american dream

A softer art-pop Foals crossed with 80s electro pop that does nothing to stir my soul

Very ‘yeh, whatever’ comeback album from LCD Soundsystem who said they already broke up in 2011 and gave a massive self-congratulatory farewell concert for it. This album is more like American Sleepwalk or American Staring into space on a long rattly pitchfork indie train journey. Songs have that general super original Bowie/Talking Heads blend and one of them copies that Shehnai sound off King Crimson Sheltered Sky that goes on for way too long. Overall not entirely wretched but quite annoying on every other track and unlike their previous releases deeply, deeply bland. I got bored and fed up half way through and just switched on to Substance by New Order for some actual banging electronic indie.

If this is here does that mean there are three LCD albums on the list? That seems like two too many.

oh baby is a good song, but the rest didn’t really do anything for me 2/5

not my kind of thing. lyrics, music, Instrumentation, vocals all just pretty bad. not one i will come back to 2 🌟

Sound of Silver is so good that I sadly need to compare these two. american dream is just flat compared to Sound of Silver. Maybe in a vacuum it gets a 3, but I need to compare them.

Blending together, very dreamy vibes to start out and then it got more raw and rougher. I have a hard time with things that don't seem to go together. It is like they wanted to write lyrical poetry and make cool vibes and then force them together. Didn't hit for me

Not really my thing

This is not quite as bad as their earlier stuff. The King Crimson/Talking Heads influence helps. But why does it have to be so long?

LCD Soundsystem is, for me, a weird band. I love all their obvious influences (Talking Heads, New Order, etc.) but yet, outside of a few songs, I don't like LCD. The instrumentation is all there, but I can't connect with it. The problem with this album specifically is that all the songs are way too long and it is missing an obvious highlight like All My Friends. It is not bad per se, but it does feel like a waste of potential.

Talking Heads without the irony. Or talent.

I gave Sound Of Silver a 3 and said "its just a lot of mid 00s angst over mid beats" This is worse than Sound Of Silver because its just a lot of late 10s angst over even lower than mid beats

# Album Name: American Dream # Artist: LCD Soundsystem # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: I enjoyed LCD Soundsystem back in the day so i was looking forward to getting stuck into this album. I've never heard it before but realled enjoyed their stuff from the 05-10-ish period. Sadly this did not live up to those expectations. The tracks didnt really click for me. They were reptitive and too long. The length of the album killed it and brought it down from a "OK this is an average 3" to a 2. Shame really. I will go back and listen to their earlier stuff now though instead. Which is much much better. # Top Tunes: Non. # Would I listen to it again? No.

This was ass

This album was good. It did get boring after a while. "Black Screen" and "pulse (v.1)" were toooo long. Clearly a lot of talent went into this but not my style. It started to feel repetitive. Liked songs: "call the police" and "oh baby"

Och ja, hat mich sogar zwischendurch an U2 erinnert, aber sonst

The music itself was ok but the dreadfully monotone delivery of the lyrics annoys the shit out of me. It’s the quickest way for me to be absolutely bored of your music when you express no emotion with your words.

The least influential of all their albums everything the made prior to this was way more interesting. Snooze fest

HOW the HELL does THIS make the cut, but “This Is Happening”, one of the greatest indie dance albums of all time, DOESNT?????

Just boring and long.

Not my listening style by any means. I couldn't get through it fast enough.

I usually like LCD Soundsystem, but this album just wasn't great. I hope this isn't their only album on this list, it's definitely not the one I'd choose.

I don't think this is essential but then I drifted off after a couple of songs, paused it for a work call then never unpaused it. I mean that certainly was an experience I needed before I died. Probably ok but really who cares.

I didn’t grow up listening to jazz- But I now enjoy jazz. I didn’t grow up listening to electronica - I will never enjoy electronica

So this was a "comeback that almost wasn't" album. But having missed the first act anyway, I was unenthused by the reunion.

Ugh... not a fan. 2/5

It sounds like they want to be the Cold War Kids, but with bad synth. This is their comeback? I really need someone to explain to me why LCD Soundsystem is SO good. I haven't heard anything from them that isn't done better by Chvrches, Glass Animals, Cold War Kids, or Animal Collective. And that's just the OTHER critical or Pitchfork darlings. They sound like another generic synth alt band to me. It's fine.

