Reviews (page 4 of 9)
Genre: New Wave Didn’t enjoy this as much as Sound of Silver, but it’s an enjoyable album nonetheless. A bit more plodding this time around: longer tracks for the sake of being longer. Good, decent grooves throughout though, and will certainly have its fans. 3/5
Nope. Not at all. Not one little bit. Absolutely not. And fuck off with the twee "we put all our song titles in lower case because we're artistes" nonsense.
take the nostalgia glasses off this album is just ok
3.75 Finally an LCD Soundsystem album! And it’s…this one? Really? This isn’t the only one on the list, right? No hate - the worst LCD album is better than a lot of band’s best albums, but I’d certainly never think this one is a must listen. This is one of the few albums on this list that I listened to when it came out. I remember the excitement, the hype for the comeback. I played this the morning it came out, liked it, and then basically forgot about it. I tried to approach it this time with open ears, and honestly, it’s very good! Starts super strong, gets a bit meh, then gets really good again about halfway through, and then the end putters out with half an hour of indulgence. But when this is hitting, oh man, it hits like only LCD can. Transcendent stuff! But inconsistent and overlong, unfortunately.
Didn’t listen to the whole thing. Songs I listened to weren’t very climactic or momentous. Just chill vibes really. Some were good.
It’s alright but doesn’t quite punch it up a notch anywhere
The comeback album that was a bit of a let down after two classics.
They’re definitely interesting but I can’t quite catch the vibe yet
my first listen to this band ever, im hyped!!! will check out other albums for sure, i love it <33
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I don’t think this is the album to listen to. But it’s good and a post 2000 album that’s good is a rarity on this list. So 3
I am a long-time fan of LCD Soundsystem singles. James Murphy is almost exactly the same age as me, and, as an aged-out former music scene guy, I really related to "Losing My Edge". LCD Soundsystem draw on the same grab bag of influences that makes up my record collection; krautrock, Berlin-era Bowie, Suicide, Remain in Light, Eno, Gang of Four, acid house, disco, Steve Reich, etc. And they generally intercept those influences into something new and compelling, without simply rehashing the past. And you can dance to it. But I am completely unenthralled by this record, their big "reunion" record. It was their highest charting album and biggest seller, and they leveraged the reunion hype to headline many of the world's highest-profile festivals. But the cover art really encapsulates this album for me; a stock photo with generic font and possibly the most boring album title ever. The album is schmick but largely forgettable. It's got a beat and a well-produced dance-rock sound, but the songs are really bland. I agree with Chris Stannard in The Wire: "This record is no cause for celebration. It's a slab of nothing, a media spectacle for the terminally impressed." OMG, that is totally what is going on here! The wikipedia article for this album is clearly padded with extraneous detail from the record company's EPK, and reads as the step-by-step instruction manual for the roll-out of a high-profile major-label album release in the 2010s. Multiple release platforms, festival appearances, online presence, high profile TV appearances, the street team, the push for virality and earned media. And it worked, at least in the immediate term; the record got great reviews, sold enough copies to chart highly, and appeared on many "best of 2017" lists (which means that either lots of people fell for the hype, or 2017 was a pretty weak year for music, or both). But I don't think this album has cultural legs. It's LCD Soundsystem's weakest and most forgettable album, with a chronic shortage of bangers. I think there is a place on this list for LCD Soundsystem, but this record ain't it. This is still a better listening experience than many contemporaneous albums, but it isn't their legacy.
It took me a little time come around to LCD soundsystem but I’m glad I did.
This fucking slaps let's goooo
Cool, upbeat disco techno LCD Soundsystem. 4/5
Not my thing 4/10
se me hizo un poco largo, pero es buen álbum. No tengo más que decir
How have i never really listene to them. Few trax need to be cut esp the last one but otherwise quite solid and moving. Makes me feel old. Palpable. He ran a restaurant??? FOR!
I like some of LCD Soundsystem’s other stuff but I honestly did not love this album. Songs I didn’t mind were I used to and call the police.
etwas albern finde ich bei "o baby" die mechanische Rhythmik, die mit einer naiven Gesangsstimme kombiniert wird. Nicht mein Geschmack! Auch bei dem Titel "i used to" wiederholt sich die sinnlose Mechanik in Kombination mit einer naiven Gesangsstimme. "Talking heads" haben diese Art der Musik wesentlich besser und voe allen Dingen überraschender gemacht und damals dabei den Nerv der Zeit getroffen.
I feel this album captures aging, regret, and lost dreams with honesty. Although the themes themselves don’t feel particularly new, maybe the album’s impact lies more in how LCD Soundsystem express those feelings through their precise, layered sound rather than in what they’re saying. My taste in electronic music isn’t consistent — I like Radiohead’s later electronic work, enjoy Underworld, but usually avoid overly clubby or upbeat electronic tracks. Still, I found myself enjoying this album and at the very least, it makes me want to check out their earlier albums.
I hated this, but I also liked it. It was accessible while also being annoyingly pretentious. Sometimes the music was fine and some fun lyrics, but also pointless and songs went on for far too long. I don’t care enough either way to do multiple listens to figure out whether I actually like this or not.
I'm not sure how this happened, but I'm giving this a 4! I really enjoyed it. It reminded me of a more chilled version of underworld? Awesome, another great find!
I wanted to like this, but the singing reminded me too much of Talking Heads and U2, which was an instant turn off! Not for me!
Another good album, very 80s throughout. Saved one song which was how do you sleep.
*2017. *I like LCD Soundsystem and house music in small doses. 68 minutes was a lot. *Really good for house music. RATING - 6.5/10
LCD Soundsystem is always a 3 for me. There are some good parts in every song but they are all so long. Also I don’t like the all lowercase aesthetic.
Been in the mood for this vibe of album recently
This was so much fun to listen to
Surprisingly awesome!
- sehr nice sounds - mit dr zyt bitz eintönig - nid guet zum konzentriert schaffe - vilech eher zum male/ choche/ irere bar
i loved instrumental, it felt nostalgic.it is really good song✨️
Pretty decent.
I love LCD Soundsystem, they are one of my favourite bands and they are the best live act I have ever seen out of the many gigs I've been to. However, I have no idea why this album was selected to be on this list. It's very good but nowhere near the level of Sound of Silver or This Is Happening for me. Got to dock a star for that.
really liked it, need to check out more albusm
I liked the first track, the rest were take it or leave it. Too much looping melody lines and the songs are waaaaay too long.
You're not Kevin Parker. You're not Talking Heads, this is a no. This needs to be below a 1 star.
It made me think of Talking Heads. I enjoyed it however I am afraid I have to take a full point off just because this album cover is so so bad.
Forgettable.
This was better than I was expecting! I saved "call the police," "american dream," and "black screen." I still cannot in good conscience rate it 5/5 because IT JUST DIDN'T GRAB ME. So, we are rocking with 4/5.
As somebody who is completely in the bag for LCD Soundsystem and has seen them live multiple times, it's a crime that this album is included in this project but not This Is Happening or their debut. 4/5
Mid
Pretty good overall. Very 80s vibe. They have a pretty distinctive sound, like a cooler, more 80s version of arcade fire or something.
Take Nine Inch Nails, make it 50% less horny and 30% less angry and you’ve got LCD. Honestly liked it a lot
I had fun with this album and it opened me up to LCD soundsystem. Ill have to hear more!
-1 star for using lowercase song titles. You're not 17.
I think this is a pretty decent album. But, why are the songs so long?
was pretty surprised by this one. i don't know what i was expecting, but i wasn't expecting a talking heads/bowie-esque electronic album. it's pretty neat and has some really cool moments on it. it's an album i could see myself coming back to in the future.
Had it on in the background, can't say I really remember much of it. Not up there with Sound of Silver or This is Happening
Weakest album by them, still really good. But yeah doesn’t reach that level.
Not something I would listen to again. Ok at best.
LCD to me never has amazing albums, which is funny because they have some of my favourite songs of all time but I can never fully embrace every song on one of their albums and here is no exception. Pulse feels like a weird end to the album but who knows what I'll think on next listen. I'm sure there's more to like here. Anyway there's a couple bangers here so I'm gonna listen more to this but as a whole I'm not there. Highlight: how do you sleep?
