american dream

Rating: 7/10 Certainly a bit of a controversial choice for the essential album list, since even among the LCD Soundsystem fanbase it's divisive. Probably due to a mixture of being a reunion album that arrived so soon after their hiatus, and that it still couldn't possibly live up to their "final" album This Is Happening and their mega epic sendoff with their "final" live show/live album at MSG. And it's true, it can't really live up to the band's pre-hiatus output, but now about a decade removed from that reunion and new album drama I will say this album american dream still has some pretty good stuff. In my opinion, the highs are not really up there to the best moments of Sound of Silver and This Is Happening, and the sonic palette shifts from bouncy and rhythmic electronic punk stylings to moodier, darker pieces. It's basically like James Murphy's electronic worship of post-punk music at its least dancey. I definitely don't think I ever gave this album much of a fair shot. But I would still call it all around 'consistently pretty good' at worst, with my highlights being Oh Baby and the title track.

Took 2 listens to "get it" but yeah it's interesting and pretty cool. I'm not cultured enough to dig into it and start loving the subtleties, but after 2 listens I do enjoy it and wouldn't mind listening to more of their stuff 6.5/10

Favorite songs: oh baby, i used to, tonite, call the police, american dream

it was long

I just can’t vibe with them as much as I try. Sadness, truly.

Really need to spend more time on this band. I like what I’ve heard. Just need to hear more and give them more time.

Twas good.

There is something poetic about Sound of Silver (2007) being the other LCD Soundsystem record on this list given American Dream is the comeback / return and the reflection / statement 10 years later. And while this is post-peak, just like the subject of its title, there's some sweet left in the bittersweet even when the victories turn into defeat.

Think this needs a second listen cos I lost momentum halfway through. Love the first song!! okay so after a second listen... I appreciate this but I dont LOVE it right now. Comparing it to Turnstile's Never Enough + Bjork's Debut (two most recent listens) it has come up short. Maybe it's the punkiness?? would probs be better live

Not the best representation of LCD Soundsystem that I've encountered, but not bad by any stretch. Sounds well produced but none of the tracks really hooked me.

Overall Rating - 2.75/5 (5.50/10). Not bad, but not great, either.

Decent, don’t like it as much as sounds of silver 3 stars for me

I ended up listening to this over about 3 days which isn't good for remembering and good/bad points! Overall it was an interesting and listenable album. I detected elements of Talking Heads, Pink Floyd and U2, but not to the point of copying them exactly so I don't know the elements were just in my imagination or real. The album was good enough that I'll try listening to some of their other albums.

Sounds like a lot of 80s bands (mostly Depeche Mode).

Mostly recalls better albums (which should come as no surprise to anyone who's heard "losing my edge"). Normally that means a distillation and evolution of a sound, but this is more of a flattening, a greying-out. So it's not bad, but whatever it brings to the table seems like less than what's come before. The chasm between the attempt and sticking the landing mean this one gets dinged.

Long and weird. There’s some good stuff here, particularly change yr mind, but ultimately I was ready to be done with it by the end

Maybe 3.5/5. It could grow on me with re-listens.

Something's missing. Despite how acclaimed this band is (and I do love what songs I've heard off of their self-titled and Sound of Silver), there really wasn't much to sink my teeth into on this album. How Do You Sleep? and to a lesser extent Tonite were pretty good, but otherwise this just washed over me. It felt derivative of, rather than inspired by, a host of earlier new wave artists such as Talking Heads and Devo. 6/10.

Fine. Not great not bad.

Decent.

"Oh Baby" was, for lack of any other words, electrifying. This may be in part to the music video too, but the electronic sounds provided the perfect emotional beats to match the ballad-like vocals. Really amazing way to begin an album, once you get past the tension of the first minute of the song. Unfortunately, so much of what is built in the first track falls flat with "Other Voices". The flat tone of the singer doesn't do enough to distract from the incredibly repetitive bass. Even the introduction of the second singer, Nancy, couldn't save this for me. Despite this, I cannot deny the track has the potential to grow on me, elements of what I like are there in some capacity. The almost The Cure like tone of "I Used To" and a more musical display of the lyrics (as opposed to the spoken delivery of the last track) elevates this one for me; makes me wonder if this will be an album of hits followed by misses. So far correct, with "change yr mind" largely forgettable and "How do you Sleep?" killing it with the sinister synth beats. Predictably, I "Tonite" didn't land with me. Murphy's talking delivery of lyrics just never works for me, he has a voice that's perfect for actual singing, so it feels like potential is always lost. The didactic delivery of the lyrics, mixed with the delivery creates for something that reminds me of something Morrissey would sneer about. Actually, I really didn't like this track. "Call the Police" sounds like a more traditional indie rock track, with Murphy taking a return to actual song. By this point, I am very aware of the pattern of like/dislike and trying to remain objective, just so that this narrative doesn't confirm itself for that reason only. The beginning of "American Dream" feels like it could have been lifted straight from the cutting room floor of The Cure's Disintegration; At this point, there is no denying the influence the band has had on LCD Soundsystem. Similarly, it holds a dreamy quality to the vocals and a fuzziness to the guitars. I loved "Black Screen" but, unfortunately, am powerless to properly explain why. The melancholic vibe, the use of keyboard and basic drum beats. It makes for an eery sort of beauty which doesn't mind taking it's time to unfold. Overall, I did enjoy this album, even if it was incredibly hit and miss in nature. There is enough here for me to want to look further into LCD Soundsystem, for sure.

