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start of "someone great" is music i love. the rest so far is close to music i love but i do NOT like this. oh they started singing............ yeah this sucked shit imo - my notes from while it was playing
Basically a 3, first few tracks threw me off
I vibe with it, I like the use of keyboards. In general I just find the album a bit boring for whatever reason. I'm not a super big fan of the singing voice Also... cmon: "Makes you want to feel like a teenager Until you remember the feelings of A real-life emotional teenager Then you think again" Ehhhhh 💀💀
An interesting album, I liked Time to Get Away and All My Friends the most.
Some of the music sounds fun to dance to but a lot is ruined by boring vocals & dumb lyrics. More than awful this album is just disposable.
Nothing exciting.
A new favorite. Dunno how I never listened to the full album before
This was really big in the early 2000s, I never got it. Repetitive dance music with cringey vocals and a general snarky sense. The music is some mix of Bowie, Talking Heads and a general post punk vibe but without the fun. Disaffected and sarcastic. I don’t even get the band name. What is an LCD Soundsystem? It’s kinda like the music, tries to sound cool but actually kinda pointless. Some high points are not that bad (All My Friends, but even this song is twice as long as it should be), but I think you can die in peace even not having listened to this band at all. Two stars.
I think I get why it's here. Is it worth being here... Not for me.
Better than I thought, interesting indie/dance rock hybrid.
Cannot exaggerate how big of a deal this was for nerds in 2007
I'm not sure how to rate this one. It has alot of the dance and electronic tropes I don't like like the repetition and not having lyrics but this does these things but in a way I don't fond offensive. I'm really really not sure what to do with this. I'm Going to give it a tentative 3. I need to listen to this a bunch more times before I truly know what's up. Maybe it's the best thing I've ever listened to or the worst I'm not sure
it's sound like psychodelics rock. Artist is lived up to their name. I haven't listen somethings like this in while. It's very nice experince for me however i don't really into this kind of music.
I'm afraid I don't see the appeal. Its not bad of course, mildly catchy, driving rhythm, a lot of post-punk or post-grunge elements mixed with dance and electronica - but I think its the latter that I don't like, it's just not for me.
Sound of Silver is a fantastic album that showcases an impressive variety of sounds and styles. It effortlessly shifts from slower indie ballads like "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" to upbeat, club-ready tracks like "Get Innocuous!", and more guitar-driven anthems such as "North American Scum." This dynamic range keeps the album feeling fresh and engaging from start to finish. Listening to it has made me eager to see LCD Soundsystem live and explore more of their back catalog. Their ability to blend electronic beats with emotional depth is truly captivating. Favorite Track: "Get Innocuous!" stands out with its hypnotic rhythm and layered production, while "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" delivers a beautifully slow build that hits all the right emotional notes. Least Favorite Track: The title track, "Sound of Silver," didn’t quite click with me—it felt a bit less impactful compared to the rest of the album. Album Artwork: The cover art perfectly captures the album's vibe—cool, understated, and reflective of the music’s blend of energy and emotion. Overall, Sound of Silver is a compelling listen that balances danceable beats with introspective moments, reinforcing LCD Soundsystem’s reputation for innovation and emotional depth.
American 2000s rockband. Indy electronica. Enjoyable but also quite repetitive. Want this to be better.
This was a fun listen.
I like all the artists and styles that soundsystem have very obviously been influenced by....and so after initially wanting to hate it, I really quite liked it. Nice
I don't get all the hype about this and how it deserves a place on this list. It has a grating voice, annoying production, stupid arrangements, bad lyrics, and unoriginal composition.
Groovy, funny, danceable, human, somewhat deep sometimes. Maybe the definition of "new classic". The band leaded by James Murphy did a hell of a job on this one by blending sounds of their influences (Talking Heads, B-52s, New Order) on a great record for the ages. Recommended for everyone, to listen anytime.
Liked it and then got very bored, but then my attention was captured in the end again. Eh??
Ничего в такой музыке не понимаю. Альбом не захватил совсем, но, возможно, заинтересует когда-нибудь потом.
Not as good as it thinks it is
Fav: All My Friends Least Fav: Get Innocuous! More like Sound of Cowbell
You’re still the one pool, where I’d happily drown
The first song absolutely sucked and I thought it was going to be a long day, but then the rest got substantially better and I really enjoyed it.
It’s not bad, I actually quite like the sound of it but it’s just not an album I see myself listening to again, none of the songs were very memorable to me. I usually try and give each album a couple of listens but after one listen I didn’t feel like I wanted to give it another go.
Good album All my Friends is the bedt
I've never heard this before but I was pleasantly surprised. I found it better than a lot of dance music because the tracks have development, it's not just the same repetition all the way through. I still think most of the tracks are too long for sitting and listening to.
What a fun album. Probably more my type of background music than a dedicated listen for me, but one I definitely groove to.
Interesante amalgama de estilos. A veces parece Kraftwerk, a veces Talking Heads, a veces IDLES, a veces música disco, pero solo durante un instante; inmediatamente te das cuenta de que es otra cosa más propia ("dance-punk"?). Un álbum que merece estar en la lista por su personalidad. Por otra parte, se me ha hecho algo pesado. No sé exactamente el qué, pero le falta algo para terminar de atraparme; irónicamente, quizá más variedad o unas melodías más sostenidas. Pero en fin, buen álbum.
Sooo repetative
okay
Eh
This sucks. It (especially North American Scum) sounds like Pixies if they were electronic and sucked. The only good song is "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" because it sounds nothing like the other songs. It reminded me of Fugazi's I'm so Tired mixed (at some point) with alternative electric guitars from some Radiohead B-side.
We all like to complain, but there's too much whining here as for me. Sounds retro even for 2007. Still catchy and perfect for 200-400 running reps.
I enjoy !!! and I guess I learned they sorta got their sound from LCD Soundsystem. I've listened to their stuff before but this album is nice and jammy. (21 known/38 new)
Hh
Albumi #166, 05.03.2025 LCD Soundsystem on jonkinlainen kombinaatio Kraftwerkia, Ting Tingsia ja Franz Ferdinandia. Mielenkiintoinen kombinaatio, mutta nuo kaikki mainitut on jo nähty. Tietyssä mielentilassa ihan ok meininkiä, mutta jotain omaperäistä puuttuu.
Boring
ok I guess
Loooooove
I've been standing in tents at festivals with people absolutely in awe of this band, and I'm obviously missing something. They were a big part of the Meet Me In The Bathroom book and film, and again, as much as I appreciate what they're going for and their musical and technical abilities, it isn't for me. A harsh 2 because I never play their music, but I'd like to like them.
This is just not the vibe I'm in. Yeah, nope.
pretty cool
The songs that were good were very good but those that weren’t quite so good weren’t as good. Liked quite a lot of this but a couple of numbers just got a bit too repetitive. Not that repetitive has to be bad. All My Friends is repetitive but in a good way. A couple of tracks were repetitive but dull at the same time. Overall more good songs than duff ones.
Somehow having an album with a song titled North American scum on the day that our friends over the pond threaten to withdraw from NATO and form an alliance with Russia seems very apt. James Murphy I am sure is nothing like Trump and he is a certainly a great songwriter. This album builds on the first album and is packed full of top songs. My favourites are Us and Them and the come down song of New York I love you.
Some really nice layered rhythms and percussion, and some cool baselines. My personal issues is that they are very much on the New York vibe, and I don’t really appreciate Talking Heads or the Strokes, these guys clearly do. So while this is a nice improvement on them, I don’t think I’m every really got to get on board with the David Byrne vocal copying.
Probably wouldn’t FF if one popped up in play list but not gonna be listening to the whole album again.
