venskaber, drama osv. Menneskelige ting. Der er så mange gode sange på, som bare er klassikere. Var positivt overrasket over intronummeret også og hvor anderledes de forskellige tracks lyder ift all my friends og someone great.
Started slow then the North American Scum-Someone Great-All My Friends trifecta hit and turned it up to 11. Fun fact, the working title for Someone Great was All Hail the Glock.
The challenge of EDM music is how to create unique music that can give you a distinct new sound worth listening to. I'd listen to this again.
Easy recipe to get five stars from me: Step 1: Play the A and E notes on a piano ad infinitum. Step 2: Add drums Step 3: Write a few thoughts down on how hanging out can take on different significance as you get older. and that's it! Thanks, Chef James Murphy!
Fun, minimal Fav: time to get away
Before Listening: I don't think I've heard of this band before, I've certainly never heard of/seen this album before. Excited to see if I know anything from it and/or to see why it might be on this list. The artist has only about 2 million monthly listeners. "Us V Them" - sounds like they remixed the Home Depot theme song The whole album is giving the vibe of stuff I had to listen to for my Jazz class in college. Not sure I loved that album as a whole. There's some fun stuff on it but it all felt a bit artsy without having a ton of substance. But it wasn't so fun that I was able to overlook the lack of depth.
Get Innocuous! Time to Get Away North American Scum Someone Great All My Friends Us V Them Watch the Tapes Sound of Silver New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
I’ve given this 5 stars but want to acknowledge that not every track is a 5 star track. Time to Get Away and Sound of Silver aren’t particularly strong even within LCDs own catalogue never mind compared with other artists. But the middle 1-2 punch of Someone Great and All My Friends more than compensates and are probably LCDs best tracks. The rest are 4 stars. And it’s impossible to listen to Get Innocuous without imagining I’m Nico Bellic walking through Liberty City.
Slow start, but built up to become a strong album in the middle and end portions, maybe not a full listen but had its moments
One of my favorite bands. And I'd argue one of the most important bands of the last 20 years. I can never pick a favorite album but they're all 5 stars in my book! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
lots of clicking and beeping
Track 1 - bird chirps nice. like last half. Track 2 - Like. Track 3 - Punky, Like. Track 4 - Atmospheric opener, brill. Track 5 - mid 2000's vibe, not huge on the sound, nostalgic at the very least. Track 6 - alright Track 7 - Like. read all the pamphlets bridge not huge on. Track 8 - for title track, unimpressed Track 9 - sad boy slop
Songs are good, style is interesting. 7/10.
Great alternative album no skips, all my friends, sound of silver, and New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down are highlights
Really fun! Saved it
Fuck yeah
mid it didn’t really stand out to me lol
DIvertido de escuchar. Puede volverse un poquiiiiiiiiito largo pero es lo de menos, el resto está muy bien. Lindo sonido.
Old new new old skool
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would. Already knew a couple of the songs, which I was surprised by. There were some moments were it was just too repetitive for me, but overall I really enjoyed it. Crazy to get given this album on the day my partner left for New York for almost a month though. New York you’re definitely bringing me down. Fav song: All My Friends - also liked Someone Great and New York I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down Least fav: Us V Them
Slightly biased because I remember getting one of these songs wrong in a pub quiz. Like the songs where they don’t sing much. Specific rating - 3.5 Fav song - someone great Least fav- New York I love you but you’re bringing me down
Mostly pretty fun and dancey, occasionally slips into annoying. The issue for me is that when a song you don't like comes on (and repeats uninspired lyrics) it does that for like 8 minutes! But the songs that I like I really like. Favourite song: All My Friends Least: Get Innoculous!
Great dancy album. Simple and good
Massive album, superb.
8/10, very niche
great as background music. listened to it on the train and had a grand time
Alright is the main word that comes to mind. The mix of electronica and sort of alt-rock was interesting, and there were a few strong tracks but not incredibly consistent.