Banger, but not their best

I listened to the first song and thought "Why do people compare LCD Soundsystem to Talking Heads? They actually sound good." Then I heard the rest of the album. The instrumentals here are better at least.

LCD Soundsystem's disco-punk fusion sound is so unique and makes for some great music. A decent album with my favorites being "oh baby", "tonite", and "call the police" which are all new to me amongs the other random LCD singles that have permeated my consciousness over the years

fine album, don’t get why people hate it that much all i’ve seen are bad reviews it’s not my favourite album ever but it’s not horrible sometimes the songs FELT really long, like idc if a song is long as long as it doesn’t feel long and some songs here felt like they went on forever

Some tracks were pretty fun, but at some point it stopped being fun and started dragging on.

high 3 for now, might have to revisit this cause i couldnt focus properly

Definitely LCD Soundsystems worst album. Even the good songs are kind of dull

Album #1000 for me today - I've been waiting for this for so long. It's an album I haven't known before. Good soundscapes, electronica and it reminds me of Beach House, then it's more post-punk/new wave, a bit like Talking Heads and Joy Division. It sounds more complex than it is, actually the songs are very simple. The atmosphere is calming and nice. I wanted to round it up to 4 stars, but it's a 3.5 star album at first listen and will stick to 3 star for now.

Like it, not sure if it’s the album I would have put on the list.

Some good cuts in here

I thought the album was okay. What I didn't understand was why the songs had to go on and on for so long. Really? Why does a song have to be more than 9 minutes or in one case longer than 12 minutes long? It just makes the songs themselves, the music and the lyrics, repetitive and boring.

Big fan of lcd soundstages, I went to see them tour when they were supporting this album That being said, not my fave. Some songs are good (tonite, oh baby and the title track) but everything else I’m not too thrilled about, especially compared to their older stuff. Still a good album

'Oh Baby' is a great start to the album but I feel like it was kind of downhill from there. I've never been a fan of James Murphy's talk-singing thing, and most of these songs are just soooo loooong. I haven't listened to LCD Soundsystem's earlier albums in a long time, but I remember them being a lot more fun; maybe I'm misremembering though.

Synthpop I didn't really care about. It's not bad, though. Interesting to say the least.

Fair enough. Few stand out tracks but far too long. Found the repetition of everything a bit tiresome after an hour. Sound of Sulver is better.

Well, I liked it. It does go long at times, but still works while playing in Photoshop..

Not LCD's best album but still good. The band's reunion certainly helped boost this record to the top of the charts but being 1001 list worthy is a bit of a stretch. Hard to find something by the band I don't like though as their system of sounds are right up my alley. Electro-dance beats mixed into a jam session with an airy lead singing poignant lyrics is a recipe for success in my musical cook book. Probably would have been a little better trimmed down from a 5 course dinner to just an entree with a few sides. The American Dream may be dead but this record still lives on at 2.84 stars.

Not quite as strong as Sound of Silver, but still another solid entry from LCD Soundsystem. Another batch of good tunes, a couple of which I added to my liked songs. The back end slows it down a little too much and I can see why the bonus track didn't make the cut on the original release as there's not much there. This album didn't resonate as much as the prior entry but I still enjoyed the listen. The talent and creativity is clearly on display at various times and seeing that the band only has 4 albums it's clear I need to check the other ones out. It's a shame I wasn't more familiar with LCD Soundsystem prior to running through this list as I feel I've been missing out. 3.21 stars

I see the year 2017 for an album on this list and immediately get nervous because, while I'm far less of a music snob than I used to be, there's not a great deal of music post-2008 that I truly appreciate. However, LCD Soundsystem's 'American Dream' is a rare surprise. The first track, 'Oh Baby', is rather forgettable, but then 'Other Voices' rolls in next with such an infectious groove that owes plenty to Talking Heads. All of a sudden, I'm realising there's plenty more to this album than meets the eye on it's basic, minimalist cover. Then the process repeats. 'I Used To' is another relatively forgettable tune (with cringey falsetto), before 'Change Yr Mind' literally changes my mind again, bringing back that Talking Heads-esque shuffle beat and Fripp-esque guitar. Listening to 'American Dream' is starting to feel like watching Star Trek movies: every even-numbered creation is good while the odd-numbered creations leave a bit to be desired. But then you get to the synth-heavy 'How Do You Sleep' where, for 9 minutes, the song pounds along without any real payoff, and the Star Trek cycle more or less continues until the end of the album. So, in conclusion, this could've been a great EP if you nixed the forgettable odd-numbered songs and kept the even-numbered bangers. Best songs: Other Voices, Change Yr Mind, Tonite, Call the Police, Emotional Haircut

Interesting very, beats are calm yet give a modern vibe, very intriguing, not my type thing though

Electronic. Sounds a bit like the cure

Some funky and catchy vibes

3.0 - Ok

I really like some of this, but some of it really misses for me. A good listen though.

This is alright background music, but not something i really wanna listen to. However, some of the songs do remind me of David Bowie's Berlin trilogy.

