american dream

Some nice; most mediocre. // Favs: oh baby / american dream / black screen Score: Light 3

-"other voices" is reminding me of the Talking Heads, also has pretty cool guitar and stuff at the end -I liked the grooving on "change yr mind" -Cool Bass in "how do you sleep?"

A bit out of my usual listening material. Some quirky songs but I wouldnt call them bad. Didnt dislike anything but didn't feel much else for it either.

ok

the worst lcd soundsystem album

A mediocre album by a great band. Why is this album on the list? Are you assuming everyone has already heard their other albums? Then the reasoning would be "you've heard their other albums; so, go ahead and listen to this one". But, that's a big assumption. If you are reading this and are not familiar with LCD Soundsystem DO NOT listen to this album. Listen to their first one or "Sound of Silver".

Some noteworthy lyrics and good sounds, but also some cringe lyrics and boring musical passages

It was much better than expected. Not my usual style but the album is an easy listen.

Enjoyed this album.... reminded me of DRIVE soundtrack

Thought this was very decent.

Decent but not their best album

I remember Coralette loving this group, and hearing that they were super loud and good (like The Faint at that concert at Jannus that one time), but the other album didn't knock me out. Might need to listen louder.... First song -- I keep waiting/thinking there's gonna be a loud climax, but 2/3 of the way through it sounds like it'll just finish as a mid-tempo love song. Yup. It did. So, maybe LCDS is like Modest Mouse -- mostly mid-tempo, atmospheric stuff, with a few rockers or catchy songs thrown in. Solid 3 so far after 3/10 songs. Ended up the same.

Jäin hyvin paljon kiinni ihan pelkkiin taustabeatteihin ja rytmiin. Ei lähtökohtaisten minun musalaukusta löytyvää kamaa, mutta tykkäsin levystä. Vaikka oli vähän kuuntelurästejä, niin mieluusti kuuntelin tämän vielä toistamiseen. On se varmaan tarkistettava muutakin tämän artistin tuotantoa.

There were songs I liked and songs I really didn’t like. I liked “how do you sleep” a lot. At first I thought it might be good background music but concluded it is not.

The album cover is cool except for the typeset hindering the view. Definitely liked Tonight and Oh Baby. Their path of famous to forgotten to famous is intriguing and worth listening to.

pretty cool, better nad better as it went on. a journy

Was alright

Not there best album but oh baby is a tune

Now this is how you do synth-pop proper! Not like that Chemical Bros crap I just listened to. How do you sleep, Tonite are standouts.

This was okay. I liked the last LCD album a little better, but this wasn't bad.

Got bored with this one...

Whoa, gotta be the newest we’ve had on this list! I’m not a big fan of LCD, but I actually saw them in concert with Andrew and Alden, that was really fun. I’ve heard this album before and only really liked one song (“oh baby”), but this time around I liked some more. This is a good album, but it doesn’t hold my interest all that much. Still, some solid hits to get you dancing. Favorite tracks: oh baby, other voices, how do you sleep? Album cover: So simple that it feels cheap. Getty images-level of effort here. I love looking at the sky as much as the next guy, but give me a break. 3.5/5

I liked this record. Never listened to it before.

I always appreciate James Murphy. Maybe this’ll be better on a second listen-thru. I still liked it.

Decent vibe album, lyrically lacking but I don't think that's necessarily a point against it.

Takes a sharp nosedive after the stellar track 1 but later on redeems itself.

Ok, few songs kind of enjoyed (emotional hair cut, oh baby), energetic background music. 6/10

nice electronica

Started out a little weak but got progressively stronger with each song. I like the synth-heavy rock style that they got going on.

Pretty clean production, good songwriting, like the atmosphere/feel of the album Reminds me of !!! and a little bit of talking heads Not super groundbreaking Kinda long, 7 tracks in and its starting its getting less interesting Got pretty boring by the end of it. Not sure because it was first listen, but either the album is front loaded or very samey throughout. 6/10

Ensimmäistä kertaa kuuntelin tätä levyä vaikka joskus LCD Soundsystemin aiemmista levyistä jollain tavalla tykkäsinkin. Tämä on aika hajanainen kokonaisuus, josta löytyy sekä perinteisiä poppibiisejä että hieman kokeellisempia viritelmiä. Vähemmän kokeelliset biisit (esim. call the police, american dream) toimii kyllä hyvin, mutta ihan kolmea tähteä paremmin levy ei jaksanut pitää otteessaan.

Retro new wave

Average overall. Annoying at times but ok

Was never my style but I appreciate how good this particular record is.

Not my cup of tea.

I can dig it

bruh this is happening jest takie lepsze

This feels very Remain In Light inspired. Long, drawn out grooves. Feel like it’s not quite as much a hodgepodge of sounds and soundplay as This Is Happening or Sound of Silver. I think it’s really cool background music. The vocals could be mixed a little higher imo. Some songs I think maaaybe overstay their welcome a little, I think some of the vocals are just a little TOO trying to be eccentric. I think it sounds really good but I’m not in love with it. I don’t think it’s BAD, but Idk I do think the magic isn’t quite here on this one

I enjoyed the album but this is not my favorite LCD album.

I've listened to a bunch of LCD before but never actually sat down with this album. I think it loses steam somewhere near the end; especially on the last two tracks, which are a combined 25 minutes. It's not bad, just maybe trimming the fat would have made this a great album. Favorite tracks: "how do you sleep?", "other voices", "tonite"

Listened before

He's not the Messiah, he's an over hyped annoyance from NYC. Every song on the album is too long and few are really good, just ok.