Not my favorite of theirs, too much synth
Ok low-fi techno
When LCD Soundsystem crash-landed with their scrappy, self-titled debut, I wasn’t entirely sold — too much hipster posturing, too much clever-for-clever’s-sake irony. But Sound of Silver changed everything. This was James Murphy dancing through a midlife crisis, turning self-loathing, cultural fatigue, and mortality anxiety into the best 3 a.m. party you’ve ever stumbled into — the kind where strangers feel like friends and every beat feels profound. From the motorik pulse of “Get Innocuous!” to the disillusioned cabaret closer “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down,” every track builds a groove, layering analog synths, sharp live drums, and Murphy’s wry, confessional bark into something that’s somehow both painfully personal and instantly communal. Where the debut felt like a messy mixtape of ideas, Sound of Silver is sequenced like a night out — starting with swagger and detachment, then slowly peeling back layers until you’re left with nothing but raw emotion and ringing ears. “Someone Great” turns personal grief into shimmering electronic catharsis, its childlike melody and heartbeat pulse amplifying every word’s ache. “All My Friends” transforms aging and regret into a communal anthem, one relentless piano riff carrying the weight of an entire generation’s existential panic. Even the production glows — warmer, richer, Murphy evolving from bedroom tinkerer to master architect of immersive, living soundscapes. The album’s influence rippled far past indie dancefloors, shaping the emotional ambition of dance-punk, indie electronica, and even contemporaries like Hot Chip and Caribou. Sound of Silver is LCD’s masterpiece — a disco ball mirror held up to anyone who’s ever danced their way through heartbreak, held together by the beat and the beautiful lie that the night might never end.
I feel they may be more attention grabbing live than in the studio. They're good, but not quite a 4.
This brings me back. I discovered LCD soundsystem early in college, and they had a chokehold on me for a minute. I haven’t listened to them in a while, and just kinda chose to ignore their comeback album. Still, this album’s fun, even for a guy who doesn’t dance. Good song structure and production, and the sequencing is perfect. Certain parts of it haven’t aged well-the 00’s millennial smarminess is kinda grating at times, but overall, good album
Minimalist dance rock. I missed this when it first came out. But really dig it. The songs are all about a minute too long. But still enjoyable.
It’s fun and funky! I caught my little butt shakin’ on more than one occasion. “All My Friends” is such a late aughts nostalgia blast.
I have to admit this isn’t my style of music, but this album was fun.
Meh ok just ok
Too repetitive and not very imaginative.
influence by Talking Heads, the Strokes, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk and a lit bit of David Bowie. i didn'like it American dream, but this is am awesome Album. 5 stars
This takes me to high school 2000s drunk in a paddock feelings that I believe the kids these days are calling indie sleaze.
I expected to hate this, and it’s better than that. But it is just so repetitive I can’t say I liked it either. New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down is good though, might get to 3 stars for that
Overall, repetitive, derivative dirge. A couple of decent tracks save it from a 1 star review. Not sure what the hype is about to be honest.
# LCD Soundsystem's *Sound of Silver*: A Definitive Analysis of Post-Millennial Electronic Rock LCD Soundsystem’s *Sound of Silver* stands as a watershed moment in 21st-century music, merging dance-punk’s frenetic energy with introspective lyricism and avant-garde production. Released in 2007, James Murphy’s sophomore effort transcends its electronic foundations to explore themes of aging, urban alienation, and the fragility of human connection. Praised for its emotional resonance and technical innovation, the album redefined dance music’s intellectual potential while retaining visceral immediacy. This review dissects its lyrical depth, musical architecture, production techniques, thematic coherence, and enduring influence, contextualizing its status as a modern classic. --- ## Musical Composition and Style: Bridging Dance-Punk and Emotional Catharsis ### Genre Fusion and Instrumental Nuance *Sound of Silver* synthesizes disco, post-punk, and electronic rock into a cohesive yet eclectic tapestry. Tracks like “Get Innocuous!” exemplify Murphy’s knack for layering motorik beats with glitchy synths and distorted basslines, creating a soundscape that feels both retro-futuristic and urgently contemporary[5]. The album’s rhythmic backbone, anchored by drummer Pat Mahoney, oscillates between taut minimalism (“Sound of Silver”) and explosive crescendos (“All My Friends”), reflecting Murphy’s dual allegiance to dancefloor physicality and rock dynamism[6]. The instrumentation is meticulously detailed: kalimbas chirp beneath distorted guitars on “Us v Them,” while the motorik pulse of “Watch the Tapes” recalls Neu!’s hypnotic precision. Murphy’s vocal delivery—alternately detached and vulnerable—serves as both narrator and participant, his baritone oscillating between David Byrne-esque irony (“North American Scum”) and Bowie-like gravitas (“New York, I Love You...”)[3][5]. ### Standout Tracks and Structural Innovation “All My Friends” emerges as the album’s centerpiece, its seven-minute runtime building from a minimalist piano riff to a cathartic wall of sound. The track’s relentless forward motion mirrors its lyrical fixation on time’s inexorable passage, with Murphy lamenting, “You spend the first five years trying to get with the plan / And the next five years trying to be with your friends again”[2][5]. Similarly, “Someone Great” pairs mournful synth arpeggios with lyrics obliquely referencing the death of Murphy’s therapist, Dr. George Kamen, achieving profundity through poetic ambiguity[5]. --- ## Lyrical Themes: Mortality, Irony, and the Weight of Time ### Aging and Nostalgia Murphy’s lyrics grapple with middle-aged disillusionment, framing maturity as both burden and revelation. “All My Friends” juxtaposes youthful recklessness (“Where are your friends tonight?”) against adult regret (“If I could see all my friends tonight…”), its refrain capturing the paradox of social connectivity in an atomized age[2][5]. This existential anxiety permeates the album, from the sardonic self-awareness of “North American Scum” (“For those of you who still think we’re from England / We’re not!”) to the elegiac resignation of “New York, I Love You...”[3][6]. ### Urban Alienation and Cultural Critique The album functions as a love letter and indictment of metropolitan life. “New York, I Love You...” traces the city’s gentrification-induced identity crisis, Murphy crooning, “You’re still the one pool where I’d happily drown”[5]. This ambivalence extends to broader cultural commentary: “North American Scum” skewers U.S. cultural hegemony with tongue-in-cheek patriotism (“We’re the heirs to the glimmering world”), its irony amplified by squelching synths and cowbell-driven percussion[3][6]. --- ## Production and Sonic Architecture: The DFA’s Alchemy ### Studio Techniques and Aesthetic Choices Recorded at Long View Farm and DFA Studios, *Sound of Silver*’s production balances analog warmth with digital precision. Murphy’s decision to drape the studio in silver fabric—a gesture both aesthetic and superstitious—yielded a sound that critics described as “deep, spacious, and full-blooded,” a rebuttal to the era’s compressed, treble-heavy mastering trends[1][5]. Tracks like “Us v Them” showcase this spatial awareness, with ping-ponging stereo effects and layered percussion creating immersive depth. ### Dynamic Range and Textural Contrast The album’s production thrives on juxtaposition: the brittle drum machines of “Time to Get Away” collide with live bass grooves, while “Watch the Tapes” offsets murky low-end with crystalline high hats. This textural sophistication elevates even simpler tracks; the title song’s minimalist framework—built on a single oscillating synth line—gains emotional heft through strategic reverb and vocal processing[3][5]. --- ## Cultural Impact and Legacy: Redefining 21st-Century Dance Music ### Critical Reception and Accolades Upon release, *Sound of Silver* garnered universal acclaim, with *Pitchfork* awarding it a 9.2/10 and *Rolling Stone* ranking it #395 on their 500 Greatest Albums list[5][6]. Its influence permeated indie and electronic circles, inspiring artists like Arcade Fire and Caribou to merge danceable rhythms with lyrical introspection. The album’s Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Album (losing to The Chemical Brothers) underscored its mainstream crossover potential[5]. ### Enduring Influence on Music and Culture Tracks like “All My Friends” became generational anthems, covered by Franz Ferdinand and cited by *Time* as one of the decade’s best songs[5]. The album’s thematic preoccupations—millennial anxiety, urban ennui—anticipated 2010s cultural discourse, while its production techniques influenced the lo-fi house revival. Murphy’s wry self-awareness also paved the way for irony-laden acts like Vampire Weekend, proving intellectualism and danceability weren’t mutually exclusive[6]. --- ## Critical Evaluation: Strengths and Limitations ### Strengths - **Lyrical Depth**: Murphy’s blend of wit and vulnerability elevates the album beyond dancefloor fodder. His exploration of mortality and friendship remains startlingly prescient. - **Production Mastery**: The DFA’s lush, dynamic mix rewards high-fidelity listening, with intricate details revealing themselves over time[1][5]. - **Emotional Range**: From the euphoric (“Get Innocuous!”) to the despondent (“New York, I Love You...”), the album captures life’s emotional spectrum without veering into melodrama[2][6]. ### Weaknesses - **Inconsistent Momentum**: The title track’s sparse arrangement feels underdeveloped compared to the album’s highs, its repetitive structure testing listener patience[3]. - **Niche Appeal**: Murphy’s hyper-literate references and insider irony (“North American Scum”) may alienate casual listeners seeking uncomplicated bangers. --- ## Conclusion: The Timelessness of Temporal Anxiety Seventeen years post-release, *Sound of Silver* retains its urgency because it articulates universal anxieties through singular artistry. Murphy’s genius lies in making the personal planetary—transforming midlife crises into dancefloor epiphanies, and studio experimentation into cultural commentary. While not flawless, its ambition and emotional honesty cement its status as a landmark work, proving that dance music could be as intellectually nourishing as it is physically galvanizing. In an era of algorithmic playlists and ephemeral trends, *Sound of Silver* remains a testament to art’s power to immortalize fleeting moments—and the friends who slip through our fingers.