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.

147/1001

This is so slow, it's sucking the life out of me.

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 just don't care about this band. A couple songs are good, but mostly I find myself bored. 2/5

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.

Not really my jam.

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.

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.

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.

Nothing special, not awful but too long, would not go back to it

It's an LCD Soundsystem album. Nothing more. Not much less

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

Repetitive electronic pop. Didn't care for it.

Didn't grab me at the time, still not doing it.

A bit underwhelming, really. Sounds a bit like Talking Heads on an off day.

Basically the Talking Heads meets The Killers. If this came out in 1988 I would be impressed.

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.

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.

Still no

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

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.

тъпо, 1-2

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.

This was boring. The songs were too long and became tedious. Not a big fan of electronica.

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?

Never have been a fan.

Why is this band popular

i dislike it. very underwhelming and boring. i just don’t get it. what was the point ?

Kinda long and boring.

meh, some if it was okay. a lot of it just kind of drones on forever is what it felt like to me.

vilket slöseri med tid... alltför självmedvetet, vaktat, pretentiöst från sångaren för min smak vilket drar ner ett par bra instrumentals.

could i write poetry to this? n

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.

Meh.. but oh baby is one of my favorites ever. Glad to have been reminded of it here

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.

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?

Couple of songs I did not skip. Life’s too short!

This was okay.

Ok

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.

Meh. Definitely wouldn't make me want to explore more.

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.

Very Talking Headsy sound, but with too much electronica for my taste.

Can't really get into it, I found that the first few were good, but the rest wasn't that great.

Not for me. It's fine I guess, but nothing wild. There's better electronic music from 2017.

Kinda boring

But my vibe at all

Didn't hate it but there was nothing that made me want to listen to it again.

Lots of musical influences evident on this album. The second half of the album was song after song of “oh I know this song”.

# 80 : meh, I can listen to it, but it's not good, midtempo disco rock is not my thing. Nothing stood out and I would not go back to that/them. Emotional Haircut 04/10/2023

Dance for indie kids.

C oh baby 2 other voices 1 i used to 3 change yr mind 2 how do you sleep? 3 tonite 3 call the police 2 american dream 3 emotional haircut 2 black screen 2 This was okay. It definitely grew on me the more I listened to it. I like electronic music. There, I said it. I admit it.

Meh. It’s ok but I don’t hear the greatness.

Pop con sintetizadores. Infumable. Le pongo un 2 yo no sé por qué...

Ugh, more electronic music. I gave it a chance, but no. Mostly repetitive, and whiny vocals.

Meh. Was hoping for better. 2/5

I would be willing to give this album more credit if it wasn’t clearly James Murphy’s blatant attempt to start his ego and cash machine back up. Breaking a strong hiatus when your band bowed out at its peak is one thing, but going on to play for crypto conferences and packed residences in the middle of COVID is pretty telling of his intentions down the line. Problematic creator aside, this album can’t decide on its identity - I love the dark, brooding synth tracks in the vein of ‘i used to,’ but for every one of these actual artistic efforts there’s an art-school wannabe song or lyric that just ruins the vibe. Murphy whines all over this thing and honestly should just shut up and let the other band members make music, and the closing track ‘black screen’ ending in a minute of silence is about as subtle as a punch in the face. It feels like there’s a great introspective album in here that could’ve pushed the band in new directions, but it’s so choked out by unnecessary gloss, posturing, and indie pick-me energy that it’s really a mixed bag at best once all is said and done. James Murphy is basically this generation’s Morrissey, and in all the worst ways.

Some of this I liked okay, but it was too long.

Ei nyt mitenkään erityisen miellyttävää kuunneltavaa. Pisimmät kappaleet how do you sleep ja black screen mielenkiintosimmat, mutta muuten tosi meh

Cat: I really wanted to like this! I think I thought it would be more dancey/daft punky? Instead it’s just more of the crap we didn’t like from the 80s, just 25 years too late. A lot of the songs started and I got hopeful that I’d like it, then the weird lyrics and screechy dissonant guitar would kick in. Boo. Just when I thought I needed a break because it was so bad, I got to call the police. Still very 80s, but more pop and it was tolerable.

Prefiero los otros discos, aunque este grupo nunca me llamó la atención y nunca entendí el interés que el resto demostraba por ellos.