Great beats, loved the vibe. Vocals weren’t my thing.
You could recreate this album if you pressed play on a Casio keyboard demo button and sang in your most whining voice. Didn't like it.
Really not my stuff No jive, just rhythm and some light singing Sounds like a kid who just got their first DJ program
Highlights - Other Voices, a bass driven track that has a persuasive drive and force to it, that keeps the song moving and allows for interesting musical motifs to be littered throughout. Call The Police, lyrically this is a really solid song, littered with melancholic guitars and synths, I enjoy the pacing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Some good songs
Great vocals and songwriting … I’m too old some of the backing “music” sounds like noise 3 stars
Didn't think I'd be lucky enough to get an LCD Soundsystem album! What a treat. I love the way he layers sounds. Lots of spoken word here and electronica. "I USED TO" is an unexpected favorite!
I think I get it. Somewhat innovative but pretty out there. Cool sounds. Kinda sounds like Talking Heads. Love call the police
Not feeling it - cool sounds but didn't hold my interest
Honestly, I liked this album more than I thought I would. However, I am still giving it a 2. The songs are too long and I don’t think any of them are that special, even if they don’t sound too bad.
I tried, I really did. Listened to this in full three times, mostly paying quite a bit of attention. When LCD disbanded in 2011 after their wonderful, massive Madison Square Garden final concert, I thought “good for them”. Then when they reunited for this 6 years later, I was not pleased at all, so I listened to it once (was not impressed) and then forgot about it. I hate it when famous people, usually musicians, retire and then come back — yes, I dislike Michael Jordan for that reason. So now eight years later and more mellow than I was in my 60’s (sure, I’m babbling) I thought maybe this is a good album, seeing as how it’s worthy of being in the 1,001 collection. It was fine but nothing special. I don’t like EDM in general, and this feels like a generic album in that genre. The main problem is that the songs aren’t that great, with very sparse hooks compared to their two prior albums, This is Happening and Sound of Silver. I checked songwriting credits and Pat Mohoney is involved with 3-4 tracks on each of the two earlier albums and only on one here. Probably coincidental, but the songs here aren’t as good. Shockingly, This is Happening is not in the 1,001 Albums (it’s be a solid 5 start from me) while this is — we’ve already done Sound of Silver. 2.5 rounded down for disbanding and then not disbanding.
I like them so this was probably never going below a 3, but I think this is too long and not up to their usual standards. “I used to” and “American Dream” were favorites. A lot of the rest could have been cut.
Yawn. 🥱 I don’t understand the criterion that is used to compile this list, but so many of the albums that I’ve been recommended recently weren’t worth listening to…
si gode però se questo è l'unico album loro nella lista ne avrei scelto un altro onestamente
Non mi ha fatto impazzire anche perché i brani sono tutti un po’troppo lunghi però la sequenza call the police/american dream mi ha gasato
bello, ma alcune canzoni sono un no x me
il loro miglior album? no ripetitivo? si peak? si
Mi sono un po' persa andando avanti, delle canzoni erano anche carine ma decisamente troppo lunghe e pesanti
This is pretty dull stuff that sounds like melange of influences all tossed together. It was pleasant enough, but doesn't strike me as a great album, and I'm not sure why it has made this list.
A bad U2 cover album
Yeah. Don't like this one much. 2 stars
Not at all bad
Es ist ein Album, das ebenso ambitioniert wie chaotisch wirkt. James Murphy verarbeitet persönliche Konflikte, politische Unruhe und die eigene Midlife-Crisis in einem Mix aus Electro-Funk, Post-Punk und melancholischem Synthpop. Tracks wie „Tonite“ und „Call the Police“ stechen hervor, doch das Album verliert sich stellenweise in zu langen Arrangements und einem überladenen Sound.
bono degli U2 canta sopra una base electronic-disco-punk. anche no dai
track 1, 37 seconds in: "wow, it's like if somebody gave okgo allllll the downers" further in, things got a lot more fun - echoes of david byrne, sometimes some older u2...all kindsa fun stuff. in particular, call the police reminds me of this incredible track by reports, called dinamo cambridge: https://reports.bandcamp.com/track/dinamo-cambridge overall: fun!
Hot garbage didn’t even finish
I just love this band. Oh baby is one of my favorites but it’s all just enjoyable. They’re other stuff is more up, but this was chill
Loved this one such a cool mix of more modern stuff with an old school synth/brit-pop style.
Not as good as the other LCD album but still a solid listen. Bit long and some of the songs lingered a bit too long. 6/10
A bit too electronic for me
Experimental as always from LCD Soundsystem. Kinda weird, but in an endearing way. This album drags its feet though. Didn't need to be over an hour long.
I’d rather be listening to Talking Heads
Inte jättekul.
Really enjoy LCD Soundsystem. Fav was i used to.
Love this album.
Its a. Nice album the first song is really good and made me want to listen more which is rare for an electronic music album smwhich I consider should not be in any list. This one is better cause there are lyrics and good as well.
The rare album where I was really into a number of the longer songs. That's not true for all of them, though (black screen was something of a dud as the closer). There are a handful of songs I'll hopefully return to often from this, even if the full album doesn't hit quite as hard as I thought it might have midway through the album.
Pas d’affaire dans la liste. This Is Happening est 1001 fois meilleur.
Not for me
After the first track (oh baby) I was hopeful that the more scathing reviews were wrong however I was the one that was wrong. What followed was just as horrible I was led to believe. american dream (the title track) was alright but two alright songs don't save a truly dreadful album.
Back when my group got LCD Soundsystem's second album, I spent a fair chunk of my review comparing it to Grape Nuts. Yeah, I'd seen some review calling the album "techno music for grown-ups," and it inspired me to go off on this whole cereal-based metaphor. The short version was, if this was techno for grown-ups, gimme a box of Froot Loops. Froot Loops don't bore me. And it sort of bummed me out. I'm pretty well aware of their legacy, and, I'unno, I felt like I shoulda liked them more than I did. Which, to be clear, I don't **have** to. Just because a band has a legacy doesn't mean they deserve my love or whatever. But I'unno, from what I remember hearing about them, it seemed like I woulda been big on them... And I just wasn't. Before hopping into this album, though, I took another look at "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down", and I really liked it. Truthfully, it could have been because I was thinking about the mashup with Miles Davis freestyling over it, but still: it's pretty good. Maybe I've grown a bit since this past January; maybe I'm more open to liking LCD Soundsystem now. So here we go with 'american dream,' the band's big comeback album after they'd disbanded five years earlier. Good things never last, eh? But no, seriously, it's their fourth album... And only their fourth? I woulda sworn they'd be more albums deep by this point... But whatever. We're on the other end of this band's career from 'Sounds Of Silver'. As such, I must ask myself: how does it fare? Is this where I come to love LCD Soundsystem? Mmrgh... LCD Soundstem, I wanna love you, but you keep bringing me down. Like, look, it's not **all** bad. "Call The Police" reminded me a lot of U2 and David Bowie — and I'm maybe the only person who'll **compliment** the album for that! Plus, there's scattered moments where I can nod and be like, "Yeah, no, that's not bad at all." On the whole, though... Jeez. Y'wanna talk about Grape Nuts? "Techno for grown-ups?" This has a bit of that stink of "You listen to this to feel smart and like you have good taste," except with a bit of sarcasm that helps take the edge off things. The whole thing largely feels like it's moving at the same mid-tempo pace the entire time. Even when they toss in some different styles, it doesn't really spice things up too much. It's just a whole lot of, "OK... Is that it?" I mean, if I was looking to this album to give me a good reason to love LCD Soundsystem, this just isn't it. I gotta wonder if it was propelled onto this list just because it was LCD Soundsystem's big comeback record. An otherwise fine record gassed up and boosted on "They're back! And they're doin' all the sounds and stylings we love to hear!" Kind of like the suspicions I had about David Bowie's 'The Next Day.' Like, I'm trying to figure out how exactly I'd've wanted this to sound if I'm not such a big fan of how it is now. Well, I suppose for one it would've been shorter overall. Especially that closer — it did **not** need to be twelve minutes, my goodness. But about the sound... Maybe if it'd been dancier? Like, don't tease me by going halfway. I mean, it's **so close**, but it just refuses to make that final push in tempo, and that really, more than anything, is what makes this really feel like "Music to listen to if you wanna feel like you have good taste." Is LCD Soundsystem even a dance band? I always kind of assumed they were based on that one song they did about Daft Punk, but the more I listen to them the less I can imagine actually dancing to any of this. Is this kinda stuff banging on the dance floor? Unless I see it for myself, I wouldn't think so. So... Yeah. Another LCD Soundsystem album, another one leaving me pretty underwhelmed. Like I said, if I was using this album to convince me to like this band... This just ain't it. Though what's funny is that in the middle of writing this review, I went back and listened to a couple of songs from their first two albums to compare — and wouldn't you know it, I actually liked them a lot. Like, goodness, they actually had a bit of actually dance-y energy back then. Placed next to what they were doing on 'american dream'... I mean, I'unno if I'd say if I'd ever listen to one of their albums in full again, but at least on a song by song basis, yeah. Maybe I do like LCD Soundsystem after all. And this album had very little to do with that. Go figure. I suppose the real American dream would've been if this album had been. But I guess the dream is over.