This was up and down for me. Some tracks I liked, some not so much. Overall, it was better than I expected at the start. Low 3.

Riktigt bra andra halvan, lite för trevande första halva. Black Screen är toppen, man ska lyssna fokuserat medan man typ lägger pussel :)

sometimes he reminds me of Brandon Flowers/ the Killers, sometimes he sounds like David Byrne, & he always sounds quite urgent. Although I love tracks 2 and 7, most of it is just too electronic for me, not enough melody. But I do dig LCD, the good tracks are great!

A couple of really interesting tracks. Call the Police is the stand out. I’d come back to this.

This is like making a tie-dye shirt. It starts with the calmness of colors dripping into a bucket of water, along with the methodical wrapping of twine around the shirt. The drops begin to take up space, expanding ever so slowly. The energy intensifies as the bright white shirt is slowly lowered into the water, absorbing bright, chaotic colors in a wild pattern. The negative space defines the bursts once it's ultimately fully unraveled. As it hangs to dry, the pattern is hypnotic.

Like an alternative history of the 80s. Fripp/Eno, Eno, Can, Kraftwerk, Berlin era Simple Minds (pre pre Breakfast Club) and Depeche Mode. They're all here. As always. But the influences form a composite sound that ends up sounding like none other than LCD Soundsystem. Sounds and songs delivered with energy. Better than most but I have to assume there are at least two other LCD albums on the list - no?

Cool record. Love it when there are layers and layers of percussion. There are some awesome bass and lead saw sounds too. I'm not crazy for that too cool indie singing style, but it does kind of fit in lcd soundsystem somehow

It was ok

Started off fine, ran entirely too long. Mostly “meh.”

This album opens with a 80s feel about it, and then moves into bowiesque type rock and settles on 2000's alt rock at the end, almost like they are tipping their hat to their influences (the video for tonite kind of confirmed this). other Voices sounds like they listened to Talking Heads and decided to try something similar, but did it quite badly. I am not 100% sure how to take this album. I quite enjoyed listening to it, but it still didn't make me want to leap up and go and find all their albums and listen to them. There were a few notable songs in among some pretty average songs. The album relies on a catchy beat with some nostalgic riffs. I gave the previous album by them a 4, but I don't think this is quite there. Ultimately it is borrowed music and not unique or new. 3.5 stars

I feel like, individually all the ideas on this record are fantastic. My only issue is that they tend to be dragged out for minutes on end in a slow build up, with no changes (no choruses, bridges, etc). I want the music to change up, give me a hook or something, and it just refuses to do so. So what I'm left with is a 9 minute long song that has the same beat/vibe that just keeps getting stuff added to it. And it ends up dragging for me.

A couple of tracks reminded of OMD but beyond that wasn’t particularly taken by this

Big fan of LCD Soundsystem. Although this album goes on for too long. After a while, it just sounds like studio navel-gazing.

I don't know how to feel. 3.

An homage to post-punk while capturing none of the energy or emotions of the movement. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5

3+

not their best record, but I still enjoyed it enough

Oh Baby is my favorite LCD Soundsytem song and is probably in my top 100. The rest of the album feels quite flat by comparison and all fairly forgettable.

The Wikipedia listed equipment played on this album is absolutely orgasmic - Rolands, Yamahas, Moogs, Korgs, ARPs etc - all with cool names like the ARP Odyssey or the Korg Trident II. I assume it's the analogue synths that gives the warm and imperfect tone that drips with nostalgia. As well as alignment with Stranger Things, the Drive soundtrack came to mind, especially on the lovely title track. Detached melancholy. Loneliness. Resignation. And other words. 'oh baby' and 'american dream' are the two solo-penned tracks by Murphy, and to my ears the most moving. Astride those, 'tonite' and the other dance numbers sound a little flat and frivolous, without the layers of the better tracks. Even 'black screen' a downbeat close to the album, feels too detached and simplified for my liking. I liked the general aesthetic but much prefer the more ambient numbers compared with the more DIY-sounding repetitive dance beats. Give me sinister chord changes, give me shimmering synth. They hot the spot a few times, but overall underwhelming.

Good, but more atmospheric than bangers e.g. American Dream sounds like an 80s soundtrack song.

groovy

I enjoyed it, not nearly as tight if an album as SOS, but still good nonetheless. 3.5/5

LCD Soundsystem is probably peak 10s indie hipster. If you ever wondered what real music hipsters listened to, then this is it. This is quite late on the LCD Soundsystem timeline, it has gotten more clear dreamie vibes than their earlier stuff. I think it works quite well, some I disco, some electronia som indie-pop. I can’t really say much about it, it’s a sound that was popular at the time, if you like this type of music I guess you will like this. I think it’s ok but it’s not that memorable, it’s a bit to hipster for me somehow. Mid 3.

★★★½

Just when everyone thought LCD Soundsystem was over they came back in 2017 with american dream and off the bat you can tell this is not on the same page as their first 3 albums. Something about the music here isn't as special or intriguing as the original trilogy with the electronics often switching from the main focus to the background all the time over this album and it feel more like a rock album with electronics then an electronic album from LCD. There are some really high highs then they are some good lows but it's always jumping around like a kid on a trampoline. I hate to say it but black screen was such a hollow ending to such a phenominal band, it really left a sour taste in my mouth as I could never imagine the band making a song like this to close out what will probably be their final project ever. american dream is more then just disappointing it's not in character at all and that's why it is so frustrating. I wish I liked this more but this is not the LCD Soundsystem I knew when I first started getting into their music.