Great ride, my favorite LCD album. Love the energy vibrancy urgency
A fever-dream! It zigs and zags - unpredictable. As soon as I have a grip on reality, it’s gone instantly on the next track. Thats the beauty of it; 56 minutes inside someone else's head.
Art in all forms is the control of energy. Great sculpture feels like actual movement. The best authors can shift gears with just the assemblage words. Music is perhaps the best at truly affecting a room. Whether calming ones or quickening the pulse - there is a direct connection to the mind and body. With beats and words and chords your entire day can be transformed. You can feel the energy whether using Brian's Eno's Neroli in birth wards to provide a background that literally calms mothers and doctors alike, the droning tones of Low or Nick Drake accompanying a view out a window on a rainy day or the undeniable jolt you will feel from Reign in Blood or Dig You Own Hole. No matter how your feeling - or want to feel - the music matters. I am mixed on this LCD album. I like most of it fine but the two song in the middle of the album - Someone Great and All My Friends are uncanny both as songs as well as experiences - in diminished by the almost 20 years since this albums release. They control the energy in different ways with beats and words and chords. You hear them but also feel them. They are certainly the high point of 2007 (apologies to m.i.a.) if not the decade. To be on one album miraculous. They use elements of Eno, Human League/Depeche Mode/Gary Numan and Gang of Four/The Fall to get the point across and for the most part succeed. But the two songs at the center of this truly elevate. 4.5 stars.
Funky disco beats and punk singing.
This reminds me of New Order's dance-rock aesthetic combined with some indie/garage rock influences here and there. I love the grooves and rhythms. They're putting me in a trance! (I love reading the reviews of other albums here! Merci au reviewer français aussi qui écrit les reviews académiques avec plein d'histoire! Je suis inspiré d'approfondir ma connaissance avec cette langue.)
Interesting album, but not something I'd return to. Too repetitive.
Nekad vidim ime benda i odmah kontam ovo će biti grozno. Recimo ove bacam u koš s onim dosadnim indie bendovima i ničeg se ne sjećam iako sam nekad vjerovatno čula. I onda dobijem baš pozitivno iznenađenje. Kao i mnogi drugi komentatori ovdje čujem brojne druge utjecaje ali mi nekako opet zvuči inovativno. Nimalo dosadno svakako. Baš dobar zvuk.
Finalmente um álbum realmente clássico. James Murphy no seu ápice criativo. Hino dos millennials.
3/5 Começa com melodias e ritmo interessantes, mas cansa da metade para o final.
Not as good as Gold.
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.
I was listening to this while studying for my physics degree that's taking over my life at the moment and for the duration of the album I was able to imagine that I had a much more interesting life than I do. So that was nice. Favourite song: all my friends
It's certainly a subgenre of music... maybe it'll grow on me someday but today ain't the day.
"wah wah wah this dance music is soooo repetitive". LCD Soundsystem has the misfortune of being a clubby act that got big among indie rock listeners, so now i have to hear people that dont understand what "groove" and "rhythm" mean bitch about how All My Friends is 8 minutes. i oughta drop this 2 stars for that alone... but i won't. because this is still a pretty good album. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes, pretty handily
All three stars are for New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down
Great album with some incredible songs. 7.8/10
I should be the dead-centre target audience for this. I wondered why I’ve heard the bam but don’t know the music. Because it’s god awful, and has aged like milk. My first 1 star review.
Не плохой альбом но слушать его прям на постоянной основе я бы не смог
I’ll give it a 4 cause I think I like LCD Soundsystem now. Didn’t enjoy it as much as the previous album though. Stand outs - Someone Great, All My Friends and New York I Love You is a great ending
Absolute banger. Peak new york cool Standouts - get innocuous!, north american scum, all my friends, sound of silver And lets be clear that new york i love you but you're bringing me down is the best song ever written ever, ever
Good album! Bit long at times..like LCD soundsystem?, but not sure id put another album on by them. Be class to see live.
Knew I liked this album. N8ce revisiting it. Less predictable and less repetition for repeyitions sake than their orher one. Sounds great with earphones. Dippy egg.