While not being as great as Sound of Silver was, it's not As Bad as some people on this website claim it to be. Personally, I dug it regardless. 4.5 bumped down to 4.
I’m at a 10. Going into this, I was generally expecting something akin to “Sound of Silver”, their other album on the list: electronica indie rock, with a fun bouncy lean, some fast tempos & catchy rhythms, and overall, just a more headbanging record. Instead, what has emerged feels much more akin to a post-punk electronica Bowie / Talking Heads record, and while it’s a different vibe from the groovier stuff on “Sound of Silver”, I think the emotional depth & maturity present in the lyrics here creates a far more impactful record, and one that certainly touches on some stuff that feels a bit closer to home. Weirdly, I think my closest comparison is to Wilco’s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”, at least in terms of the vibe. It’s very easy to get caught up in the moment while listening to these, as they all do slowly find a groove, in a sort of Kraftwerk-y building way, layering over time to reveal the instrumentation in full, before letting the vocals & lyricism guide the emotion. One thing that’s apparent to me though is that you have to know that LCD Soundsystem disbanded in 2010 to truly get this album’s modus operandi. This album, in part, is about the uncomfortability of reforming the band. “oh baby” spells it out, in a roundabout way; it’s effectively a track about two exes who’ve stayed close, and one of them begging the other to take the increasingly obvious hint that he’s ready to get back together. “other voices” is rather obviously a massive Talking Heads tribute, down to James Murphy channeling David Byrne’s vocal style, and the whole thing is just a 5 minute bop about how easily you can be manipulated & influenced by everything surrounding you, especially with the passage of time. It might be my weakest track on the album, but it’s still a good one. “i used to” is effectively the denial stage of grief over someone’s death; someone who clearly meant a lot to James. I mentioned the uncomfortability about reforming the band, and that line about “uncomfortability” comes directly from one David Bowie, who, in many ways, is the other focal point of this album’s theming. He’s the one being mourned here. We haven’t gotten “Blackstar” yet, but I’m looking forward to it, as sad as it’ll be. It’s clear that Bowie’s death shook James up. With that in mind, “change yr mind” is basically just a Bowie track, with oddly, a sort of Morrissey lean to it. Yes, I know, strange comparison, but it feels like a song Morrissey might write if he tried to reunite The Smiths so soon after leaving (and if his solo stuff had flopped). It tackles some of the self-doubt about performing, while acknowledging that it’s not going to be the same as before, and you may as well take them as they are. It might be a bit self-centered, but it’s at least earnest & honest. “how do you sleep?” is a 9 minute callout of a guy who formed a record label with James years ago, breaking down the slow deterioration of their friendship. The lyricism is a bit loose, but with some of the context I looked up, it’s… pretty friendship ruining stuff, especially as it relates to money. The instrumentation here is a highlight; a slowly building intensity with near-perfect progression & ending in a fully swirling synthy soundscape that feels like an Eno/Kraftwerk collab. “tonite” is funky as hell from the get-go, and it makes a pretty solid point that all the songs about living life like it’s your last day do generally mention the word “tonight”, as if it really IS about to be an inevitable young death. I think I recognize one of the synths in the song as coming from Bomberman Hero’s “Monogenic”, so that was cool. It’s a groovy, groovy track, and the entire last verse is one of the best on the album. “call the police” is remarkably prescient, especially in light of some… recent events. Hell, maybe every “recent” event imaginable. Instrumentally & vocally, there’s a bit of a U2 vibe, with a “Friday I’m In Love” bend to it & a hint of Bowie throughout. Great lyrics throughout addressing the generation gap & the elderly clinging to power, and it’s just a banger of a track. “american dream”, from an instrumental standpoint, feels a little bit like “Love on the Brain” if it was produced by Brian Eno. Lyrically, it’s acknowledging the destructive cycle of a self-wallowing pity party sustained only by cheap sexual enjoyments, as a sort of midlife crisis. By this point, that “american dream” feels far, far out of reach. It could be a bit autobiographical, I dunno. The swirling synth work in the latter half of the song has the same effect as “how do you sleep?”, and his despondent vocal tone mixed with the flooding heavy synths feels almost like drowning. I think it’s a track that’s so strong it could’ve ended the album, and it arguably should have. Probably my favorite one here. “emotional haircut” has a bit of a garage band vibe to it in the instrumentation, which I kinda rock with. It’s definitely the most post-punk track on the album, feeling more reminiscent of DEVO but with just a hint of 90s grunge to it. Lyrically, I don’t know if I quite grabbed this one, but I think it’s just sort of a callout to the people who were vehemently against LCD Soundsystem ever reforming, and basically telling them to stop mourning their “death” & just listen to them as they are now. Of course, the irony comes in “black screen” being the final stage of grief in accepting David Bowie’s death. I’ve learned that James Murphy was supposed to be one of the primary co-producers of “Blackstar”, but he just didn’t feel confident enough in himself to commit to the project. It’s a rather sad track, and as a tribute to Bowie, I think it works as a strong album closer. I’m not sure if the 5 minutes of Eno-y piano driven ambience were fully necessary, but they do act as a chance to reflect & release some of the emotional tension of the album. I wouldn’t write a paragraph for each track here unless I think it deserved it; this is a wonderful album, and for the top review on the site to disparage it this much is beyond disappointing. I guess I’m the target audience here, because something about this appealed DEEPLY to me. I think it’s beyond worthy of being on the list, and I can only hope their next album actually comes out… well, soon enough. They can take their time. For now, it seems like I need to go back to both their debut & “This is Happening”, because I’ve clearly been missing out if this is supposed to be “worse” than those. This is a 10 for me, and I’m very, very glad it’s here. Stellar stuff.
Oh boy, 2 penny depeche mode. After listening 3/4 it was not so bad after all. Still not my cup of morning coffee. Vocals were okey. Techno music not so okey, annoying beep boop
Dream indeed. The synth takes me to another plane. Call the police on this album for being illegally good.
This was an OK album. I would listen to it again.
Catchy, propulsive and innovative. It's not my favorite LCD Soundsystem album, but it's still a solid entry in his discography.
I quite like the sound of this album 'for and electonic/ dance oriented album' which is not my style generally. A few nice hooks and some songs remind of Talking Heads. Not unpleasant but quite featureless and it leave me stone cold, it just 'exists'.
