Reviews (page 5 of 14)
New Order meets Daft Punk at a Talking Hesds concert as the band walk out to Television. 4 stars
Electronic rock music with enough of a post-punk influence to keep it interesting for me. I especially liked "Someone Great," "All My Friends," and "Us V Them."
J'adore LCD Soundsystem, cet album est top car il enchaîne les sons super bien. L'univers est cohérent et les refrains sont entraînant. Je le réécoute sans souci. New York I love est dans mon top 50 all time facilement !
I liked it very much, specially to listen to while working :D Still, won't be an album I'd buy to own on vinyl, for example.
Unique, danceable and fun
I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this album as much as I did. Like a more mainstream and palatable form of Venetian Snares or Aphex Twin, but one that plays to the strengths of that by injecting a lyricism and beat the previous examples are normally to avant-garde to make a play for. Occupies a respectable niche that I didn’t think needed filling, but glad to see the fort is held by a good representative. Good time had by all.
Not typically my kind of music but this album is pretty good
Feels sooooo nostalgic, so many little quirks and references but enough to toe tap to. Slightly melancholy but with enough of a beat to not be dreary. Some recognisable modern classics in there too.
i was excited to listen to lcd system for the first time and had basically no expectations for what theyd sound like but was still surprised. something was in the water in 2007 i swear ppl were doing such cool and new things... anyways i rly liked it! electronic dance & indie rock combined in a way ive never heard before
liked this more than I thought I would!
As featured in the soundtracks to two equally iconic films: "Greenberg" and "Step Brothers".
Lowkey pulsating.
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.
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.
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.
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.
4.5 this grooves hard, I’m a big LCD Soundsystem fan
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.
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
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
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
Love a bit of punk-funk, so yeah this was good.
reinterpreted low
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
I can’t really specify why but I liked it more than a 3/5
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!
Soft 4.
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.
Really liked the sound, really fun and complex/interesting instrumentals. Occasionally a little overly silly for my taste, but otherwise really enjoyed it.
8/10
Really cool vibe. I really enjoyed it
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”
It's great, but I don't know if I would listen to it again. Stand-outs - Someone Great - All My Friends
Good to hear again
Dance-punk, electronic rock, electronica, indie rock, dance-rock, art rock.
I liked this, gonna revisit.
It was good. I haven't listened that before. Something to chill out.
Made me want to dance. Found myself wishing for better vocals though
Light 8
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
Good album! I really enjoyed it!
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
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?
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Sound of Silver was a good listen at work, the beats where chill and I enjoyed the album
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
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.
Fun, minimal Fav: time to get away
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
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
DIvertido de escuchar. Puede volverse un poquiiiiiiiiito largo pero es lo de menos, el resto está muy bien. Lindo sonido.
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
Great dancy album. Simple and good
8/10, very niche
great as background music. listened to it on the train and had a grand time
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.
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.)
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.
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
Great album with some incredible songs. 7.8/10
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
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.
I like this. Can get repetitive though
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....
Enjoyed it. Remember liking a couple of the songs from this album back in the day.
Not a 10/10 but it has some of the best individual bangers in the entire LCD Soundsystem discography
Not my usual kind of music, but I liked it.
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.
Joyous
Excellent album, especially the first half. Almost a fiver.
Solid
non mi dispiacciono
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
Reminds me of cake a lot, I bet Pat would like this. 4 stars since I think I will go back to this
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
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.
Interesting album. I didn't know what to make of it. Was it electric, punk, alternative, or what. Very listenable and enjoyable.
4.2/5 Stars Top Songs: Someone Great, Us v Them, Get Innocuous!
Some of the more repetitive electronic songs aren’t for me, but All My Friends and NY I Love You are proper classics.
Bangers
I love All My Friends, so I was very pleased to find some of these tracks are around that level for me. Very close to a 5 star.
Good album. Interesting dance music, with a singing and attitude style that, in a way, makes it sound punky. The weak points on this album are definitely the long songs, because there are long instrumental sections that have one single repetitive beat, that they get tiresome. All in all, a solid 3.5/5
Solid album. 4 stars
I really liked how experimental this album was
What a variety of feels housed in a single album! I have never listened to this band before, so my initial listen felt a little jarring. The album really grew on me though. It was a great blend of electronic and indie and it was perfectly experiemental.