Eh
Lots of influences, from 70s and 80s, which are kind of spot that sounds like …. but with a lot of the life sucked out, for me at least. Just tiresome to my old ears, being a little water torture in places, think “dance” music that just repeats the same beat is a need to be there thing. just don’t see the point of this being here, oh well 2 Star. For dropping hints of prior music I actually like and for the cowbell
I feel like every song has this long intro but just as it builds up to almost the hook it ends leaving me unsatisfied.
Blast from the past. Not listened to it in full for ages
This album felt like it was three songs. The first seven songs sounded the same to me, and then the last two sounded different enough to differentiate in my head. Maybe it's a part of electronic music where that's normal but I'm not used to it. The last two songs on this album were great and saved this album from being a two. 3/5
Pretty catchy - good background music. At times sounded a bit like The Killers. No complaints on this one, nothing too special, but a solid 3/5.
C’mon man. I listened to this again today for the purpose of writing this and I realize that James’ Murphy’s voice is kinda crumby. I enjoyed this in my formative years. Listening to it made me feel like a cool New Yorker.
Classic! Always enjoy LCD Soundsystem.
I find their music to range from annoying to boring
I enjoyed this album at the time of it's release, but this sounds outdated and meh. Some songs are alright, but I honestly couldn't wait for it to be over. So weird because I used to love this band. Eh, things change.
Very dance-y. I like North American Scum because of the post-punk vibes.
It was definitely good music, but didn't captivate me. Lyrics are incredible. It just didn't tug me heart is all
This album wasn’t really my taste. Funk but if a white guy with frosted tips wrote it. Kinda like jamiroqui (napoleon dynamite) after listen. To almost all of the songs, it became apparent I wouldn’t listen to these song again afterward maybe the North Americans song lol kinda funny
Understood why they headlined coachella a few years back. Have never heard of this band prior to the headline announcement, thought the festival sold out and was headlining a new sound system. Great sounding album, had enough variety to keep me engaged, and some parts of it were really catchy without being annoying.
I had a fever and for all these years I thought the cure was more cowbell. But it turns out this album proved that theory wrong. In this case it was as easy as turning off the 56 minutes of dubstep.
Bra blandning av olika slags genren, många highlights! Kräver vidare lyssning.
Never listened to LCD Soundsystem before. I figured it would be some type of dance music. Not terribly wrong. Not really my thing. Not bad, not great. I admit about halfway through the album I was ready for it to be over. Seemed a little repetitive. This is not something I think I will be revisiting in the future.
I feel like anyone complaining that this is repetitive is entirely missing the point. Best listened to in a sweaty frenzy at a live venue, another long time favorite that gets an easy five.
already loved this album before this popped up. 10/10.
Obnoxiously repetitive. Halfway through, my ears were exhausted and I hoped it would end soon. Usually I like Electronica.
While I wouldn't say this is at the highest tier of songwriting, I still thorughly enjoyed my experience with the album. Favorite Track: Us v Them
Not bad, enjoyed listening to it.
I'm a fan of LCD Soundsystem. This probably isn't my favourite album, but still good. Something weird about them, I tend to like their stuff less the more I listen to it. Some of this i haven't heard before. So I rated it higher now than I probably will a year from now.
this is probably a 3 but i was just so bored :(
Okay
Good fun.
dug this one. some killers, some radiohead influences.
Definitely not my pair of shoes.
Not for me
Audio terrorism😭😭
It's often the case in movies when Navy Seals are training, they're in the cold water at night, pouring rain, doing burpees, holding up heavy logs over their head, suffering…..that was me for 56 min. Less the logs of course, and more of the suffering. Sometimes an album is acclaimed not because it's exceptionally great, but because it sounds exceptionally different from everything around it at the time and in the scene. This is a case study in how even music critics can lose their wits. Highlight(s): New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down Lowlight(s): Where to even start?
прикольный, немножко соевый дискач в перемешку с рокешником, но очень своеобразное видение звука. мало песен со мной совпадают по настроению, но направление в целом понятно. сведение откровенно слабовато было сделано, но подход к продакшну был интересный с той же духовной точки зрения.
he just repeats things and calls it music. but sometimes thats fine
1. get innocuous!: interesting, kinda trippy at start, a bit long and repetitive, nice percussion, long instrumental 2. time to get away: fun vocals, funky bass, punky, cool song 3. north american scum: nice intro, reminds me of olivia rodrigo for some reason, again great drums and bass, female backing vocals!, punky, cool song 4. someone great: trippy intro, nice melody, repetitive, boring vocals 5. all my friends: keyboard intro, repetitive, boring vocals 6. us V them: relatively quicker intro, female backing vocals, cowbells, chorus?!, i like it but still too long (8 minutes?!) 7. watch the tapes: way shorter, nice vocal overdubs 8. sound of silver: great bass, trancelike interlude, great effects 9. new york i love you but you’re bringing me down: nice vocals and melody, nice piano, dumb lyrics, repetitive vocals, guitar solo?! overall: pros-great production, cool effects and vocals, trancelike dance music, slightly punky, good background music cons-repetitive and long songs, not much vocal melody, repetitive vocals, not much direction rating: 7/10
I didn’t connect with the bulk of the album, but I recognize that All My Friends was a thrilling creation. It made its way onto my favourites playlist.
lcd soundsystem strikes with incredible clarity and resolution, and its very satisfying to see an album that manages to be very fun and danceable while also being vulnerable and heartfelt. most of the dance/electronic leaning albums on this list tend to lean towards one or the other. im not sure if its a 5 though, there some tracks that did stand out as pretty weak compared the highest highs on the record. but maybe ill come around them in the future idk. ...where even are my friends tonight?
A handful of really great songs on this. Too many of the non-great tracks are super repetitive, though, which really harms the overall feel of this album. When it's rock I'm super into it, when it's dance / electronic I wish it would end.