This would be my pick for the user part of this website. I‘m at a crossroads in life and I feel seen by this album. James Murphy encapsulates very succinctly and in a dancing manner my feelings for my first half of my twenties. I‘m too young to remember the start of LCD Soundsystem‘s actual career, heck the band broke up just as I was getting into my My Chemical Romance phase where I thought the Black Parade was the pinnacle of music. Luckily (or unfortunately) I was later on „civilized“ by my dear friends and especially by the LP collection of my friend’s father. Ziggy Stardust was probably the first album I actually thought was better than the Black Parade. The point of this tangent: if I was actually a Person when LCD Soundsystem became big, I would probably love their earlier albums more, but alas, I have to be the contrarian this time Every single song on this album speaks to me on some level, it feels like Murphy knows exactly what I‘m thinking about, even though I‘m just some random guy trying to hold it together day by day. He gets my romanticizing of New York City (even though I‘ve never been there), he gets my love for apparent esoteric bullshit that can be applied to anything you want, and most importantly I think he gets my feeling of being stuck in life in all aspects, apart from getting older. Musically it feels so much more mature, cold and distant than their earlier work. Despite the coldness it has very high highs, I get goosebumps every time I hear the break down of „one step forward… and six steps back!!!“, it‘s probably my favorite part of the album. The title track with it‘s „sha-bang, sha-bang“ is another highlight and then the following „emotional haircut“ is a great „up beat“ post-punk track that sounds like it could come directly from the 80‘s if it wasn‘t Murphy‘s vocals bringing us to the present. I don‘t really know what exactly Murphy wants to convey with his songs, I‘m not really a person who reads obsessively about music, I just listen to music and stop and think about the music I really like, and the albums that feel like they are speaking to me get bonus points. In the end I think it‘s a very hopeful album, despite it‘s very cold and clinical sound. Yeah, the lyrics aren‘t really happy-go-Lucky, but it feels like a trauma dump of sorts. Maybe the world would be a better place if more people would trauma dump with good music. Many will disagree, but I do think this belongs in the top 100 albums of all time, easily a 5/5. I hope more people will come to love this album, hopefully without having the anxiety and depression that I‘ve experienced. Ultimately I just wish that more people would dance to LCD Soundsystem. I know I wrote a lot of bullshit, but let a white boy yap for once. 5/5
Interesting tunes, but not really my style. I felt flashes of something that I’d want to go back to but overall wasn’t hooked by this.
Très bonne découverte
6 /10…indietronica / dance punk
Best Song: tonite. LCD Soundsystem is fantastic at making songs that evoke (melodically and lyrically) the bittersweet ephemerality of just having a good fucking time. Worst Song: black screen. It feels like he lost the plot on this one, and instead of building to any satisfying crescendo, it just languishes in this fuzzy, noisy mood. Anticlimactic ending to an album. Overall: For how basic it is, I can't help but enjoy the melancholy of LCD Soundsystem. Some of his songs linger too long in this kind of boring "jam" space, but the slow buildups he makes when everything is hitting have this wonderful feeling of inevitability, like the internal pressure of tears that you both need and don't want to bubble up to the surface.
Honestly, this was a big empty vaporwave dissapointment. A few songs sounded similar to some of their older stuff, but nothing here is worth a relisten. 2/5
Meditative. It's good, and the trademark sound is still there, though for me doesn't hold up against the energy of their first couple of albums.
I just don’t think this caught me at the right time. The songs are too many songs in one and I only want to listen to like one song from each. Probably deserves a relisten when I’m more in the mood
nothing outstanding, very bearable
I generally enjoy LCD Soundsystem but I don't understand why this album was included in the list. I don't think they're good enough to include 2 albums so one of their other albums would have been better to include.
Day607 - i was impressed by the sound and lyrics
The fewer words written about this album, the better. 1/5
Fine at points, just not my thing
No termina de ser mi rollo pero el uso de los sintetizadores y las bases me han gustado. Se me hizo un poco largo, pero es una apreciación sin importancia
Better than Rumors!
not as good as sound of silver and this is happening but i enjoyed some qualities of this record, had a more rock sound to it but i found it lacked some qualities that made his previous works more special, songs dragged more
4/5
Good! Found out a song on one of my fave tv shows is on this album ha
Interesting
Lacks the energy of earlier LCD records but still great
2 this was boring
This is a hard album to rate, because there were songs I really liked, and others I hated. The best ones had a strong beat that made me want to move, but interspersed with these were songs that were discordant and noisy. In the end, I can only rate based on how much I enjoyed listening to the album as a whole, and on that basis I'm going straight down the middle
My least favorite LCD album? I’m a fan. Each before this had at least one song that grabbed me that I still listen to. Maybe I got bored of them? Or thought the magic was gone after they “retired” and then suddenly came back.
There's a reason that beat poets are a niche thing. They should stay niche. This was somewhat listenable electronica with garbage lyrics. No
Pretty good, but also missed the mark for me. I would say that my favorite song was the last that was instrumental. I would listen again, if someone convinced me. Otherwise, shelved.
"tonight" er for fed i sin simplehed, selvom der er flere ord som ikke skal rime, end pbm, så fungere det bare så godt for mig. Jeg har rå hørt albummet hele weekenden, og der er nyt som kan opdages hele tiden.
Når det lyder af LCD Soundsystem lyder det rigtig godt. Desværre er der nogle få sange hvor James Myrphy’s særlige lyd ikke gør sig gældende og disse numre fremstår som huller af generisk elektro-pop. Håber der kommer flere LCD Soundsystem plader på listen.
This album was very hit or miss for me. I was into the opening song (oh baby), but then was getting bored until I got to "how do you sleep?". That kicked off a nice 3-song stretch that was capped off by a song I've heard somewhere before, call the police. That is a great song and by far my favorite. The rest afterwards was pretty bland except emotional haircut, which just felt like a terrible song. I think this lands somewhere in the 3 spectrum, probably on the higher end if this was a little shorter.
About time we got some LCD Soundsystem on here! Scanning previous reviews, it looks like I've referenced them 12 times previously... This is not the album I expected, but in all fairness I think any of their albums could justify a place on this list. This is their latest album and only recorded after their formal "breakup" in 2011. As would be expected given the 7 year span between this and the preceding album This is Happening, there is a significant change in the overall sound. This one leans a bit more heavily into what I perceive to be 80s nostalgia -- particularly with the title track. But for a 7 year break, LCD Soundsystem didn't lose any of their step. Murphy and the gang cling to their roots in thick synth bass and solid songwriting. A couple of overall comments... The sequencing throughout follows an up/down trend where they seemingly deliberately place upbeat songs adjacent to more "lumbering" tracks. Production is characteristically fantastic -- warm synth tones with lots of space for the instrumental elements to layer. Opener, oh baby kicks things off with walls of 80s-toned synthetic basslines and Murphy's characteristic croon. Such a wonderful opener that builds slowly and swells with patience. other voices kicks the tempo up to a level and feels something like a successful Talking Heads impersonation. For that matter change yr mind has a distinct Talking Heads energy to it as well. how do you sleep? is one of my favorites on here. A bit spooky at the start with Joy Division esq percussion, distant strained vocals and tense strings. Love how this one aligns focus behind the concentrated walls of bass and then just drives forward behind the snares. tonite adopts a "funkier" tone and feels a little goofy coming out of how do you sleep? but it is a fine song in isolation. Really enjoy fuzzed out call the police. american dream is a favorite of mine. Love the writing and the nostalgiac vibe of it. emotional haircut is another favorite of mine here -- silly chorus, but the instrumental jams. Never have I tired of this album. Soft 5 for me.
Looking forward to this one. Haven't given LCD Soundsystem a real listen before. A bit of noise in some of the beginning songs. Really liking the danciness of 'how do you sleep?'. This is the sound I think of when I think LCD Soundsystem. Enjoyable album with a beautiful finish.
Have been wanting to listen to LCD Soundsystem for a while now but just always slips my mind so I was very happy when this came up. Pretty much exactly what I was expecting and that is a great thing. Love the low hitting synth and just downright spacey music the whole time. Some of these songs were a bit strange like emotional haircut, but the over whelming majority were awesome. pulse (v.1) to end it was a marathon of sick sounds which was a great finish. Didn't even realize that had been an hour and 20 minutes long of an album which is a great sign.
I can’t believe of all LCD albums this is the first one. We better have Sound of Silver or This is Happening! That being said, How Do You Sleep is a banger of bangers and they don't really miss with any of their albums. I remember this coming out after years of listening to them after their "retirement." It's not my favorite or theirs but still fun as hell to listen to. The production is fantastic, and the songs sound so wildly unique to each other. My favorite thing about LCD is the crazy different sounds and how they're used. Also I think they're the kings of a build up. Really impressive. The title song is also top tier. Lyrics are incredible. Emotional Haircut is a grower. I remember not really loving it when this first came out but I really loved listening to it yesterday and just now. Black Screen is really the only mid song on here. I went into this kinda expecting to give it a 4 from my previous listens, but I can't in good conscious do that now. LCD has a good af discography.