Been a fan of this since 2009
183/1001 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ I always have a hot/cold relationship with this band and therefore don't listen to them all that often. This is definitely my preferred album of theirs and always pick up something new with each listen.
we love easy listening. probably very influential at the time bc its solid but nothing too crazy, like i'm taking it for granted in 2025. there are today the sounds holds up, sounds like goths listened to it in the late 80s. also i swear there are tracks here that sound like they're straight from another green wrld.
A good groove to this, enjoyable driving album
Gran album de rock alternativo mezclando electrónica, dance, punk… a tener en cuenta y en cada colección privada
On vinyl
Great! Usually not my speed but I’ve always like a few of LCD’s tracks.
Fun, maybe 4.5+? Good music to do something productive to. Would listen to more
This album takes a little while to get going IMHO, but ends in really good shape. Maybe North American Scum is the point at which they move from 'good but unremarkable dance-adjacent indie band' to 'Oh my god it's LCD Soundsystem'. Certainly once you're into Someone Great and All My Friends, you're all the way up, the windows are open and you're loving life. A strong four.
12/16/25. Fun revisit, still holds up really well. Enjoy the danceable vibe, with an all time classic for the last song to close it out. Would recommend this to anyone.
top 3 in disordine: North American Scum Sound of Silver NY, i love you but you’re bringing me down (camera della emma riadattata a studio, luce grigia molto vigontina, sto per andare da forniture ufficio)
I like that this isn't just electronica, but also has many of the elements I love about rock. This did go on for a little bit longer than I would've preferred, but a couple of these songs were good enough to make me forget how long they are.
Absolute banger. I'm partial to post-punk but undoubtedly LCD Soundsystem are one of, if not, the best. The songs themselves feel incredibly stripped back yet still full of energy. Top pick: North American Scum.
I've grown up listening to LCD sound system a bunch, and our local radio KEXP plays them allll the time, so it was fun to hear more of their songs. It's great for studying :] 7/10
High 4.
Älskar Someone Great så mkt. En av dom finaste
yes! rakt upp i
Love some of the songs on here. Not the full album though. It is a bit funky at times.
Liebs
Another one where i knew the name of the group but couldn’t name a single track. I liked it, but wouldn’t seek it out.
8/10 - solid album, great sound and some bangers
Someone Great and All My Friends is an incredible one two punch. Get Innocuous is also a jam. I was certainly boogieing to this album for the first half. There is definitely punk influence in this album, especially in the back half with the lyricism and repetition. Definitely trended down toward the end, but I gave it a relisten immediately after and was reminded on how strong the first 5 songs are.
Blew me away. I had pretty low expectations but this was actually a very enjoyable listen.
Svängigt, groovy, catchy, svårt att inte stampa takten medan man lyssnar. Helvete va vissa låtar är liksom perfekta blandningen av disco och indie. Glad överraskning!
Dancy, funky, so 2010’s, I can’t believe I missed this album before?
pretty good stuff, one of the better examples of an indie rock/electronica fusion thing
Great
OLED is better, but this is still pretty good
A lotta bangers on this one
Good one.
Always have enjoyed various bits of LCDS's work, but enjoyed this album in its entirety more than anticipated.
Sweet grooves and witty lyrics it's just a fun dance punk album. Also weird how the popheads didn't embrace them but the rock crowd did
I didn’t pay any attention to this when it came out, and, gosh, I missed out. James Murphy’s vocals are idiosyncratic and, well, fun. The songs, which are as much disco and, erm, Arcade Fire as they are electronica, are dang fun, too. I especially like “Time to Get Away.”
LCD Soundsystem feels like the stereotypical Pitchfork band to me. Pretty fun indie music that Pitchfork seems to think literally changed the world. Going in with that expectation made them seem underwhelming, but over time I’ve grown to like them more. I still don’t think LCD Soundsystem is that groundbreaking or anything, but they make some pretty dang good music
Funky...love this. Can listen to this in any situation
Yeah I really like this album. All my friends is the standout track. Exhilarating
This is up my alley for sure. Didn't really listen to a lot of LCD Soundsystem at the time outside of North American Scum and All My Friends, and now I'm wondering why. Never got round to it I guess
Solid 4, good energy, would have liked a bigger ending/final track but solid stuff
I actually really enjoyed this! I love small progression things like these where the artists keep layering beats on top of each other, until it cumulates into the finish. To me, this is perfect background music while I'm doing tasks that require me to be slightly, but not completely focused. Admittedly, I wouldn't want to listen to this all the time, but definitely something I'll throw on while doing basketball statistics or boring paperwork. Favorite songs were Get Innocuous!, Somone Great and Sound of Silver.