'You're still a pushover / For passionate people.' This is good pop music, a fusion of therapeutic landscapes and Talking-Heads quirkiness. Opening w/ a legitimately consoling track - 'Oh, sugar / Give into me / You're just having a bad dream / Of ringing alarms'; 'Lean into me / There's always a side door / Into the dark' - the band then steadily reaches into their bag of percussive dreams and makes a record that's at once soothing and hard-nosed. James Murphy is a real artist in that he sounds like no one b/c he sounds like everyone: in other words, tho LCD has clear soundalikes, they possess a magnitude that can only imply a deep musical entrenchment. It would take too long to get to the bottom of their influences - a good thing.

LCD Soundsystem is a band I should adore on paper. And when they land a hit, they absolutely nail it; those tracks feel alive, immediate, and unmistakably theirs. But the deeper cuts on american dream drift into that trademark LCD sprawl, and that’s where they tend to lose me. I get why people fall hard for this band—their love of the craft is undeniable—but something in the longer, more repetitive grooves just doesn’t quite click for me. The highs are excellent; the rest feels like it’s aimed at someone with a slightly different dial than mine.

This was nice but didn’t really move the needle

If the talking heads had really expensive synthesizers

Not my favorite of their albums but they always blow the doors off live

I like this album but it's not amazing... curious if this made it over Sound of Silver or even This Is Happening, two far better albums

This is a fun one! But not the most fun one. Still a good listen.

Random thoughts: * Surprised to see this album on 1001. But I also see they do have Sound of Silver which is the LCD album I would have chosen too. * absolutely love the first song Oh Baby. There is another song that has a similar slowish vibe too, maybe American Dream. That sound works best on this album. * I enjoyed the album but few if the songs remained with me. This album seems like it is more notable because LCD came out of “retirement” for this album.

I remember listening quite a lot of their first album back in 2005 and getting bored a fter a while. I feel the same on this one. Yet I applaud the attitude.

A surprising album where you can feel many diverse influences that ultimately blend together quite well. It made me want to follow this LCD soundsystem band to get to know them better.

Enjoyed this one. Was a bit surprised by its inclusion - with This Is Happening being a much more well known album for them. Started strong, ended strong. There were a few songs in the middle that didn't do it for me, but nothing so bad that it killed the album.

I enjoy LCD Soundsystem, but I feel they came about 30 years to late. This band would have thrived in the 80s!

cool stuff. never had the chance to check them out but liked it much more than i expected to.

Good sounds. Not my usual style but i vibed with it for a bit.

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

take the nostalgia glasses off this album is just ok

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

-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?

Weakest album by them, still really good. But yeah doesn’t reach that level.

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?

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

I think I get it. Somewhat innovative but pretty out there. Cool sounds. Kinda sounds like Talking Heads. Love call the police

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.

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

Mi sono un po' persa andando avanti, delle canzoni erano anche carine ma decisamente troppo lunghe e pesanti

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.

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.

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.

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.

This was an OK album. I would listen to it again.

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'.

6 /10…indietronica / dance punk

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.

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

Good! Found out a song on one of my fave tv shows is on this album ha

Interesting

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.

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.

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.

I danced my house clean to this

I don't think I've ever heard this one and it was better than I expected.

Solid album. For 2017, nothing transcendental for me.

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.

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

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.

Tykkään bändistä ja kuunneltu päivän mittaan muttavtämä ei ole sitä..

It was alright a 2.75

decent

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

Favorite Track: oh baby

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.

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.

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)

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*

Oh Baby How Do You Sleep? Tonite Call the Police American Dream

This was way too long, some really great bits in it but needed 30 minutes cut

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

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.

This was pretty good! Not amazing but moderately enjoyable.

= The Beatles Kinda post modern Talking Heads

What I would call electro-pop, not bad though. Reasonably average so a 3

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?

Perfectly fine background music for an hour

Would give a 3.5 if I could. Not a bad album, but doesn’t quite have the heft of previous LCD Soundsystem.

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.

++: 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

Good

Decent, not as good as their previous albums.

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 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

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.

Helt okej.

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.

This lot passed me by to the extent that I had no idea what kind of music to expect. There's enough here to warrant another listen, but a post break-up, comeback album is probably not the best place to start. Elements of Talking Heads and New Order in places, which is no bad thing.

Synthy electro. First track reminds me of OMD but with that modern closeup breathy vocals. Kraftwerk a clear influence. Very 80s in sound and feel. Ooh I like the end of I Used To, with the guitar! Some indie elements too, like Change Yr Mind Some of the synth lines are so good (back half of How Do You Sleep), but they're too sparsely placed for my taste. Vocals are reminiscent of The Cure Best track: I Used To or How Do You Sleep or Oh Baby

pretty interesting i think its a pretty high 3/5

I was really excited to listen to this because I love Sound of Silver. However, this album was a miss for me. The songs objectively sound good, but they just droned on and on. It had me missing the lyricism and storytelling of songs on Sound of Silver which was pretty much entirely lacking here

01) Oh Baby - 7,5 02) Other Voices - 7,0 03) I Used To - 7,5 04) Change Yr Mind - 6,5 05) How Do You Sleep? - 6,0 06) Tonite - 7,5 07) Call the Police - 7,5 08) American Dream - 7,5 09) Emotional Haircut - 6,5 10) Black Screen - 7,0 TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100) Current ranking:

Probably the worse lcd album they made and I’m a fan of lcd! This list is real sus.

