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This band got so much hype from a few of my very music obsessed friends, they were so emphatic about every single note, that I think it turned me away. Plus, this is mainly electronic indie which is not my thing. But giving this an honest and openminded listen, I do admit that I had moments of enjoyment. The last album of theirs that I had, Sound of Silver was better though. That one is the pinnacle of their career for sure. The song about being a baby was funny, that made me do a double take. But, I'll never put this album on again and I don't remember a single track.
Pass.
I still love LCD Sound system!!
oh baby // i used to // how do you sleep? // call the police // american dream // emotional haircut //
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.
Very good electronic music. Atmospheric and catchy
LCD Soundsystem is one of those names I’ve seen floating around for a couple decades, but I’ve never really spent any time with their music. This album is quite good, but it really benefits from listening through headphones. Lots of driving beats, synth pop textures, and not a small amount of Talking Heads influence.
I was starting to get discouraged from all these "greatest albums" list, then this popped up! Faith In humanity restored
Can’t believe I tried to hate this man
Very enjoyable. I've listened to and enjoyed a fair amount of LCD Soundsystem, but hadn't listened to this album before. It's great.
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.
Loved oh baby. Great intro. And then how do you sleep through call the police was wonderful. Solid album for me.
The end is a bit long and they repeat the old recipe anyway
147/1001
Exciting like the others in the list. Not sure if it needed 3x LCD in the collection, but still a 3.5 with a tendency to 4
This is so slow, it's sucking the life out of me.
Loved. I need more electronica in my life.
Not the best I’ve heard from LCD Soundsystem, it was ok.
I liked the opener, but I do find his singing insufferably smug and indulgent. He simply has too many words.
1001 better albums from the 2010s that could have been chosen over this. Another in a long list of competent albums, but that do nothing for me. There is much better stuff from LCD Soundsystem than this.
I said this exact same thing when I listened to Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem, but I went into this thinking I would be listening to Motion City Soundtrack. I don’t know why I have such difficulty separating the two artists. Anyway, this album was very pleasant. I think I probably preferred it over Sound Of Silver. It has plenty of Synth, and plenty of catchy hooks. It made for a pleasant soundtrack to me eating a cake.
i did not expect to like this album very much. however, when i listened, i was pleasantly surprised. this album sticks with you and doesn’t let go. quality stuff. highlights: “change yr mind” “call the police” “american dream”
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 was really good, though some of the tracks near the end started to drag a bit. I think I liked this better as an album than Sound of Silver, even though Someone Great is still my all time favorite song of theirs. 4/5
I just don't care about this band. A couple songs are good, but mostly I find myself bored. 2/5
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
There were a couple of moments when I thought this album wasn't too bad, but it was overall pretty awful. Once I switched it to background music, I managed to endure to the end without it being too intrusive. Probably somewhere between a 2 and a 3, but I'm marking it down for being too long.
Superchulo. Un cinco comenzando por oh baby
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
not their best album but a pretty nice comeback
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
# Playlist track - oh, baby # Notes - It's a dense album, not a dance one. I kind of like the dancier LCD Soundsystem. - Not bad, not great. Worth the listen.
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.
Not really my jam.
Superchulo. Un cinco comenzando por oh baby.
I think its just over my head. I didnt vibe with this very much. Although a song titled Emotional Haircut is pretty funny, along with a weird surfer rock tone to it. Overall it seemed like a slog and very reptetitive. Just not for me.
Hey if the other LCD Soundsystem album I listened to was his Beck album then this one is his David Byrne album
I like this album, but I'm not sure I love it. It has some really great songs but some songs didn't jive with me. I'm giving it a 4 because I think with more listens I would enjoy it more.
👌
It was alright… nothing special. I didn’t really like the guy’s voice to be fair.
4/5 This album is consistently interesting and enjoyable, but rarely exceptional. The lyrics are great, and the Bowie tribute is touching, but ultimately the album doesn't come together to be more than the sum of its parts. oh baby 4/5 other voices 3/5 (LEAST FAV) i used to 4.5/5 change yr mind 4/5 how do you sleep? 4/5 tonite 4.5/5 call the police 4.5/5 (FAV) american dream 4.5/5 emotional haircut 4/5 black screen 4/5
One of the greatest albums ever
sure, i had a horrible ex who loved LCD soundsystem and i always found them annoying, but I'd be willing to look past that if this dweeb could produce a pleasant or interesting sound with his voice
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?"