I guess this could be described as a goth disco album. Unfortunately it's just a dreary shamble through a set of unremarkable songs. Not completely impossible to listen to, just not very rewarding.

american dream is a bit too all over the place for me without ever hitting a truly positive note. It's just there, doing nothing, 2ing all day long.

Not my favourite album of all time. Don't get this one, it's got the worst bit of Sound of Silver (the overly long tracks) but without the highs really. There's nothing as catchy as the best few songs on SoS, call the police is the only one that really gets lively. Someone on the site describes it as 'dance music that it's impossible to dance to', which feels not far wrong to me. 2/5.

Nothing really great about this listen. I like the bands name though.

Not for me

Not for me.

I've listened to a bit of LCD Soundsystem and mainly his debut album but it's never been my type of music. Songs like "losing my edge" are alright but not much more. This album is actually not better than that. I think some of the songs got some interesting electronic sounds and especially the first half of the last song "pulse (v.1) but overall I rather listen to some Daft Punk or The Avalanches.

Really disappointing effort from James Murphy. 4/10

This was tiring to listen to in one sitting. 1h22m. It’s weird to say as a fan of stuff like Sleep but for my tastes the album would benefit from most songs being a good bit shorter. The instrumentation was weird in a fun way. Talking Heads vibes. Favorite tracks were emotional haircut, how do you sleep?, and pulse (v.1).

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not really, just too slow and dreary (not in the good way) for me personally Favourite song: didn’t have one

I just cannot get behind this Talking-heads-esque music. Track 1 is the only highly listened to song on this album and it sounds exactly the same for nearly six minutes. Track two sounds identical to the talking heads. These songs go nowhere and have no "peaks and valleys". Could not finish.

As great as LCD are and as much as I like James Murphy, this album didn't do it for me. It's just as derivative as the previous albums, but somehow not as good. Also, a few of those high notes smell like Bono, watch yourself James!

Wasn't as good as I remembered it. Maybe I am just old now.

I don’t even know man. So much here is just aggressively mediocre. “How Do You Sleep” is a diamond in rough. “Oh baby” and “emotional haircut” are pretty good. The rest just doesn’t do it for me. It’s all arranged very well and sounds nice. James Murphy is typically a god-tier track builder. But everything save HDYS doesn’t hit the highs of any of his previous work. Way too long, too many bland sections. Feels like a really sanitized version of all of his punk and electronic influences. Nevertheless, I found myself grooving to a few of these tunes, and the musicianship is undeniable.

There are interesting ideas and good beats hidden here, but they’re stretched out and repeated until they’re nonsense. The plot is lost.

Imagine making whole big series of statements that you're going to retire and put your band on ice forever ......and then you come back with this weaksauce shit. LCD Soundsystem will always be more fun as a trend than it ever will be as music.

I like a bunch of their songs from other albums, but this one is kind of boring.

Not sure how 2 albums from these guys made the 1001 list but I didn't get either one. They are just not for me.

Just couldn't get into it. It was there in the background by never really got me to pay attention to it.

Très émotif et posta-apocalyptique comme ressenti. Se prennent un peu trop au sérieux. Mise en scène dramatique. Un fond U2.

Better than I'd assumed based on my meh impression of the dude who is behind the band, sort of glossed over the back half.

favourite song: emotional haircut least favourite song: how do you sleep rubbish album

Totalmente aburrido. Le pongo 2 estrellas porque 1 lo reservo para los malos de verdad.

Sounded like the same song over and over again. If this had been a putely instrumental album, I may listen to it on occasion for the vibe, but the singing kills it for me. Would not recommend to a friend.

just tällästä MILLENIAALi...PASKAA... ollaan niin liibalaaba erillaisia kun LAULETAAN LAISKASTI JA VITTU VÄHÄN PISTETÄÄN SYNTTHI SIIHEN MUTTA KUN SITÄ EI OSATA KÄYTTÄÄ KUIN ESIMERKIKSI KULT BÄNDISSÄ..... kaksi kautta viisi tulisi YKKÖSTÄ SILIMÄÄN jos ei alussa olisi muutama hyvä biisi ennen kuin alkoi VITUTTAA TÄMÄ .... näin yhden kommentin meni näin: Who wants to go roller skating while drinking vodka from a water bottle ? VITTU TURPA KIIINNI VITTTU TÄÄ ON JUST TÄTÄ MILLENIAALI JUST TÄLLÄSTÄ KUN UKKOMETSO SOI NIIN NÄMÄ LUULEE TEKEVÄNSÄ JOTAI... paras biisi oli i used to