Dude whatever idk I didn't care

Much like yesterday's Hot Chip selection, I own a few of LCD Soundsystem's earlier albums, so it's nice to get a band I like and music I haven't previously heard by them. And unlike Hot Chip's "In Our Heads", I enjoyed this album just as much as I've enjoyed their earlier albums. I particularly enjoyed "oh baby" (in part due to the impressive and sad video by Rian Johnson and starring Sissy Spacek and David Strathairn), "i used to", and "call the police". A solid album, and fun to get newer material from them in this collection, but not their strongest work; perhaps they felt a bit rusty (and clearly more subdued) from their long hiatus before this album was released.

Kind of nice although I kinda couldn't listen in one go with interrupts at work Will I listen to again: 33%

3.5

Неожиданно фоном играло хорошо, в конце только нудновато. 6 из 10.

I had another of their albums before (Sound of Silver). They are like a 00's indie rock/electronica band. They sound like a modern day Talking Heads Favorite songs: Call the Police, How Do You Sleep?, Tonite, Other Voices, Oh Baby Least favorite songs: Black Screen, Change Yr Mind 3/5

Not always a fan of the indie dance punk genre but I didn’t hate this. You can hear the influences of the 80s post punk bands and even U2 on this. Album cover is terrible though

Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit

not their best work - but solid

pretty fun. jammy, upbeat. a solid listen, even if i feel dead inside. 3 stars

A nice listen, has a summer-like vibe to it and comparatively similar to M83’s style of music. Would listen to again properly (listened on a commute and I forget I’m listening). 7.4/10.

A little bland, but listenable. "call the police" was decent, but that's as good as it gets. Not enticed to listen to more.

James Murphy is in that class of genius who I never want to meet.

It's fun to see what the individual songs remind me of, Joy Division, Talking Heads, Bowie in the Berlin era, Tusk. At least all the songs are different. The Cure, Gang of Four..... 3*

sonically i quite enjoyed this a lot. american dream, the title track was really lush sounding. but lyrically not much of an album for me.

Ganz nette Sachen dabei, zieht sich manchmal etwas find ich

It was okay, im not a big fan of his previous work and i thought most of this to be decent but nothing crazy, the ocassional track that does grab you, however.

Other electronica I’ve heard were structured more as atmospheric house music that grows by layering, whereas this album was more polished tracks with vocals, and I enjoyed this more. Maybe this makes it fit less in electronic music box than something else? 3.25/5

Sounds a lot like a modern day Talking Heads to me. I've grown to like Dance-Punk quite a bit more since starting this journey. This album has some nice loud Drums and Synths throughout that really bring the energy. The album itself is a bit on the long side and some of the songs were quite long winded overall, but nonetheless a pretty enjoyable listen.

A bit too electronica for my personal tastes, but good for what it is. 3.3

Good, not a favorite.

While I did enjoy this album, I find this the weaker album LCD Soundsystem has released.

I like the song titles

Simply alright.

Ik heb dit album ooit eens geluisterd, omdat het zulke goede reviews kreeg. Weet nog goed dat oh baby echt een hoogtepunt was, en is eigenlijk. Wat een prachtnummer is dat! Hoe het een soort van ontploft en maar blijft opbouwen, prachtig. Maar ik weet ook nog best wel goed hoe ik dit album super vet vond, voor een half uur ongeveer. Dat het gewoon veel te lang was en na een tijd me niet meer zo pakte als dat het in het begin wel deed. En eerlijk; alle nummers duren me eigenlijk steeds net 2 minuten te lang. Neemt niet weg dat eigenlijk elk nummer gewoon ijzersterk begint en ik me ontzettend goed heb vermaakt met dit album. Denk dat hij daar mazzel mee heeft, maar het word geen 5 sterren. Daarvoor is het album te lang, lopen sommige nummers te lang door en is het allemaal net niet onderscheidend genoeg. Toch vind ik dit wel een album dat je absoluut moet luisteren voor je dood gaat! Och jezus, was vergeten hoe verschrikkelijk de laatste 3 nummers waren... Die zijn echt taai om doorheen te komen. Hier zit een fantastisch album van 7 nummers in, jammer dat het nog bijna een half uur langer duurt. Die laatste 3 nummers, is toch een 3e van het album, haalt het naar beneden naar 3 sterren. Wat een verschrikking zijn die laatste paar nummers. Jammer, want het begin en het middenstuk zijn echt makkelijk 4 sterren waard. FAVO: Oh baby, other voices, how do you sleep?, tonite, call the police

Supreme white boy, but at least some variety

drei bis vier. American dream

This was my introduction to lcd and I was not disappointed

I want to check out Four Horsemen next time I'm in NYC

The first track is wonderful. The second track is obnoxious. That about sums up LCD Soundsystem. Most of the album follows suit, alternating between delightful and annoying. Sometimes it depends on my mood. But generally not a fan of “other voices,” “change yr mind,” or “tonite,” but I dug “call the police” through the end of the album.