Lets give this a go... oh baby - this is kinda nice, about 2 minutes too long and thats coming from someone that loves the longer songs of groups like The Cure. Which brings me to this, this feels like an amalgam of the groups I love. You can clearly hear the influence. Its just not done as well. other voices - yeah, i dont need this in my life. christ, this went on for almost 7 minutes. This feels like modern "we have Talking Heads at home". Same comments about the influence of this being very clear and present. i used to - well this sounds like a clear derivitive (sorry, influenced by) early The Cure records down to the overblown cymbal crashes. I mean, its not terrible but I dont want to listen to it again. This song somehow feels like its 10 minutes long. change yr mind - here we go with the same type of comment as we made on the prior songs. This is derivative to the point of often times sounding like it could be a cover version or a mash up of songs by other artists. And again, this FEELS like its 10 minutes long. how do you sleep? - There are interesting elements in this that could have been condensed into 4:30 rather than the 9:12 it runs. Honestly, this my be my favorite of the album thus far, I can at least appreaciate the build up even if it could be condensed. tonite - I love early 80s synth pop as much as anyone but there was no need for this. call the police - once again, I love the 80s but this just sounds like a mash up of 80s songs. Which would be great if this was at all compelling. At best it sounds like The Killers who are usually doing their best 80s cosplay as well. american dream - runtime 6:06 and it felt like 15 minutes. This song is about 6:06 too long. emotional haircut - I dont like this for all the same reasons as above. black screen - from about 7 minutes on I actually like this as ambient background noise. the first 7 minutes though I wish i had never heard. pulse (v.1) - i honestly feel like this is what a teenager that got a programmer and sequencer comes up with after messing with them for a year. Look, I get why people would love this I am however not one of those people.

Eh. Må ha noe molly for å tåle dette.

I really liked the first song, the beat sounded familiar. This album sounds old and new at the same time which I do appreciate. That being said, it does still feel very mid 2010s (which it is from so…). Favorite tracks: oh baby, & how do you sleep?.

Meh

We're past influences and straight to robbery. "other voices" is a complete Talking Heads ripoff, down to the "Houses in Motion" solos....

It feels more like 1990s, doesn't sound very original. A bit too electronic for me, but I didn't mind as much as I though I would. 4/10

I have tried many times to enjoy LCD Soundsystem. I just don't.

Not interesting enough

Dance synth that sounds like every influence all at once. Black Screen is decent, albeit about twice as long as necessary.

This is the most mid thing I've ever heard.

Better than the other one but still boring

Everything's at such a dreary tempo, I don't like his singing, and it's all too long Very, VERY, generous 2

Very odd, but not in a way that I really can say I enjoyed.

Didn't really enjoy it. Sounds like a collection of influences of the bands I don't really enjoy much. Definitely hipster art-house music that is too cool for me.

Some good, most bad. Did not realize they had a Side G sound. 2 stars for a touch of funk.

Many songs are too long with no real progression. To be fair, there are pretty good bass lines here. This reminds me of The Teardrops Explodes or Echo and the Bunnymen, or, more specific, of Julian Cope. And I don't like him... So that's that.

Tried to keep an open mind about this, and I can get into some of the emotion and rhythms, but nothing grabbed me.

I liked the first song. Yeah, that's about it.

Ok

Not for me

klinkt een beetje als een vermoeide Depeche Mode

Liked it more than I thought I would but still a okay listen

Very fine, somewhat soothing, background accompaniment to my morning. Nothing too exciting.

So far, this is the LCD Soundsystem album that I have enjoyed the most. There was a heavy Talking Heads influence on many of the tracks, which I found enjoyable. That said, overall I wasn't a fan of this album. This band seems to have a penchant for dragging these songs out as long as possible, which is a truly unfortunate decision as none of these tracks have any sort of dramatic build or climax. They just stay at one volume and keep going and going. It feels so self-serving and pretentious. I really hope there are no more albums from this band on the list.

Perfectly listenable and well put together but doesn't have much to say, all I can hear are echoes of bands that came before

It’s like a late 70s early 80s mix tape you found of maybe album tracks by a few bands that you just can’t place. But turns out someone/ group decides to make a recording which appears to be their take on their years gone by record collection. It’s obviously not as good as what it pays tribute to/rips off but well no one can expect it to be. And We have a problem with being able to get the damn songs in, in less than 5 minutes, often much longer because we just like a sound/ idea on each track so we keep it running. Turns out the main guy was close friend/ mentored by Bowie - yeah that’s clear. Not sure if this is in anyway relevant for me, music wise it’s kind of ok in a very familiar way, but nothing jumps out, every song is just too long by default- just don’t see the point regarding this list, is it a homage?or is it plagiarism? Sure make an album in the style of, no problem, can it be a great album, sure. Can it be essential, maybe. But why is this one - other than it copies the critic favourite previous artists, all very moody. And can’t say this was for me - 2 Stars

Started off enjoying this but soon got bored and the second half just seemed to wash over me. Title track and Black Screen were the most boring. Not interesting or different enough to make me want to hear again.

Boring and dull

If you’re gonna make a bunch of 10 min songs they need to be interesting and good. This was not that. Like over produced worse version of future islands.

very very meh. don't like the sound.

Et bien non

beliebiges synthie-geklimper.

Kind of a weird electronic rock album. A few decent songs, but also a few bad ones.

1.9

the first song was okay but the rest of the album was a bit too repetitive

How did THIS make it? I love LCD Soundsystem’s earlier albums but this one is booty.

The less singing there were in the songs the better they were to me. The rhythms and synths going on were mostly really good but the slow talking/singing that I associate mostly with 80s synth isn't something I really like. A few songs were okay to good but overall not for me.

