LCD Soundsystem (album)

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LCD Soundsystem
Studio album by LCD Soundsystem
Released January 24, 2005
Recorded 2001 - 2004 in Western Massachusetts, USA
Genre Dance-punk
Length 100:05
Label DFA Records
Producer DFA Records
LCD Soundsystem chronology
LCD Soundsystem
(2005)		 Introns
(2006)
Singles from LCD Soundsystem
  1. "Losing My Edge"
    Released: July 8, 2002
  2. "Give It Up"
    Released: July 28, 2003
  3. "Yeah"
    Released: January 12, 2004
  4. "Movement"
    Released: November 8, 2004
  5. "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"
    Released: February 21, 2005
  6. "Disco Infiltrator"
    Released: June 6, 2005
  7. "Tribulations"
    Released: September 27, 2005

LCD Soundsystem is the debut album by American dance-punk act LCD Soundsystem, released in January 2005 by DFA Records. It contains 2 discs: the LP itself with new songs and a second disc featuring singles released since 2002. Some later editions omitted the second disc. The album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.

The LP itself is a mix of acid house, post-disco,[1] dance-rock, post-punk, progressive rock, garage rock, psychedelic pop and other genres.

Contents

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (86/100) [2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [3]
Alternative Press (5/5) [4]
Mojo 4/5 stars [5][6]
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) [7]
PopMatters 9/10 stars [8]
Q 4/5 stars [6]
Robert Christgau (1-star Honorable Mention) [9]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars [10]
Stylus Magazine (A-) [11]
The Observer 4/5 stars [12]

Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed LCD Soundsystem at number 113 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[13] It was also named the 5th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.[14]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by James Murphy unless otherwise noted.

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" – 5:16
  2. "Too Much Love" – 5:42
  3. "Tribulations" – 4:59
  4. "Movement" – 3:04
  5. "Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up" – 4:49
  6. "On Repeat" – 8:01
  7. "Thrills" – 3:42
  8. "Disco Infiltrator" – 4:56
  9. "Great Release" – 6:35

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Losing My Edge" – 7:51
  2. "Beat Connection" (Murphy, Tim Goldsworthy) – 8:08
  3. "Give It Up" – 3:55
  4. "Tired" (Murphy, Pat Mahoney) – 3:34
  5. "Yeah" (Crass Version) (Murphy, Goldsworthy) – 9:21
  6. "Yeah" (Pretentious Version) (Murphy, Goldsworthy) – 11:06
  7. "Yr City's a Sucker" (Full Version) – 9:22

[edit] Personnel

Additional Personnel

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Doug, Rule (February 24, 2005). "Hipster Hits". Metro Weekly. http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/music.php?ak=1465. 
  2. ^ "LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem > Summary". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/lcd-soundsystem. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  3. ^ Kellman, Andy. "LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  4. ^ Ortenzi, Rob (October 11, 2005). "Onetime indie stalwart revels in dance-punk, spreads dual epidemics of fun, creativity.". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on March 2, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060302064746/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/lcd.htm. 
  5. ^ Mojo review[dead link]
  6. ^ a b "Critic Reviews fpr LCD Soundsystem". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/lcd-soundsystem/critic-reviews. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  7. ^ Leone, Dominique (February 2, 2005). "LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem". Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/4978-lcd-soundsystem/. 
  8. ^ Cibula, Matt (February 11, 2005). "LCD Soundsystem: self-titled". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/l/lcdsoundsystem-st2005.shtml. 
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert. "LCD Soundsystem". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=lcd+soundsystem. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  10. ^ Walters, Barry (24 February 2005). "LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090113155211/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6863202/review/6982519/lcdsoundsystem. 
  11. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (31 January 2005). "LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem". Stylus Magazine. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2703. 
  12. ^ "LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem". The Observer. January 23, 2005. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0,,1393770,00.html. 
  13. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/4/. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  14. ^ "Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor. January 25, 2010. http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144. Retrieved March 19, 2010. 

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