Actually really jammed out with this! Really liked North American Scum
I was introduced to LCD Soundsystem through the Noah Baumbach film White Noise and ever since, they've figured into my playlists. Very unique use of sound...I love the weird, unexpected lyrics that are dancy while also furthering an existential crisis. It's also not that deep.
North American Scum alone would've gotten it 3 stars
catchy. synth. rock. electric. groovy.
I get it, I suppose. It's good for a party. It's catchy It's danceable. That's all.
Enjoyed this much more than I expected. Everybody loves to clown on James Murphy but the songs are good, even if they usually overstay their welcome. Someone Great and All My Friends are my personal standouts but honorable mentions for North American Scum and Us V Them, which were surprise hitters for me. Really enjoyed.
Kind of an indie/alt rock lofi sound. Has some funk rhythms too. Great album. Every song is engaging. My favorites are Get Innocuous, Tome to Get Away, North American Scum, Someone Great, All My Friends, New York I Love You.
For some reason I thought LCD Soundsystem and Fontaines DC were the same band. When I thought about it for more than 4 seconds I realised I was wrong, but that took me until track 5 Anyway. I liked this! Think I'd only heard NYILY before. A solid 4/5 Songs added to playlist: - Time to Get Away - Someone Great - All My Friends - New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
Surprisingly a great album. I wasn't expecting much after the first song, but it got into some really nice grooves later on, and the lyrics were also really solid.
The first impression with the first song didn't convince me, but as the album progressed, I really started to like it. A great listen and overall enjoyed it quite a bit. I can tell we're getting to more modern stuff because this is very close to the kind of thing I listen to.
This sounds so timeless
Dug this more than I anticipated.
Always heard the name, but never heard the music. This album was a lot of fun! Groovy, funky, energetic, and chill all at the same time. Easily a 4/5 for me.
This album for me is an essence of good quality mid 2000s music. Some of the songs reminded me of Franz Ferdinand. Too bad I didn't discover them earlier, I would listen a lot to them in my teens. I really enjoyed a night stroll around the city with this album in my headphones.
De esas bandas por las que me registré a esto. Nunca escuchada, siempre nombrada. Disco genial. Danspunk, electrónica, todo. 8/10
Had never listened to an LCD Soundsystem album in its entirety, but I've loved "North American Scum" for years, so I figured I would enjoy this. Definitely the first of many spins.
Electronic dance Someone great All my friend's
Loved it … any album that makes me dance while cooking tea = 4 stars 🪩😍
this album is kind of a trip to listen to in full because it’s mostly well-structured and fun electronic dance songs with pretty silly self-indulgent lyrics, plus a few very grand and emotionally resonant opuses (opii?) that still manage to stop me in my tracks and make me tear up no matter how many times i’ve heard them. i think pitchfork was probably right to name ‘all my friends’ as the second-best song of the 2000s. the repetitive nature of electronica is much more compelling when it is layered with interesting lyrics. which is not to say that every single song on this album has interesting lyrics. but those ones are fun anyway. yeah you got me james murphy. fav tracks: all my friends; new york i love you…; someone great; watch the tapes
This feels like the kind of stuff I want to dance to, while at the same time can recognize is actually very well made and a bit deeper than the average mindless dance music. It feels like a party until the end when the party catches up with you in “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down”. I like how dynamic it is in that sense. Fav tracks: North American Scum; Someone Great; New York, I Love You…
Forgot how great this album is - upbeat, varied, unusual enough to not be too mainstream but not too weird. Gave me the energy I needed to get back into my working day!
Back in 2007 I was a young-ish aspiring hipster, keeping up with The Scene as much as possible. And of course, this album was required listening at the time. You couldn't swing a dead cat without it telling you how great Sound of Silver is. So I gave it a shot and it was kinda fun, if a little rhythmically abrasive. So pulling it up again this morning I juts sighed. I wasn't in the mood for this. And two minutes in, I'm bobbing my head. With each track I'm bobbing it even more. By the time we're on "All My Friends," I'm totally bought in. I think the trick to this album is to give yourself a break halfway through. Otherwise it really is too much of the same all at once. But these first five songs are stellar, and earn the album its score all by itself. I'll be firing this one back up more often for susre. FOUR STARS
I was expecting it to be pretentious and overrated, but the music was quite good and only a little pretentious! Maybe it would mean more to me if I lived in New York, but we can't all have generational wealth.