Why this album? Ample choices under the LCD Soundsystem discography. I guess that means I'll see him again later. *Sigh* this list is getting tiresome. 2.5/5

Well that's very disappointing!!

It’s a maybe for my the instrumentals sound nice but they don’t combine with the vocals or lyrics as much so a 5/10

Meh

la verdad me aburrió y lo saqué. me gusta la portada del álbum.

Was expecting banger after b …not this album IMO

no reason for songs to be this long and go absolutely nowhere

It was initially a 3, but ughhh some of the tracks really drag on (I’m not a fan of 8+ minute songs, sorry)

i like all the stuff this is clearly inspired by. gang of four, new order, early human league, so on and so forth. this just misses the mark for me. it's not particularly interesting, i didn't mind how do you sleep but i found the rest pretty forgettable.

I do not care for this band but I begrudgingly occasionally have to hand it to them but also maybe I should give this a 2. Actually I'm giving this a 2 because I think it is "ehh" rather than "good."

meh

Niet zo’n fan

dit nwas echt.. niet mijn ding.. daft punk >>>>>

2nd album I've gotten from them. No matter how hard you try, you can't get me to care about these guys. Even less worth engaging with here than Sound of Silver.

Interesting…2.5. Kind of grates after awhile.

dreamy

I was originally excited when I saw LCD Soundsystem. I was then disappointed. Not sure why this warranted a place on the list. Sound of Silver deserves a place. The what happens next albums don't. This fat list needs trimming. 2/5.

Partially ok

Just like the American dream, this is overrated and, much like their other effort, miles too long.

I went to my first music festival about ten years ago. The group tenting next to us was usually rolling face or coked out of their minds, but they are fairly nice and we spent our mornings smoking and trying to make the comedown from the night before not hurt so bad. They were traveling all summer following this guy called LCD Soundsystem, they said one morning, dried blood hanging from their nostrils. At first I thought, these guys must be fucking nuts, but I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt having never heard him myself. I didn’t want to doubt the wisdom of these elder millennials. They would rave of the many nights spent candy flipping, wooking out the majesty and wonder of this one man to whom they devoted their entire summer and perhaps 50% of the brain function. Who was I to doubt them. The festival ended, I never got around to seeing LCD, nor had I ever bothered to look up his music. But the thought always lingered in the back of my mind, what were these guys onto that I wasn’t? The thought faded over time and I always slightly regretted never looking him up. After all these years, having finally listened to this album, I can confirm, those guys were just a bunch of drug addict losers with awful taste in music.

You ever have that thing where you hear from everyone that a thing is good? Like universally its a thing that people just like. Candy, pizza, a fresh fallen snow. Well I dont really like any of that stuff and its the same with this album too. Like those 3 things I dont hate them but I really never seek them put. I feel exactly the same about this music. Its just too indie bs and syrupy. Idk I just dont like it much at all. I will give the song emotional haircut a nod cause that song has some get up and punch. Everything else is just spacy and boring. Its all vibes with no substance. At least thats how it made me feel. I was checking the track list constantly trying to see when it would end. And thats not a good sign. I 100% understand that this is someone, if not a majority of peoples, thing. I get it. I just dont share that view even a little. Its just not for me in every sense.

This dude wants to be David Byrne so bad. This is apparently their big comeback album. Probably should have kept this project on ice.

There are some good LCD songs but not in this watered down Duran Duran rip-off

Love call the police and obviously Bowie was a fan but still just okay for me

This isn’t at all anywhere close to the first album from them. So much so it might get docked an extra star. Not good. Boring and long.

It was decent

**An ok album

if i were a fan of this genre, perhaps i'd like the album more.

The best parts are derivative (Talking Heads, New Order), the worst sound like the music used for the "emotional" scene at the end of a bad tv drama. Ugly cover. 2.25 / 5

Only listened to a couple tracks

Não consegui arranjar argumentos para fazer este álbum chegar a um 3

Não fez nada por mim, apesar de não lhe ter dado grande hipótese

Nudne. 2

nostalgic, kinda futuristic but a mix of y2k. sounds funky, not my preference tho

Out of tune 2nd division Talking Heads.

Oh buddy, not a lot for me to like here. This album sounded like Nick Cave and Coldplay mashed together (this is NOT a compliment). Bad minimalist sad boi “rock” with a lot of electronica backing. One song was just OK and will save it from the Hall of Shame, but it’s still a low 2/5.

I always see their name come up and think “they’re supposed to be good” and then am underwhelmed. Worse talking heads kinda

The last few days I've gotten albums to listen to that I was excited about ahead of time. These were ones I'd heard of, but never listened to. I was happy to report that I really enjoyed all of them. When this came up today I was feeling the same level of excitement, as this is a band I thought I'd really get into. I've seen snippets of videos that have looked pretty cool, and maybe heard a song here or there that I also liked. As the album started I was getting into it. oh baby was a great start and I hoped it would keep me interested throughout. Unfortunately I started getting a bit irritated rather than interested. The songs weren't as catchy and the vibe was darker than I'd hoped for. I do love lots of post punk and electronica, but version wasn't doing it for me. And the length of the songs and album as a whole just made me wish it would end sooner. I knew my positive album streak was going to come to an end soon, but didn't think it would happen with this record. Oh well....there's always tomorrow.

#903. This one isn't it boys 2/5: meh

This one is not for me. Boring, uninspired, and insubstantial

Previous LCD Soundsystem albums sound like the party you wished would keep going. American Dream sounds like the music played to tell people that the party is over. Stand-alone, this is a decently made album, but it drags and meanders.

