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Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Like Eating Glass 4:22 520,866
2 Helicopter 3:40 662,893
3 Positive Tension 3:55 460,727
4 Banquet 3:20 764,540
5 Blue Light 2:47 485,507
6 She's Hearing Voices 3:29 455,827
7 This Modern Love 4:26 581,369
8 The Pioneers 3:35 155,855
9 Price Of Gasoline 4:20 177,679
10 So Here We Are 3:53 487,454
11 Luno 3:56 366,694
12 Plans 4:08 352,970
13 Compliments 13:03 313,122
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About this album

Universal Music International Div. (2009) Released: 2 Jun 2009 13 tracks (58:54)
BLOC PARTY
Silent Alarm
(Vice)

This is the next album everyone is going to be listening to by the next band everyone will be talking about, and it’s obvious from the bad ass opening of the first track, “Like Eating Glass.” This London four-piece produce complicated, electronic orchestrations, blended seamlessly with tight-knit indie-rock drenched in hooks and crafted by truly deft musicians. Each song is so densely layered, the three-hundredth listen sounds as fresh as the first. Singer Kele Okereke’s voice jumps left and right, speaking and shouting in bursts between electronic lifts rising to a plateau of pretty-boy singing before guitar-god rock breaks things back down again. The skill this band employs could plant suspicions that they’re a popular, more experienced band, hiding their identities to release a completely different album than they could otherwise, but, in fact, these newcomers aren’t widely known superstars — yet.

Grade: A
REVIEW BY: MICHAEL DELGADO
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  • merindalucx

    banquet and helicopter are my least favourite tracks on the album, yet they're the most played on last.fm - Am I doing something wrong? LOL

    last month

  • KeithKokain

    Perfect!

    last month

  • wildtangerine

    Such an amazing album, GODDAMN.

    last month

  • _yolanda_

    Oh, @mk741 I don't thinkt Turn on the Bright Lights and Is This It are overrated, I listened to them A LOT. But I definitely agree tha Silent Alarm is so much better. You can't even see the other two from SL so much better it is.

    last month

  • _yolanda_

    They cannot top this. [2] ..and they certainly aren't even trying [2] I could listen to this record forever [2]. And I have! Their best, definitely not part of the indie landfill dross that NME pushed so hard. [2] Absolutely brilliant, a masterpiece. They completely reinvented rock and roll in 2005.

    last month

  • Timppa2000

    They cannot top this. [2] ..and they certainly aren't even trying -_-

    March 2012

  • breecarpediem

    Their best album. They cannot top this. I could listen to this record forever.

    March 2012

  • electrobaboon

    Still the best.

    March 2012

  • karysmunster

    <3

    February 2012

  • BeRyceAblle

    Pioneers! Best Song. Cant believe it's small amount of listeners.

    February 2012

  • MeLTiNG_ArCTiC

    it's their best..

    February 2012

  • belublack

    exelent!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    February 2012

  • countinfive

    totbl and this are actually rather close. bloc party are better musicians but i prefer paul banks vocally and lyrically. tho lyrically they probz equal out the same.

    February 2012

  • JiiPo

    brilliant album

    February 2012

  • Silverhawk33

    Such a catchy and fun album that always brings me up with plenty of quality songs with many addicting choruses. Defiantly a strong contender in the post-punk revival movement with the other great bands.

    February 2012

  • mk741

    Hard to say it's forgotten or underrated with nearly 30 million plays on this site alone, not to mention universally praised by critics and the general public. Anyway, I enjoy Silent Alarm much more than both Turn On the Bright Lights and Is This It, that latter being both overrated in my eyes.

    February 2012

  • Captain_Waffles

    I feel like this album is kind of an underrated/forgotten member of the post-punk revival movement. Not quite as solid as Turn On the Bright Lights or Is This It, but it's a great album, y'know? Super solid production and guitar.

    January 2012

  • electrobaboon

    Quite simply my favourite album of all time. I've listened to it so many times and since such a young age that every guitar line, drum beat and vocal has just been ingrained into my memory. Does something for me no other album will ever be able to do. Greatest album ever.

    January 2012

  • AlCapwnUK

    Their best, definitely not part of the indie landfill dross that NME pushed so hard.

    January 2012

  • Miiichii

    One of my favourite albums [2]

    October 2011
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