3.5

The sound ranges from neo-80s to alternative rock. I’d rather they stick to the broody synth sounds.

Not bad. But the parts I liked most were things I’ve already heard from the Talking Heads and contemporaries the Killers and AWOLNATION. I wouldn’t change the station if this came on again, but probably won’t seek it out either.

I don't have a lot to say. This is enjoyable chill background music.

It seems like good dance music.

I think this list isn't showing the best 1001 albums tbh as then I'd hope for only 1-2 albums per huge artist and nothing from ones that are okay. I don't want to sound mean because I did enjoy some songs on this but I wouldn't consider it something people need to hear... This gives very much soundtrack vibes which is nice but not ground breaking as it just drags for someone listening for the first time. Also why do I never get women artists on this? Maybe I'm unlucky.

The Good: The American Dream! The Bad: misreading the bands name and thinking that we will be trippin’ a little… The Ugly: the fact that LCD is old tec by now… When the album showed up my initial reaction was “I’ve already listened to this…” because i recalled the band’s name… I even had to go back and read my comments about the other album I listened to, to read that I had actually enjoyed the experience… And I again enjoyed the experience, however, there are a couple of comments I’d like to make: While the first time I was exposed to LCD Soundsystem I was pleasantly surprised, this time around I had a higher level of expectations, and though I found several of the tracks enjoyable, having to sit through 60+ minutes was a little taxing for me. It also dawned on me why I did like LCD Soundsystem the first time I listened to them, and that’s because they are, to a certain extent, a modern version of the Talking Heads… but only to a certain extent. Having said all this, I don’t understand why this band has 2 albums (I hope only 2) on the 1001 list… 3*

I liked this one more than I thought I would. I wouldn't say it's my jam, but for an 88-minute techno (to my ears) album, it was not half bad.

Re-listen and feel slightly more positive than years ago but still missing some juice

I went into this album with some preconceptions. I dated a girl in college that was very much into the early 2000s indie scene and we frequented house parties where it seemed like LCD soundsystem made up the bulk of the Playlist. Never liked them or hated them back then. This album was a pleasant surprise compared to what I'd heard.

Always found to be a bit overrated (I think I bought a previous album to try and be cool), but enjoyed the 80s synths of track one so felt optimistic. Then some tracks were boring and some were funky basically

3.5

This is the kind of music that I kind of like but for the most part if I never heard it again it wouldn't phase me. 6.8 ★★★

Competently made, but a lot of this does little for me, but the three best tracks, "How Do You Sleep?", "Call the Police" and "Black Screen" are really cool. This was heading for a 3, but those three tracks lifted it to a light 3.5 stars

Dancy, electronic, post-punk-esque. Quite enjoyable.

Started eh, but really liked the back half.

Some songs are really catchy, others no so much. Also, a bit too long of an album but I do appreciate the sound of it overall

Meh

Ok so this was released 2017, it is electronic and indy sounding. It sounds like its from the 90's kinda. I feel like this artist was influential in the scene but unsure about this album in specific

Pierwsza połowa tego albumu zasługuje na 2, ale albo nabawiłam się syndromu sztokholmskiego albo druga jest dużo lepsza. Eksperymentalny (czasem aż za bardzo) elektroniczny rockowy groove z rodzaju kochaj albo rzuć. Nadal nie wiem, czy kocham ale może uda się nie porzucić. 6.5/10

I largely ignored this one at the time. A bit strange, because I was a big fan of the breakout singles a decade or so earlier. Listening to it now I think I was right to pay not too much attention to it. Maybe you get more out of it if you listen to the words but it doesn't half go on a bit, does it? The production is nice. Bit Human League. Bit Bowie. But my god, those songs are long.

Some strong tracks (oh baby, call the police, american dream) but some overly long bland stuff as well. Would definitely be a 7/10 but limited to 3 or 4 so went for the 3 option

Surprised this was imcluded, think they have a big drop off after 1st 2 albums. I did attend a listening Party for this though, back in the day. A couple of bangers, but overall a little too mid, too plodding..

I dislike something about it but I don't know what it is. It makes me feel like I'm not real.

The worst album of one of my favourite bands of all time. Hey, at least it works as an excuse to return to it since I haven't done that in a while.

M,eh, some tracks ok but a bit boring

I really can't tell if it's a 2 or a 3. The songs themselves are pretty good but sometimes the lyrics are just bad and singing is mediocre throughout. I'm going to settle on a 3 as it's something I could go back and listen to but I wouldn't go out of my way to.