LCD Soundsystem – american dream (2017) On Day 101, I started the second century of this challenge with a project that fell short of its goals. While the electro-pop compositions are spacious and unafraid to push the tonal range, they ultimately feel musically mechanical and soulless. The "doodad wizardry" and droning chord progressions don't translate into a real connection for me. The whole LP feels like "wannabe karaoke songs" that a boss would play to try and act cool in the office. It’s technically capable in its production, but it lacks the "immaculate" soul or the energy needed to be memorable. It’s not a completely bad album, but it’s definitely a passable experience that doesn't warrant a revisit. A definitive 2/5.

Honestly got kind of bored of this by the end of my listen. Some cool songs and sounds throughout, but I definitely think some of LCD Soundsystem's earlier work is stronger and more interesting. Favorites: i used to, call the police

The best song was "call the police." The rest didn't grab me. "how do you sleep?" and "black screen" ended up pretty good, but took too long to build up to it, in my opinion.

It's an interesting sounding band but it's not my favorite style. It reminds me mostly of CHVRCHES but is a mish mash also with 80's inspired synth. It's not my favorite but I can get why others like it.

Did not enjoy listening to this. Just some weird uninteresting music imo.

Tedious. Why is it so long? I quite like the early stuff but this is inessential and overlong. Makes me doubt the quality and decision making of the list compiler. Worst one yet.

Plodding, synthey, Alt pop

the impression I powerfully received is a record full of songs 3 times longer than they need to be, desperately trying to build out "repetition and references" as a theme to conceal that there are only 2 or 3 original ideas hanging around

I don't know why I am always so surprised when indie rock albums use synthesizers and other modern electronic instruments. The album is okay, but definitely drags on a bit and becomes a little boring. I enjoyed their earlier album more. 2.5/5 Won't listen again

Lots of synth noises that all sounded the same to me.

Yes

2,5 Not the best, naar ook niet zo erg dat je het moet afzetten

As a fan of rock and electronica, I thought I was going to enjoy this more than I did. The vocals were hit or miss, I wasn’t feeling the spoken word type parts. And the music wasn’t as catchy or laid back as I thought. Nothing stood out to me here.

Тру ЛСД музыка, даже на фон не очень зашло

Not my cup of tea, way to chill.

Not for me. Oh baby, change yr mind, and Tonite were the only ones I somewhat enjoyed.

This was clearly the era of the synthesizer and the drum machine. It gets boring after a while.

The description on Spotify (Andy Kellman & Tim Sendra) states that LCD Soundsystem exists "at the point of a Venn diagram where the loose grooves of disco bump up against the wiry spikiness of post-punk." That perfectly sums up my conflicted feelings about this album. The lyrics made an impression but the post-punk, techno did not.

Boring

Ziemlich elektrisch, ein etwas monotoner Rhythmus. Nichts, was mich vom Hocker gehauen hat. 2/5

The problem with this is how bloated it is and how badly this guy wants to be a modern day David Byrne. At times it even feels like no one has told him the lyrics to this album are weak.

Ugh no

Meh

Feels like an album that should be deep and experimental but misses the mark. It isnt that bad to listen to but its to safe to be experimental and to experimatal to be great.

People love these guys, and while I can imagine why I’ve never been one of them…

Not my vibe, it’s alright. 2 stars

Moments of genius followed by many more moments of meh. Really wish I could have liked this more. Mid.

This was like an homage to all the post-punk new wave 80s bullshit this album list has made me listen to. It’s for some people out there, but not for me.

Normally I would give this a 3 but it disappointed me so much I had to take one star away. This is your big comeback album? You go on hiatus for 7 years and you release an album where you are riffing off of popular 80s bands? He does Talking Heads multiple times, New Order, The Cure, U2 and The Smiths at least. Pretty sad that almost a decade after you throw in the towel you'd come back with an album that just sounds like other people. Gross.

I found this too samey. I didn’t hate it, but not my favorite album of theirs by a long shot.

Had potential but blew it.

Again a bit of a weird one

Long and boring songs, but a few interesting sounds here and there.

LCD sound systems attempted to channel the sound of the 80s while making it somehow more electronic. There are a handful of just straight up rock songs so idk a bit confusing - I feel like they’re trying to hit a bunch of genres and are… missing

noise

5.8 out of 10

Sold but not as good as their other albums

The beats were excellent, but needed the lyrics and singing as they were just background beats. The singing seemed as though it was trying to achieve a discordant sound purposefully, which it succeeded, but I was not a fan of the result.

Best: Oh baby I don't see anything special about this album, I would be more impressed if it came out in the 80s but otherwise it doesn't seem remarkable. Some of the sounds capes it creates are enjoyable but its lacking any particularly impactful songs. Rating as a 2, not a 1, because it's listenable and we'll produced

Penultimate track is spectacular. Now that the only good thing is out of the way, oh boy. I thought I liked synths, this album made me loathe them. I thought I hated David Byrne and U2, this album affirmed it. I thought that in no way some really good rocking instrumentals could be ruined by someone yapping or badly singing over them, but yet again this album proved it can be done. Fuck off, and never again. Great music on occasion though, so it would feel wrong to give it a 1.

OK. 2/5

Oh babyyyyy

Fast paced electronica rock with a steady bass line and high tech sound effects. LCD Soundsystem has lost their luster since Sound of Silver. American Dream is no where near as good. Got a decent twofer with Call The Police and Emotional Haircut, the rest of the tracks ran long (even during an elliptical workout.) The album is not a nightmare, comes in at (2.3*s) Maybe they just ran out of ideas…

All the songs sound the same - and I don't care for this industrial styled electronic sounding looped drum machinery nonsense.