It was ok. It gave 80s club vibes but it also didn’t make me wanna like dance. You’d think that electronic music would make you wanna dance. Definitely not something I would listen to again.
Sound of Silver- LCD Soundsystem ||4.5/5⭐️ ༘˚⋆𐙚｡⋆𖦹.✧˚ SUCH A STRONG START WITH THE FIRST TRACK. i like the slow build up to the beat and it’s just so funky and futuristic ig idk i kinda love it. the cheering for the first song is so cute too. idk i love when songs do that cuz then it just like lives in my brain for the rest of the day. however the song loses points for that ear piercing ass star wars laser sound effect. i’m excited for what the rest of the album has in store ^^. i feel like im yapping but holy shit. all my friends so SO GOOD. THE EMOTION WITH THE VOCALS AND THE BUILD UP OF THE MUSIC BEHIND MAKES U RLLY FEEL THE IMPACT. the desperation to keep things the same but ultimately being unable to is just so GOOFOFKFIFOI this song hits HARD. easily my favourite. overall this is an album that once again surprised me, i really liked it! however i do find some songs overstayed their welcome (us vs them did nawt need to be almost 7 minutes) and others i find are *good* but not great yk? _______________________ stand out songs: time to get away, north american scum🥈, someone great, all my friends🥇, watch the tapes🥉,
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4[.7] of 5 stars This entire album is a vibe, and it’s probably gonna be one of my new favourite electronic albums. From the first track, this album really captivated me. The mixture of indie rock and electronic music styles created something almost irresistibly groovy, while also having some incredible guitar hooks and vocal work. The mixing of electronic and analog instruments really intrigued me throughout the whole album. This entire thing sounds like The Strokes mixed with Daft Punk and a bit of new wave mixed in there. I loved the vocal lines, guitar hooks, and feel of “All My Friends,” the cool electronic bits of the first track, and the intensity of the closer. Favourites: Get Innocuous!, All My Friends⭐️, Watch The Tapes, Sound of Silver, “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down.” Dislikes: Us v. Them
rating - 3/5. ??? > ima be so fr the 10000 minute songs r not doing it for me..... and I cheated I skipped a lot through the songs IM SORRY. this was def different from something id normally listen to. lyrics and stuff r cool tho! his voice just kinda annoy me. also idk what he using to make the actual music but its sick af?? I would not listen to this again but it was definitely an experience. NYILYBYBMD why is he annoying asfk IM SORRY I hate it. (also this prob didn't show up on my airbuds cus I listened on my laptop) > thumbs up: north american scum.
Started well then faded into boring
75/100 i like the atmosphere, not much else though.
great record
North American scrum and all my friends and new york I love you give me fond memories of late college/early adulthood, but I have always struggled to fully appreciate LCD Soundsystem. I find them droning and repetitive. Very, very repetitive. This doesn't get me dancing or move me emotionally. In fact, it can also feel like an anxiety attack to listen to them.
This record brings together many musical elements that I love. Unpolished dance rock with a punk-leaning spine, songs that build despite repetition. Brings me back to my grad school days when I would go to my favorite bar which had a great catalog of LCD Soundsystem on the Touchtunes and my friends and I would load up 5-6 songs for an hour-worth of good feels - the real bang for my college buck. I welcome revisiting this record every time it pops up, haters be damned.
Nostalgia ftw
Nice
Det lät ju inte alls så tokigt.
This is a really unique album. It brings in a lot of instruments from beyond the genre to provide an interesting and dynamic sound. something something cowbells though. each song felt different and fresh. 4/5 stars.
All my friends is a 10/10 track. The rest is pretty good too. 7.5/10 Fave: all my friends
I don't much go for electronic music, but I enjoyed this one.
NY ily is definitely the standout but the rest of the album holds up.
фу
Not a masterpiece but still a super fun album. Loved All my Friends and Someone Great
Not entirely without merit but I would probably pay to not have to listen again
Shut up and play the hits. High 5.
I like some of the ingredients, but the dish is missing something. All of my friends was great though
New York I love you is such a good track.
Experimental electronic music is not for me.
I forgot how much I liked this album. 3.5
I first heard of pavement from a Chuck Klosterman article in GQ that I read on a plane around 2005 sometime so naturally I really wanted to like them but they’ve always been more of a greatest hits band for me than a full album listen. That being said, I appreciated this album more on this listen. Still up and down but 5 or 6 really good songs. Another 3-4 tweeter for me but I’ll round up out of respect to Chuck.
4.2 Fun album
Unreal album. Listened before and loved in the past but sort of forgot about it. Was a pleasure coming back to such a great album. Really riled me up and gave me a lot of energy.
LCD Soundsystem had a great way of blending vintage electronic sounds with post-punk influences while still keeping things fresh. James Murphy’s ability to balance past and present really made them stand out. While I never got as familiar with Sound of Silver as their debut, it still carries his signature style—just with a more polished touch and less of the roughness that gave their first album its charm. Listening to it now, it definitely feels like a product of its time, capturing the mid-2000s sound.
Brilliant
My first time listening to this album. Somehow I missed out on LCD when growing up although I remember the name. Overall, I enjoyed it, especially the mix of dance-punk with early 2000s vibes. Pretty cool, but also maybe too repetitive and it gets old pretty quickly. Didn’t care for the ballads either, definitely the best part of the album were the fast tempo tracks with 16s on hi hats.
Interesting tunes, will be revisiting.
Not my thing really. Not bad, but not my thing.
Not sure I'd like the vocals independantly, but it works in context. Good beats.
I started off loving it, thought it dipped in the middle, but they pulled me back in with the last track. Always good to go out on a high.
Not my feel. But North American Scum and New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down struck some chords.
It's good. I didn't want to like it, but I really did. North American Scum reminds me of Homosapien by Pete Shelley. Even if with that ripoff I still liked it. Will need a copy of this for the collection.
My kind of dancing music Made me bounce on my butt Great way to start friday
I really enjoyed this! The later songs were my favorite.
Need to give this a few more listens. But it’s starting to grow on me. 3.75
good varied album
Awesome album, didnt realize I had a song from his on a playlist already
Not really sure what to say about this one. Nothing popped out to me as special or impressive. Kinda already forgot what it sounded like. His voice wasn’t even that good.
This album has the dance party vibes of Daft Punk (opening track) and the sentimental noise of Wilco (the outro). It doesn’t have many misses and manages to keep things varied and interesting. I definitely hear that 2000s indie sound of peers like Arcade Fire shining through. But also the continuation of new wave vibes and attitude.
Not always bad. But some of their sounds give my ears pain.
Me gustó! Diferente a otros de LCD, este se siente como que más complejo, más maduro. Muy buen disco.
Somehow missed this at the time; I like it although it does go on a bit at times.
Listened to this at 4 AM because I couldn’t sleep and no it didn’t help me go to sleep. What a fantastic album. i already had all my friends saved because that’s a song I think i would have as the opening song in a movie during the morning wake up compilation. I enjoyed North American Scum and Get Innocuous as well!
Yeah good like. North American scum. So weird to imagine an American picking up on Brits hating on them. Greatest country in the world? Bring back jingoism. Arm up. God bless America. Yeah right.
Boring
"Sound of Silver" by LCD SOUNDSYSTEM is mixed and engineered well, but honestly just feels like a sort of tired throwback to the sounds of Yello, Metropolis Records acts, Dancing Ferret Discs acts,, and bands like Einstruzende Neubaten from 2 decades before them, and even bit like the collage rock style that we used on our first album. I respect what they do, but I'm not convinced I would feel compelled to hear these tracks again. All of the track would have benefited by keeping them instrumental and removing the vocals. I almost enjoyed "Someone Great", but my experience was ruined by a piano line that was echoing the vocal melody being to far forward in the mix.