C'est bon bon bon. Mais c'est This Is Happening qui devrait être dans la liste parce que c'est le MEILLEUR.
Something great.
"Sound of Silver" is the kind of album where hating it is, to me, a big red flag, but insisting it's the best album ever bar none is, to me, also a big red flag.
It was prettt good, some of the songs just kinda blurred together in the background but once Sound of Silver started my ears perked up!
Great album. Never listened to a full album of this before although have been a fan of the odd tracks I've heard previously
Catchy electronic beats with some epic length songs sprinkled in.
If Terry Riley made indie music, I think it would sound like this.
from the onset i would say I like the songs that are not specifically their sound. New york I love you was by a country mile the standout song. Second half of the album was great annd i enjoyed it much more than the first half. I am still not going to go out and buy this or have a desire to find out more about them, but after a second listen I upgraded this for an almost 4 to a 4 Notable songs: All my Friends, Us vs Them, Sound of Silver, Watch the Tapes, New york I love you but you're bringing me down 4 stars
James Murphy's lyrics made him sound like an arse but his music is class
Hailed as the DJ to the coolest dance party that you weren’t invited to, LCD Soundsystem were another band that I heard of, but never actually heard. So I was excited to hear this album. And it is good, it really is. If I’m miraculously at the party & wouldn’t be mad at the music I was hearing. But, it feels like there’s something missing, something I can’t quite explain. All I know is, I listened to it once, if it was on somewhere else I’d listen to it again, but I’m not going to seek it out anytime soon.
Sounds good in my ears
Very good album I liked it a lot
Pretty good
I've always wanted to get into LCD Soundsystem but for some reason found it somewhat inaccessible. This seems like a great gateway album. Time to get away is an incredible song. Followed by North American Scum, which is one of my favorites and a reason I've wanted to get into LCD Soundsystem. Someone Great is another really fun song. Overall, I think this is a great album to introduce LCD Soundsystem and I see a lot of parallels between other artists like Daft Punk or Radiohead. It's kind of a blend of the two.
surprisingly good
Fast paced electronica dance rock that’s high energy with a steady beat and high tech sound effects. North America Scum is the top track, but they’re all good. Enjoyed this listen during an elliptical routine. (4.4*s)
LCD Soundsystem is a great electronica alt-rock band. It is very difficult to combine lyrics with elctro-beats and make it sound good but this band nailed it. Sound of Silver is a fun trip through beats and the talented mind of James Murphy. Good marks for this work but they have even better albums which I hope some make the list. If you aren't in on this go read all the pamphlets and watch the tapes cause these guys kick ass...4.05 stars.
Perfect excuse for me to delve a little deeper into LCD Soundsystem. I know a couple of their more popular songs but have never listened to an album. I really liked what I got in Sound of Silver. James Murphy and company are really creative in their use of electronic instruments with some traditional backing. They meld genres really effectively and pump out a really fun, high energy collection of tracks, all of which are solid. James Murphy's vocal style adds another layer of onion to help them stand out as a unique act in contemporary music. Really nice entry by LCD Soundsystem. They are a band that I need to get more familiar with. Every time I hear them come up I'm interested and I've yet to hear something from them that I didn't like. Keep it coming. 4.07 stars
Trippy
“North American Scum” sure hits different today dunnit. “New York I Love You,” too. It’s like dance music for the dystopia.
I was all prepared to not like these guys but by the third song they had totally won me over. I don't know if any other album sounds like this but if they do, they have my vote. Pop music for smart people, and you can dance to it also!!!
Excellent, but the debut is better
I wish I could get more into this but it just doesn't do it for me. Respect for that last track though.
Yea def fell into a whole groove thing there. Liked it much more than I was thinking I would
Once again I found I quite enjoyed this group's (and mostly James Murphy's) stuff. And they made me think of Talking Heads. A little synth heavy at times but still head bop worthy. Get Innocuous!, All My Friends, Us v Them, and the title track were solid. Time to Get Away, North American Scum, and Watch the Tapes were real good - bopping all the way.
There’s some serious millennial bangers on this one. I honestly haven’t revisited this record in a long time. It still sounds great by today’s standards. It brought back fond memories of riding the M train through an ungentrified Brooklyn, people watching, and listening to this using a classic iPod. Oddly, my least favorite song on this album is probably the title track.