Heard this one before or at least songs off it. LCD are getting the nod of approval of me so far
I dunno this one just doesn’t really fully click for me. I think it’s the long songs.
I just didn't like this.
Inoffensive, but irritating
Electronic genre is way over represented.
Things I love about this album: It sounds like it could have come out last year, it’s crazy this was a 2007 release. North American Scum is actually brilliant because I often think they are British for some reason. This is one of the few albums I owned that my mom actually enjoyed and didn’t think was just annoying noise. All My Friends is pretty much a perfect song, it’s a triumph. New York I Love You, but You’re Bringing Me Down will forever remind me of a passive aggressive post my ex made featuring this song because I said the White Stripes were overrated and she took it as a personal attack. I was New York in that context. That’s so funny in hindsight.
Hey, this rules.
Some really good grooves, and some that fall flat. Favorite track: Get Innocuous!
I like this. Can get repetitive though
Man I adore this record. So many memories of being at parties with one LCD tune or another in the background. All My Friends is quite simply one of the greatest songs ever written.
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.
Okay for a workout
They remind me of “Cake” and also give me flashbacks to working in a restaurant where the prep chef forced us all to listen to shitty techno and repeatedly changed the Bluetooth password to the speaker.
(100/100)
I liked it more when the music was more dancey and less indie/alt-rocky. Not terrible, not great. It was good for background music.
i listened to it two days ago just randomly and i loved it. 'all my friends' was fun obviously because being funny in a foreign language is my favourite the 1975 album
Not bad. I enjoyed this. I was tempted to save a lot of these songs to my playlist
Try not to bob your head while listening....
A bit of B-52's and Meatloaf and Nirvana, recast into a more electronic soundscape form, usually dance, but sometimes just melodramatic.
Enjoyed it. Remember liking a couple of the songs from this album back in the day.
Might actually be the worst album I've ever heard
BUENISIMO
It's just not memorable music. I've only just finished listening to it, and I can't remember it.
Not a 10/10 but it has some of the best individual bangers in the entire LCD Soundsystem discography
Super
Nice background music. Fave was definitely the title song, Sound of Silver.
*Not bad to listen to, I just don't love dance music for anything above background music
its was fine
Too varied, all over the place.
Not my usual kind of music, but I liked it.
Again not really my vibe
9/10
Enjoyable, but not all the time. Some songs didn't hit and others were great. I've listened to some very limited LCD Soundsystem over the years so this was interesting to explore it a bit more. Will try out some of their other stuff.
I think nostalgia might be a factor here, but I have always loved this album. It has incredible scope in term of range, an exquisite sound pallet, things to say and ambition in terms of sound. Sure, it might be a bit messy and some songs hit less for me than others, but it is everything I could want in an album. After spending the day with it, I think it has aged a bit, as it is bound to do, but it still slaps.
The late 2000s/early 2010s hipster energy is a bit too intense to give this a 5 (unlike other LCD Soundsystem albums where the flannel & beard factor is just perfect)
LCD Soundsytem is a unique group. Fusing electronic dance and indie rock. I guess with everything if it's done well, it will find its audience. Either way, this is a fun listen and I think it's emotional and good. NYILYBYBMD, the last track is one of my all time favorite songs.
Landfill indie but electronic, really. The actual songs aren't bad but I can't get over the dude's voice. It's too cartoony to be serious but not cartoony enough to be fun? I'm not sure where to place it. The beats are repetitive, by design I suppose, but the barely varying speeds throughout and the same song structure through the whole thing gets boring after a bit. It's an album to put on at a party, and that isn't a bad thing. I just don't see myself listening to this on purpose.
The first time I listened to this was because of a Stephen King novel. In Under the Dome one of the characters has this song playing as his wife bleeds out next to him in the kitchen. It doesn't fit the situation. But it did introduce me to these monsters of electronica. Heavy hitters on North Amerrican Scum, All My Friends, and Someone Great.
