Music CD - LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver

	Music CD: Sound of Silver Artist: LCD Soundsystem List Price: $12.98 Our Price: $6.79 Your Save: $ 6.19 ( 48% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Capitol
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Tracks: 1. Get Innocuous! 2. Time To Get Away 3. North American Scum 4. Someone Great 5. All My Friends 6. Us V Them 7. Watch The Tapes 8. Sound Of Silver 9. New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0094638511427 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: 2007-03-20 Studio: Capitol
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Sound of Boredom Comment: I like dance music, but this CD is just too repetitive. True, there are some cool sounds, but nothing I haven't heard before. In fact, this James Murphy character cribs plenty from other artists. I can't always put my finger on it, but much of what I hear on this album rings a bell of familiarity. For example, I hear some elements of Can (and Murphy doesn't hide his affection for that group either). Having influences isn't in itself a problem; everyone has influences. But you have to build on those influences and take them in different directions for the music to be worthwhile. Everything on this record makes me think, "been there, done that." True, the songs do subtly evolve, but the repetitive elements are so prominent that they render the album monotonous. I much prefer dance music that has more to offer in the way of actual songs. Customer Rating: Summary: Not That Great Comment: I read the reviews of this cd and expected to get something I did not. My favorite track was "Us v. Them" which sounds a bit like a poor man's Talking Heads. The songs tend to get monotonous and the vocals do not seem appropriate to the music at all, in fact they got on my nerves most of the time. If you want a great electronic/dance/rock cd check out MGMT's first full length LP Oracular Spectacular. I has everything that Sound of Silver lacks and a lot more. Customer Rating: Summary: i like this cd too Comment: this cd rocks. the bips and bleeps are good, the lyrics smart, and melodies that'll stick in your head. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Record Comment: One of the best discs of his category in 2007. check tracks 4&5 as an appetizer. The qualiity of this record stands out greatly for anybody who likes different kinds of music. I believe it's all in the cohesion of elements: the genres he mixes up are various, but still Murphy makes so as to keep fluidity and pleasure of listening. Very inspired and energetic. Customer Rating: Summary: Unimpressed Comment: I feel like I've already heard this before... After several listens it still doesn't grab me... just sorta bores/depresses me... More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Two years after LCD Soundsystem's eponymous full-length debut sent indie scenesters rushing to the dancefloor, the outfit headed by dance-rock producer James Murphy serves up another stiff cocktail of punk, dance, and funk with Sound of Silver. Analog synths, chugging basslines, chunky guitars, and Murphy's wild falsetto excursions are once again the foundation to which is added the new and strange, such as the heavily chorused voices that suggest backward-masking in the opener "Get Innocuous" and the captivating harmonics keyboardist Nancy Whang bounces off of Murphy's vocals on "Someone Great." If this album has its own version of "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House," it has to be "North American Scum," an infectious stormer that breezily dismisses Europe as a place where "the buildings are old and you might have lots of mimes." Such lines are good evidence that LCD's music would rather ridicule itself than fall into the kind of pretense and nostalgia it constantly lampoons. The album's title track reflects that hankering after one's teenage years is often interrupted when "you remember the feelings of a real live emotional teenager--then you think again," while the power ballad "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" wearily serenades the Big Apple as "still the one pool where I'd happily drown." True, LCD's music is not for everyone, which may have something to do with why their fans love them as they do. If you fall into the latter category, however, Silver is gold. --Brent Kallmer