LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem '2005

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[5:17] 01. Lcd Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
[5:42] 02. Lcd Soundsystem - Too Much Love
[4:59] 03. Lcd Soundsystem - Tribulations
[3:04] 04. Lcd Soundsystem - Movement
[4:50] 05. Lcd Soundsystem - Never As Tired As When Im Waking Up
[8:02] 06. Lcd Soundsystem - On Repeat
[3:43] 07. Lcd Soundsystem - Thrills
[4:56] 08. Lcd Soundsystem - Disco Infiltrator
[6:35] 09. Lcd Soundsystem - Great Release
[7:53] 10. Lcd Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
[8:07] 11. Lcd Soundsystem - Beat Connection
[3:55] 12. Lcd Soundsystem - Give It Up
[3:35] 13. Lcd Soundsystem - Tired
[9:21] 14. Lcd Soundsystem - Yeah (Crass Version)
[11:06] 15. Lcd Soundsystem - Yeah (Pretentious Mix)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
Total length: 01:30:57
Main artist: LCD Soundsystem
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Parlophone UK
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Leftfield, Indie Rock
(с) 2005 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by DFA LLC

If a music-nerd version of Animal House set in 2005 is ever made, Daft Punk Is
Playing at My House -- the boisterous opener of LCD Soundsystem -- would make an
ideal theme song for the fraternity on which it is based. The self-conscious,
awkward music obsessives pledging into this fraternity would have to pass a
complex trivia test, own a compulsory list of records, and, as a hazing ritual,
ask to dance with someone in public. If LCD Soundsystems James Murphy were the
least bit open to the concept, he could be the fraternitys advisor. Judging from
a handful of singles and this album, hed be more than qualified. His first
A-side, 2002s Losing My Edge, laid all his cards on the table, name-checking
nearly everything that has been branded indispensable by a record store clerk
during the past 20 years. This is someone who clearly owns tons of records and
cannot escape them when making his own music. Acid house, post-punk, garage
rock, psychedelic pop, and at least a dozen other things factor into his songs,
and hes not afraid to be obvious. On occasion, he doesnt even allow fellow nerds
to play guessing games. This is the case with Never As Tired As When Im Waking
Up -- drowsy/dazed John Lennon vibes through and through -- as well as the
drifting/uplifting The Great Release -- an alternate closer to either of Brian
Enos first two solo records. Otherwise, Murphys songs cough up references from
his subconscious or are put together as if hes thinking more like a DJ, finding
ways to combine elements from disparate sources. Movement careens into
high-energy guitar squall after a pounding beat and cranky synths; On Repeat
happily replicates the scratches and jabs of guitar heard from A Certain Ratio,
PiL, and Gang of Four, but its mechanical pulse and curveball synth effects
couldnt be any more distanced from those three groups. Nothing here exceeds the
brilliance of Beat Connection or Yeah. Like just about everybody else these
days, Murphys more skilled at creating isolated tracks than making full-lengths,
even though this particular full-length has few weak spots and unfolds smoothly
as you listen to it from beginning to end. The bonus disc, containing all the
stray single tracks, adds a great deal of value.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo


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