Customer Reviews
Love it 
2008-03-11
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 2007-08-18
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. 2007-05-15
Daft Punk has BEEN playing at MY house, now I can sing about it.
....Great Artists steal! 2006-10-21
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 2006-10-12
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.
A Confident Debut 2006-10-12
2007 reissue of the single disc version of the Electro Rock band's debut album featuring one bonus track: "Yr City's A Sucker". Originally released in 2005, LCD Soundsystem's self-titled debut lived up to all the hype surrounding it and featured a modern hodge-podge of electronic sounds that owed a huge debt to their influences but remained original and exciting. EMI.
Brought back fun, but hazy, memories! Make it 4 1/2 stars. 2006-02-20
I INHALED this CD. After all the hype and hyper blowin' up about this dance/punk/rock genius, I finally broke down and bought it. Not that I was old enough to get into the discos in the mid 70's-early/mid 80's(I was still in elementary school, then middle school), but I remember(and still love) the groups that influenced this disc...The Buzzcocks, Heaven 17, PiL, Blondie...hell even the Rolling Stones "Some Girls" album. And yes, I have to say(after finding "Death Disco-Songs Under the Dance Floor 1978-1984" CD and I'm ordering it)the old stuff is more fun. But for the hipsters who don't know this is not original genre,it's pretty great. No, it's very great. The first song "Daft Punk is Playing at my House" was fun, and both discs made it worth driving through snowy/sleety/frozen rain covered streets to work out at the gym these last couple weeks.
LCD Soundsystem Is Playing In My House... My House! 2006-02-08
This is a band that doesn't care what the "sound of the moment" is. They just make music. Period. This double CD is a treat for the senses for anyone that appreciates good music. Indie, punk, funk, disco... You name it, there's a splash of everything everywhere.
The first CD is highly club-friendly, and whilst the bonus CD is less dancey, it is the beats that are substituted with bucket-loads of creative genius and strange but interesting melodies. What is always consistent on both CDs are the lyrics - when Murphy belts out 'It's a fat guy / In a T-shirt / Doing all the singing!' in "Movement", you know you're in for a treat!
Buy it and enjoy it!
5 stars 
2006-01-24
i am constantly looking for new and original audio entertainment. at the local misik store recently, the disco ball on the cover caught my eye and i said, "hey, let's give it a try". F*#$%CKING blown away. In some ways LCD is like Scissor Sisters in how they change and evolve with each song, each new rhythmn , never letting the listener know what to expect next. They have a hint of Franz Ferdinand in there, and exquisite lyrics (circa Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie). I was just blown away and can't take it out of my cd player. I am hyping it to all I know who like genuinely unique, real, but totally fun tunes. It deserves nothing less than 5 stars...and i must confess, i burn a good share of music, but this deserves to be bought (even though I feel there that there are very few new musik acts who I would waste $20 bucks on). This one does, folks. It's got something for everyone, and even the stuff/styles that you think that you may not like you eventually will.
Instantly forgettable and harmless 
2005-12-06
I dont understand the 5 star reviews. The tracks sound like very pared down versions of Donna Summer songs from the late 70's. That could be interesting, but the tracks are too pared down to the point of inducing boredom. The talking-singing is simply terrible -- there's some irony in the cheeky lyrics but its not exactly deep irony. Really, the guy can't sing.
2 years from now LCD Soundsystem will be very ancient history.
Save your $$