Интересно, необычно, последняя песня прям кайф
Genre: Indietronica Big sounds, deep vocals, and some really great production and mixing, Sound of Silver is one of the best indie albums the 2000s has to offer. The vocals are a bit hit or miss for me, but the music is truly magnificent. Lush, beautiful arrangements over big 2-3 chord vamps. Really solid, and really nice and electronic, which I was not expecting. THE TIME HAS COME. THE TIME HAS COME. 4/5
I love this album. Perfect blend of indie pop and dance music with dry, sarcastic lyrics. Get Innocuous, All My Friends, Us vs Them and Someone Great are all masterpieces, the zenith of the genre. Masterful build ups and releases. North American Scum and Time to Get Away are great, shorter tunes and New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down is a surprisingly beautiful and melanchonic closer, a real change in tone that works absolutely perfectly. The only real downside is the two tune run of the title track and Watch The Tapes. The title track is just repetitive and dull, not helped by being over 7 minutes long, easily the lowlight of the album and the only song I consider skipping. Watch The Tapes is decent, but just a bit meh in comparison to the earlier short songs. Shortest song on the album though. Would be a 9/10, gotta give it a 4.
Love it. I think its amazing and the type of music I wish I could make. North American Scum, Someone Great, and All My Friends are a great run of songs.
Listened to this in the morning when I was in a bit of a rush and it was pleasant enough, but passed me by a little. Listened again in the evening, in a far more relaxed mood, and it was loads better. Definitely some aggregation of parts going on, but I'm on the fence as to whether it all works, or if it's greater than the sum. I would probably go with 3.5, but I'm rounding up to 4.
It's pretty good! Not going to lie, at this moment I am not really in the mood for such a upbeat almost party album lol. I am sure there is a hint of irony behind like more outright hedonostic themes, but I have not been paying attention to the lyrics. The songs are a little too long for my taste but I think the instrumentals are interesting enough to retain my attention. For example, the drum breakdown of "Us v. Them". I reckon this is the point where I have to weigh out the subjective and objective factors around this album. I think that in another time, I would actually really enjoy this album but right now I am not feeling it. Like I recognise this album is real good but I can't seem to be in the mood for it lol so might weigh it lower than I would otherwise out of sheer personal enjoyment. Considering I think this album will hit really hard once I have the mental energy to look at the lyrics and pay attention to the instrumental intricacies, I am comfortable giving it a 4 stars now. 12/9/25
Didn’t know what to expect but their name is quite accurate to their music to be honest, the electronic parts anyway. There was also a clear influence of post-punk/ new wave kind of like talking heads with the way it sounded with the rhythm guitar and the vocals sometimes. There was also the electronic aspect as mentioned which was a bit like daft punk or something mixed with punky/ new wave elements. There was also indie rock mixed with like indie dance. It was definitely a variety anyway, most of it was really good, it got a little repetitive sometimes especially with the length of the songs, some of them mixed it up well and kept it interesting with progression within the instrumental like north American scum or all my friends, the latter of which had a repeated piano motif but the drums and electronic parts got more potent and changed towards the end. But some definitely felt a bit more samey throughout the song like someone great or the first song which definitely wasn’t helped by the fact they are on the longer end of song time. Favourites: Time to get away, North American scum, All my friends, Us vs them and watch the tapes. Overall, 7/10.
Surprisingly good album. Recording sounds very high quality. 3.5
Come back to me in 10 years or so and this just might get a 5. Somewhat superb, time will tell.
Quite an amazing album, solid four-and-a-half record in my books. Electronic music with an indie rock sensibility, great recommendation to listen to on a Friday (sadly, I had to listen to it on a Tuesday instead).
Indie pop electro punk. Had some cool grooves.
Great
Cool :3
Amazing production here. Someone Great is an alltime favourite of mine. The songs might go on too long but I don't mind at all
Super infectious beats. Am already familiar with LCD, and this isn't my favourite, but still very good.
holy shit, that three track run from someone great - all my friends - us v them is astonishingly good even though the rest is not quite as good, I think this album gets at least an 8/10 just for that
4 stars
To (loosely) quote Stephen Cobert, It's like I died and went to Brooklyn This album hit better back then. I thought maybe it would immediately bring me back to 2007/8 because this album was inescapable. But maybe, BECAUSE it was so ubiquitous, going back in time couldn't happen. Maybe it hasn't been long enough. Maybe, I've just moved on. Keeping the rating for the memories
i quite like it, very danceable
Je suis... fourré. Je n’aime pas le côté dance, mais il y a beaucoup de belles choses sur cet album. La dernière toune est une petite ballade voie, piano, basse, drum (et un peu de guitare électrique vers la fin, juste avant la grande finale). Très belle, douce, avec un petit côté mélancolique. C’est un album qui s’améliore grandement plus on l’écoute. Au début, c’était clair : c’est pas pour moi. Mais là, rendu au fil d’arrivée, je ne suis plus aussi certain. Bon, j’ai réécouté vite vite et, évidemment, c’est moi qui l’ai jugé trop rapidement. Ça mérite une deuxième écoute, au minimum. Probablement beaucoup plus, pour être honnête.