Coincidence that this album came right after a Talking Heads album in my list? LCD Soundsystem sounds like TH reinvented for the 21st century, especially on songs like other voices, tonite, and emotional haircut. Those songs had eccentric but clever lyrics, a halting and off-kilter David Byrne-like vocal delivery, and unique up-tempo beats and musical blends - probably my three favorite songs on the album. Except maybe oh baby and how do you sleep? (the latter really picks up about 3.5min in). Those 2 songs had some great pumping beats, but felt a bit more like techno synth than TH new wave. So what about the other half of the album? A little bit meh to be honest. But I was definitely bopping along to the songs I did like. Maybe another album that's a 3.5 but I'm rounding up because I was pleasantly surprised - most synth pop or dance pop stuff (especially on this list) I haven't been excited about in the least. If, like me, you got energized by their up-tempo songs, you need to go listen to one of their early singles Daft Punk is Playing in My House - it's so fun and probably the only song of theirs I knew before this album.
Too long and boring
An electronic record without any novel ideas. Songs having more of rock flavour are better. how do you sleep and call the police great tracks. The 12 minute closer black screen very grim and sad. But overall it's underwhelming.
Loved it
с 5 трека становится лучше, даже прикольно
decent
Nah this was pretty boring especially for 2017. I'm guessing they're using some obscure vintage synths that synth nerds go crazy for or something like that, but it ends up sounding pretty basic.
banger
Produktionen er så vild på den her plade. Måske kun den tredjebedste LCD plade men det er næsten straight bangers
Kæmpe banger. "I used to" blev lige min yndlingssang igen.
I wasn't expecting much going into this one since I'm familiar with LCD and only like a couple of their older songs; but damn, I'm thoroughly impressed by this one! The whole record feels both fresh and familiar, definitely adding this to my library. Stand out tracks: other voices, i used to, call the police
Nothing special, not awful but too long, would not go back to it
5.5/10
It's an LCD Soundsystem album. Nothing more. Not much less
I haven't heard this record before but generally like this band from other exposures. This is solid and might even be a five with more listening.
This is the third day in a row of second albums I've gotten from artists on here, and while they've all been good they've all also not been quite as good as the first album I got (but very close in every case). Maybe it's just the luck of the draw, maybe I'm getting too critical, who knows. This one came after they had been disbanded for 5 years, so it was a bit of a surprise at the time. Honestly I didn't expect to get this album on here, I was surprised to see this recent LCD Soundsystem, but I guess this did pretty well when it came out. I'm familiar with "oh baby", but not the rest. LCD Soundsystem is mostly just a vibes band to me. Luckily the vibes are generally pretty good. I feel like both of their albums that I've gotten have a couple of songs that are far and away the standouts, and then the rest is just consistently solid vibes to jam to. I think last time I said "the whole is better than the sum of the parts", and I think this one is the same thing. On this one the standouts are "oh baby" and "call the police". It's a bit long of an album and there's a few songs that are a bit uninspired, but there's not too much to be critical about here. I actually get quite a bit of New Wave sound on a decent number of songs on this one, there's a few that are a bit synth-heavy, it almost sounds a bit older than it is at times. Probably a 3.5 for me, but "oh baby" and "call the police" are so good I'm rounding up. Random note, but apparently they got roasted for the album cover being weak. Can't say I disagree, it's a little weak. It's giving 'Pay Nothing Until April' by Edward Ruscha (or "Infinite Jest"). Favorite song: oh baby Other: i used to, how do you sleep?, tonite, call the police, american dream 6/26/24
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
Yeah, not good. It's bloated both as a whole and each song individually. The music is an incoherent mess. I can't even give it points for creativity - it's just poorly done electronica.
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
To me, this sounds like hipster disco, there are some intriguing elements to it but overall it just feels like a pretentions attempt to make elevated dance music. I prolly won't choose to listen to this again. 2 stars
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.
Hidden gem for me. So good. 4/5
Nice techno, like dark syrup enveloping me. Heard his other albums are good too but this one was nice. 3.3
Dare I say, I hear some very heavy Talking Heads influence throughout this? Other Voices could straight up be on Remain in Light with those funky polyrythms! What a great album and what a great way to put a modern spin on what laid the influence for these sounds. LOVED it.
Repetitive electronic pop. Didn't care for it.
Not too bad. Singing reminded me of Cake, U2, Cure at times. Sort of pleasant electronica.
Didn't grab me at the time, still not doing it.
How Do You Sleep is too slow; I especially like Other Voices, Tonite
A bit underwhelming, really. Sounds a bit like Talking Heads on an off day.
What is it with electronic artists thinking their songs can be 6+ minutes long of repetitive sounds and everyone is going to love it? That being said, the songs on this album weren't too bad, but some did drag on. I'd say I generally could vibe with what was going on, but don't think I could classify this better than good background music.
Basically the Talking Heads meets The Killers. If this came out in 1988 I would be impressed.
LCD is my favorite
Love this album, can’t believe it’s been 7 years, long overdue for a new one!
Good if not a little sterile.
2,5
I think I’d need to listen to this a few more times to really rate it fairly. I enjoyed it, but not to the level of prior albums. Still good, though.