Meh

Reallz did not like the album, it has some un/heard sonorities and floatz melodies but it has also some weird use of aggressive sounds and the songs really hard longind. I found mzself bored while listening to the album. RIp

I did not enjoy the listening too much but I like some songs and the electronic vibe. I don't feel this is a great album but can good to add few songs in some Playlist and all. I will grade 2.5/5 as it is very median in most of the ways

Screechy guitars and 80's synth electronica music. Should be my thing. Wasn't super excited. Stand out tracks: Tonight.

Pobre pobre pobre. Pobres oídos

Tonite and call the Police (which sounds a bit like the killers) save the album from one star; the rest is really not for me.

i didn’t hate it but this kind of music is usually a miss for me, it was just too techy if that makes sense and i did not love it. i didn’t hate it and i can understand why people might like it but just not for me.

New wave. Largo, pesado y aburrido.

Talking Heads album 40 years later, but less entertaining and not as original anymore? Yes, it is. I was wondering which albums from recent years would be chosen for this list. How good an album has to be, to put it on a list of Greatest of All Time just couple years after releasing? Well, the apparent answer is simple - not really good. I don't see any unique qualities in this album, nor anything transcendental, that leaves you with your mouth wide open. It's just another record with Talking Heads like beats, using a lot of electronic sounds and adding some indie rock in the mix. I don't won't to sound too negative for no reason, but the only single from the album, 'tonite', was actually the most boring song on american dream. Snappy, lively beat on drums and bass, some samples on top of it and a monotonous vocal, altogether very slowly cranking the atmosphere up and never releasing, just resetting. It's not a recipe for my liking, but in my opinion the execution is also lacking. Not the best choice on this list to represent the latest decade in music.

first time listening to lcd soundsystem some songs can be dissonant, noisy, and kinda annoying eg. other voices not a fan of the vocal style on the album, and it seems like the album as a whole is not really my taste standout tracks: oh baby, great opener, love the arpeggiated synths and the last quarter of the song especially; american dream, title track of the album, enjoyed the vocals on this track.

Alternative dance music that I cannot see myself dancing to.

Didn’t rock with it

Tedious

This came out in 2017 but it sounds dated already - sounds like it is experimental late 70s electronica. Just not great. 3/10.

Thinking about this and maybe on some of the albums I am not familiar with should get a couple listens.

What an odd pairing this is. Nice techno beats but than followed up by this guys depressing as voice. Don’t know whether to jam or shoot myself.

Boring ass dance.

Wasn't super into it, a little too stream of consciousness for me I think.

Not their best

Meh

Ik vond er weinig an

I don't know for certain, but this might be the most recent release I've listened to via this project. It's good to see more current music here, too, much as I adore music from all throughout the last century and before. This album is okay, but doesn't do much for me. It's a bit repetitious and I just wasn't all that pulled in by it. Some tracks engaged me a bit, and I can hear some interesting things throughout. I don't know much at all about this genre and what influence this band or album had on others so I'm sure I'm missing the point, which is not surprising given my ignorance about a whole lot of musical things.

enjoyable if a bit droning. Would probably be quite enjoyable to sit back, eat an edible and chill to.

This album is too much of the same sound. I enjoy the style, but hoped for more variation.

Too long

Meh

Electronic indie rock/pop. Some ok dance tracks, but does not move me in general

ok background music

Pop con sintetizadores. Infumable. Le pongo un 2 yo no sé por qué...

i can see how someone would like it but it's not quite my thing

This is the second album of LCD Soundsystem I’m rating. The first one I liked better. In a list of 1001 albums I think LCD soundsystem shouldn’t be in there twice. One album is fine for me, but I am sure there are more essential albums than this one.

For this list, its the middle of the road. Admirable and clearly a talanted band, but this album is not something I would listen to again in full. The good: It had some enjoyable songs. Call The Police, Oh Baby and Tonight were the cream of the crop. There were others that had a good groove and overall no song was awful. The bad: The album and some of the songs just went on for too long. The title track for instance could've been edited down as it was repeating itself, and the 12 minute Black Screen at the end made me wished it was over.