Ok
Enjoyed it! My two favorites were "All My Friends" and "Someone Great." Definitely plan to listen to LCD's other projects.
Pretty, pretty good
Big anxious beats and synth
This is a good album. Yes there are songs that become annoying (the foundational beat to All My Friends - yes, I went there) but there is more good here than bad. North American Scum, Someone Great and of course NYILY are top notch. 4/5
Interesting, it's very much uniquely their style, a fun listen.
We know this one. It’s Friday night, fall 2013
Increíble!!!! Me encantó la fusión rock y electrónica
Genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed this.
I really enjoyed this! I've always wanted to listen to LCD Soundsystem. I get the hype. The sounds are great!
This is some dope friggin stuff baby! Bring back dance music!
Decent
If you like it it’s good
Yo no era muy de música electrónica. Discos como este me acercaron a ella
Amazing sound throughout when you listen closely. Some outstanding songwriting as well. Not sure every song stands up well enough for 5 stars but it is very close. Would maybe be 5 on another day.
Starting off strong! I’ve never heard of this band but I really liked this album. it’s certainly very different from what i normally listen to. favorite song: North American Scum
They can do something i absolutely love (someone great, all my friends, new york i love you) but most often do something i can’t love (high quality dance punk) I toyed with a low 5 because these three songs are incredible and someone great and new york might be two of the best tracks i’ve ever heard in indie, but i’m landing on a high 4 because the dance punk never quite fully engages me
Very excited for this one, as I'm seeing LCD Soundsystem in August. I love LCD's ability to evoke a time WAY before their own in a way that feels truly authentic and not just nostalgic or repetitive. They aren't emulating the sound from that era, they ARE the sound. It's just great old school electronica vibes. Every song has an addictive quality that really makes me feel like I should be dancing already. I've heard a lot of these songs individually and love them, I just haven't heard them all in order! There's just such a great energy to all of the songs without it feeling overdone. I don't usually like long songs but somehow LCD Soundsystem is addictive enough that I never want them to end. I love how the entire album builds to New York I love you but you're bringing me down. It's the pinnacle of scathing commentary and it's so dang good. It's a complete subversion from where you expect the album to end. So good!
This is NOT a must listen to album. This a neo-disco dance music album. Definitely a groove, but not essential. It's actually not a bad album. Even though it's outside my norm, there are a few songs with catchy funk grooves and worth listening to. Best Songs Time To Get Away Someone Great All My Friends Us V Them
Great album. Love the layering on the songs. Some of the tracks do drone on a little bit but, still it is fun album to listen to.
Wasn’t super familiar with this (besides All My Friends) and really enjoyed it.
Tracks 1-5 good, tracks 6-8 abysmal, track 9 again good. I don’t think I can give a 5 when 1/3 of the album sucks.
Gives me flashbacks of the mid and late 00s, in clubs in Tokyo and Rhode Island. Not all of the memories it brings up are pleasant ones, though I suppose I have the music to thank for making me sort through them again.
I had never heard this one before now. Great album. “All My Friends” is one of the most wonderful songs I’ve heard in a long time, “New York I Love You” is a fantastic closer, and while “Get Innocuous!” takes a while to build up, it is a great time once it hits it’s stride. If I could levy any complaint at this album, some of the songs do go on for a little too long, but I could definitely see myself returning to this one and giving it a 5. I loved this album.
All my friends es como Frand Ferdinand... Pero el resto es como mas misterioso. Mi favo es New York I love you but you're bringing me down.
It’s not bad! It’s not like cooking a steak that you need to know when to turn off the stove. This album is like cooking chicken. It has to be 100% cooked. And the deliciousness depends on how you season and marinate it. So the repetitiveness makes sense. Chicken has to be fully cooked! The album is flavourful, lots of different instruments. Vocals are tasteful too. Everything is there because of their artistic choice.