Lightly dance a sway That builds into full on trance Oops… grooved the day done
Liked it! Nothing too revolutionary but it's in a genre I always enjoy.
Not sure if I'm being a bit harsh but I can't really remember any of it. The Spotify playlist that was based on the album was so much better than the album itself.
If you could give half stars this would be more of a 2.5, a bit hit and miss
Some of it is sublime, but it's not all equal
Mostly shite
I really liked LCD Soundsytem's debut album. Then for some reason they never appeared on my radar again. I'm glad this list did what it had to do
I was hoping to enjoy this more. I know people LOVE this band, and I've liked a few songs here and there over the past decade. But idk - sometimes reminds me of U2 with more bleeps and bloops. Sometimes his singing just straight up sucks. Was hoping for more - maybe his earlier albums will stick better.
Excellent
Dancy. Some fun tracks, but not as good as his earlier albums.
3.5 really
They got a funky style and a couple tracks bot on this album that are certified hummdingers. Im giving these guys a four because they are like a more cool and less douchey with electronic funk U2.
A lot more enjoyable than the first album, nice all throughout with good mix of things
Some good, some bad. Overally fairly middle of the road
Fuck yes
Still no
Wasn't a huge fan of this one but it wasn't bad.
really liked sound of silver by him, but this is just to long and just not as good as sound of silver.
Enjoyed this
Favorite Track: american dream This album had a unique sound considering it was released in 2017. Most of the songs have good early 2000s night club vibes. I found this album to be average, but still enjoyable I rate this album 2.5/5
gets better every time i listen to it
p947. 2017. 1 star. Tedious electro dance that desperately wants to be Bowie, but lacks both the talent and the songs. And too many of the tracks descend into wankage - no-one needs a 12+ minute final track. WTF is this doing on the list?
Album 415 of 1001 LCD Soundsystem - american dream Rating : 2.5 / 5 This is all over. A decent track comes along and then followed by a bunch of electronica crap. Some sounds like a sound effects album. The good stuff is good and the bad stuff is bad.
More like American nightmare. A hard nope.
тъпо, 1-2
An epic slow burn that takes it’s time - which is mostly brilliant and only a fraction frustrating.
Великий камбэк от Великой рок-группы - так пишет Википедия. Хуета - так скажу я
This was the first album in the project that I had to stop and come back to. I've never been the biggest fan of the 80s sound, and the album started off on a terrible foot in my opinion. But the second half is absolutely incredible. It's one of those albums where every song is either a love it or hate it for me. Which is still better than leaving me with no impression at all. Top tracks: oh baby, call the police, american dream
Surprisingly boring, given the show and music they had when I saw them live. At best a worse version of talking Heads (change Your Mind song), disappointing.
Good album, kind of a mix of 80s electronic with EDM/trance tracks as well, the latter of which could get repetitive and kinda boring.
I never realized these artists thought so much about dying
I prefer Sound of Silver. It wasn’t a bad listen.
Clever arrangements, solid song work, great to listen to.
I love this. It's not my favorite album by LCD Soundsystem, but it's still a super solid 5. It's just such a unique sound, and I find it extremely hard to be even slightly bored listening.
Two top tunes, the rest are okay.
Great comeback album from a great band. Already within my regular rotation so obviously had a bit of bias coming into this one.
This was boring. The songs were too long and became tedious. Not a big fan of electronica.
Probably only needs to be one LCD album in the list but this has got a real nice build to it. call the police is a very good song. His ability to turn any uber ride through the city into a hell moody metropolis dream is pretty sweet. Also an opportunity to mention the LCD Sound System documentary, worth a watch. Side note I make a conscious effort to be grammatically correct with capital letters when referring to songs in all these reviews but considering theres no capitals on the track listing I shall true to the artist's intent.
what a nice new find that is!
Not my thing
I only really liked 1 song from this album
This album is super inconsistent, loved some songs and others were just weird and off putting.
Closer to a 4 than a 3. It’s not his best work, but it sure is charming and groovy!
I like this better than their other record on the list. Usually I don't like songs this long, but in this case it doesn't really bother me. Only the last song is too long. Favorite song: Emotional haircut.
The lead track, "oh baby," is an absolute banger. Didn't realize this song was by LCD Soundsystem. Track 5, "how do you sleep?" is also really great. "emotional haircut" is also a great track in the latter half of the album.
I really liked the build up for each track, creating tension which is sometimes released vi a big chorus, other times it just keeps going with a hypnotic, atmospheric groove. It's great dance music, but it's also great background music as well.
It was ok but I didn’t really “get it”
Not the best one but a good one. He has a weird compelling sound it balances between good/awful exiting/dull. I guess it's this tension that keeps you listening.