Suena a lo mismo que todo LCD y al final se hace laaaaaaargo.

It's pretty good. But, nothing I would listen to outside of this list.

This album has great potential, but more than 1 hour of electronic music is always the worst scenario for me. "call the police" is a very nice song.

not my kind of thing. lyrics, music, Instrumentation, vocals all just pretty bad. not one i will come back to

Meh... Not my jam

If a Britpop band recorded a dance album on acid, you'd get this album. Very Life Is Strange, End Of The World Party vibes. Honestly went in expecting myself to hate it, but I wasn't tempted to turn it off until Tonite, which made me want to headbutt a wall. Solid 2/5 I think.

Didn't hold my attention

It was just eh nothin of notability

First listen. Some definitely interesting sounds. I enjoyed it and look forward to hearing it again next time. 2/5 (for now).

I've not listened to much LCD Soundsystem before, but what I have I preferred to this.

This is not a good album. None of the songs were objectively terrible though so I guess I can give it 2 stars. Can't for the life of me understand how this is on this list though.

En serio que lo intenté. La descripción y lo conocida que es esta banda entre gente de nuestra generación y lo respetado que es James Murphy me hizo pensar que algo podría gustarme, pero no. Demasiado electrónico, demasiado hipsterozo, no más no me emocionó ni una de las canciones.

Meh, not my thing.

I went into this with high hopes as I'd heard good things about LCD Soundsystem, but didn't end up enjoying it much at all. Most of this album was reasonably forgettable background noise, but there were a few more jarring moments which made it difficult to concentrate on work and I ended up just wishing the album would finish sooner. I remember liking one track, but as I'm writing this during the last track it feels like it was ages ago.

Overall a very bland, stereotypical electronic album. Not much stuck out. Very forgetful.

The problem when can't really sing and just talk over the music is that everyone can clearly hear how inane your lyrics are. Sometimes this works if the music is good enough to be able to ignore the lyrics, but that's not the case here either. Not bad just something I wouldn't feel the need to listen again.

I listened to some of the album. The first song was really good. But none of it really drew me into listening more

This inst his best work

Meh. A few catchy songs but overall a bit of a snooze. Emotional haircut was a great track though!

There were elements of this that I liked. 'oh baby' was an enjoyable opener, but I did not like the next track, 'other voices' - it was really dissonant but not in a satisfying way. Similarly 'how do you sleep?' i just don't get it 😅 This is one of those where the longer it went on the less I enjoyed it overall. There were moments I liked and moments I didn't. I did give up but I don't think this album is totally irredeemable, just not my cup of tea.

I imagine this probably sounds great if you’re out of your gourd on molly. But that’s not really my thing, so this isn’t really my thing.

It's really interesting to me that this was released in 2017 because it sounds so 80s- and not in the way that "Blinding Lights" and some songs off "Future Nostalgia" sound 80s, but this sounds authentically 80s/new wave (no shade to the above song/album- they are just more 80s influenced). Having said that...this album also has songs that are sometimes sonically repetitive/monotonous which also feels very true to the 80s for me. It's not bad but not something I feel like I'd gravitate towards again.

Not a big fan.

Not good

Hate to say I didn't even finish it. Not my cup of tea.

LCD Soundsystem have some good tunes, none of which are on this album.

First couple of songs were good, so was 'call the police', the rest was a bit dull.

Unusual to have a dream that sends you to sleep 😴

Tuli mieleen, että on köyhän (tai laihan) miehen Fatboy Slimiä. Jotenkin laimeaa menoa.

Tällainen musiikki ei nappaa just ollenkaan. Ei ole bailumusaa, mutta ei myöskään tarjoa sellaisia koukkuja tai melodioita, jotka jäisivät mieleen. Missähän mielentilassa tai tilanteessa tätä on tarkoitus kuunnella?