Хорошая музыка для фанатов жанра, но слишком минималистичная и репетативная для меня. Этот альбом больше про вайб, нежели про мелодичные хуки или продуманные комплексные аранжировки. К тому же, я не совсем понял необходимость растягивать треки до 6-7 минут, когда большая их часть это просто лупирование. Я здорово поностальгировал на треке Someone Great, который у меня в плейлисте еще с доисторических времен Яндекс Музыки, но уже подзабылся. Так сказать, "made Someone Great great again". Но ощущение, что все остальные треки - это осколки этой песни, с таким же звучанием, настроением, теми же инструментами и приемами, но без мелодического фундамента и мелких, но блестящих фишек и решений, сделавших Someone Great таким выделяющимся произведением. Да, есть неплохие All My Friends и New York..., но для меня этого оказалось недостаточно, чтобы понять восторги критиков. Это классное сбалансированное звучание, но для меня альбом годится лишь как фоновая музыка, пусть и со своим особым шармом.
Моя любимая аутичная музыка. Ньююююйооорк айлооооов ю бат юа брингин ми даун. 10000/5. Идеальная музыка для пиздячек на работу из замкадья. Вайб альбома это гифка, где Винни Пух, русалочка и Дональд Дак танцуют. Люблю и уважаю.
На фоне раз в пару лет послушать, наверное, пойдет. Someone Great действительно great, но больше особо не за что зацепиться. С другой стороны это инди/индитроника/дэнс-панк/подставьте любой хипстерский жанр нулевых, поэтому мои ожидания изначально были близки к нулю.
Лучшая песня: North American Scum Худшая: All My Friends "Ыы, а давайте восемь минут один аккорд играть"
Не фанат дэнспанка как жанра впринципе, музыка хорошая, но не моя
So, I will admit I am a huge LCD Soundsystem fan. I already own this on vinyl and I would venture to say this may be my favorite of the bunch. There are probably 6 songs from this album in my top 10 favorite LCD tracks. Get Innocuous sets the mood and it is infectious electronic dance punk! I love the steady beats throughout the songs with the electronics and other bits dancing around them creating a fantastic sound. Then throw in Someone Great, All My Friends and North American Scum it is a very complete album. Throw this one on and get ready to freak out!
Странно, что пропустила этот альбом, учитывая мою любовь к индитронике типа Hot Chip. Понятен культовый статус альбома, так как он попал в волну хипстерства, но сейчас на постоянной основе переслушивать его все же не буду, немного однообразное звучание
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.
Most of the album is just okay. New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing me Down brought this to a 3 star for me. The rest was kinda medicore.
A whole new, weird world of music. Thankfully, I'm digging this
Joyous
it’s largely fun to listen to, he had some bangers, but the more music i listen to i’m more irritated by how much he just rips other stuff off in a way that feels lazy instead of referential
Some of this album is great. Some of this album sucks. A lot of repetition in lyrics. The start of the album I thought I was going to have to call it quits, it did pick up by middle of the album. You can definitely see the influence this band has on modern indie rock and alternative music. Still middle of the road for me.
Noise
Holy repetition, batman! I also didn't love the singer's voice personally.
Lots of piano and synth. Good background music but nothing special.
north american scum is EXACTLY what the dare sounds like!!!! all my friends sounds like the blueprint for the 1975!! it's literally sex x the 1975 from being funny in a foreign language. YOOOOOO i just googled it and apparently matty said it's his favorite song ever and it "informs everything he does". the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating. wow this is one of the best ones yet i looove
Backs up what I’ve always thought of them. Great in places but generally a bit repetitive and unnecessary. There’s a decent 45 minute album in here somewhere
I've listened to this one a lot over the years. Question is, do I love it? Yes. Yes I do. Excellent album. We are North Americans!
Excellent album, especially the first half. Almost a fiver.
Masterpiece
Cool but not my style
Solid
Day 163 Highlight North American Scum
I don't know if I just like the wrong LCD Soundsystem tunes, but the issue with a band having a very consistent sound is that it makes otherwise good albums like this into collections of songs that sound like others I like more
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.