There's lots to like here, great album.
What a band! Fantastic, gush, gush, fawn. 5 Star masterpiece.
There are many parts I like about this album, but I think I like the idea of listening to LCD Soundsystem more than I actually do enjoy listening to them. Maybe I'm never in the right mood for them? Why I intend on persisting it's a "me" problem, I dunno!
I like a lot of LCD Soundsystem but this was a LOT of LCD Soundsystem. Maybe a little too much. Feels like if there was a great party, and then somewhere during this album the party ended but the DJ was still feeling himself and so just kept going? I don't dislike any of it, but I was done with it.
A whole bunch of beep boop buzz buzz music underpinned by motorik drumming that should be a gas, yet it fails to stir the soul. It's like these guys heard Talking Heads, Devo and the Units but didn't absorb the bits that were smart, edgy or fun. "I used to dance alone / Of my own volition" - gimme a break, pal. Admittedly, "how do you sleep?" and "tonite" are good. What's with the lack of capitalisation here? Some kind of post-millennial tweeness? They should just follow those Japanese bands that list English titles in all caps. Speaking of, where are the Japanese artists on this app, eh?
Even at their lowest, LCD Soundsystem still can make a sound crisp yet nostalgic, rife with instantly infectious beats and tunes that just scream style and glamour, drenched however in maturity. Sans a few of the more head-scratching lyrics.
4.5, but honestly, cant really find any major flaws with the album. Great mixture of energetic tracks with slower ballads, with super dense instrumentation.
Never have been a fan.
Easy to listen to with a lot of catchy and itneresting songs. I quite enjoyed this one and I have listend to some of their other stuff before.
LCD Soundsystem is the offspring of The Talking Heads. The song "other voices" has the same vibe as "Once in a Lifetime"
6.5/10
I bit long, but it continues to evolve and remain interesting all the way through. Vocals are good, instruments are really great and definitely some of the most diverse I have had so far. Nothing absolutely mind blowing, but I'm definitely very glad that I discovered this.
Favorites were "oh baby" and "black screen"
Not bad, one song I can genuinely say I liked (how do you sleep?), but it just overall didn't do it for me.
Not even the best LCD Soundsystem album. Also, really drove home the fact that James Murphy doesn't sing, he talks.
4/5 Pristine production offering lush synth pop sounds with lashings of 80s nostalgia, driving krautrock beats escalating to explosive heights, heady psychedelia and seriously groovy basslines, through to thoughtful droning passages. This album offers a lot once you give it a chance - with a general formula of driving tracks that slowly build. My only complaint is that I'm not listening to it live - I feel like this would be 10x better if I were witnessing it live with a big sound system and a crowd.
Started great, loved the first song. Then... things got boring.
It’s okay to skip this one comlletely
Why is this band popular
4/5
This is what Synthpop would sound like if they had modern electronic music tools in the '80s instead of those synths.
Electronic music doesn’t speak to me
Really liked this! His voice (and echo effects applied to it) sounded like Bono at times. Great and unique style. 4/5
I liked a lot of the songs , not all the beats, but over all strong album
Eletro dance rock, this sounds like a blend of Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys and U2. I know a lot of people are really passionate about this band. I enjoyed this album in general, but for some reason they don't click with me. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: oh baby Date listened: 03/04/24
Hm easy listening but also felt like hollow pop music idk not notable
Very pleasant project, with two different tones that are well mixed together. First I thought, "2017? Too new to be here" Then I remembered that is 7 years ago. There are a couple tracks that are well known, which were quite an easy listen. I could imagine myself in Nasty Mondays with a couple tracks, or driving at night with others. Great combination, keep it up.
I like the sound, but the songs are simply too long and it gets old listening to it. Very solid rock sound though.
wow this gets a 1 for sounding like its from the 80s and being from 2017.
They wish they were in the 80s. Not bad, though.
i dislike it. very underwhelming and boring. i just don’t get it. what was the point ?
A decent listen. Drags a bit at parts, but also has some really nice parts. Not an album for regular rotation but it'll do every now & then.
Kinda long and boring.
I really tried.
ok
I like LCD Soundsystem but I don't love this album. I found their previous efforts to be a lot more dance-y and while there are some solid ones on this album (Call The Police) there's too much slow stuff for me. I prefer Sound of Silver or This is Happening.
This guy sucks
Things I’ve discovered doing this: I like LCD Soundsystem a lot more than I thought I did
Fantastic album, Call the Police a work of wonder
Sembrano un po' gli U2, si fa ascoltare
A bloated final album that needs to cite Talking Heads (see title track) as an influence on top of Berlin-era Bowie. Overall: 1/10
Liked it more than I expected to? "Oh Baby" a surprisingly pleasant opener, and "Black Screen" a surprisingly genuine lament. In between, I mostly forget.
meh, some if it was okay. a lot of it just kind of drones on forever is what it felt like to me.
