Love it - I discovered LCD Soundsystem last year at the Arcade Fire concert in Seattle. This is great music for working out, listening loud with your headphones on, or just for playing while relaxing at home. Great album.
After an interesting review session - I just recently read Bob s comments above (the first available) and found them to be quite interesting if not justified. It seems that he has taken the opportunity to terrorize a songmaker that is gifted with complex style and listenability. Well, all is fair in reviews I guess, however I believe this CD deserves a rebuttal. Mostly, this disk has fantastic tunes, sounds, and interjected words. I don t think its the greatest disk ever made - yet it stands out as an impressive collection of wonderful ideas. If you are into punk rock and electronic music it might make for a good listen (at least for the first 20 or so times).Bob - keep listening to those wonderful other bands you like so much.
I will show you the ropes kid, show you the ropes. - Daft Punk has BEEN playing at MY house, now I can sing about it.
....Great Artists steal! - Which is true, but it s even better when they make it their own and not just simply recycle the same beats over to us as if we wouldn t know. Being heavily influenced by some of the best stuff out there, LCD Soundsystem has created a very broad album in the fact that it encompasses many different genres while still staying within one track!There s nothing marvelously deep or enthralling here, just some really good fun, making beats and dancing too them. And that s how this album should be taken as. You want to have fun and you want to dance? Throw in some LCD! There s nothing here you really can t groove, jam, and rock out too. It s got it all, I wouldn t be surprised if you found these tracks playing in all kinds of different discos.I myself being more of a rock fan, really enjoy the friendly usability of this album. I m not completely ignorant on what is what when it comes to dance pop, electro, or synth pop and all that. I have my share of albums on all sorts of genres. And surprisingly this album will be one of them that bridges many of them.Highly recommended if you re into grooving, feel loose and just want to chill or have a party at your flat. After it s over, you can put on some Daft Punk, and then they ll really be playing at your house!
A Confident Debut - Though the 2000s have suffered from a lack of decent electronic/dance-style music, LCD Soundsystem has come out with a surprisingly good collection of songs of that genre. The songwriting and the music come across as incredibly confident, for this being their first album. James Murphy s vocals have a sort of coolness (and even a hint of sarcasm) that really strengthens the album. Not for one moment do they give off the impression of a mediocre, unpolished group.Many of the songs are long in length (many are around 5 minutes, with one going on for nearly 12), partly because of the alternative-electronic genre they are a part of. Despite the number of songs and their length, the songs don t come across as repetitive. The longest song is even entirely instrumental, something rarely seen from modern bands. There isn t the filler material usually present in most bands albums, since all of the songs are listenable and each have their own expressive quality. The first disc flows together well from start to finish and the second disc is composed mainly of longer and more dance-oriented songs.One thing I noticed is how similar James Murphy s delivery of vocals are to Mark E. Smith of The Fall. They both have the same sort of inflection in their singing style, though Murphy is American and Smith is British. Then again, many artists of the present have been influenced by (and thus sometimes imitate) artists of the past. The similarity isn t so strong as to overwhelm the music, but is definitely easy to detect in certain songs.