Хоч і не найкращий їх альбом, але мені сильно подобається гурт. Не такий хітовий як інші альбоми. Проте й своїх хайлатів тут вистачає. Той самий how do you sleep?, emotional haircut чи call the police.
Echt een Roald album
Too soon
A good album that continues LCD Soundsystem’s signature mix of dance, punk and rock. Not every song is a winner but it’s clear that Murphy has matured quite a bit. The themes of this album feel heavier and weightier but it never feels leaden, plodding or pretentious.
80's but not in the way I like it. I don't love the lead singer's voice.
I danced my house clean to this
IT’S A TRAP! I was lured in by the brilliance of Oh Baby, but I felt like every glimmer of gold after that was steamrolled by something clunky.
Let's get this out of the way first - Oh Baby is a perfect song. No notes, 100/100 greatness. Now that said...I'm not sure why this album is on the 1001 list. It is quite a ways behind other LCD releases, so I guess it was chosen because it was a 'comeback'? Don't get me wrong, this is a good album, maybe even great, but including this one over the debut? Or This Is Happening? Or even their 'farewell' live concert? Nah. Grading on a curve here, this is 3 stars, but gets an extra star for Oh Baby (is that song the entire basis for Nation of Language as a band? Discuss.)
5 stars, graet album
This isn't my favorite LCD album but it's still fantastic, and seems to be aging quite well.
gd classic, great stuff from murph man all round
I don't think I've ever heard this one and it was better than I expected.
It's like they took influence from every band I like and made this album.
Solid album. For 2017, nothing transcendental for me.
This was dope as hell
Great dancey album! Gave it two listens and enjoyed both all the same
I love Sound is Silver and This Is Happening but not really this one. It just sounds like a more mediocre version of those. It doesn’t branch off in a different way to those so honestly scratching my head why this is necessary. It did grow on me a bit this time compared to whenever I first heard it at least. Still one of my least favorite album covers ever. Rating: 2.6
Okay
interesting inclusion of a comeback record.
Not quite five-star material, but definitely way better than I was expecting.
Really? Giving us the post-final show album? The “comeback” album. There’s two LCD Soundsystem albums that are far better than this mediocre attempt to recapture their glory days. & it’s not like I don’t like this album, but it’s not even a good representative of LCD Soundsystem
What a waste of time. Nothing interesting, just monotonous, generic electronic that feels a decade too late.
Was good, a bit long but solid electro jams
Very strange that this makes the list but their self-titled first one doesn’t.
Sooo good!!!
oh baby höjer den med åtminstone en stjärna
Chill vibe, decent background music. Would probably not listen to more by LCD Soundsystem but I do not dislike the album
Känner nog samma som sist, det är bitvis rätt bra. Men lyfter inte helt för mig. Tycker nog oh baby, fösta låten är bäst
Den här skivan tyckte jag var riktigt jäkla bra! Mycket bättre än Sound of silver som vi lyssnat på tidigare. Som många skriver är det väldigt influerat av Talking heads, Bono, The cure, m.fl. men det är ju bra musik så ser verkligen inte det som något negativt. Tycker alla låtar är riktigt bra, med undantag för Other voices och Emotional haircut där jag har lite svårare för sättet han sjunger på (de är inte dåliga dock). Den här kommer jag definitivt att lyssna mer på. Stark fyra!
Not really for me this one - on the plus side I don't have to listen to it again....
I didn’t hate this as much as I expected to - I don’t like electronica. But there were a few moments I quite enjoyed
It was a touch too long. There were a few oddball tracks I really enjoyed, but a lot of it just blended into the background. Overall a pleasant listen.
Tykkään varmaan keskiverto ihmistä enemmän tämmösestä musiikista nii siks hyvä. Tai en tiiä et kuunteleeko ihan kauheen moni ainakaa mun ikäsistä tai tutuista tällasta🧐
this man's music and character are repulsive to me
About halfway through this album, I started thinking it sounded like I was listening to someone who was losing his edge - who was sliding from "musical genius" to "running out of ideas." Then track 4 hits us with this lyric... I've just got nothing left to say I'm in no place to get it right And I'm not dangerous now The way I used to be once I'm just too old for it now At least that seems to be true Well, it was a good run while it lasted.
Didn't think I would like it very much but I did!
I love this album.
Tykkään bändistä ja kuunneltu päivän mittaan muttavtämä ei ole sitä..
It was alright a 2.75
decent
Not as good as a couple of their other albums.
The comeback that was always "happening" with moody lyrics and impeccable style.
I was hard on the LCD Soundsystem that came out a decade earlier and sucked. Here we have a guy who is 20 years too old to be at a party that hasn’t happened for 10 years anyway. Making chill ironic indie electronic with titles like “change yr mind” in 2017. Awful, terrible, hate it.
Really really really good
As they used to say on American Bandstand, “It’s got a good beat and it’s easy to dance to.” A solid four stars, with a solemn vow to recognize the artist next time I’m on Molly at an all-night rave… which is to say, never.
"American Dream" is the fourth studio album and the first in seven years after disbanding by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. Dance-punk, new wave, post-punk, synth-pop and art rock are the Wiki-listed genres. An eclectic mix but yes! The band members included James Murphy (vocals, synths, drums, percussion, bass, organ), Pat Mahoney (drums, vocals), Nancy Whang (vocals), Tyler Pope (bass), Al Doyle (guitar, piano, vocals, cello, mandolin, congas, synths) and Gavilán Rayna Russom (synths). Commercially, the album reached #1 in the US and #3 in the UK and had wide-spread critical acclaim. Synth and drum ticking sounds opens "Oh Baby." Synth notes and vocals. A dreamy song that builds. There's an overlayed organ and percussion smashes. It's a song about a relationship not working and not the last one on that. This song sounds better today than I remember. The dance beat gets going in "Other Voices." The groove gets set by the bass. There's David Bowie-era Robert Fripp guitar. The groove would not be out of place in a Talking Heads' album. It's a song about fear, depression, and anxiety of people in the outside world. The lyrics reminded Saul's brother Chick McGill in "Better Call Saul." The dance beat gets even bigger in "Tonite." A bass synth and layered beats in a hypnotic song. Murphy in a talking voice comparing himself to other artists and about getting older. Nice backing vocals repeating the song title. The first single "Call the Police" is one of the two really rockin' songs on the album. A new wave-post-punk synth, bass and drums with a melodic guitar. A comment on the current state of politics. This is a great song. "Black Screen" closes the album in an homage to David Bowie. The band does a really job creating that electronic feel of the "Heroes" to "Low"-era David Bowie. Synths and beats are the musical core of this album. The style reminds one of David Bowie, Talking Heads, Gary Numan, Brian Eno and post-punk in general. One can do a lot worse than that. Murphy's vocals are at times, dreamy, talking or echoing. The lyrics rotate around getting away from relationships, getting away from drugs, getting out of the current political system and getting older. The songs build and they all are fairly long (greater than five minutes) which might be a positive or negative. Regardless, this is a really good album. All four LCD Soundsystem albums are really good and a high recommendation for everyone.
Not my type
The length is daunting but the sounds of the record are extremely rewarding for the listen.