Een soort New Wave maar dan minder oud. Daardoor zijn we niet meer beperkt tot de lengte van een cassettebandje en mogen we er maarliefst 68 minuten van genieten. Ik gaf (vrij recent nog) al eens een 3 hiervoor want uiteraard is dit niet de enige LCD Soundsystem in de lijst. Daardoor ga ik nu wel iets strenger zijn en ik zet deze op een twee. Ik ben ook maar een mens. Ik vind het wel knap gemaakt, maar ik luister er vandaag in ieder geval niet super graag naar.

Incessantly boring. The David Byrne comparisons are interesting. There’s an undeniable similarity in the song construction. I don’t particularly enjoy listening to Talking Heads, but if you listen to this back to back with, say Stop Making Sense, it reveals the lifelessness that I find inherent in (or at lease ubiquitous in) electronic music. Similar rhythms and structures - and the humans’ grooves expand and contract and glow and morph while the machines just drone on and on and on like a ticker tape or a monitor showing a word processor with a stuck key on the keyboard.

Sometimes a homage comes off poorly. This album feels like a corporate approved plagiarism of a New Order, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Talkimg Heads synth vibe that it just fails to rise to the level of its influences. I like 8-bit video game soundtracks but not when it passes for influential disco electro pop. 2⭐️

Dusty. Dry. Derivative. Ideas that have been done to death. Sound assets that were feeling overplayed by the second LCD Soundsystem album. This isn't a horrible album by any means, but nobody has to listen to this before you die.

It has some okay moments, lots of them even, but in general my reaction was something like "c'mon, do something cool..." and they never did

Another day, another LCD Soundsystem album that makes me think they were the ones that made that old youtube theme song but then I remember that it was called 09 Sound System Dreamscape

I wasn’t really into this. The song “American dream” reminded me of a song from the killers though. But yeah, nothing specific , just wasn’t feeling it.

I don’t dislike it, just felt like listening to a generic brand.

2 out of 5. Not enough going on and not for me.

This isn't my first album for LCD Soundsystem, in fact it's my fourth so I generally knew what I was expecting, or at least I was until I saw 2017. That is surprisingly recent and pass his "hot" period. So I went in with a vague sense of direction and not much else, but that I'd like it much like I do their other projects. I was met with a strange album, spacey and atmospheric and yet made to dance to. A weird but not impossible blend and I think ultimately the actual music presented is not at all bad, but for electronica in 2017 it feels unjustified in even existing. Songs like "tonite" sound aged on release and I'm not even sure if this album was released 37 years ago these sounds would be seen with much kinder eyes because they feel immensely generic. In listening to this album (about 4 times in the past day) to pin down my feelings I note there are two versions, one that is 10 songs and one that is 11 and the cut 11th song named pulse(v.1) sounds hilariously like terraria music. This is a good thing though I think that's actually a fairly fresh and timeless sound y'know outside that games soundtrack. But that does raise a different question, even on the 10 song version this album is 68 minutes! I am no stranger to long songs and albums within justification but this album does not justify or even warrant this length. "how do you sleep" is about 3 minutes too long and the entirety of black screen feel like it doesn't do enough to be there. Also the fact it took me four listens to actively decide if I liked or disliked something is not a good sign. This is genuinely getting my lowest rating for a few reasons. 2017 is, as I said on another album recently, pretty recent and so the deeper influence of this album will be hard to fully see but even then I can look very closely at the genres it released in and you know what else came out in 2017? Melodrama and Big Fish Theory, and that's JUST in electronic genres or adjacent. Also, there are only two LCD albums on this list and while Sound of Silver absolutely justifies it's place and I will sing its praises eventually, I would swap this album with "This Is Happening" in a heart beat and even the self titled on most days. Both those albums have similar (or even further) issues in length but sound a whole lot better. I genuinely like LCD Soundsystem and thing some of their work is insanely good but this? This isn't just underwhelming, it's disappointing. Best songs: call the police, pulse(v.1) Worst songs: tonite, black screen Rank compared to everything else so far: 25/25 (below Dub Housing)

I loooove long songs on an album…usually. This one, while not outwardly bad, just seemed to drag on forever, with not much novelty or excitement to keep my attention.

There are lots of sounds and pieces of LCD-SS that I really like, just when all put together into a song, it always misses the mark for me

Two stars, my star system is one star some redeeming qualities, two stars more interesting things happening appreciate it, but it’s not for me, three stars a really good album, four stars great album, five stars one of the best albums

LCD Soundsystem is overrated.

They call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe in it...and...how do you sleep again? Just listen to this boring album for over an hour. Favorite Track: how do you sleep?

electr. Pop, 2017 -> 2

What stuck to me mostly with this album was how weak - and frankly boring - this sounded. The album was released in 2017, but it sounds like it could've been released sometime during the 70s or 80s, and I don't mean that in a good way. I didn't even have to google the band to understand that the whole crew is getting quite old. The singing was subpar and annoying. The songs were very long, for no benefit at all. And so was the album. Usually bands with some electronics to it pique my interest, but this was not my cup of tea at all.

will hated this one. i thought it was fine but i like sound of silver better

Some great production but unfortunately a bit too samey and combined with middling vocals, I’m not in love with it.

Is it over yet? Boring.