Bara fínt ... margt gott
Some good long songs here, I didn't get tired of them despite the length. If they were shorter I'd call it radio rock but they're not, so I won't. Stand-out: american dream
a decent revival from lcd soundsystem, american dream had a more art rock/synth-pop feel. littered with themes of depression, societal issues, fear and endings of friendship and love felt more subdued than other lcd soundsystem outings. best: call the police worst: black screen 3.5 stars
Not my thing
oh baby might be my new favorite song.
Underrated LCD Sounsystem album, some top tunes on here
vilket slöseri med tid... alltför självmedvetet, vaktat, pretentiöst från sångaren för min smak vilket drar ner ett par bra instrumentals.
Same experience I always have with LCD Soundsystem - I look forward to listening and a like what I hear but I’m not rapt. It is amazing in places and I get it. I get the hype too. But I’m always having to remind myself to pay attention. 10/10 for vibes, inventiveness and making something clever that you can dance to too. Not 10/10 for enjoyment though.
could i write poetry to this? n
Another band that is rated exactly as they should be. LCD Soundsystem is universally acclaimed as being very, very, good. This isn't my favorite album of theirs. I prefer the dance-y stuff. Would be four stars, but gets kicked down a half-star since I learned that James Murphy has a Producer credit on Arcade Fire's "Reflektor" album. Booo!!!
I like this band a lot, but like a lot of electronic dance music it gets a bit repetitive. Say what you need to say in 3 minutes and move on.
After a long hiatus and reforming, the album was pretty good.
It's like electronic U2
Before listening I was familiar with the name LCD Soundsystem and nothing else. They were older and less electronic in my head. I read a review here that called this "dance music that you can't dance to". That sums up about half the album perfectly. If they had cut that out, you'd have a normal length perfectly fine album.
First time hearing this, I kind of lost interest after their initial hiatus. Found the elder statesman archness quite trying at the start and it felt like a weaker retread of earlier work, but gets much better as it progresses
When this album originally debuted, I wanted it to be as good as Sound of Silver, and the self titled album. But it wasn’t, and it’s still a dud.
Not what i was expecting. More edgy than pop. Solid retro synth sounds
luv
3.5 stars. No big standouts in terms of individual tracks, but it's a good album overall. Uses layers and depth to go a bit genre-bendy in a creative yet listenable way. Dance-y but not overly catchy electronica but not at the expense of a variety of instruments. Runs a bit long.
Poor.
Meh.. but oh baby is one of my favorites ever. Glad to have been reminded of it here
Loved this since the day it came out
Fine. A lot of words very little rhyming. Not for me
This surprised me in a couple of ways. Despite it being recognisable as LCD Soundsystem, it is quite different to the previous albums. If I were to try and describe this, I might say that this had a geet big chunk of David Byrne influence, and that actually works really well. It's actually a very listenable album with some compelling tracks, but it unfortunately misses out on a top rating simply because it is too damn long. If it was twenty minutes shorter it'd be a masterpiece. As it stands, the eponymous "American dream" earnt itself a skip for being obnoxiously repetitive, and looking back at the track now I'm genuinely surprised that said track is "only" 6m8s long when others on the album weigh in over 7 minutes - and an excruciating 12 minute finale. Proof positive that you really can have too much of a good thing.
Was ok
Inoffensive but largely bland, fine driving music but can't remember sod all about it now I'm several hours removed from it
fick bli både dubbel och trippellyssning för att bestämma sig. väldigt nära en femma.
Some of these songs have their moments, but I don't think LCD Soundsystem will ever really connect with me. It's a little too meandering, monotonous and overly obsessed with being cool. Did catch myself nodding my head and tapping my foot a lot, though.
This was a little weird. I was so ready to dig into this one and it did not deliver what I hoped. There’s a reason we don’t hear about this band more. I think that reason is because his songs are so easily skippable. I like the first minute of each song. This is a good sampler platter, but not a fully realized album.
This record is giving me "Talking Heads" vibes, and that ain't bad. I suspect that if I cared more about lyrics, it would be even cooler. But that's OK. A few tracks in ... I'm digging it. By the end of the record, I'm still digging it. I could return to this as background music or if I'm in the right mood. 3.5 stars but I don't love it enough to round up to four.
Sounds like the talking heads
Never heard the band, liked the album 👍
Perfectly acceptable background music. Probably won't listen again
I didn't mind it. Good in the background
This was a surprise to me. I’ve always been pretty meh on LCD Soundsystem, but I really liked this. It’s a little darker than previous albums. The lyrics are pretty biting self reflective. Good stuff and super fun at the same time.