American Dream finds LCD Soundsystem returning without reinventing themselves. Instead, they refine their established style - sarcastic, self-aware lyrics, hypnotic grooves, and a heavier focus on synth textures that give the album a colder sheen. When it works, it works well: “how do you sleep?” builds slowly into a tense, driving peak, as does the opener “oh baby”, while the title track “american dream” blends melancholy synth layers with one of Murphy’s most affecting vocal performances. There’s also a strong Talking Heads influence here. “change yr mind” sounds like a Remain in Light B-side, complete with Adrian Belew-like noisy, eclectic guitar lines. But too often, the payoff isn’t worth the wait, with some songs unraveling so slowly that they lose their grip. Several tracks run past seven minutes without evolving enough to justify their length, circling around ideas that eventually lose momentum. Murphy’s lyrics dwell on aging and nostalgia, still sharp at times but occasionally too on the nose, as with “tonite,” which lacks the layered subtlety of his best writing. It’s a solid album with flashes of brilliance, but also one that feels overlong and under-edited. The synth work is richer, and the themes are relatable, but pacing issues and an uneven tracklist keep it from reaching the heights of Sound of Silver or This Is Happening. All in all, american dream is still an enjoyable listen. It may not rank among LCD Soundsystem’s best work, but there’s enough here to reward repeat plays, with moments that reveal more on subsequent listens. Even if it doesn’t fully justify its length, the album offers a mix of sharp writing, rich synth textures, and occasional emotional weight that makes it worth revisiting. 3.5/5
3.5
I like LCD soundsystem, but never heard most of these. Never a fan of his talking/singing, but otherwise catchy. I enjoyed a lot of this. Highlights: i used to
American dream, oh baby, black screen and how do you sleep were my standouts. The dissonance was musical, strange and lulling, I liked it. It felt like listening to old instrumental ‘classical’ music but modern, in the sense that it employed all the techniques and technology of modern mixing to come up with these electronica-synth beats. Not a genre I’m familiar with.
Dance music. Not my thing.
Synth pop music. Lots of manufactured beats and stuff. Talent for sure. Not my kind of thing. Good to dance to.
Wow, what an awful album! It almost ruined my day off. Zero creativity, from the cover (which looks like some evangelical church pamphlet made in the old Windows XP Paint) to the last second of this crap. I think this is the first time in a long time I've had a huge urge to give it less than 1 star. Unfortunately, I can't. Next one, please.
Favorite Track: oh baby
Enjoyed it a lot. Very atmospheric and at times reminded me of Talking Heads. My favorite part was the 4 track run of tonite, call the police, american dream, and emotional haircut.
This was a fun album! Very LCD Soundsystem - long intros that slowly build before a big crescendo. None of the songs gripped me the way some of their earlier work has, but it was all quite enjoyable
Liked some of it.
Interesting. Not what I expected. Eclectic and keyboard driven. Bowie influences and good melodies. Like it.
Easily the most recent album I’ve received on this list thus far, so I didn’t expect much. (Sadly, I’ve grown weary of modern music. Guess I’m old.) That said, it was surprisingly good. Not necessarily something I’ll listen to again, but I would t mind if it’s on.
I'm glad this is on the list. I never gave LCD Soundsystem a fair shake and this album has some interesting parts. I had it in my head for no real reason that LCD Soundsystem was just some super accessible dance music or something but that was clearly a wrong take. I like 'blackscreen' the most I think
american dream gave me major Aqueduct vibes. This was super chill and nice background music for the work I was doing.
Lots of computer beeps that I can make on my keyboard too.
Didn't really like the whole sound of it.
Look I love LCD Soundsystem. Sound of Silver and This is Happening are two of the best albums of the 21st century. Their live shows are incredible. James Murphy is his generation's David Byrne. But like, why did this album, their comeback after a breakup and long hiatus, make this list? It's not their best and it's not even the best intro to the band for new listeners. That being said it's still better than most albums out there, even if it does feel like late career Lionel Messi playing in the MLS. Oh Baby, Tonite, and Call the Police are standouts.
Never really gave them any consideration. This album brought me in. Great stuff.
Every song is way too long and WAY too repetitive. They pick a short little two-beat riff and just repeat it for 5 minutes. There are a couple nice vibes, but they get annoying after so much repetition.
This will be my last LCD Soundsystem album to review, and also my last album from 2017 to review. I got on the LCD Soundsystem hype train relatively late; they were on the lineup for ACL in 2010, and my cousin suggested checking them out since I was going. I think the first song of theirs I listened to was “All My Friends,” which I immediately fell in love with. I bought Sound of Silver and This is Happening, and I listened to both really frequently. I wound up seeing LCD’s set at ACL that fall, and it was fantastic. I was really bummed when they called it quits the next year, but I still listened to their last two albums quite a bit. When I found out that they were reuniting and releasing a new album in 2017, I was incredibly excited. I remember listening to this immediately after it came out, but I don’t remember my initial reaction to it. Looking at the track list, the only thing that I can recollect hearing is “Oh Baby,” which is a fantastic song. I’m guessing I thought this was fine when I listened to it, but that I just gravitated back towards Sound of Silver and This is Happening when I needed to scratch that LCD itch. However, I’m really pumped to listen to this today, and I’m hoping I really enjoy it! American Dream was so much better than I remembered. Listening to this today reminded me why I got hooked on LCD Soundsystem to begin with: James Murphy and crew create music that’s beautiful, weird, and epic in scope. This album doesn’t lean as much into the dance-ability of their earlier run of albums, but LCD Soundsystem still managed to create a great album that pays homage to other musical acts, while still sounding completely unique to them. As I listened to this album, several songs that I’d forgotten about came rushing back to me as soon as they fired up. I thought American Dream was fantastic from start to finish, and even though a couple of tracks on the first half of the album weren’t as good as the rest of the album, the high parts more than make up for those bumps in the road. A few notes on the songs I loved the most: -“oh baby” is incredible. Those looped melodies are so great, and the bass playing is fantastic as well. James Murphy can do softer songs so well, and I love that this album leads off with such a beautiful and melodic song. It definitely sets a different tone than “Dance Yrself Clean” did on This Is Happening, but it works so well. -“How Do You Sleep” is great. The way it develops and evolves reminds me of “Dance Yrself Clean”. The bass playing is excellent, I loved the vocals, and the strings were fantastic. There was so much to take in on this song, and I wish I could have listened to it even more than I did. -I can’t believe I’d forgotten about “tonite.” Man, this song has such a great groove. Like “How Do You Sleep,” it just keeps getting better as it goes on. The backing vocals were fantastic, and the I loved the guitar playing that came in about halfway through the song. -I’m ashamed to admit that I’d forgotten “call the police” as well. I wish I could bottle the feeling I feel when the drums kick in after the introduction. There are so many great melodies on this song; the guitar and synthesizer playing are both fantastic. No song can make me feel like “All My Friends” does, but this comes close. -Ah, the title track to this album is the third track I’d forgotten about. I love that trembling sound of the main melody combined with the bright synth sounds that come in and out. James Murphy’s vocal delivery is great too, and I think this might be his most emotional delivery on the album. American Dream is fantastic, and personally, it’s another reminder of why I love LCD Soundsystem. This album feels more serious and darker in tone than the two albums that immediately preceded it, but even in the throes of that emotional weight, this is a beautiful and fun album that I absolutely loved rediscovering today.
Gerei e ouvi este disco enquanto visitava a cidade mais feia e pungente de SP, Guarulhos. Acho importante adicionar este prefácio pois certamente isso impactou minha percepção do álbum. Antes dele, já havia ouvido outros albuns do LCD Soundsystem, como Sound of Silver e This Is Happening. É uma banda que eu gosto, certamente. E este disco me lembrou bastante os que mencionei, mas ele nunca atingiu os mesmos picos. Gosto da estética sonora deste álbum. Sim, as canções são longas e nem tão progressivas assim, mas eu admiro os universos que elas criam e habitam. Sim, os vocais são, em parte, anêmicos e quase desinteressados, mas eu admiro a leveza no canto de Murphy. O que quero dizer é que o que muitos apontam como falhas e fraquezas deste disco, são justamente os aspectos dele que me puxaram mais a fundo. Caminhar nesta cidade agonizantemente horrível ouvindo essas faixas antemicas e repetitivas é lindo. Fascinantemente, o que mais me desagrada neste disco é o que ele oferece fora do âmbito sonoro. Quero dizer, o seu título e a sua capa me dão arrepios de tão toscos que são. Além disso, odeio o fato que todas as canções têm títulos em caixa baixa. Pra quê? Coisa feia. E admito que mesmo gostando da monotonia de algumas faixas, o disco como um todo poderia ter sido um pouco mais curto. Mas mesmo assim, é um álbum que ouvirei mais vezes..gostei. 4/5
Better than any LCD I had heard before almost a 4 from me… kind of shocked because I really hate their other albums. I still think they lack a melodic quality that makes them feel aloof.
Have heard of the band but not heard the band. After now listening to this album with all the beeps and boops I’m okay with that.