New York, I love you But you're bringing me down Like a death of the heart Jesus, where do I start? But you're still the one pool Where I'd happily drown
Good album.
No musical talent, no lyrical talent, no vocal talent. Not even good for background music.
decently experimental, established such a strong nieche that almost 10 year later it is still at the forefront of it. iconic indie record.
Wunderbar
Hell yeah
Made me wanna shake ass. Really cool sounds. Extremely fun. Honestly blown away. Making plans to go to the club as we speak
It was just pretty alright the first listen. I didn’t know what to expect and I wasn’t ready for the light whiplash between the digestible steady songs, the ones where he does that weird half yelling thing, and the robotic and stiff ones. It definitely has no flow in that sense, like 3 different people made songs for this and they didn’t do much to coordinate. Styles aside It got better on the second listen tho. Lots of cool sounds, it’s like listening to a Blue Man Group show but they discovered a computer in addition to some spoons or PVC pipe. I think the instrumentals drag on a bit too long sometimes, but I guess it’s supposed to be dance music and I’m listening to it at the office so maybe thats on me.
An okay album.
4.5/5
The greatest dance album of all time, nothing to say best song: all my friends, get innocuous worst song: watch the tapes (still peak) surprising how this is happening isnt on here and american dream is
This ended up being kind of an odd break between the stuff I planned to listen to today — which is to say, Frank Sintra's "feels bad, man" sad albums to try and ignore what was happening today, and then Rage Against The Machine's debut to actively engage with what was happening today. You can see how I was tryna be, right? Y'know? And I coulda stuck to just that, but I didn't see any reason to put today's album off, so I snuck it in and here we are. And what fun, it ended up probably being my least favorite kind of album to get from this list. Yes, it's the unfortunate classic: the "I acknowledge that this is a very good album, even a great album, but ultimately it just really doesn't inspire me to say much about it" kind of album. But maybe not even that; honestly, I felt a little underwhelmed for most of the runtime. And that sucks, 'coz I'm the kinda person who **loves** to rattle off their thoughts about and relations to an album, across maybe hundreds of words. It's kind of my thing, I figure. But when I start making my review about how I can write a good review, well... Like, at this point, I don't think it's a problem with me and my ability to express myself. Lemme put it like this. I saw a review not from this website that described a song from this album as "dance music for grown-ups." And y'know what that description reminds me of, honestly? Grape Nuts. Bran Flakes. All the cereal I see in the aisle and go, "Why should that have to be the cereal I 'graduate' to once I grow up? There are people who really give up Froot Loops and Cap'n Crunch and Nesquik and all that for gawdamn **Grape Nuts**?" Which, I don't think this album is as bland as comparing it to Grape Nuts would imply — I do think it's good, even great music, regardless of how underwhelmed I was by it — but if this is dance music for grown-ups, gimme some damn Froot Loops. It largely just bounced off me, and I don't think it was solely because I was also busy distracting myself doing outfit sketches for an OC. I just didn't really get into it too much until "Us V Them", and by that point, it felt a bit too late. Not even the closer could really save my opinion, and I liked it a **lot** for how it reminded me of Ben Folds. So... Yeah, I'm gonna be the outlier in my group again, I figure. 'Coz while they're probably gonna give this thing 5's, honestly, I'm feeling more like a 3. That's more a reflection of my enjoyment than how I feel about it quality-wise, but ultimately, it still feels like the best one for me to give it. Jus' how it be sometimes. LCD Soundsystem, your album's fine, but that fact's bringing me down.
James Murphy is a genius artist, simple as. Solid 5 Stars.
I’m at a 5. My big confession is that I know the name LCD Soundsystem, but I’ve never heard them – I thought I had, but for years, I was confusing them with “009 Sound System”, aka the band (or guy?) with that one song that got overused to death on YouTube in 2009. Granted, I did think I had a sense of what LCD Soundsystem actually was, but, uh… Boy, was I wrong. And, boy, was I glad to be wrong. I was expecting indie rock music, but I was sort of expecting the grungier side of it – it does eventually come into play on the last track for a bit, but for the most part, this is electronica indie rock, and it’s the type of electronica (and the type of rock) that I really fucking vibe with. Straight from “Get Innocuous!”, this album hit the ground running and never really slowed down for me. Granted, there are a few things I can point at – a few songs do settle into a rhythm when they could’ve kept building and expanding, and a few tracks got a little boring because of that. However, that “boredom” more so manifested itself into just falling out of the trance that most of the tracks put me into – James Murphy does a fantastic job of finding a rhythm, sticking to it, and pulling the most out of it that he can. Once he hits a wall, it’s a little easier to “wake up” from the trance, and that’s where the ‘boredom’ comes in, but it’s a boredom that’s still tinged with the anticipation of something new. I’m sure someone will complain that this is 55 minutes, and that the soundscapes all blend together & meld together into one long, boring, plodding album, and if that’s the way your ears heard this, then I dunno, I guess I can’t blame you that much. It is an acquired taste to like this sort of thing, but for my money’s worth, I just can’t understand how this might be the electronica album that bounces off of someone. This isn’t Kraftwerk doing FL Studio loops for 10 minutes on Trans-Europe Express (and no shade to Kraftwerk, that’s just their most boring album to me – their influence on this album & electronica as a whole is felt here), this is blended really well with rock instrumentation that evokes everything from Talking Heads to DEVO to the Beastie Boys & Queen. As someone who went into this 1,001 albums thing turned off by really long tracks (and can still easily be turned off by them), I just think that even with most tracks on this album being over 6 minutes long, they’re all captivating in their own way, even if I bounced off of one or two. Ultimately, I just thought this was great – far beyond what I was expecting it to be, but a very welcome surprise. I need to listen to the debut album whether it’s on the list or not, and that includes the ‘really should’ve been a major hint’ track of “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House,” which I’ve read the title of, but never made the connection for. As far as this album goes, it’s a 5, through and through – a really fast 55 minutes, and a really enjoyable listen.
Amazing. One of my new favorites
Please, please watch this video of Kermit singing the final track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MSXv_YXLmI&t=0s (I love this album so much) Favourite Tracks: Someone Great, All My Friends, New York I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down Least Fav Track: North American Scum
Was never that into it!
Decent, but nothing to write home about. Vocals were a hit and miss.
Starts off eclectic sounding but became repetitive as it went on. I only knew this artist from the one song they made with Idles so my expectations might have been out of whack. Was not bad though.
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Was more impressed with this than their newer stuff that has appeared on this list. I dunno, I just felt more of a connection here. Especially with the back-to-back of "Someone Great" and "All My Friends", which very much acts as the heart of this album. Both tracks are resonant and give off a sense of melancholy, complete with synth and piano-laden backing tracks respectively. "North American Scum" is a fun single as well, slotted right next to the aforementioned tracks. You hear a lot of musical influences here, which are then transformed into the groovy, dance-rock, indie rock sound that James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem have curated. Maybe a dud or two here, but still thoroughly enjoyed this album.
Rätt bra ändå! 7/10
First full album listened though familiar with many of the tracks; great vibes!
Good but no lyrics, a little too boring.
- bisschen monoton - all my friends : das beste vom album - sehr lange lieder
LCD Soundsystem, I love you, but you're bringing me down. This guy is a real talent - most of his stuff feels really effortless. My one gripe is that on a number of his songs, he adopts this cheesy blasé attitude, like he can't even be bothered to write lyrics or perform adequately or even ad-lib well. Stupid forced rhymes. Lyrics that fall out of sync with the music on purpose and try really hard to feel like off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment asides. Instead, it feels like watching a stand-up comedian absolutely bomb. I'm looking at you, North American Scum (Europe has a lot of MIMES!). I'm taking a full star off for that cheesy crap. But "Someone Great" is one of my all-time favorite songs.