Like an edgier, less commercial Talking Heads; this album = heavy synth ode to the 90s Added: I Used To
Superou em muito as minhas expectativas, disco garante aproveitar o tempo com camadas sonoras incríveis.
Mäßiger Synth Pop.
Kinda passed me by to be honest. Logged in to do my review and my first thought was "is this what I listened to yesterday?" Which isn't a great sign is it?
It's like a journey into a space type fantasy world. Worth a listen but won't revisit it much.
I'm in the middle of my LCD Soundsystem obsession as we speak, and while I'd heard American Dream is a long shot from Sound of Silver and This Is Happening, I was still hopeful American Dream wouldn't disappoint too much, and I was kinda right. There were some very enjoyable cuts, though I definitely see why many were left disappointed: it's not bursting at the seams with exciting new ideas like it's predecessors, and it meanders more than even the self titled. emotional haircut and change yr mind were two personal highlights, though I'm sure further listens will shine more light on the best parts of the LP.
It's pretty sad when I'm only one or two songs into an album and I already know I don't like it. It's even worse when said album is over an hour long, with a few tracks that run for 9 minutes or 12 minutes. I guess it gets points for bearing a few similarities to Talking Heads, Joy Division, and other bands of the genre, but it just sounds like a supbar version that goes on for too long. There /are/ moments where it develops a sound of its own - particularly with the title track which is the clear standout here. For the most part though, it's like LCD Soundsystem tried to modernize their inspirations but instead created a soundalike that just was not as good.
girl shut up. who is this for.
Wikipedia wants us to believe that this is Rock music. It isn't. This is dance/electro pop. Which wouldn't be a bad thig, if the songs weren't too long and too monotonous. 3/5
*** Not my favorite of their work. Prefer This is Happening and Sound of Silver!
I liked it more and more. 4/4
Couple of songs I did not skip. Life’s too short!
Not my style….
Fun album.
Feels a bit like you need to be on drugs to fully appreciate this sound. That electronic sound is unique & interesting for the first while then just becomes a little grating, it doesn't help that the tracks are each pretty long...or do they just feel long. It's ok.
This was fine. Surprised I didn't recognize any of this, honestly. It seems like music Pandora would have added into my stations based on how clearly influenced they are by the types of 80s goth rock and synthetic rock I love. But it didn't give me much new, just kind of made me want to go listen to Joy Division instead. 3.5 but rounded down to 3.
This album and band have an outsized reputation that neither really meets. What’s good is pretty good, and what’s bad (when they go full talking heads, my disdain for which is already stated in these records) is pretty bad. The rest of it is fine, but nothing revolutionary or legendary like I’d been led to believe
I really liked the music and vibe of some of the songs, but most of them went on for too long without any real need for their length. “emotional haircut” was a standout song for me.
lcd soundsystem was like, THE band you got fun of for liking at the college i went to for some reason? which is a shame, my 20yo, pre-SSRI self would have been into this, but it didn't particularly hit for me
I feel like I've heard most of this incidentally and it's fine. generally I like covers of lcd soundsystem more than the originals though
mom: no, we're not stopping, we have Talking Heads at home Talking Heads at home:
Enjoyable album. I would recommend listening to this one!
Not my type of vibe
Good background music.
First song is by far the best. Also, dance yrself clean is iconic
Fine. A decent album.
I missed this LCD reunion album when it originally came out, which is surprising since I was a bit obsessed with their last album. And it was very good! I enjoy LCD Soundsystem and I enjoyed this. Sometimes these things aren’t intricate math problems.
I used to think I didn’t like LCD Soundsystem and now I know I’m OK with LCD Soundsystem
Excellent!
3- Stars (7/15)
Solid. Good vibes.
Surprisingly great, the instrumentation is to my liking, and feels unique.
Never REALLY listened closely to them. A bit like a Talking Heads for the 21st century. I need to listen to them more. A good find!
My first impression was to go and listen to the sources of the eclecticism instead, that's on full display here, but after some tracks, this is better than the sum of those parts, so to speak? Not really my cup of tea but I understand how it's among the 1001. It's 2 pm now, I'll probably listen to it some more today. // Still, there're going to be trailblazer albums on here and this is anything but. 4
Pretty fun. Like that one band
Superchulo. Un cinco comenzando por oh baby.
First time I heard it I was not impressed, would have given it a 2/5 at best. Now I've heard it 100 times... Yeah, it's pretty great. Very diverse. No two songs are the same. 4/5
This was okay.
3 - I went in expecting a repeat of Sound of Silver, which I did not really like, but I was surprised that I didn't mind it. I liked the 80's vibe it was giving off and I found his voice more enjoyable this time around. It might have been because I was busy, but I didn't even really mind the lengths of the songs. I could see this rubbing off on me eventually and getting a higher score.