A real shit, derivative new wave which was 40 years old and people try to pass for avant garde. The first half is abysmal the second gets better so I give it 2
It sounds like experimental music from the 80s. So not that good. And when I sae that this is from 2017, it automatically got worse. It's for the best if some of the music on this planet exists just as demos, and this is a great example.
i’m a huge LCD Soundsystem fan, like huge. but this is definitely their weakest album by a mile. that being said i still like it but it doesn’t even come remotely close to their last album (which is their best album and genuinely the best album of the 2010s)
I was working in alt rock radio when this album was released. It made no impact because it really does nothing groundbreaking. Other bands have done more with similar sounds
so this is good but it went on forever (writing this not including the japanese bonus track) and doesn't feel quite as focussed and vital as the earlier work. Light 3.5*
Never gave this group a listen. Pretty solid.
I'd give it a 2.5, but I'll set it at two starts since I highly doubt I'll ever pick it to play on my own
Oh Baby How Do You Sleep? Tonite Call the Police American Dream
This is a crazy great album. My favorite track on it is Murder by Numbers. I also loved Oh My God. The references to other songs is classic. Every Breath You Take and Wrapped Around Your Finger a re classics. Mother is a skipper. I’ve never liked that song at all. Synchronicity sort of makes me nervous. The tempo is too much. I never knew what they were saying in Tea in the Sahara, but it never mattered. I love this song. I love Stewart Copeland’s drumming. It’s just so forward on the tracks and I love the ska beats on a lot of songs. I’m torn between a four and a five I would give it a 4.5 if I could give halves there’s just a couple tracks that I don’t care for and I really like some of the older Police albums better, so I think I’ll stick with the four.
I think this is LCD's second best album. For the life of me, I do not get the hate at all. I think it's pretty flawless start to finish. The only negative I have is the artwork, but that doesn't stop this being a 5 star record
I think they're brilliant live but I just can't get into them recorded
This was way too long, some really great bits in it but needed 30 minutes cut
The title track is my new favorite song. Dreamy.
It's ok but it's deffo not as good as this is happening which for some reason isn't on this list. All the tracks are decent but no real standouts.
I was a little confused when this one came up. Based on it's presence I fully expect S/T and This is Happening to pop up. Otherwise, the world makes no sense. This is a decent album, though comparatively it feels like a phoned in regurgitation of ideas that were better executed on literally every album that came before. Earns stars for gnarly synth bass stabs. Even more stars for Oh Baby, which sounds like the theme from Reading Rainbow.
I thought I was going to hate this album but I was pleasantly surprised. There were elements of New Order, Talking Heads and other bands in this and it was a pleasant surprise. It drags a bit though. Is my life forever changed by listening to this? No. Did I hate it? Nah
Too long and too boring. 2/5
Not my thing
I love LCD Soundsystem and this is a solid example of their work. Really my favorite of their albums is This is Happening, but it doesn't seem to be among the 1001.
i used too, change yr mind, American Dream
This was pretty good! Not amazing but moderately enjoyable.
This album sounds like it's trying super hard to sound a specific way. I find it kind of irritating for some reason. At times it sounds like a shitty version of Talking Heads.
= The Beatles Kinda post modern Talking Heads
What I would call electro-pop, not bad though. Reasonably average so a 3
Another nice surprise from the list. Steady on, this is becoming a habit! Very enjoyable and varied throughout, and I was hooked as soon as I heard the cow bell on track 2 :) Will be listening again and having a delve into other works.
This is a top album. I love the slow build ups on some of these songs, and the way these songs eventually reach their final crescendo. Some songs are nearly 10 minutes long, but they don't feel it, which is a sign of quality songwriting. As for those the heavy bass keys, its enough to piss your neighbours off.
Meh!
I really don’t know what to say about this - I didn’t hate it, but I couldn’t tell you anything about it either. It went in one ear and out the other. Just not my thing.
An artist where I knew the name, but couldn't remember ever hearing anything by them. The discordant rhythm of "other voices" was almost uncomfortable to listen to but I liked "i used to" a lot more. "tonite" actually made me audibly laugh. "change your mind" I absolutely hated the guitars on. I found "how do you sleep?" just dull. I don't know how to rate an album that had tracks I really liked, absolutely hated and thought were meh... 2/5 I guess?
Synthesized garbage. No music here. Just noise.
Not my deal
What a boring album, it was very repetitive and it was like listening to the same song over and over again, I'd get if you listened to some songs sometimes because I liked some of them but the whole album just got boring at some point and I was just waiting for it to end
17/06/2025 I didn't realise that I knew their most famous song. It's an okay album, I'm glad I listened, but I don't think I will listen again.
listened in caribou while doing anki cards like the vibes a lot maybe a 6/10?
Eigentlich nicht unbedingt meine bevorzugte Stilrichtung, aber das Album ist überragend. Other voices erinnert sogar an die Talking Heads. Schlaue Musik für Bauch und die Beine.
Although this is not my favourite LCD album (last 2 songs could’ve been cut), it’s got some of their very best songs on. The 4 song run from how do you sleep to American dream is perfect.
Only heard maybe 1 or 2 of these before. Unreal album, not far short of their best
4.25 Solid
I don't like LCD Soundsystem
Better than the other LCD soundsystem album but still not for me
I don’t get it and I don’t really care for it.
wasn't as bad as the other one
Perfectly fine background music for an hour
Didn’t hold my attention. Repetitive, melodic, metronomic. Will need to listen again to see what I missed!
I’ve heard of them but never heard them. I’m blown away how really great this album was. They just gained a new fan.
My god, this album is way too long. If they would have skipped the last two deadly boring songs, totaling 26 minutes... And I really can's stand the singing: especially 'I used to' is incredibly out of tune. On a positieve note, the JM Jarre-like 'how do you sleep' is rather okay (but again way too long), 'emotional haircut' is a punky energy-song and the best song I think is 'call the police'.
I know this one’s divisive among fans, but I like how much they experimented with new sounds here while also keeping their classic vibe.
I like LCD Soundsytem
Would give a 3.5 if I could. Not a bad album, but doesn’t quite have the heft of previous LCD Soundsystem.
Nightmare more like
2 at best, maybe a 1.
Electronic dance music? No thanks, again. Two boring stars. And the album and songs are way too long.
James Murphy is a genius who makes music that fills my heart with happiness and makes me want to dance. This isnt their best album and sometimes he could do with an editor to drop album lengths by 10% but i happily had this on repeat for the day.
Inititially, I liked this better than Sound of Silver. And then I realized it just started to sound like a lot of other bands put through a blender. Various 70s/80s British New Wave bands, plus Joy Division, Flaming Lips, Talking Heads... I mean... It's not bad per se, but I really don't get the fuss about this project.
Yeah most of this is just ass. Many other artists wouldve deserved this spot. I liked the opening track and thats about it. I think since they established a style back then, other artists have perfected it and elevated it while they’re not just stuck in their past, but also made it spmehow worse. I think it’s mostly just boring and only sometimes annoying tho, so i can’t give it a bad 2. It’s a veery low 3 for me
The production is cool, but some of the songs can get a little repetitive and long.
They do have a cool sound but the tracks drag on and become monotone
++: Other Voices, How Do You Sleep?, Tonite, Emotional Haircut +: Oh Baby, I Used To, Change Yr Mind, Call the Police, Black Screen +-: American Dream 7,3/10
I kinda lost interest in these guys when they retired, and then returned, what, two weeks later? Anyway, this sounds like more of the same of what they did in the 00s. It's not bad, in fact a few tracks are very good, it's just, more of the same? High 2s.
Good
Decent, not as good as their previous albums.
banger 😎
Sounds a bit pretentious. Reminiscent of Talking Heads and Bono. A bit underwhelming. 3.2
Decent new-wave. But not really my jam. Too discordent and not enough upbeat. 3/5
I don’t know. I don’t love this album, but I do really like LCD. I’m probably biased because the documentary of James Murphy connected so much with me (as a man of a certain age). I’m probably being overly-generous with an extra star, but this all so subjective anyway.
interesting. i realized partway through the first song that i was getting LCD soundsystem mixed up with both Bloc Party and Broken Social Scene, so i truly had no biases going into this. probably not something i'll return to often bc omg those songs are LONG, but i enjoyed it on my drive to work. shades of talking heads in a lot of these songs.
this album sounds like what would happen if you gave david byrne access to garageband and 400 mg of caffeine
Sprawling and beat-driven. Thankful to have enjoyed this more than I expected after glancing over the tracklist and runtime. Not immediate maybe, but it kept me engaged even as the songs kept unfolding (there's only one song shorter than five minutes, and that's only by three seconds). There's something urgent and earnest about it and I plan on revisiting. I'd love to dance to this in a concert crowd.