Really liked this album. Although would not recommend it for driving home on on long car ride being slightly tired because there’s a number of songs in the middle section that play the same notes the whole song and can really lull u to sleep.
LCD has such a cool and unique sound.
4.25
I'm a bit unsure how I feel about LCD Soundsystem, they've got some good songs, but there isn't a lot of variation in the music. When I first listened to this album, I found the repetition in the music of the first two tracks quite hard work, only starting to enjoy myself from North American Scum onwards. On a second listen, while walking the dog, the repetition wasn't so jarring. It became more enjoyable as a background for doing something else. There's definitely better indie electronica from the noughties, Hot Chip being the most notable example. Nothing on this album compares to music on The Warning or One Life Stand, but I found myself liking it nonetheless.
Probably their best album
Excellent album, the compositions are outstanding and Murphy nails an precise balance between ambitious experimentation and catchiness. He writes complex songs that spawn several minutes, passing through different motifs and ideas. It flows very well and is very cohesive, yet every track has its own distinctive sound and idea. The songwriting is also great, it feels personal but also relatable. The singing is maybe the least noteworthy, as it's obvious he isn't a super gifted singer, but he delivers well in all the songs. The backing vocals are good too. "Get Innocuous!" is excellent, I loved "Someone Great" too, it felt very personal. "Us v Them" and "Watch the Tapes" are very good too, super energetic and catchy. This record felt like a 9, but I'll leave it at 4 stars for now just because I'm not 100% convinced to give it 5.
The 21st century version of “Remain in Light”. Futuristic in its production and deeply inspired in its lyrics, this is a near masterpiece that will be on my rotation for a while. 4.5/5
Someone great is one of the best songs ever written
not my first listen but IS my first full-through listen, have seen LCD soundsystem perform songs from this album several times.
Proberen de draad weer op te pakken, wat een stuk gemakkelijker gaat als je ziet wat er allemaal te wachten staat. ''Sound of Silver'' is een goeie kickstart. Dit tweede album ziet de band iets meer richting de 'dance' in hun toegeëigende genre dance-punk bewegen. En alhoewel die techno/house groove soms iets iets te lang is voor een setting achter een bureau, gebeurd er op deze plaat ook in de minder attractieve nummers altijd wel iets wat ze de moeite waard maken. Toch wel een grandioze plaat dit, en mogelijk hun beste complete studioalbum. 'Someone Great', 'New York....', en 'All My Friends' horen bij LCD's top 5 songs, en die laatste ook zeker bij de beste rocknummers van deze eeuw. 8,5/10 Highlights: North American Scum Someone Great All My Friends New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
Incredible production and fully realised ideas make this a must listen.
This is really good, I’ve heard LCD but never really sat down and listened to a whole album. I’ll check out more of their stuff
perhaps i was unfair in writing LCD Soundsystem off for all these years.
lots of the reviews saying this is repetitive need to chill out. this is good fun music!
Liked it a lot more then I remember
Good tunes thx
I've never loved any other LCD Soundsystem albums I've heard, so I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. Not typically my jam, but this was pretty good. 3.9
Highlights Get Innocuous Watch the Tapes New York I Love You, but You're Bringing Me Down
An almost perfect album. He really did create a genre and I’m grateful for it. Electronic or indie. Whatever it is, it’s so enjoyable.
Didn't know what to expect going into this - it was a nice mix of sounds throughout. Some parts I didn't like as much, but I found there to be something that would quickly follow to make the experience not as bad.
Original, propulsive
This album was fundamental to me at one point to pretty much getting into dancier rock and enjoying this era of music (mid to late 00s punky dance rock), and while this album is great and has some of the best songs ever (Someone Great and New York I Love You) I do think that over time I stopped being as in love with this album (and LCD's music generally), mainly because of how the length of some of the songs would sometimes prevent me from ever wanting to go back, right now I kept thinking these songs would get so much out of getting trimmed by a minute or two. Yeah dance music operates in long songs and all but I think North American Scum didn't need to do the chorus 2 more times for it to get more grating, I don't have as many gripes with the other songs but I still feel like Time to Get Away, All My Friends and the title track didn't need to go on for that long, they are great songs still though and really so is the entire album. I don't love it like I used to but I think over time with more listens I will be able to get a better sense of the things that click so much with me and what doesn't
Very cool album!
What a fun album! Brings me back to college and our summer in Boston. A few bangers on here that I could listen to on repeat!
