Sound of Silver
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Sound of Silver is the second studio album by the US band project LCD Soundsystem . It was released on March 12, 2007 on the labels DFA Records , Capitol Records and EMI Records .
background
Frontman, singer and producer James Murphy played most of the instruments himself, but was supported by his band members Tyler Pope, Nancy Whang and Patrick Mahoney and several studio musicians . On Sound of Silver , Murphy combines electronica and rock with elements from New Wave , Dance , Punk , Post-Disco , Synth Pop , Funk and Krautrock . The song All My Friends is influenced by Joy Division . Get Innocuous! contains a sample from Die Roboter (1978) by Kraftwerk .
The album was recorded in 2006 at DFA Studios in New York City and Long View Farm in North Brookfield , Massachusetts . Long View Farm is a farm with a recording studio , where musicians like the Rolling Stones , Aerosmith and Stevie Wonder have played. Murphy covered the entire recording room with aluminum foil , which was a possible inspiration for the album title Sound of Silver .
The album is dedicated to the psychotherapist Dr. Dedicated to George Kamen (1942–2006).
Someone Great was already part of the EP 45:33 (2006), which Murphy produced for Nike .
The song Get Innocuous! can be heard in the TV commercial for the video game Grand Theft Auto IV and in its soundtrack.
John Cale and the rock band Franz Ferdinand recorded cover versions of All My Friends in 2007 .
The melancholy New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down was the last piece that LCD sound system played at the farewell concert on April 2, 2011 in Madison Square Garden .
Track list
Page 1:
- Get Innocuous! (James Murphy Tyler Pope) - 7:11
- Time to Get Away (Murphy, Patrick Mahoney, Pope) - 4:11
Page 2:
- North American Scum (Murphy) - 5:25
- Someone Great (Murphy) - 6:25
Page 3:
- All My Friends (Murphy, Mahoney, Pope) - 7:37
- Us v Them (Murphy, Mahoney, Pope) - 8:29
Page 4:
- Watch the Tapes (Murphy) - 3:55
- Sound of Silver (Murphy) - 7:07
- New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down (Murphy, Mahoney, Pope) - 5:35
reception
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The album received very positive reviews. In 2008 it was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Dance / Electronic Album category.
Rolling Stone magazine voted Sound of Silver 7th of the 50 best albums of 2007. It was 11th in the New Musical Express selection . The Guardian newspaper had the album 4th and Pitchfork 2nd on their annual lists.
Years after its release, the album received a lot of attention. Rolling Stone ranks Sound of Silver # 395 of the 500 best albums of all time and # 12 of the 100 best albums of the 2000s. The album ranks 49th in the New Musical Express's selection of the 500 best albums of all time. The magazine also put Sound of Silver at number 11 of the 100 best albums of the decade. Pitchfork Media ranks the album number 17 out of the 200 best albums of the 2000s. The German magazine Musikexpress chose it as number 6 of the 50 best albums of the new millennium. Sound of Silver was included in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .
The album's metascore is 86 out of 100 possible points.
All My Friends ranks # 2 in Pitchfork's 500 Best Songs of the 2000s and was named Best Song of 2007 by the website. Rolling Stone voted him # 41 of the 100 best songs of the decade and # 16 of the 100 best songs of the century. The New Musical Express ranks All My Friends at number 91 of the 500 best songs of all time. Time magazine included him in the list of the 100 best songs.
success
The album reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 , number 28 on the British album charts and number 80 on the German album charts . In the UK , it received a gold record for 100,000 copies sold.
Websites
Individual evidence
- ↑ Discography: LCD sound system on rateyourmusic.com (accessed on March 10, 2018)
- ↑ a b c LCD Soundsystem's 'Sound of Silver': 10 Things You Didn't Know on rollingstone.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Andy Kellman on allmusic.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Jonathan Ringen on rollingstone.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Dorian Lynskey on theguardian.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Mark Pytlik on pitchfork.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Review by John Mulvey on uncut.co.uk (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Tim Jonze on nme.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Barry Walters, in: Spin 3/2007, p. 98.
- ↑ Review by Oliver Götz, in: Musikexpress 04/2007, issue 615, p. 82.
- ↑ Review by Eberhard Dobler on laut.de (accessed on March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Rolling Stone 50 Best albums of 2007 on stereogum.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ 50 best albums of 2007 on nme.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ 2007: The best 50 albums on theguardian.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ The 50 Best Albums of 2007 on pitchfork.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ 100 Best Albums of the 2000s on rollingstone.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time on nme.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ The Top 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade on nme.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s on pitchfork.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ The 50 best albums of the new millennium on musikexpress.de (accessed on March 10, 2018)
- ↑ Metascore: Sound of Silver on metacritic.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s on pitchfork.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ The 100 Best Songs of 2007 on pitchfork.com (accessed December 15, 2019)
- ↑ 100 Best Songs of the 2000s on rollingstone.com (accessed March 10, 2018)
- ↑ 100 Greatest Songs of the Century - So Far on rollingstone.com (accessed December 15, 2019)
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time on nme.com (accessed December 15, 2019)
- ↑ All-TIME 100 songs on time.com (accessed March 10, 2018)