Reviews were not encouraging, but I liked this.
Enjoyed
Perfect for people with either a brand new TV or insomnia.
Pretty boring overall
7.5/10 LCD Soundystem but a lot slower and less punkier than normal, their weakest release for sure but its still very enjoyable! Favorites were emotional haircut, american dream, and how do you sleep?
Not a fan
I didn't dislike it. Much better than I was dreading. I sometimes struggle with New York bands, not always. Too much self conscious 'cool'. But this was absolutely fine. Quite good in parts
The first three quarters of this album are really great.
Un album d’une grande maturité où l’exploration n’est pas autoréférentielle. On dirait parfois la voix de Bono avec une touche des Talking Heads
At first, I was dreading getting myself through this album. It was similar in a lot of ways to the album I had got the previous day, and I wasn't exactly looking forward to another day of the same thing. However, I will say it did grow on me as the album progressed. It was by no means my favorite, but the songs could, at least, be catchy at times. The vocals were nothing remarkable nor was the lyricism, but the music wasn't half bad.
On occasion I’m visited by my ghost of contrarianism past. The uniform of fringe, band merch, chainsaw belt buckle and skinny jeans protects a thin skin; he’s unconvinced by any cultural paraphernalia that managed to get popular – especially so if it did so without him having felt on the ground level of it. The fringe long since battled back to respectability and the fit of jeans finally allowing for a less restricted gait, we have space now to reflect. Stubbornness in youth, one can surmise, is mostly fine, just so long as it dissipates before it arrests development. To never let go or never let in are equal tragedies. To be given the chance to return to the primal scene of your obstinacy is, from that perceptive, a real privilege. And so my thoughts are buoyant. What talents did I overlook? What feeling did I allow to sail by? What dances – I usually preferred to stand outside and smoke, bless – did I fail to dance? Well, what a shame. I’m so bored by this record that I’ll likely never get to find out. It rumbles along pleasantly enough, takes the odd risk, but it seems to lack a certain spine. It’s a mash up of genre mash ups gone by, only with the most interesting parts of the portmanteaus filed down to inoffensive nubs. Electro pop without the pomp, new wave without the cool. Sometimes I suppose growth means just giving things a chance – and other times, it’s knowing when to quit. I managed to stop smoking. That’s got to count for something.
suprisingly brilliant
Don't think this is quite 5* as Sound of Silver and This is Happening are, it doesn't have the immediacy and big builds that those albums do at their best, not until Emotional Haircut near the end anyway. Nonetheless it was, and still is, great to have LCD Soundsystem back. The vibe is a little more melancholy than their previous work, musically and lyrically, but that's fine.
Groupe inconnu. Les morceaux s'étirent en longueur sans jamais proposer de variation ... ce qui donne de la musique de fond pas désagréable mais sans intérêt. =>2/5
Maybe my memory is failing me, but this isn't the LCD soundsystem I remember.
Putting a well liked bands worst album?
I wasn't crazy about it, but I didn't really get the hate here either. If you want to be upset about long meandering songs there are far worse albums on the list.
Bell'album un po' techno.
Not as good as I remember in my australian dreams
Jag gillade "how do you sleep" och "american dream" men i övrigt var jag oväntat otaggad på detta. Det känns som något jag borde gilla men idk. Kanske bara är på dåligt humör. Den får en trea iaf för säkerhets skull.
Pretty boring. I really enjoy early LCD Soundsystem (I got Sound of Silver earlier and that was a very easy 5) but this wasn't it. I don't think this belonged on the list and there could've been room made for something more contemporary.
This was my introduction into LCD a few years ago and I hated it. It sat on my shelf for 5 years and I listened to it again and it blew my mind. It opened up their whole catalogue and I was off to the races.
Helt okej.
Цьому великому гурту прийнято співати дифірамби, і я в цьому сенсі не є виключенням, адже дуже важко не полюбити музику LCD Soundsystem - гурту, що знаходиться ніби поза часом та втілює мистецтво у музиці в чистому вигляді. В їх музиці, постпанк, а точніше його похідна dance-punk звучать ніби напряму з 80-х, несучи з собою дух культурної революції, але при цьому не забуваючи про сучасні впливи інді-року та альтернативної електронної музики. Піком їх творчості, на мою думку, безумовно є Sound Of Silver, хоча кожен альбом по своєму особливий. І American Dream - не виключення. Після розпаду в 2011 році та довгої перерви LCD Soundsystem повернулися з альбомом, який відображає зміни в особистому житті Джеймса Мерфі та в культурі загалом. American Dream — це роздуми про втрати, кінець епох, зокрема у світі музики та суспільних ідеалів. Звучання альбому спирається на вищезгадані постпанк та електроніку, продовжуючи традиції гурту, але з помітною глибиною і сумом, що відображає впливи таких легенд, як Девід Боуї, Леонард Коен та Лу Рід, які пішли з життя після останнього альбому LCD, що звісно ж мало дуже великий вплив на Мерфі. Багато хто вважає, що трек Black Screen - взагалі присвячений Боуї, з яким Мерфі працював у останні роки життя музиканта. Альбом відображає сучасну епоху розчарувань — від втрати ідеалів “американської мрії” до переосмислення ролі музики в житті поколінь, що ростуть у цифрову добу. Він не є прямо «зсувом парадигми», та не народжує щось нечуване раніше, але тут є вишуканість та «претензійність» у гарному сенсі цього слова - Мерфі прекрасно розуміє свій геній, і що потрібно робити, аби ти відчув його пісні кожною клітиною свого тіла, тому і подає усе максимально помпезно, можливо навіть надто помпезно. Тим не менш, це один із небагатьох альбомів сучасності, що буквально «дихає мистецтвом» та сочиться эстетизмом, та з яким має ознайомитись кожен поважний меломан.
Quite good with some grade A bangers (tonite), but not their pinnacle
Consistently low-fi electronica that manages to be complex and catchy with rambly but wonderful lyrics. The last few tracks are rather indulgent but also decent. 4.1 stars rounded down.
Interesting mashup of Gang of Four/Talking Heads/80's New Wave synth references with a bit of disco. I found "Emotional Haircut" and "Black Screens" to be especially entertaining, but some folks at my party thought it was a bit of a drony downer. Maybe too intellectual, and seems kind of self-pitying? Everyone gets older... I dunno, maybe a little self-centered and relies on a relationship with the listener, or some prior knowledge of James Murphy himself to create emotional connection to his material.
Just… wow. This is the most contrived bullshit I’ve heard in years, including that crappy MGMT album that popped up earlier this week. I had a sinking feeling from the e.e. cummings song titling and the zero-effort cover art. This hot garbage is void of any semblance of creativity, originality, or effort. It sounds like if the Black Keys actually admitted to themselves that they’re fucking hipsters, and channeled their newfound wannabe synthwave edginess into a failed attempt at playing David Bowie B-sides in the style of Radiohead circa 2002, fronted by a tone-deaf hack with an inferiority complex. This dumpster fire *might* pass as a live improv act at a stoner jam session, but the fact that this band actually spent time and money to prepare and record this shit undermines any credibility they can possibly claim as musicians and songwriters. Turning out this “album” has lots in common with failing a take-home exam. You had an abundance of time, resources, reference material, and collaborators, and you just… fucked around and doodled on the test papers instead? I can’t tell if LCD Soundsystem misunderstood the assignment here, or just didn’t give a shit. Either way, I’m equally pissed off that there’s evidently a demographic of brain-dead kool-aid drinkers who slurp this shit up like Catholics with their sacrament. I’m frothing at the mouth to know how this steaming pile made the 1001 list. It’s a categorical guarantee that literally any other album demonstrates more worthiness than this.