New fave
More drone than musicality for most of it. But fun.
Okayi repetitivi grüsch. Aber depecho mode cha das besser
get innocuous: geile steigerung! lustige vogelgeräusche. und was passiert am schluss geiles mit den streichern, klingt fast nach schönberg in einem electronic song, gefällt mir sehr. time to get away: der sänger klingt wie prince. nice pausen und nices ende. north american scum: die elektronischen klänge sind mir zu dunkel, es ähnelt mir zu sehr invariablem techno, und er singt in diesem song für mich zu sehr schreiend. someone great: die soundeffekts hitten. und dass bass, singstimme, synthesizer absichtlich nicht gleich intoniert sind finde ich in diesem fall recht amüsant. all my friends: etwas hektisch them v us: zuerst wirkt es für mich auch lediglich hektisch, aber es gefällt mir, wie die mehrstimmigen vokals reinkommen und den charakter des songs verändern. danach ist es aber viel over and over again… watch the tapes ist irgendwie an mir vorbeigegangen. sound of silver: die lyrics sind hilarious und die untermalung mit dem akkord der singstimmen im hintergrund, wow. geile house-ähnliche zwischenspiele ohne lyrics. der song gefällt mir gut. new york i love you but you‘re bringing me down: ich finde grandios, dass dieser song einen ganz anderen charakter als alle anderen songs hat: klavier, singstimme (unbearbeitet und ehrlich), schlagzeug, bass, e-gitarre, nur wenige elektronische effekte.
I'd actually give it 4.5/5! It's actually so good. I love the lyrics and the beat, it's like a insanity drug. The thing is the first song is not that unique or something to keep you in the album. The first song isn't good for me and not gonna lie I was not going to complete the song because the first song didn't get my attention as the others! The other music like "watch the tapes" or one of my favorites is "Us Vs them" or "Sound of silver" Those both are my favorites! So the only bad thing about is it won't catch the people's ear with their first song.
Would give it a 1.5. I felt nothing listening to this album.
Gets an Indica 5 star. Catchy is an understatement.
Kind of just boring
LCD soundsystem is one of those bands i have always tried to like but I just don't get them. The songs are really long and repetitive. I know All My Friends is a famous song, and it had good lyrics but the repetitive A minor chord hurt my head after two minutes.
Awesome album that really holds up and is very sing-along-able which apparently goes a long way for me. I shade off from a 5
LCD Soundsystem is a blindspot for me in terms of artists who people I think have good taste like and I’d guess that I’d enjoy as well. I was a little underwhelmed in that sense, but generally would say I did enjoy this and would explore further
Very Killers vibes, had to honestly look up when Hot Fuss came out to make sure there was some distance and was kind of surprised to see it. Very much a retread but the music is pretty good.
I have no previous connection to this album but it really impressed me how catchy I found the songs. Loved the funky, electronic, new wave sound. It reminded me of the Killers and Talking Heads. There was even a little krautrock mixed in. I want to re-listen with headphones. Us v Them sounds like the home depot theme.
A few good songs.
11/30/2023 - it was a rainy November day and my neighbour/friend died upstairs. People were in & out of my apartment all day, sirens blaring non stop. I'd been staring at the wall for hours. My LCD Soundsystem tickets that night seemed like a selfish idea given the timing but I still went. I needed something so incredibly loud that I couldn't hear my own thoughts. Someone Great comes on and I just start sobbing in my boyfriend's arms, in a room full of people who didn't notice. It's something I'll always remember. I wish that we could talk about it, Emilio </3
This album is a lot like the timeline of EDM music as a whole. At first it was fucking awful, but then it got really exciting for a while and after that I felt like I was on LSD. Overall positive experience.
Before writing this review I must confess I have not heard of anything from LCD Sound System other than Daft Punk is Playing at My House. It's been an absolute pleasure listening this album from start to finish. The album starts with "Get Innocuous!", which has a long but increasingly fast paced, 70s/80s retro feel build up that I enjoyed very much. The theme gets further developed in "Time to get away", with lovely percussion and great baseline. "Someone great" sounds like an instant classic, with good lyrics about grief. "All my friends" again another strong track with fast pace piano base to start. Strong lyrics about aging. "Us v them" brings it back to earlier theme in the album - great build up and very immersive. I found "Sound of silver" musically varied and interesting, and "New York, I love you but you are bringing me down" is a great song to close the album. The slow(er) glam-rock ish finish was like finishing a dream-like odyssey back to the past, but yet it's very 00s indie. For the other tracks in the album, musically "North American scum"/"Watch the the Tapes" are good, but compare to aforementioned tracks they are a little bit forgettable. Overall I really enjoyed the album, and I will definitely listen to more albums by LCD Sound Systems! 4.5/5
This albums puts you in a great flow. But can stress you out and overwhelm with so much noise. Some greats songs and some mediocre songs
I’ve always felt that LCD Soundsystem shouldn’t work. It’s like the joke about Losing My Religion; it’s a five minute song with no chorus and a mandolin as a main instrument, why shouldn’t it be a hit? LCD Soundsystem are a Dance Punk band fronted by a middle aged bloke who looks like somebodies uncle, and who writes exclusively about being middle aged, seeing the kids around you overtaking you and being ennui-ish about it. But fuck me, if it works, it works. I am, loathe to admit, still quite young, but since I discovered it at 17 All My Friends has been one of my favourite songs, and it’s sense of melancholy detachment, dissatisfaction and disappointment with how life turned out has always had a special place in my heart, aged 17, 22, or 26. And the rest of the album is also perfect, danceable and devastating all at the same time. All I ever want to do is be with my friends, whether that be tonight or any other night. When listening to James Murphy and Co, I feel among friends
Collaborative and creative. To me it sounds like a Talking Heads mixed with Kraftwerk album, especially noticeable on Us V Them
Man, I love LCD Soundsystem. Wish I had got into them earlier! Such a cool sound and so clearly influenced by Talking Heads.
LCD Soundsystem is clearly influenced by David Bowie, Brian Eno, Talking Heads and Kraftwerk. Kind of thrown in a blender and strained through a 2007 sieve, so not as good as the originals. That said, I generally found something to like in listening to each song. Not amazing, but better than most electronic/dance/rock(?) from this time period. 2.5⭐️ (but I’ll round up)
Perfection. It’s all bangers. Its the perfect length for an album. Every song is unique but stays within the themes of the album. Multiple of the songs are massive hits and rightfully so. This is easily in the top 10 maybe even top 5 albums I have heard on this platform. 10/10
Joa ganz nett wa Besser könnts aber auch sein Intro ist sehr toll
Too fancy and try hard. It’s not funky or good.
Really enjoyed this a lot of songs here where taken as samples from other artists
Easy
Meh
I think that it was pretty solid. I found some songs to be too monotone for me, while I think that can add some flavor in itself I found myself getting a bit bored at times. Part of it is that I'm not really into electronic music in general. I liked some of the punk elements and can see the appeal. Probably a 2/5 for my personal tastes, but can objectively appreciate it as more of a 4/5.
Love the song North American scum
挺好的
no
This Is Happening is way better. Lowkey a pretty overrated music nerd album
Easy 4 star rating here. All my friends familiar to me already, fantastic song, and Someone Great and Sound of Silver are new discoveries. The rest of the tracks are all good but some veer into what is for me irritating hipster stuff. Whole album is about nostalgia for what is lost, very melancholic.
Pretty good but not so huge on All My Friends
it's not for me to be honest; i can respect the art though.
Never heard this before. I'm not sure why I've never listened to LCD Sound System. In any case, I really like this album. I don't think the final song (New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down) fits the rest of the album, but everything else on it is fun, engaging and energetic.
