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Sound of Silver is the second album from LCD Soundsystem. The album was released in the UK on March 12, 2007 and in the U.S. on March 20, 2007.

History

Songs in the new album, notably "Someone Great," feature parts of the 2006 LCD Soundsystem release 45:33.

For several weeks before and after the album's release the entire album was available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The video for the track "North American Scum" was also posted to the band's MySpace on February 8, 2007.

On March 12 2007, to coincide with its official UK release, an underground remix version of the album was released on the internet in aid of charity.[1]

The album reached number 28 in the UK charts. James Murphy has stated that he would like the album to be in the Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Charts. It debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 46.[2]

The album is dedicated to "the memory of Dr. George Kamen (1942-2006), one of the great minds of his or any generation." The Bulgarian-born doctor was a pioneer of group therapy and had opened a practice in New York.

In the song "All My Friends" the song "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" by Pink Floyd is referenced, to "show our age".

The song "Get Innocuous!" is used in the European commercial for Grand Theft Auto IV and then later in the trailer for an "upcoming bf2 movie".

Critical Reaction

On release Sound of Silver received high critical acclaim. The Guardian gave the album a 5-star review[3] and music website Pitchfork Media gave the album a score of 9.2/10[4]. By the end of 2007 it was ranked by Metacritic as the 10th best reviewed album of the year[5].

In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.[6] It was also named album of the year by The Guardian[7], Uncut[8] and Drowned in Sound[9]. Pitchfork Media named two of the album's tracks ("Someone Great" and "All My Friends") in the top ten tracks of 2007[10] and the album itself was named the second best album of 2007[11]. Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone[12] both ranked it as the 7th best album of 2007[13]. In January 2008, it was named the album of the year in the 2007 Idolator Pazz & Jop poll. [14] Time magazine named "All My Friends" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #4. Writer Josh Tyrangiel praised the "magic" in the song, saying that the song's "straightforward repetition of the same guitar, keyboard and bass lines, combined with lyrics about life without regret, and life with all kinds of regrets pays off with a punch about what we lose as we get older."[15][16]

Track listing

All songs written by James Murphy unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Get Innocuous!" (Murphy, Tyler Pope) - 7:11
  2. "Time to Get Away" (Murphy, Pope, Pat Mahoney) - 4:11
  3. "North American Scum" - 5:25
  4. "Someone Great" - 6:25
  5. "All My Friends" (Murphy, Mahoney, Pope) - 7:37
  6. "Us v Them" (Murphy, Mahoney, Pope) - 8:29
  7. "Watch the Tapes" - 3:55
  8. "Sound of Silver" - 7:07
  9. "New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" (Murphy, Mahoney, Pope) - 5:35

Personnel

  • James Murphy - Vocals, drums, programming, synthesizer, piano, bass, guitar, percussion, clavinet, organ, glockenspiel, kalimba, claps
  • Tyler Pope - guitar, bass
  • Pat Mahoney - drums, percussion, vocals, claps
  • Nancy Whang - vocals
  • Eric Broucek - vocals, claps
  • Marcus Lambkin - claps
  • Morgan Whiley - piano
  • Justin Chearno - guitar
  • Jane Scarpantoni - cello
  • Lorenza Ponce - violin
  • Amy Kimball - violin
  • David Gold - viola
  • The DFA - production

References

  1. ^ sounds like silver : lcd soundsystem remixed
  2. ^ Katie Hasty, "Modest Mouse Steers Its 'Ship' To No. 1 Debut", Billboard.com, March 28, 2007.
  3. ^ LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
  4. ^ LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver: Pitchfork Record Review
  5. ^ Metacritic: Best Albums of 2007
  6. ^ "50th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominations List"
  7. ^ "2007's Best Albums" The Guardian, December 7, 2007.
  8. ^ "Uncut Sings The Praises Of Sound Of Silver"
  9. ^ DiS's albums of 2007
  10. ^ "Top 100 Tracks of 2007"
  11. ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2007"
  12. ^ Top 50 Albums of 2007
  13. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20162677_20164091_20166853_3,00.html "The Best (and Worst) Albums of 2007"]
  14. ^ Idolator Pop 07: Albums
  15. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh; "The Best Top 10 Lists of the Year"; "The 10 Best Songs"; Time magazine; December 24, 2007; Page 39.
  16. ^ Time magazine's Top 10 Songs of 2007 at time.com
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