Dull. So Dull I can't be bothered to write a review. If you want a band who use samples well, listen to the Avalanches. 2/5

Dawno nie bylo tak wymeczonego odsluchu, to jeszcze o "bandy" ktora kojarze, bo znam to za duzo powiedziane po przesluchaniu debiutanckiego albumu i znaniu jednego traka, oczywiscie otwierajacego daft punk is playing at my house, nie wiem czy przemawia teraz przezemie kontrast jaki sie pojawia pomiedzy tymi dwoma utworami, bo chocby porownojac tyle otwierajace traki, to jest to dzien i noc, rozumiem ze 15 lat duzo potrafi zmienic w kierunku artystycznym, ale jak dla mnie brzmi to po prostu jakby muzyka jaka graja zestarzala sie wraz z artystami, moze inny target teraz kieruja do swego rowniez starzejacego sie targetu, a moze to kwestia tego, ze plyta ma godzine dziesiec minut, a tak duzo stezenie muzyki okolo elektronicznej, wymieszanej w blenderze autotunowym z rokowaniem po kablach, to jak dla mnie dawka wrecz smiertelna, zalany synthami, efektami na wokalu, ktory w wielakiej liczbie sie pojawia, przed tym pickiem nie mialem pojecia, ze ta grupa to w ogole tak wielki kolektyw ludzi, bo nie spodziewalem sie, ze az 8 osob moze byc zamieszane w album z ktorego slychac tyle syntha popowego, czy tez dencingowego jak kto woli, jeszcze ciekawsze ze tak dobrze sie cos takiego sprzedalo w roku 2k17, no i kolejna niewiadoma skad tu tyle nowej muzyki sie pojawia ostatnio, 100 pickow i zadnego nie bylo, a teraz w 10 dwa z 2k10+, dobija jeszcze to jak rozlozony jest poziom glosnosci, niektore traki tak trzeba podbic zeby przebic sie do zamglonego wokalu ktory docodzi zza sceny, ze dostaje sie po uszach linia melodyczna z syntha, co nie jest zbyt przyjemne jak dla mnie, z pozytywnych rzeczy ktore uslyszalem na tej plycie, to beda traki bardziej rokowe niz elektroniczne, ktore maja w sobie takze troche punkowosci, a co najwazniejsze wydaja sie bardziej ludzkie niz reszta plyty, tymi trakami sa i used to i emotional haircut, ktory laduje na plejce, co tez mnie kupilo, to samplowanie wlasnych starszych kawalkow, a nawet nie samplowanie, ale uzycie lini melodycznej z danego kawalku, ktory jeszcze jakos mozna powiazac lirycznie z tym co jest na tej plycie jest ciekawym zabiegiem, nie wiem czy jest on czesciej tutaj wykorzystany, bo ja slysze cos takiego tylko na zamykajacyym black screenie, gdzie miga mi melodia z i can change, plyta this is happening, wiec jednak bylo slychane cos wiecej niz tylko debiutancka, ale jednak jesli patrzec na calosc, to mozna powiedziec, ze banda sie starzeje i o tym jest ten album podsumowujac, bo motywem przedodnim beda konce, czy to frendowe, milosne, zyciowe, czy tez idealowe, do czego nawiazuje sam tytul

dificil... no aporta res...

i thought i liked LCD soundsystem before I listened to this

Minimalist experimental electronica. A few grooves, but I wouldn’t suggest listening sober.

Just not into it.

Some of the songs are alright but overall its just to much with the repetitive loud drums and spoken vocals

Opzich wel een goed album maar niet helemaal mijn ding. Het heeft wel een fijne dromerige vibe

clearly in a minority here, did not like this (not quite as much so as the Le Tigre, but I think only because I thought it overall blander). Interminable, and monotonous - and a vocal styling I could happily do without any more of for the remainder of my life.

Only the first song 'oh baby' I liked a litebit. Not realy an album for me.

Not the best LCD

not super memorable, easy to listen to but really just background noise.

At first I thought I was going to really enjoy it...but it's a bit grungier and depressing than I expected :P

Ei tarvinnut kuunnella kahdesti.

First relisten and something about the looping or extended beats come across as monotonous. I always have this issue with LCD Soundsystem for some reason. Enjoyable songs that get dry quickly

Parani loppua kohden, mut ei tää mikään masterpiece ollu

Wack ass album

One of those bands where I am totally clueless as to why they are so popular. Not for me, Clive.

Nope. 1

Yeah man, I like all those old bands too. But why would I listen to *you* for over an hour, when I could listen to a couple of those bands in the same timeframe?