Bowie Verschnitt
Lofi with words
4.8/5
Ok
Dès le premier titre, il y a un truc qui m'a tendu. J'ai pas continué.
What a lovely surprise it was to revisit this! I'd listened to it a lot on release, and really enjoyed it (especially call the police, which is one of the great songs of the 2010s for me). But I assumed it would just be one of those albums that is of a time and swiftly forgotten. Not so, it seems! You can really hear the Bowie and Talking Heads influence in this album, and it hangs together really well. The first album on The Project that I listened to while running, and it works well for that. Let's have two fewer false endings on the final track though eh lads.
This was a decent album, with a mix of listenable grooves and awash with all kinds of musical influences. Not especially memorable though. On paper, this feels like something I should like, but it mostly lands flat with me. Fave Songs: Change Yr Mind, Call the Police, How Do You Sleep?, Oh Baby
Too long but decent I guess. 2.5? Maybe a 3
I mean, it's cool to have James back but this is still the weakest LCD album so I don't know why it's included here.
All their other albums, I'd understand, but this? This was just placed here because the guys who made the list don't know anything about music passed 2001. What a shame.
Songs on the first half of the album are insane, songs on the second half are boring. Maybe this was, again, a too long winded album for the content it had to offer. Anyway, I like LCD, just can't understand why this specific album must be one of the best 1001 albums ever.
Meh. Definitely wouldn't make me want to explore more.
i was pleasantly surprised, almost as great as Sound Of Silver, almost more consistent, but it doesnt have that many huge highs
Keywords: Naked and Afraid meets 70's synth Notable song: change yr mind
Not as inspired as their earlier work but an enjoyable listen.
I don't like
Great stuff
It's such a great album but it really comes at the expense of their last album. A "final" album hits different when it isn't their final album..
american dream was a really weird album for me. The songs, like every other electronica album i have done, sound like drug trips and are mostly really long. But for whatever reason, I found myself enjoying it. The electronic sounds somehow found a way to actually work really well together and could make for some pretty groovy tracks. It is a tough album to get into but if you can, you will find a pretty good album. Best Song: how do you sleep? Worst Song: other voices
A near ideal mix of the driving and dreamy, but across and within cuts. The transition from minimalist beginnings to baroque bodies and endings on many tracks ‘tis wondrous strange. Even as you want to move, this is music that gets in your head. Just excellently interesting. Opens intriguigingly and closes most compellingly.
4.5
“I knew we were going to have to be significantly better than we ever were, for anyone to say we were even half as good as we used to be”. That is what James Murphy said in regard to American Dream. James chose to step away from his band during a time where most other groups would be working nonstop. Being at the height of your popularity, and deciding to wrap it up is a bold move. Releasing a new album 7 years later is also a bold move. I may not be able to speak on how the quality of this compares to the quality of their previous albums, but what I can say for sure is that this is truly something powerful. While listening to this, I kept on thinking the same thing over and over again. This really reminds me of Talking Heads. I’m aware it’s silly. But as I got further into it, that idea only became more prevalent. James sounds so much like David Byrne here. The most glaring example to me was Other Voices, where he yelps “You’re just a baby now” like a Speaking in Tongues backing vocalist. There are definitely some 80’s post-punk influences here, particularly in the drums. This is just a more modernized and heavier Remain in Light. I can envision Tina playing the bass lines on this album. These songs are pretty long. The average track length is probably somewhere between 5-6 minutes. But I think this album really needed the songs to be that long. Because the build up that leads to the climax always pays off. Without fail, every time. There is such a density of things going on, and they needed to create space for all of those things to exist. The length of each song is just a byproduct of that. The closing track is both the antithesis of this idea and the polar opposite of it. It stands at 12 minutes, the longest song they’ve ever made, and is the most atmospheric song on the whole album. I’m going to make another Remain in Light comparison, but it really feels like their version of The Overload. The last few minutes with the piano feels otherworldly as it rings out. This might be the longest review I’ve ever written. I’m not sure why. This album just struck me. Different than most do. It feels inherently special in my heart. Who knows if Black Screen will be the last LCD Soundsystem song. If it is, I can say with confidence they ended on a strong note. Rating: 9/10
Now this is what this thing is for! Never heard them before and it’s right up my street. 4 due to a couple of weaker tracks but with more listens it may become a 5
It just go on and on, on and on. The songs themselves drag, and the albums drags. It’s all -almost- fun, but everything is just slightly off so it’s tedious. As far as I can tell, there’s no Grace Jones on the list, but there’s this so-called neo-disco too-cool-go-school anti-dance dance music from the late 2000s? I call your bluff. Bad form.
I have never really gotten LCD Soundsystem and they continue to just not be my jam. This album is probably the closest I've come to enjoying their music because they sometimes rely less on disparate spoken word-like lyrics in favor of actual melody in songs like "oh baby," but I still continue to mostly struggle to get through their work.
