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LCD Soundsystem Album: “Sound of Silver [Japan Bonus Track]”
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Sound of Silver [Japan Bonus Track] |
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Release Date:2007-03-19
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Electronic/Dance, Gay Club Mix, Alternative Rock
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Label:Toshiba EMI
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988006851191
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Review - :
Compared to the first {$LCD Soundsystem} album, {^Sound of Silver} is less silly, funnier, less messy, sleeker, less rowdy, more fun, less distanced, more touching. It is just as linked to {$James Murphy}'s record collection, with traces of {\post-punk}, {\disco}, {\Krautrock}, and {\singer/songwriter} schlubs, but the references are evidently harder to pin down; the number of names dropped in the reviews published before its release must triple the amount mentioned throughout {&"Losing My Edge."} There's even some confusion as to which version of {$David Bowie} is lurking around. One clearly evident aspect of the album is that {$Murphy} has streamlined his sound. All the jagged frays have been removed, replaced by a slightly tidier approach that is more direct and packs more punch. {$Murphy} comes across as a fully naturalized producer of {\dance} music -- especially on {&"Get Innocuous!"} -- as opposed to a product of '90s {\indie rock} who has made a convincing switch-up. And yet, the album's best song is sad, should not be played in any club, and it at least matches the work of any active songwriter who has been praised. {&"Someone Great,"} a bittersweet {\pop} song built on swelling synthesizers and a dual vocal-and-glockenspiel melody, could definitely be about a devastating breakup ("To tell the truth I saw it coming/The way you were breathing"), at least until "You're smaller than my wife imagined/Surprised you were human," which could mean the song either took a turn for the absurd or is about the death (and funeral) of a loved one. Either way, it is the most moving song {$Murphy} has made, and it only helps further the notion that he should be considered a great songwriter, not simply a skilled musician with a few studio tricks and the occasional clever quip. The closer, {&"New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down,"} seals it: "New York, you're perfect, oh please don't change a thing/Your mild billionaire mayor's now convinced he's a king/And so the boring collect -- I mean all disrespect/In the neighborhood bars I'd once dreamt I would drink." If he keeps it up, he'll be writing songs for {@Pixar} by 2020. [The Japanese edition adds a bonus track.] ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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