Really bad. Was very difficult to actually force myself to listen to, especially the first half. Songs are way too long without any development and are mostly monotonous. One or two songs are ok but overall will not listen to again

American Dream? More like American Nap!

nah

Максимально однотипні, довгі та нудні пісні, що більше нагадують фоновий шум

mmmm basta en la primera canción

Having liked other LCD Soundsystem albums, this isn't something i'd be open to listen to. I think, like most people, i tend to accept acoustic experimentalism to digital.

This album almost made me want to stop this 1001 album challenge thing. What was this.

I can see why this may be interesting or unique enough to warrant a spot on the list. But it just was not for me.

Sorry ik kon hier gewoon echt niet verder naar luisteren.

no

Most painful album for a while…felt like garbled rubbish. Didn’t even work as background music.

Hard listen

What a load of dross. Feels like they are just playing notes in random order.

I’m 3/4 of the way through these 1001 albums. I gotta say, overall the list is incredibly disappointing. I can’t believe this album (and so many others) is on the list. 1

The third-best LCD album surely doesn’t belong on this list. This “comeback” record (after they said they were breaking up, sold out MSG, then came back a few years later… pshh), feels like a mostly Talking Heads rip with some LCD-esque bleep bloop mixed in. I saw them on this tour in Toronto - holy shit did they ever seem like they were in it for the money.

fav songs: none disjointed, uninspired, no payoff 10/100

Shite

If the goal was to create the most annoying patterns out of the most obnoxious sounds while skipping around the beat, they succeeded. When is the appropriate time to listen to an album like this?

Bull****

I was happy to see that I reached the last song. I was unhappy to see it was 12 minutes long. Best song: American Dream

everything wrong with modern new wave revival so fucking boring and pretentious

song titles are in lower case. gee that's clever. i didn’t even make it to the end of the first track before my wife pleaded from another room, “TURN IT OFF!” even with headphones — which actually makes listening to lcd worse — i couldn’t make it through these songs. ended up skipping through most of them. lcd’s songs often take forever to get going and still manage to go nowhere. i can’t fathom what others see in lcd. so aggravating.

Das Cover Design steht sinnbildlich für das Album: Das erstbeste, was Adobe Spark Post ausgegeben hat (Lizenzfrei). Die Musik ist entsprechend: Ein bisschen (sehr) schlechte David Bowie Kopie für die artyness. Ein bisschen schlechte U2 Kopie für das breihafte. Alles in dieser weirden Art aufgenommen, in der Indie/Alt/Pop/Rock seit ein paar Jahren aufgenommen ist: Hyperclean, die Vocals immer irgendwie zu leise sind (wie ein Tatort) plus Pseudo-909-Sounds. Für jeden, der meinte, vor Coroner wäre alles gut gewesen: Das sollte man als Gegenbeweis hören. 2017 gab es auch schon Schrott.

Zelden zo'n kut muziek gehoord

What a stupid name and a stupid album cover. I thought I was gonna listen to some weird digital sounds because of it and at times it actually sounded like that.

Just fucking awful. I should’ve gotten into music 10 years ago. All you have to do is do that stupid dream voice and press some buttons and hipster douches eat it up.

Just not my jam

No es de mis gustos, escuche un minuto de cada una

Not a fan. Boring

Ugh more torture from lcd soundsystem.

yuck!!

?? weiss nicht. c

Not a vibe

Bad. Too bad. Totally forgetable songs, superficial and weak album but could not expect anything different from them. It is hard to understand why this album made the list. Really bad.

Track 1 was a good opener but it reminded me of another band. I don't know. I feel as though I've heard it before. Track 2 was OK. I am up to Track 3 and wondering what exactly made this essential listening before I die.. 'how do you sleep' (track 5) makes me feel as though I'm falling through an endless disco in slow motion. Honestly it just gives me a hankering for some Pulp and a cup of tea. call the police (track 7) is only intensifying this feeling. I would have been very happy if black screen (track 10) had been the last track. pulse (track 11) sounds like the Nokia ringtone drunkenly yapping away at a party. Look, this album made me feel things. Mostly a strong desire to be listening to any of the albums that inspired it. But this is good. Right?

Low effort album cover is appropriate

I loved the first LCD Soundsystem album. This one seemed like James Murphy had been hanging out with David Byrne and ended up making a shitty Talking Heads record. So disappointing and I can't believe it made this list.....

Ass

More turgid tripe from Robert Dimery's Turd Buffet™

No he entrado mucho en el disco.