A pretty good comeback album from a great band that unfortunately just doesn’t get close to the dizzying groove-packed heights of their earlier records. There’s no Daft Punk Is Playing At My House, All My Friends, or Dance Yrself Clean on here but it’s still a pretty fun ride. It’s also overshadowed by the more energetic Electric Lady Sessions which has live versions of predominantly the same songs

like a bad U2

I love LCD Soundsystem. They’d probably make my top ten, certainly top twenty, bands of this century list if I had to make one. Sound of Silver in particular is a masterpiece, but their first three albums are all absolutely fantastic. american dream is their fourth album, and I think it’s a pretty decent record. It’s definitely my least favorite of their four proper LPs, but it’s still pretty good. I don’t think I’ve come across any of their other albums on this list, but hopefully at least Sound of Silver is included. american dream is a fine sounding record and taken on its own it’s very good. oh baby is a great opener, and probably my favorite song on the album. call the police is another highlight, as is the title track. I think one issue with the album is that it’s 20-30 minutes too long. There’s probably a masterpiece within, but it’s really easy to get fatigued listening to it all at once. It’s still filled with great beats and some of the best idiosyncratic vocals this side of Talking Heads, but there’s so much of it and the high points are farther apart than needed to keep the listeners attention. Still a very solid, good record that I’m torn between 3 and 4 stars on.

3 eh uh huh ok

I got into LCD Soundsystem after their breakup. I fell in love with their unique fusion of dance music and indie rock, especially on Sound of Silver and This Is Happening. When they announced a reunion and, subsequently, a new record, I was estatic . My first listen of American Dream in college was a massive disappointment. I was heartbroken to find that James Murphy and company had lost their special spark after their final concert at Madison Square Garden. It was a more annoying retread of This Is Happening without any of that record’s emotional potency. After stewing with my negative feelings towards this album for years, I finally listen to it again for this project, and am sad to report that it’s a bit better than I remember. It’s not the disastrous dumpster fire that I had built it up to be in my head, but it still pales in comparison to the best of the group’s music from the decade before its release. With another LCD Soundsystem record finally on the way as I write this, I’m glad to have found some closure with American Dream. It remains skippable to me, but I don’t think it’s as legacy destroying as I once thought.

A little U2ish

Fun low key album

oh baby is the hit to lead off the album. The music matches the album cover. I could do without the sci fi lab noises in other voices. I do like this album. change yr mind is not good. It sounds like those human body songs on Kids Learning Tube on YouTube. how do you sleep? is like bad electronic U2. Their other albums are better. black screen sounds like the soundtrack to Blade Runner, or maybe Blade Runner: 2049. The ee cummings titles is a stupid affectation.

Easy listening. Was enjoyable to work to.

-was a little unremarkable at times but had a few hard hitters. The genre and music style is really interesting, kind of post-punk but also synth pop? Definitely a solid 3.5 -Also as an album from 2017 I think this is the latest one I’ve gotten on here so far -Favorites are how do you sleep?, tonite, and emotional haircut

It had a good vibe but not really a fan

Because of the nature of this list I don’t get to spend a lot of time with an album. I need to return to this because I liked a lot of it. But I do think it’s a tad too long. They being said I also have never listened to any other LCD Soundsystem album so maybe I just don’t have context. 3.5/5

I know very little about LCD Soundsystem so I was looking forward to this. The album has an 80's-like feel. The songs are all fine, but nothing really hooked me. Looks like some of their other albums had more catchy songs (e.g. "Daft Punk is Playing at My House").

Pretty good

Interesting sound. Not very great, though.

A couple really good songs with some other boring ones. The last song is cheeks.

I liked it better than the sound of silver, maybe just cause it feels like a middle aged manifesto, and I'm uncomfortably close to fitting that demographic. Still, fun, but not as earthshattering as some folks try to act like this cat is.

not bad but not for me

Es curioso, el disco está muy bien pero por alguna razón no termino de conectar con él. Inclusive tiene varias canciones que me gustaron mucho, pero no sé, hay algo que me detiene a amarlo por completo. Mientras tanto, le doy 3 estrellas y a ver si con posteriores escuchadas sube un poco más.

многие слышала, но никто пока не повторяет успех дафт панк из плеин эт май хаус, пока просто тыц-тыц

i liked this one; it had some funky vibes

mid. Thought that this would be more groundbreaking and interesting because of good things I've heard about LCD Soundsytem. Guess it's not for me.

Massive fan of their first few albums. Haven’t listened to anything since then. Bands which are so uniquely raw just never seem to age well. They always seem to get slightly over produced and slip into this trap where they are determined to make some sort of anthemic masterpiece that just lacks all the raw energy that they once had and is also far too long! Sadly this album feels a bit like that. There are definitely glimpses of old LCD in it but it just feels like it’s trying a bit too hard and doesn’t live up to their early brilliance! Theres even a track that sounds so much like modern day U2 that it almost made me vomit. Anyway, that’s U2s fault, not LCD. Really glad I listened to it but not sure I’ll be heading back too soon. 3.1

LCD Soundsystem are a band I keep meaning to check out. I found this album interesting and original. Think it will take a few more listens for me to really appreciate. 3/5

A few tracks in I feared this one could be extremely annoying and meandering, but the vibe got really cool after a while. Not bad!

This is a weird one for me. I don't hate it at all. But, having been into indie music at the time lcd was treated as God makes me want to give it a lower score than is fair. I just always found the level of hype unwarranted. I'm going I just say I think it's solid enough and give a 3.

Not a bad album, but it kinda drags a bit. Cant quite get to 4 stars. 3/5

this is not quite as happening

These guys are very hit and miss for me overall.

Traditional instruments, electronic instruments, living together. Mass hysteria.