Recognize a couple songs, quite enjoyed it overall.
Watch the Tapes and you’ll see how it’s Time to Get Away and listen to this album.
4.5/5. And that’s how it starts… One of the highlights of the indie sleaze era, so millennial it hits me with all the existential dread.
We are North American Scum! Pretty cool album, mixed with lots of fun sounds and beats. Pretty good
Much love for LCD Soundsystem. Ive enjoyed this album for a long time. I love the droney instrumentals, and Nancy Whangs erratic keyboard playing. This album shows a lot of love for New York. This came out at towards the end of a hot streak for the NY indie scene, The Strokes, and Interpol to name a few of their legendary contemporaries.
Great to revisit this after listening so many times in college. -Someone Great -All My Friends -Us V Them -Sound of Silver
Loved this, really got me pumped. Been really enjoying the dance music this project has been giving me the last few days. Made me feel like I was at a rave, brought so much euphoria
This was pretty sick felt inspired by the electronic stuff from Radiohead
like I’m 7
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Definitely a fun and catchy album, but feels like it has a lot more to it than just danceable vibes.
It had its moments. I didn't need to be lectured about gentrification, though.
I had this one when it was new. Super fun beats all the way through.
That was a lot of fun! The only regret I have is listening to it at like 1am right before I go to sleep because I'm amped lol. Super fun with the loops it does suck you right in. At some points throughout where I was like "okay, I'm hearing way too much of the same thing," something new and exciting happens. Some standouts included "All My Friends", "Someone Great", and "North American Scum". Maybe at some point I'll try again when it's not so late at night.
Toe tapper, head banger, body groover are just a couple of words to describe this album. Every track in this album hits and I didn't find any that disappointed. Favourite Track(s): Get Innocuous, Time to Get Away, Sound of Silver Least Favourite Track(s): Watch the Tapes
Ett väldigt fint album. Tyckte han var lite knasig innan men detta är så bra uttryckt
top songs: all my friends, new york, someone great, watch the tapes the album is such a journey but it dragged a little in the middle
North American Scum is the standout track - however “Someone great”, “All my friends” make for some good background ambience. “New York, I love you But you’re bringing me down” is a wonderful sentiment.
Ever heard a record that makes being middle-aged sound like a sneaky badge of honor? LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver walks that line. It splashes glossy disco melodies and brittle punk-funk all over James Murphy’s world-weary ruminations, but somehow keeps them toe-tapping. The album’s production is a riot of shiny contrasts – chugging analog synths and slab-handed drum machines collide with guitars and honky-tonk piano – polished enough to soundtrack your next after-hours party, but warm enough to still feel lived-in. Murphy’s vocals drift between deadpan monotone and falsetto yelp, serving lines that shuffle between existential dread and one-liners. There’s biting wit in tracks like “North American Scum” (a manic punk-parade of political ennui) and genuine ache in “Someone Great” (an elegy disguised as a cathartic rave-out). “All My Friends” stands out as that eight-minute mantra of monotony and minor-chord drama – think Joy Division churning out disco – an anthem for realizing you’ve graduated from scruffy kid to sleep-deprived adult. By the last track, it feels less like a party mix and more like a carefully staged memory. The result? A record that seems meticulously manicured – you can practically see the studio walls decked in reflective tin foil – yet somehow lived-in, like your favorite sweat-stained club T-shirt reissued on vinyl. Nearly two decades on, Sound of Silver still outlasts its contemporaries. Its blend of retro throwbacks and deadpan sincerity basically dared every future band: mix your vintage synths with some self-awareness and see what happens. Today it’s the kind of record that smug hipsters name-drop to prove they were ahead of the curve – and honestly, who’s going to argue? In short, Sound of Silver is basically gospel for the disillusioned dancefloor – granting permission to age so long as the disco ball’s still spinning. Heck, it’s cocky enough to admit that blasting this album might make you as insufferably cool as it pretends to be.
This one was a lot of fun! For me, this kind of music is that you play during a setup like a car ride at the late evening when you have an hour or more to get to your destination (not driving through a city). I don't think I will ever play the whole album while at home, but on a ride like that, definitely! The repetitive parts last a looot more than I would like or enjoy, but still, a really fun album.
Chill, not too bad musicianship is alr
Very much enjoyed this, not what I expected at all. Reminds me of Cake
Écoute une fois sans trop faire attention mais plutôt tranquille et diversifié
Favorite Track: Get Innocuous!