Some absolute crap and some moments of brilliance. On the whole, it averages out.
reminds me of comedown machine by the strokes but made a tad more interesting and with more variety someone great is quite interesting okay the longer this goes on the more boring it gets i guess it's fine but it's not really my thing so i don't think i'll return to the full album anytime soon the album closer is quite decent it's really not bad
I didn't realise I had several of their tracks in my fave songs! I’m not a music expert, but Sound of Silver is one of those albums that just hits differently. It has songs that make you want to dance, think, or sometimes both at the same time. "All My Friends" feels like the soundtrack to every bittersweet moments you get in life, while "Someone Great" is surprisingly, for me, quite emotional. There’s also a lot of fun energy, like in "North American Scum," which is done with the tongue firmly in the cheek and doesn’t take itself too seriously. The whole album still feels smart and cool for it's 17 years, and even if you’re not into electronic 'old' music, you might find yourself loving it anyway, I did.
The first album I ever got for the project! But yeah, still liking this one as much as I did before. I'm a huge fan of their song Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (one of my favorite songs to sing at karaoke), so appreciating this album has more of that vibe vs american dream (which I remember being more vibey vs the dance punk of LCDs other stuff). Love the bleep bloopiness of Someone Great. The dance punk vibe of North American Scum. The Charlie Brown-esque piano that goes through All My Friends. This whole album is just positive vibes, and its nice to get something like that every once in a while.
Is it bad that I enjoyed the songs in which the lead singer minimally participated way more than when he was featured?
Every songs rhythm is fucking electrifying. There’s no need to listen to closely to the words (apart from on New York I Love You) but if you do I know you’ll connect to something. This is my first listen to LCD and won’t be my last. I think people that don’t like this have never smiled to themselves in a mirror and it shows.
I liked this one more than the other albums so far. Other than the last two, they were all enjoyable!
Love this band, love this album. It’s such an entertaining listen from front to back, but I will say the final track has always been my least favorite. There’s so much to listen for on this album, so many fun noises, so much slowly-morphing synth. It’s easy to just get lost in this album. 5 stars all day.
I liked the fusion of different styles, and the lyrics are deeper and personal. You can find both simple and complex tracks.
Boring and soulless Next
It was alright, but nothing special.
"Hey, I never asked you. Do you like guacamole?"
First listen. Quite good, but it became kind of one dimensional and boring over time.
Completely won over by this album. Great fun
I listened to this on acid and it ruled
The other day I said I don't really vibe with early-2000s rock... I forgot about LCD Soundsystem. They really appeal to my neurotic American who listens to Talking Heads-brain. Have always slept on this in favor of This is Happening, but now I'm seeing this as the Fear of Music to that album's Speaking in Tongues: harder, dancier, edgier and more experimental. It works a lot of the time. Now I have one more LCD Soundsystem album to listen to.
I wish we had left this sound in the 80s. It’s okay. Some of the quirky lyrics made me giggle.
A few dull patches (the title track is not my favorite), but two all time bangers (New York I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down, All My Friends).
They're very popular, I know a lot of people who like them, but I've never gotten into them. This was the first CD of theirs I listened to start to finish, trying to like it. It's OK, they get a pleasant enough sound. But they're so dull and repetitive. For me this is just a drone, albeit a drone with a fun beat.
"all my friends" is fantastic. the rest feels like a joke i'm not in on
eh .. its okay.
I think I like This Is Happening and american dream more which I think might be an unpopular opinion but this is still a solid album with some really solid songs. I think some people might really dislike the repetitiveness but for some reason it really gets me into a medititate flow. I love the electronic aspect of it. I started getting into post punk more last year and learned a lot of LCD Soundsystem's influence on the scene with their dance punk. This album feels more raw and I appreciate that even though there is a lot of electronic stuff on it, there are moments where things allow for some humanity such as in All My Friends, you can hear that the piano part at the beginning isn't perfectly executed. Based on the music I grew up listening to, it makes perfect sense that I would be into LCD Soundsystem since his musical influences are pretty obvious.
What a great record. The synths, the keys, the drum machines. During the height of folk indie rock, I would use this album as kind of palate cleanser. It was the perfect antithesis for the music culture of the time. The irony of it all is that this band (and this album) live on. This is one of those records that takes it as close to the edge as possible, but never over the top. Maybe because of conflicting sounds and elements. Its wild, but calm. Its apathetic, but full of emotion. Its dancy but also somehow anti-dancy. This is a really cool and unique album that should be revisited frequently.
Some lcd songs are so superb but this album dragged for me. Overall, I wouldn’t listen to the album again.
Listened twice. It’s alright I enjoyed it. Last track probably my favorite
Amazing 4 song Run from North American Scum through Us vs. Them (that bassline!) with All My Friends the highlight - although the rest of the album is also more than strong enough to ease this to a 5...
It’s a going out album if ever there was one
What wonderful
This was a nice surprise, saved a few tracks. Will likely revisit. 3.5/5
The first 6 tracks are really good. Interesting production and clever sounds make for a non-repetitive listen. The back three lack the same feel and are therefore somewhat sleepy and non-engaging. Still, overall a pretty good record. 3.75/5
LCDS has never been one of my favorite bands, but this album is undeniably stacked with some of James’ best work. Many songs here that have stood the test of time and shown up in lots of movies, etc. Almost surprised at how many of those were on this album.
Had to be in the right mood to enjoy this as much as I did. These guys can certainly make a beat and layer in interesting sounds. Appreciate people like James Murphy bringing the creativity and I really enjoy his voice. I was thinking throughout that if they sought to make more mainstream these guys could’ve been massive. I feel like New York, I love you proved me right. But maybe that would be too much of a sell out for these guys and I appreciate that.
When LCD Soundsystem plays a Tyler Buckler gets its wings. This is solid. You must be up and about to really enjoy it, otherwise the 7+ min tracks will wear on you. 4/5
Great album.
I was ready to dismiss this as the peak of empty hipster blog house of the mid 00’s (even though I have a burgoneing nostalgia for that era of music). But this still bumps.
Listened 2024-12-24 @ 9:00 AM I've started listening to LCD Soundsystem in college but I haven't listened to the full album in so long. Tracks 4 and 5 are my favorite of the album.
Good and easy listening
Good electronic band.
These guys had another album on this list, it sucked too.
Really enjoyed this thought it was a consistent and entertaining album with a lot of great songs and lyrics. Honestly think this is one of the best electronics in the 2000s as it connects with the rock well rather than overtake it or just add noise for the sake of it. Solid 8/10
Three great songs, especially "Someone Great," and I'll admit to enjoying the "adult dance party" vibe.
Album wasn’t bad, until ending with that shitty song about New York.
this new disco sound that LCD Soundsystem was instrumental in is mildly euphoric and deeply groovy - i'm a fan.
3.5 * It's a good danceable rock album
Off the bat I knew I was in for some shit, and I was right. I tried 4 songs, and 2 I skipped for being so bad, before I gave up 30 seconds in to the fourth. It’s choices like this that make me wonder how any of these people are taken seriously as music critics. Straight trash
This all kind of sounded the same. And I didn't really enjoy it. It got me through writing 2/3 of a CVPR review so it had that going for it, but it just wasn't really *good* in any way. Why is this on this list? It's like the Postal Service without good songs or lyrics. "All My Friends" has this sort of continuous piano-key hitting things which sounds like what my two year old does when he's not getting enough attention.
I like this better than the other album by them we had before. Songs are long and winding but I enjoy the base ideas quite a lot. Good background music although I probably won't revisit very much. Highlights: All Your Friends, Sound of Silver, New York I love you. 3.5
One of the best albums of its time
Love LCD soundsystem, super excited to get into this as a whole. The first track reminded me of Blue Man Group. It's arguably repetitive, but it's refreshing, I can vibe with this. 5* Highlights: someone great, watch the tapes
Dance-punk, electronic rock, electronica, indie rock, dance-rock, art rock
What do you rate an album with two 5-star songs, a couple 4 star songs and the rest 3 star songs? I probably won't play the whole thing through often but I'll be listening to the 5 star songs until death do us part.