I knew I was going to despise this one based on how I felt about the last one we did, and this certainly lived up to that - fucking horrible. Why does every song have less than one idea in it and yet lasts for 15 mins?

Not a good album, I understand its electronic, but the beats sound very samey like a 5 second clip that is repeated until the end. The lyrics are just there for the sake of it too. Complete one and done, I dont even see this as an album that does its job well at all, at a party? Who would spin anything from here.

You're not Kevin Parker. You're not Talking Heads, this is a no. This needs to be below a 1 star.

You could recreate this album if you pressed play on a Casio keyboard demo button and sang in your most whining voice. Didn't like it.

Really not my stuff No jive, just rhythm and some light singing Sounds like a kid who just got their first DJ program

Yawn. 🥱 I don’t understand the criterion that is used to compile this list, but so many of the albums that I’ve been recommended recently weren’t worth listening to…

Hot garbage didn’t even finish

The fewer words written about this album, the better. 1/5

There's a reason that beat poets are a niche thing. They should stay niche. This was somewhat listenable electronica with garbage lyrics. No

What a waste of time. Nothing interesting, just monotonous, generic electronic that feels a decade too late.

Not really for me this one - on the plus side I don't have to listen to it again....

I was hard on the LCD Soundsystem that came out a decade earlier and sucked. Here we have a guy who is 20 years too old to be at a party that hasn’t happened for 10 years anyway. Making chill ironic indie electronic with titles like “change yr mind” in 2017. Awful, terrible, hate it.

It sounds like experimental music from the 80s. So not that good. And when I sae that this is from 2017, it automatically got worse. It's for the best if some of the music on this planet exists just as demos, and this is a great example.

Not my thing

This album sounds like it's trying super hard to sound a specific way. I find it kind of irritating for some reason. At times it sounds like a shitty version of Talking Heads.

Synthesized garbage. No music here. Just noise.

Not my deal

Not for me.

Had high hopes going into this given that I’d heard about the band so much. Not a fan of whatever this genre is if this is the mountaintop.

Complete crap start to finish

Not my type at all. I couldn’t get through it.

Suck

unlistenable garbage

I like electronic music, and this was the first album of electronic music from this generator, and I just couldn’t finish the album. Not for me.

Electro-pop, speak singing nonsense.

non si può persuadere il peso

the participation trophy of albums. every song extremely overstays its welcome.

This was terrible. There's much better electronic on this list and elsewhere.

Couldn't get into it

Payola. I'm convinced that whoever compiles this list got paid to put some of these albums on the list. This album is one of them.

Video game back ground music. Not real interesting. 1001 album worthy: No - 7/14

Day 72 - No idea when I got this album This shit sounds like an elementary school student was told to make an electronic album but could only use Garage Band. 1/5

Track 1 sounds like Suicide, the rest sounds like someone spent a LOT of time listening to Bowie's late 70s / early 80s output. And U2. The artwork is meh.

1. baby - 1.5 2. voicez - 1.5 3. uzed - 1 4. change - 1 5. zleep - 1.5 6. tonite - 1.5 7. police - 1 8. dream - 1.5 9. emotional - 1 10. black - 1.5

Good electronic/ wave band. Been strong over the years.

Very derivative - New Order (all the beats, many of the synth sounds), Talking Heads (especially 'Other Voices') and David Bowie around Lodger ('Change Yr Mind' ) Nothing in the way of an original idea here One star

If this had come out in the early 2000s maybe I would have thought it was substantive, but I'm just not getting it. There's one very cool vocal harmony moment in "other voices," but...that's all I got. Do they not get bored playing this music???

Pass.

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

Mostly shite

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?

More like American nightmare. A hard nope.

Великий камбэк от Великой рок-группы - так пишет Википедия. Хуета - так скажу я

Not my thing

Not even the best LCD Soundsystem album. Also, really drove home the fact that James Murphy doesn't sing, he talks.

It’s okay to skip this one comlletely

Electronic music doesn’t speak to me

wow this gets a 1 for sounding like its from the 80s and being from 2017.

I really tried.

This guy sucks

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

Not my thing

Poor.

Not my style….

Not my type of vibe

Bowie Verschnitt

Dès le premier titre, il y a un truc qui m'a tendu. J'ai pas continué.

I don't like

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.

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.