Talking Heads but boring

One of this band's great talents has been to take a minimal groove and make it work for long stretches of a song, layering shifting and moving elements on top of it and keeping it engaging throughout. ("All My Friends" from their second album is perhaps the best example of this, making the barest of chord progressions into a thoroughly engrossing song.) That minimalist approach has it pitfalls though, and on *American Dream*, the band flubs it on a grand scale - on these songs the grooves are so basic and the basslines so generic that the songs are static to the point of being nearly lifeless. The first half of the album is a slog through dull, dreary songs that have little to offer, and frankly LCD head honcho James Murphy sounds like he's in a bad mood. Only on track 6 ("Tonite") does some light enter the proceedings but this too sports a first-draft bassline that Murphy didn't bother to try to improve upon. "Call The Police" has some energy but sounds like little more than a Psychedelic Furs b-side. After that it's back to the slog with the tedious waltz of the title track followed by two more repetitive-and-no-fun jams to close out the record. Coming after two untouchable five-star studio albums, *American Dream* is a real bummer.

As an American, my dream is to not get another album by this group. I was letting the album play in the background, then I got distracted and started playing something else entirely, forgetting the album was even going. Says volumes. Eventually picked a song later in the album to continue from and was left wishing I had just left the album stopped. Not as bad as the previous album I got of theirs, but still meh

Not terrible but didn’t need to be this long

Lot of repetitive electronic parts. Not very amusing

There’s really not much to say about this one. It is 21st century techno that somehow sounds like it came from the 90s, but without any of the charm that made 90s electronic music fun.

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An interesting but ultimately futile attempt at reviving New Wave long past its expiration date. They're certainly competent, but they try so hard to sound like an 80s band that it sometimes becomes a bit laughable. It's also needlessly long and overbloated ; I enjoyed about half the album, then it turned into a chore. The last song felt endless. 4/10

Typically one of those bands whose name I know really well, but whose music I actually don’t know at all. The first tracks from their debut album scared me off a bit, so I gave in and tried this latest one, and here it’s airy, pretty post-punk, with a touch of dream pop. Once again, it works quite well, though the instrumental side could have been stronger, with more obvious buildups. Still, it’s pleasant to listen to, perfect as background music or while commuting … until the last few, more dance-oriented tracks, which really aren’t my cup of tea. Their atmospherical side is worth exploring further.

Vibes: 2/5 Instruments: 1/5 Production: 2/5 Emotional Value: 0/5 Storytelling: 3/5 Stand Outs: other voices, call the police Overall Rating: 1.6

Entirely unremarkable.

Background electronic music. Nothing stood out.

Not my thing 4/10

I like some of LCD Soundsystem’s other stuff but I honestly did not love this album. Songs I didn’t mind were I used to and call the police.

etwas albern finde ich bei "o baby" die mechanische Rhythmik, die mit einer naiven Gesangsstimme kombiniert wird. Nicht mein Geschmack! Auch bei dem Titel "i used to" wiederholt sich die sinnlose Mechanik in Kombination mit einer naiven Gesangsstimme. "Talking heads" haben diese Art der Musik wesentlich besser und voe allen Dingen überraschender gemacht und damals dabei den Nerv der Zeit getroffen.

I wanted to like this, but the singing reminded me too much of Talking Heads and U2, which was an instant turn off! Not for me!

- sehr nice sounds - mit dr zyt bitz eintönig - nid guet zum konzentriert schaffe - vilech eher zum male/ choche/ irere bar

I liked the first track, the rest were take it or leave it. Too much looping melody lines and the songs are waaaaay too long.

Mid

Had it on in the background, can't say I really remember much of it. Not up there with Sound of Silver or This is Happening

Not something I would listen to again. Ok at best.

Not feeling it - cool sounds but didn't hold my interest

Honestly, I liked this album more than I thought I would. However, I am still giving it a 2. The songs are too long and I don’t think any of them are that special, even if they don’t sound too bad.

I tried, I really did. Listened to this in full three times, mostly paying quite a bit of attention. When LCD disbanded in 2011 after their wonderful, massive Madison Square Garden final concert, I thought “good for them”. Then when they reunited for this 6 years later, I was not pleased at all, so I listened to it once (was not impressed) and then forgot about it. I hate it when famous people, usually musicians, retire and then come back — yes, I dislike Michael Jordan for that reason. So now eight years later and more mellow than I was in my 60’s (sure, I’m babbling) I thought maybe this is a good album, seeing as how it’s worthy of being in the 1,001 collection. It was fine but nothing special. I don’t like EDM in general, and this feels like a generic album in that genre. The main problem is that the songs aren’t that great, with very sparse hooks compared to their two prior albums, This is Happening and Sound of Silver. I checked songwriting credits and Pat Mohoney is involved with 3-4 tracks on each of the two earlier albums and only on one here. Probably coincidental, but the songs here aren’t as good. Shockingly, This is Happening is not in the 1,001 Albums (it’s be a solid 5 start from me) while this is — we’ve already done Sound of Silver. 2.5 rounded down for disbanding and then not disbanding.

This is pretty dull stuff that sounds like melange of influences all tossed together. It was pleasant enough, but doesn't strike me as a great album, and I'm not sure why it has made this list.

A bad U2 cover album

Yeah. Don't like this one much. 2 stars

bono degli U2 canta sopra una base electronic-disco-punk. anche no dai

I’d rather be listening to Talking Heads

Inte jättekul.

Its a. Nice album the first song is really good and made me want to listen more which is rare for an electronic music album smwhich I consider should not be in any list. This one is better cause there are lyrics and good as well.

Not for me

After the first track (oh baby) I was hopeful that the more scathing reviews were wrong however I was the one that was wrong. What followed was just as horrible I was led to believe. american dream (the title track) was alright but two alright songs don't save a truly dreadful album.

Oh boy, 2 penny depeche mode. After listening 3/4 it was not so bad after all. Still not my cup of morning coffee. Vocals were okey. Techno music not so okey, annoying beep boop

Interesting tunes, but not really my style. I felt flashes of something that I’d want to go back to but overall wasn’t hooked by this.