I liked it, but a couple of songs really dragged on for too long in my opinion.
Loved these vibes. Sounded like a modern Talking Heads
This was different. I didn't hate it, but I wasn't sure what to expect. From what I had read, this band's sound is very much a hybrid mixture of The Killers + The Strokes + a pinch of Devo + a dash of Daft Punk. Enjoyable for what it was, but I don't see myself going back to it anytime in not too distant future.
It started off as some sort of electronica, but then pivoted into an eclectic alt-rock sampler. It was OK, but it's not joining my library anytime soon.
Some great dance tunes on here, but would it hurt to use more than a single phrase repeated through the whole song? I love the punk/alternative/dance mix. It's cool. 4/5
Not for me
Ok this one made me kind of get the LCD hype. NA Scum and NYILY were great, I didn’t realize they were LCD. A pleasant vibe to look at a nice blue sky to.
Es muy feo esto.
All My Friends and Someone Great are clearly bangers and have been a playlist staple for years. I enjoyed the rest of the album - but have always had this feeling that I should be enjoying the album more. I like it but I don't love it like some people do. I'm almost there but not quite there. So its a solid 4.
Finally something in my wheelhouse! Get Innocuous starts with a pretty long drum machine intro with an acid style bass in the background. Funky! James Murphy’s vocals remind me of David Bowie. Also there’s some female vocals and guitar too. And a violin outro. Next is Time to Get Away. Nice funk drum intro. Got some clavinet and some percussion. Very funky. Reminds me of Talking Heads. Next is North American Scum. One of their hits, and a song I remember digging a lot when I first heard it somewhere. The lyrics are hilarious! Next is Someone Great, which I heard is a tribute to James Murphy’s late therapist. It’s very beautiful. Reminds me of This May Be The Place by Talking Heads. Amazing. Next is All My Friends. Very Krautrocky and has a John Cale esque piano part (fittingly enough he actually covered this song) Also they referenced Pink Floyd’s Set The Controls to the Heart of the Sun! Very good song! Next is Us v Them. I remember hearing this song in Burnout Paradise and digging it. Also I like the part where James Murphy says “Bells” and then agogo bells play. Huge banger. And it has an instrument called the “Fun Machine”. I don’t know what that is, but every song should have it. Next is Watch the Tapes. Nice ramonesy punk intro leading into a dancer new wave / post punk main portion. It’s alright. Also some funny studio chatter at the end Next is Sounds of Silver, with an acapella intro and some Linn drum and synth bass, then going into an ethereal section with choir and piano, then a tribal dubby section with lots of reverb and delay, and some xylophone sounds. Really trippy. Pretty minimal lyrics, but that’s ok cuz it’s mostly focused on the instrumental and the progression of the song, with the repeated refrain being a mantra. I like this experimental stuff. Finally is New York I love You But You’re Bringing Me Down. Another song I have previously heard. Mostly cuz of the music video with Kermit and its use in movie trailers. Very scathing critique of Bloomberg era New York City (which still remain prescient under the current Eric Adams regime. Dude was tried for corruption for Christs sake). Love when it goes all balls too the wall with the distortion at the end a la Rock and Roll Suicide by Bowie. Also it has a fake out at the end like Strawberry Fields Forever or November Rain! Damn good album!!!
I'm aware Bowie was a fan, and I was looking forward to my first full album listen of anything by LCD Soundsystem. I was underwhelmed.
This one is just a wild ride from start to finish. Not as good as their self-titled in my opinion, but fantastic in it's own right. The whole middle of this album blew me away. Favorites were North American Scum, Someone Great, All My Friends, and Us V Them.
Many people consider this the best LCD Soundsystem album. They might be right. I’m not one of those people however. It’s funny that the two albums representing the band on the list are not the two I would choose. This Is Happening and the debut are some of my favorite albums of this century so it’s hard to compete. I also can’t help but think that Us V Them somewhat sounds like the Home Depot theme. The layers here deserve to be listened to.
Cling, clang, bleep, bloop.
Enjoyed!
What a bop
Dance rock has never been my thing so was interested to give this a listen. I get DJ Shadow vibes (whom I am a fan) from the first track Get Innocuous!. This is electronic rock, well not my thing in general I can appreciate it. Stand out tracks: - Get Innocuous! - North American Scum - All my friends - Sound of Silver - New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
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Like the build on the opening track Get Innocuous! Didn't care for the vocals on Time to Get Away, nice bassline though. Opening riff of North American Scum reminds me of Rockafeller Skank. Find the male vocalist annoying, sounds like he's getting sodomized. I like the deep synth lines on Someone Great, otherwise pretty forgettable. All My Friends has this really annoying insistent piano. Us V. Them has a fun bassline and cowbell, sounds like Talking Heads. The handpan(?) and female vocals make the track good. Title track goes kinda hard. End track is lame imo. Notes: Album might grow on me, but track by track felt hit and miss for me. Production was good all around. I just didn't care for the yelping vocals.
Already loved some songs from this album but never listened to it in full. I think LCD Soundsytem really typified the beginning of the indie sleaze movement which lasted for the next decade, of which the genre is very close to my heart. Some of the songs are really repetitive musically which I understand is the style but I get bored of easily. The lyricist is amazing however and the end of the album is a highlight with New York I Love You.
im so bored pls
The “electronic dance-punk” label guaranteed my attention and the album delivers. Fun and catchy, though some tracks too long.
8/10! song about new york stole my heart
it was alright but the vocals didn’t stand out to me, lots of cool sounds though
Ah I’m so glad this is here. I wrote in my review of american dream review that I really hope Sound of Silver is on this list. This is LCD Soundsystem’s clear magnum opus to me, even if James Murphy and company haven’t had a bad album yet. All My Friends is one of my all time favorite songs. The title track has a way of getting lodged in my head. NYILYBYBMD is a fantastic closer. Brilliant.
I have definitely heard of LCD Soundsystem before, and I'm sure I've heard some of their music at some point but somehow none of this was familiar. It was good, it didn't blow me away but I mostly enjoyed it. Definitely better with headphones.
01) Get Innocuous! - 8,5 02) Time to Get Away - 9,0 03) North American Scum - 9,0 04) Someone Great - 9,5 05) All My Friends - 8,5 06) Us v Them - 8,5 07) Watch the Tapes - 8,5 08) Sound of Silver - 8,5 09) New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down - 8,5 TOTAL: 8,72 (87/100) Current ranking: 56/389
Slow start, but once it got going I liked it. I’m four tracks in and I really like this. It sounds more like the 80s than 2007 though. I love the song “all my friends”. This is a great album. The last song does not even sound like it should be on this album, but I love it.
Every song has an epic buildup that really gets me going but then the song is over, and nothing has happend. I think this album is great for people who only like the build up leading to nothing.
I enjoyed listening to this album, hope to remember to come back to it.
this has North American Scum on it...everything else could be complete crap and I would still give this 5 stars. It's one of my favorite songs ever. But it doesn't have crap on it, it has other amazing songs, Someone Great, All My Friends, New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down. It takes me back in time to my life when it first came out, but it also resonates with a lot of my life now. It's weird how time works.
innocuous: songs too long shades of new york scene late 70s Television Richard Hell as well as Gang of Four XTC through a detroit motown filter my favetrax: All My Friends Sound of Silver
Great album from a band I really enjoy and fortunately got to see headline Coachella
Repetitive drivel.
Alright, not exactly my vibe. Repetitive. Nothing but Thieves inspiration perhaps?