Previously rated: #157 american dream (2/5) ******************************** Album #1,020 I liked North American Scum, but overall, many songs are long and repetitive. It was OK, better than their other one I think.
Enjoyable, but not entirely my thing.
I have been meaning to listen to LCD Soundsystem for a while, and I am glad I did.
Great tunes but lack of diversity
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?
non mi dispiacciono
Quite enjoyed this. My rating 3.5
Starts and ends on a high note. Some of the tracks though overstay their welcome. Brings me back to being a teenager discovering this for the first time.
north americans--anthem to house parties getting shut down by cops? someone great--love the syncopation us v them--kinda weird sound of silver--lol, fair. what is the sound of silver tho? new york i love you--sad little waltz it's good but not my style. 3.5/5 rounded to 4/5
Hell yeah
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).
For some reason I thought this was Flaming Lips, which I was not excited for. But found it to be good background work music.
Reminds me of cake a lot, I bet Pat would like this. 4 stars since I think I will go back to this
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.
WOOOOOOOOO
I always appreciate a reprieve for an album that I a) really like and b) already own. This is LCD Soundsystem's best, almost wall-to-wall bangers. "All My Friends" is their best song, and seeing them play it at Pitchfork in 2007 is one of my all-time favorite live moments. Even with the clunky "New York I Love You..." this gets five stars from me.
The 2000-aughts were kind of a musical wasteland for me in that I didn't really pay attention to what was going on. Part of this was being married to someone who wasn't into following new music, a big part was living in NYC and not driving around listening to the radio (and NYC not really having a good alternative station to begin with, or maybe they did and I just never noticed). Also I stayed real busy playing Guitar Hero. I couldn't pick Interpol or the Hives or Jet or whoever out of a line-up. But LCD Soundsystem feels like the biggest thing I missed out on. And when I hear it, I'm still missing out on it. I don't get it. And that's okay. Oh wait, it's not okay?
I'm thankful for the dichotomy that this album has. One one hand, the electronic side of this album pushes me away, and on the other James Murphy's vocals and the distinct indie feel of this album had me hooked. It's certainly a couple of songs too long even apart from the genre pieces that don't fit with me, but the handful of big hitters here helps earn this album's place on this list. Probably a 3.5 if I was allowed. New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down is an all-timer, and I’ve never even been to New York. Edit: Whoops. I severely underestimated how much I enjoyed the top 3 songs here. One week later, and they've all been cycling through my head. I can't put my headset on without listening to them at least once at this point. North American Scum is early on the album, after Time to Get Away almost tees it up. Its baseline absolutely cranks. The first verse is magnetic. It's a fun, funky song, that showcases James Murphy's tongue-in-cheek self-deprecating lyrics that is high energy to the end. All My Friends is a masterpiece. Devastatingly relatable, and wholly engaging, the song grabs you from the very first hits of the piano through it's entirety. It's an anthem about growing old, missing days gone by and friends that have quietly fallen out of touch along the way. It has an argument of being one of the best songs since the turn of the century. This is closer to a 4.5. For sure. Highlight: New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down Lowlight: Get Innocuous! Surprise Hit: All My Friends Surprise Hit #2: North American Scum
Malo, pero escuchable
96/1001 This one was in several album of the year lists but it still took me a few years to warm up to it. In fact it was their next album that won me over. The music is great. The vocals threw me. Not something I just throw on any old time. 7/10
A great record. Pieces of Bowie, the best parts of disco, and right on the edge early 2000s indie. Brought back some great memories of a really magical time.
Not familiar with this band at all, not a bad listen at all. Thanks.
Garbage.
Some songs sound very electronic while others sound alternative like North American scum. Us V them sounds like something the talking heads would do. Watch the Tapes is the song I like best. Overall this album is not my style and probably won’t make one of my playlists.
Terrible. Ahhhhh Flight of the concords 2.0 (did I do that right?). Would have picked this after the quadriplegic for dodgeball. They really thought they cooked with the line, “bells.” Should be used as an example of what not to do. All skips no hits. I’m not religious but I thanked god when this album ended.