Honestly, this was a big empty vaporwave dissapointment. A few songs sounded similar to some of their older stuff, but nothing here is worth a relisten. 2/5

Fine at points, just not my thing

No termina de ser mi rollo pero el uso de los sintetizadores y las bases me han gustado. Se me hizo un poco largo, pero es una apreciación sin importancia

2 this was boring

Too soon

80's but not in the way I like it. I don't love the lead singer's voice.

IT’S A TRAP! I was lured in by the brilliance of Oh Baby, but I felt like every glimmer of gold after that was steamrolled by something clunky.

I didn’t hate this as much as I expected to - I don’t like electronica. But there were a few moments I quite enjoyed

this man's music and character are repulsive to me

Not my type

Dance music. Not my thing.

Synth pop music. Lots of manufactured beats and stuff. Talent for sure. Not my kind of thing. Good to dance to.

Liked some of it.

Lots of computer beeps that I can make on my keyboard too.

Didn't really like the whole sound of it.

Every song is way too long and WAY too repetitive. They pick a short little two-beat riff and just repeat it for 5 minutes. There are a couple nice vibes, but they get annoying after so much repetition.

Have heard of the band but not heard the band. After now listening to this album with all the beeps and boops I’m okay with that.

A real shit, derivative new wave which was 40 years old and people try to pass for avant garde. The first half is abysmal the second gets better so I give it 2

I was working in alt rock radio when this album was released. It made no impact because it really does nothing groundbreaking. Other bands have done more with similar sounds

I'd give it a 2.5, but I'll set it at two starts since I highly doubt I'll ever pick it to play on my own

This is a crazy great album. My favorite track on it is Murder by Numbers. I also loved Oh My God. The references to other songs is classic. Every Breath You Take and Wrapped Around Your Finger a re classics. Mother is a skipper. I’ve never liked that song at all. Synchronicity sort of makes me nervous. The tempo is too much. I never knew what they were saying in Tea in the Sahara, but it never mattered. I love this song. I love Stewart Copeland’s drumming. It’s just so forward on the tracks and I love the ska beats on a lot of songs. I’m torn between a four and a five I would give it a 4.5 if I could give halves there’s just a couple tracks that I don’t care for and I really like some of the older Police albums better, so I think I’ll stick with the four.

I think they're brilliant live but I just can't get into them recorded

Too long and too boring. 2/5

Meh!

I really don’t know what to say about this - I didn’t hate it, but I couldn’t tell you anything about it either. It went in one ear and out the other. Just not my thing.

An artist where I knew the name, but couldn't remember ever hearing anything by them. The discordant rhythm of "other voices" was almost uncomfortable to listen to but I liked "i used to" a lot more. "tonite" actually made me audibly laugh. "change your mind" I absolutely hated the guitars on. I found "how do you sleep?" just dull. I don't know how to rate an album that had tracks I really liked, absolutely hated and thought were meh... 2/5 I guess?

What a boring album, it was very repetitive and it was like listening to the same song over and over again, I'd get if you listened to some songs sometimes because I liked some of them but the whole album just got boring at some point and I was just waiting for it to end

I don't like LCD Soundsystem

Better than the other LCD soundsystem album but still not for me

I don’t get it and I don’t really care for it.

wasn't as bad as the other one

Didn’t hold my attention. Repetitive, melodic, metronomic. Will need to listen again to see what I missed!

My god, this album is way too long. If they would have skipped the last two deadly boring songs, totaling 26 minutes... And I really can's stand the singing: especially 'I used to' is incredibly out of tune. On a positieve note, the JM Jarre-like 'how do you sleep' is rather okay (but again way too long), 'emotional haircut' is a punky energy-song and the best song I think is 'call the police'.

Nightmare more like

2 at best, maybe a 1.

Electronic dance music? No thanks, again. Two boring stars. And the album and songs are way too long.

Inititially, I liked this better than Sound of Silver. And then I realized it just started to sound like a lot of other bands put through a blender. Various 70s/80s British New Wave bands, plus Joy Division, Flaming Lips, Talking Heads... I mean... It's not bad per se, but I really don't get the fuss about this project.

They do have a cool sound but the tracks drag on and become monotone

I kinda lost interest in these guys when they retired, and then returned, what, two weeks later? Anyway, this sounds like more of the same of what they did in the 00s. It's not bad, in fact a few tracks are very good, it's just, more of the same? High 2s.

Perfect for people with either a brand new TV or insomnia.

Pretty boring overall

Not a fan

At first, I was dreading getting myself through this album. It was similar in a lot of ways to the album I had got the previous day, and I wasn't exactly looking forward to another day of the same thing. However, I will say it did grow on me as the album progressed. It was by no means my favorite, but the songs could, at least, be catchy at times. The vocals were nothing remarkable nor was the lyricism, but the music wasn't half bad.

On occasion I’m visited by my ghost of contrarianism past. The uniform of fringe, band merch, chainsaw belt buckle and skinny jeans protects a thin skin; he’s unconvinced by any cultural paraphernalia that managed to get popular – especially so if it did so without him having felt on the ground level of it. The fringe long since battled back to respectability and the fit of jeans finally allowing for a less restricted gait, we have space now to reflect. Stubbornness in youth, one can surmise, is mostly fine, just so long as it dissipates before it arrests development. To never let go or never let in are equal tragedies. To be given the chance to return to the primal scene of your obstinacy is, from that perceptive, a real privilege. And so my thoughts are buoyant. What talents did I overlook? What feeling did I allow to sail by? What dances – I usually preferred to stand outside and smoke, bless – did I fail to dance? Well, what a shame. I’m so bored by this record that I’ll likely never get to find out. It rumbles along pleasantly enough, takes the odd risk, but it seems to lack a certain spine. It’s a mash up of genre mash ups gone by, only with the most interesting parts of the portmanteaus filed down to inoffensive nubs. Electro pop without the pomp, new wave without the cool. Sometimes I suppose growth means just giving things a chance – and other times, it’s knowing when to quit. I managed to stop smoking. That’s got to count for something.