Not my favorite LCD Soundsystem, but I still like it

If the Talking Heads or Bowie made am LCD Soundsystem album it might sound like this - this was intentional apparently, at least the Bowie influence. I do like some of the songs, I Used To on the first half and Call the Police and the title track on the second half. There's lots of good bass and the production is slick. I'm left wanting more though. This feels derivative and a bit empty.

I expected to hate this. But it wasn't bad. It dragged here and there and was too long at the end but I kind of looked this one.

It sounds like the dude from the strokes woke up and decided to play with GarageBand on his iPad. I don't love it. I will say it's unique-ish, so that's something. I'd give it a 2.5 if I could. I'm going to give it a 3 because even though I don't *like* it, per se, I don't think it's *bad*, it's just not for me.

Can’t believe I tried to hate this man

I'm not really an electronic music guy. I'm usually too busy listening to non-electronic music. But I get it, it's cool. Synth bass can be very satisfying.

Not the best I’ve heard from LCD Soundsystem, it was ok.

It's not my favourite sound but I can see what they are doing. Pretty long and repetitive but I imagine that's the point. 3/3.5 for consistency even though it's not fully for me. Would like to revisit it sometime

This is just diet Talking Heads, which is fine, I adore David Byrne and I’ve heard worse rip-offs, but I don’t see what makes this essential. C

The worst lcd soundsystem album but since the first three are classics that is not meant to be a diss. There are some great songs like tonite and how do you sleep and oh baby. It was annoying since they made a big deal about disbanding after three great records and then came out with this which was fine but after years going on and after seeing them live I ended up liking this one.

I’m left slightly amused and very confused

Oh Baby and American Dream are great tracks but the rest of the album is just ok. They have better albums and I don't know why this was included on the list. 3.5/5

Less internally repetitive than Sound of Silver, and groovier - but not by much. And based on some of the reviews, I suspect a great amount of the "creativity" here is blatantly copy-pasted from other original artists. The genre itself - seemingly combining retro-EDM with elements of post-punk and hard rock - is fairly good. I'm just glad they didn't commit to the whole "repeating 1-2 bars of theme with very gradual and minute variation spread across seven minutes" again. Some of the tracks, including the heavily rocking "tonite" and foot-tapper opening trio "oh baby" "other voices", and "i used to", are really strong. In most cases, these have a hook that's just catchy enough for me to not grow tired of it. I also have to hand it to LCD Soundsystem: the tracks I just mentioned, along with the title track and a few others, have some fantastic thick textures, what you might calls "highs". Often there aren't any "lows" to create contrast and emotion, but then this is meant to be an idle atmospheric album, isn't it? My main issue is that a few of the songs are just not interesting or memorable, and this effect is exacerbated by the long track lengths. The song "how do you sleep?" tries to take a prog rock approach but it's not convincing at all. There's no rise and fall of energy, just a few disparate song sections. The '10s decade has better to offer. But this is still solid. I like to think Sound of Silver primed me for LCD Soundsystem's style, and that I'd also give it a 3/5 if I came back to it. 3/5 Key tracks: oh baby, other voices, i used to, tonite

Enjoyed this one. Good music to listen to when working. Has a bit of an Arcade Fire feel with Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross mixed in.

It was alright… nothing special. I didn’t really like the guy’s voice to be fair.

It's not that the album is too long (I mean, it is.) It's that there's so many tones and moods in the album I can't tell what the album is supposed to be. Is this supposed to be an electronica band? Is it an EDM band? Is it a rock band? It's all over the place. You listen to a song like "black screen," and it starts off as one type of song and suddenly it's something else. And a lot of times, I am fine with that. But there's something to be said about transition. It's also fine to vary what kind of songs you have. When "oh baby" came on, I figured it was going to a band that plays this kind of music. But then you hear a song like "emotional haircut," and the predispositions you had from the beginning were all shot to hell. The beginning songs were very noodle-y, and then you realize that although there was some noodling, there is a band and not just one person. And they're all jamming together as opposed to one guy in his basement putting this stuff together. I mean, I _GUESS_ that's better? The band could argue as to what's better, what could be cut? (I have to wonder what they thought was too rambling?) So yeah, I guess I just feel like the band could be more concise and precise as to the sound they're going for. Top tracks: "emotional haircut," "how do you sleep?"

с 5 трека становится лучше, даже прикольно

5.5/10

Really good, kind of experimental music. I have heard this album before, it's interesting. I'm not sure that I could listen to this one in a group setting if that makes any sense. It's something I would listen to on my own and sort of contemplate it.

Pretty decent I’d give it a 3.5. Not something I’d listen to everyday but it wasn’t miserable

this album is aptly named as listening to it felt like a bad dream. i actually liked the majority of this album but it suffers a good bit due to the length. there were some cool musical ideas presented but most of the songs meandered far too long and there was one or two weaker songs that should've been cut completely. ultimately this causes what otherwise wouldve been a nice listening experience to feel like a slog

Það eru móment hérna og heildarsoundið er næs, en ég er samt ekki að tengja neitt svakalega við þessa plötu sérstaklega. Fínt, kannski vex hún hjá mér með tímanum en það þarf þá bara að koma í ljós.

Helt okej gick att lyssna på. Inte så fina gitarrslingor ibland. Intressant sound. Kanske kommer tillbaks tills honom någon gång.

Nice techno, like dark syrup enveloping me. Heard his other albums are good too but this one was nice. 3.3