Excellent. Definitely more mellow in their later years but still powerful. Heard Kraftwerk but also some Joy Division. The title track is an earworm, call the police and how do you sleep were my other faves but this is one to listen to straight through. Drags a tiny bit at the end but a heavy 4.
Hear a ton of talking heads on here. Enjoyed it but not sure I’d come back to many of the so gs
Very Talking Headsy sound, but with too much electronica for my taste.
I can definitely hear the Talking Heads influence here but also maybe the Killers? I do have a better understanding of why LCD Soundsystem is considered a rock group generally though (the ending of “Emotional Haircut” making the best case for this argument). “How do you sleep” sounds like Drums/Space which was amusing to me.
Love!
This style of blending electronica and rock can work and actually be really good, but this album doesn't show that. Had never heard anything by LCD Soundsystem before and was excited to finally listen. I'm going to listen to their other albums, but this was not a good start.
LCD Soundsystem always reminds me of my ex.
лучший слушабельный дикий (Федь, вот это танцевальный джой дивижн!)
я вообще боялся кислятины, поскучал вначале, но разъебался к 4-му треку
When this album came out, I was against its very existence. LCD Soundsystem had just had a very dramatic and pre-meditated dissolution accompanied by an epic farewell tour and all-time great concert film. To come back a few years later like nothing had ever happened felt like a betrayal and a cash grab. That having been said, I did quite like the album at the time, which served to piss me off even more. Now it’s time to revisit it several years after the fact, and I think it’s still a fun listen. It is definitely bloated and overblown, but I enjoy that this album does experiment with the band’s sound quite a bit. In fact, this time around I find myself gravitating more towards the atypical tracks. Songs like Other Voices, Tonite, and Emotional Haircut were among my faves when this record came out, but now they represent a dimension I don’t particularly enjoy. They sound like they were written in a session where the band sat down and said “let’s write some LCD Soundsystem songs”. They’re almost a parody of the classic sound in how they try to sum up all the major parts of the sound. All in all though, enjoyable. I wish it were trimmed down, and I wish it didn’t still make me feel betrayed. Certainly far from their best work. Top tracks: Oh Baby, I Used To, Change Yr Mind, How Do You Sleep?, American Dream, Pulse (v.1)
i love the bops (oh baby, american dream, call the police, tonite) the others i dont care about
This one was tough. There are some really great hits on this, but to get them you have to get through some bland songs. Especially given how good they were before this album, I think I have to give it 3
3.5 This was fun. Like a modern day talking heads with a little Hotline Miami thrown in for good measure
love these guys, but not so much on this album - other stuff is amazing, live in particular this feels like an epilogue
This album is the perfect example of how 80s synth music has made its way into the contemporary lexicon. The music is interesting and combines a lot of atmospheric elements and dance inspired beats to create something that sits on the border of synth wave and post-punk. Having said that, I'm not really picking up on much that's groundbreaking, but this album does what it does very well.
Can't really get into it, I found that the first few were good, but the rest wasn't that great.
This reminds me how I missed a pocket of music for a time!
Well…. I don’t like this one. Often irritating, occasionally merely boring. Every once in a while both. There were some decent moments where they almost sounded a little reminiscent of Modern English. It it is all based on repetitive electronic rhythms. 1/5.
'Change yr mind' sounds like Bowie, as if it was an unused song from the Heroes sessions. That must surely be Robert Fripp on guitar. Otherwise, nothing to report on this album. No idea how to describe it. There are guitars but it has an electronic feel. It's not rock or hip hop. Beyond that I really can't say what it is, but I'm not interested.
“Call the police” might be the best song they’ve ever recorded but in general it isn’t nearly as good as their earlier work.
Not for me. It's fine I guess, but nothing wild. There's better electronic music from 2017.
I'm a big fan of Sound of Silver, and this album lives up to it. Dense and heavily-layered soundscapes with great grooves, great atmosphere, powerful rhythms, emotional punch. A lengthy album with a lot of lengthy songs, yet I never felt bored or unfocused (save, maybe, at the end). A great comeback. Best song: how do you sleep?
oh baby, american dream, emotional haircut petey esque backgrounds, good lyrics
LCDeez nuts (in your mouth)
I've really come around on Oh Baby. I used to think it was a little too slow and vibey, but it has a really nice atmosphere. Love the energy on Other Voices, and the woman's spoken vocals are awesome. Change Yr Mind didn't gel with me - didn't like the slow, downtrodden energy. Call the Police is very epic feeling, kinda reminds me of All My Friends. Really don't care for the ballad-y vibe of American Dream, but I do love the descending synth part.
I like this American Dream but it’s not even the second best LCD Soundsystem record. I’m surprised it’s on the list.