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Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Silent Alarm

by Bloc Party

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Released
01/07/2006
Music Genre
Pop
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U.K. edition. On this immensely appealing debut, SILENT ALARM, the London-based quartet Bloc Party fulfills the promise of their barnstorming 2004 singles "Banquet" and "She's Hearing Voices." Led by magnetic frontman Kele Okereke, the band extracts the most fascinating aspects of the previous 25 years of British indie rock and fuses them into a new entity--complete with smarts and heart--never delving into retro-kitsch or slavish imitation. Okerere's urgent yelp most often recalls a fired-up incarnation of the Cure's Robert Smith, but the sounds the group creates echo everything from Gang of Four's staccato militarism ("Banquet") to the reverberating guitars of the Chameleons ("Price of Gas"). At times, Bloc Party also recalls the ecstatic soundwashes of early-1990s cult pioneers like Ride ("Plans") and Slowdive ("Compliments"). Lyrically, Okerere tilts toward an endearing adolescent pessimism that, even when the music is less than mopey, gives him away as a goth at heart ("and the ravens are leaving the tower/make your peace"). However, at the end of "Price of Gas," when he proclaims "I can tell you how this ends/We're going to win this," one can hope that Okerere is expressing his confidence in a bright future for his extremely talented band.

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Product Details

Artist
Bloc Party
Original year of release
2005
Label / Studio
WICHITA
Year of release
2006
Media Content Format
Album
Media Format
Audio CD
Recording Environment
Studio
Number of Discs
1
CD WOW! Sales Rank
#22218
Cast & Crew
Bloc Party (Music Performer)
Bloc Party (Producer)
Paul Epworth (Producer)

Press Reviews

[T]his London gang of four delivers a post-punk mishmash of angular guitars, pulsating bass, and tricky time signatures..." - Grade: A- Entertainment Weekly (No. 814, p.64)

3 stars out of 5 - "Ambitious in scope and abundantly stocked with viral melody, SILENT ALARM is hugely impressive....Their future is assuredly now. Mojo (p.100)

Ranked #34 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[A]n album super-taut and yet expansive, sinewy yet lush... Mojo (p.63)

Album Of The Year - "...confident in stance, wide in range, global in outlook and brimming with ambition and ideas. NME

4 stars out of 5 - "[Bloc Party is] a visceral, vibrating dance machine....they distill twenty-five years of spiky British rock, from the Cure to Blur to hot Scots Franz Ferdinand... Rolling Stone (p.76)

Ranked #6 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Rarely has romance sounded so expensively, and expansively, sad. Spin (p.64)

3 stars out of 5 - "SILENT ALARM's innovation, sense of urgency and sleek production are enough to comfortably elevate Bloc Party above the post-punk rabble. Uncut (p.106)

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Like Eating Glass
  2. Helicopter
  3. Positive Tension
  4. Banquet
  5. Blue Light
  6. She's Hearing Voices
  7. This Modern Love
  8. Pioneers
  9. Price of Gasoline
  10. So Here We Are
  11. Luno
  12. Plans
  13. Compliments

Customer Reviews

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7/8/2010
 
4.0

Simply outstanding

By Peder Kå

from Århus

About Me Adult, Teenager, Young Adult

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Pros

  • Can Listen Over And Over
  • Energetic
  • Great Lyrics
  • Hit Songs

Cons

    Best Uses

    • At Home
    • Gift
    • In The Car
    • Parties
    • The gym

    Comments about WICHITA BLOC PARTY - Silent Alarm:

    Great for setting of a party or a run. And contains a few nice quiet songs i you're feeling a bit moody. All in al a fantastic album that you'll be listening to again and again.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    4/6/2010
     
    5.0

    amazing album

    By nona

    from nz

    About Me Teenager

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    Pros

    • Can Listen Over And Over
    • Engaging
    • Great Lyrics
    • Hit Songs
    • Original

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • At Home
      • Gift
      • In The Car
      • Parties

      Comments about WICHITA BLOC PARTY - Silent Alarm:

      i listen to this album all the time, its my favourite album and the best album Bloc Party has put out. all the songs are great, great lyrics.

      Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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