Groupe inconnu. Les morceaux s'étirent en longueur sans jamais proposer de variation ... ce qui donne de la musique de fond pas désagréable mais sans intérêt. =>2/5

Maybe my memory is failing me, but this isn't the LCD soundsystem I remember.

Ok listen. Not a fan of electronic music

ned so in the mood gsi för das. het zum teil chli tame impala vibez, aber insgesamt weniger gfühlt. eis lied wök no nice gfunde -> american dream. müesst em vlt en zweuti chance geh

He just be saying thing

Gross I'm not sure what that was

Hyvät ainekset. Sitten vain tekemään levyä.

Not quite

This was honestly just very mid. I get some Talking Heads vibes, and some of the tracks had a cool atmospheric sound, but there’s just not a lot of interesting melodic content.

one of the worst album covers I have seen. looks like an old default windows home screen with default text. first song is already nothing to really stand out. as soon as something cool sounding pops up its gets drowned out, by non impactful lyrics and a self insistence that smashing on a keyboard is good music.

I gave it a couple shots, at different times, but just can’t get excited for this album. It’s not terrible, it’s just nothing to write home about. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song:

I don’t know why this guy’s voice reminds me of a human drum machine. It just sounds kind of robotic. The music is bland. The whole thing sounds like it was made by AI. Soulless songs which drag on and on and on. Emotionless.

Booooooooooooooooooooring. I got really tired of the 13-minute tracks. -1 star for originality. -1 star for instrumentals. -Half a star for lyrics. Great when you can actually hear it. -Minus 1 for being a bad mix, repetitive and boring. -Minus 1 for not being catchy or singable or even danceable. Overall: 2.5, rounding down because this guy cannot write anything under 4 minutes long.

Original compositions played as if they were covers. Lowest common denominator copies of actual post-punk songs. One or two listenable cuts.

Shit music’s playing in my house, my house 2/5

This was a teetering on the edge of mediocre until the final 2 songs lasting >10 mins each offered absolutely nothing. No chance of a return to this one and baffling it’s on the list

"call the police" and "emotional haircut" are good songs, but the rest are kind of ordinary.

Very uneven album. Some cool new wave-ish tracks with a dark undertone, some happy bouncy tracks, and a lot of dross. The worst part is that it drags on too long. Far too long. And the last two tracks, 25 minutes in all, are in the end what drags it down to a two

I love seeing newer albums pop up in this list. This was a band that I had heard of but never listened to so I was excited to dive in. My excitement soon faded. This is just a rehash of post punk but without the shock or passion that that movement had. It doesn't push the sound anywhere new or innovate in any way. It's well done for what it is, I'm just saying that I'm not impressed with what it is.

Way too drawn out

I just found it so dull. I'm often a bit harsher with newer albums cause the context is just so much more complex and the potential influences are endless. This had some level of uniqueness that deserves some credit, but it doesn't save it from being dull.

Eh, mostly not for me.

I didn't mind this album, but it just wasn't my kinda music. Last few songs were a lot longer then they needed to be. There were some good songs though, mainly at the beginning. Album just wasn't me. Favorite Song: oh baby Least Favorite: black screen

I was evenly split in this album: 1/5 the tracks I thought had something interesting about them, and the other half of them almost annoyed me to the point of turning it off. I think # 3, 5, 6, 7, and 10 were alright. It's highly unlikely I'll listen to this again.

Another contemporary one. The 2010s really aren't my decade at all, but it's comforting to return to the kinda-current year every now and then. I've heard about LCD Soundsystem in passing. Nothing of note, mind you. I've just heard their name. I'm expecting this one to be an electronic album, which is usually within my music-appreciating wheelhouse. Lookin' forward to giving this one a go. This was simultaneously exactly what I was expecting, yet also nothing like what I was expecting. Very minimal, but with a little bit of a groove going on. The lyrics and vocal performances are generally pretty insipid and all of the songs are scandalously long, but once I tuned all of that out this album became tolerable enough to me.

Wouldn’t listen again - I don’t think I get LCD Soundsystem like other people do. My favorite song was when this album looped into dance yrself clean 😂

There were parts of songs that I liked, but as a whole felt too long and sounded quite repetitive

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lowkey ok especially the first song but the rest is meh

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This is a band I vaguely dislike and listened to again today to see if the album might awaken a new perspective. This was not the case, and I still felt a tepid disdain for every song on the album. Just not what I'm into at all.

About 15 minutes of music that worked for me, but a 70 minute run-time meant that wasn’t nearly enough.

Not interesting

Kind of boring and monotonous I thought. OK but sort of meh as it dragged on. Emotional Haircut was probably my favorite, with a sound very reminiscent of Devo meets U2 circa 1986.

Λιγο vocals,λιγο edm, λιγο daft punk, λιγο ροκ. Πολυ βαρετο.

Familiar with LCD Soundsystem, but not familiar with their post-reunion works. You certainly hear a lot of new-wave, David Bowie, U2, and maybe some Talking Heads influences here. Every track seems to operate on a grand scale (maybe TOO grand for its own good at times), most of which sounding very atmospheric whilst touching on social issues, depression, and overall endings. "Tonite", the synth-poppy and introspective single, and "Call the Police" are the obvious standouts here. The rest I didn't really jive with. Lyrically interesting, but the result felt bloated.