Sound of Silver
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Sound of Silver is the second album
from LCD Soundsystem
. The album was released in the UK
on March 12, 2007 and in the U.S.
on March 20, 2007.
.
For several weeks before and after the album's release the entire album was available for streaming on the band's MySpace
page. The video for the track "North American Scum
" was also posted to the band's MySpace on February 8, 2007.
On March 12, 2007, to coincide with its official UK release, an underground remix
version of the album was released on the internet
in aid of charity.
The album reached number 28 in the UK charts. James Murphy has stated that he would like the album to be in the Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Charts
. It debuted on the Billboard 200
at number 46.
The album is dedicated to "the memory of Dr. George Kamen (1942-2006), one of the great minds of his or any generation." The Bulgaria
n-born doctor was a pioneer of group therapy
and had opened a practice in New York
.
gave the album a 5-star review while music website Pitchfork Media
gave the album a score of 9.2/10 and nominated the song "All My Friends" as second best song of the 2000s. By the end of 2007 it was ranked by Metacritic as the 10th best reviewed album of the year.
In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album
. It was nominated for the 2007 Shortlist Prize, where it lost out to The Reminder
by Feist. It was also named album of the year by The Guardian, Uncut
and Drowned in Sound
. Pitchfork Media named two of the album's tracks ("Someone Great" and "All My Friends") in the top ten tracks of 2007 and the album itself was named the second best album of 2007. Entertainment Weekly
and Rolling Stone
both ranked it as the 7th best album of 2007. In 2008 Entertainment Weekly ranked it as one of the top 50 albums of the last 25 years. In January 2008, it was named the album of the year in both the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop
and Idolator Pop '07 polls. Time
magazine named "All My Friends" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #4.
In 2009 Pitchfork Media named the track "All My Friends", the second best song of the decade, and a month later, Sound of Silver was ranked at #17 in the 2000s albums of the decade list. Rhapsody
ranked the album at #5 on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list. It was also named the 23rd best album of the decade by Resident Advisor
.
2. Time to Get Away
3. North American Scum
4. Someone Great
5. All My Friends
6. Us v Them
7. Watch the Tapes
8. Sound of Silver
9. New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
from LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...
. The album was released in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on March 12, 2007 and in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on March 20, 2007.
History
Songs in the Sound of Silver, notably "Someone Great," feature parts of the 2006 LCD Soundsystem release 45:3345:33
-CD reissue:Note: The first six tracks are listed simply as "45:33".-eMusic release:-Personnel:* James Murphy – drums, percussion, drum programming, handclaps, bass guitar, guitar, vocals, glockenspiel, clavinet, organ, synthesizer, vocoder...
.
For several weeks before and after the album's release the entire album was available for streaming on the band's MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page. The video for the track "North American Scum
North American Scum
"North American Scum" is the first single from LCD Soundsystem's second album, Sound of Silver. It was released on February 26, 2007 as a digital download and on other formats on 5 March 2007. It reached #40 in the UK Singles Chart on 11 March 2007. The song was also featured in the 2008 film Step...
" was also posted to the band's MySpace on February 8, 2007.
On March 12, 2007, to coincide with its official UK release, an underground remix
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
version of the album was released on the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
in aid of charity.
The album reached number 28 in the UK charts. James Murphy has stated that he would like the album to be in the Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
. It debuted on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
at number 46.
The album is dedicated to "the memory of Dr. George Kamen (1942-2006), one of the great minds of his or any generation." The Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n-born doctor was a pioneer of group therapy
Group therapy
Group psychotherapy or group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group...
and had opened a practice in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
Critical reception
On release Sound of Silver received widespread critical acclaim. The GuardianThe Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
gave the album a 5-star review while music website Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
gave the album a score of 9.2/10 and nominated the song "All My Friends" as second best song of the 2000s. By the end of 2007 it was ranked by Metacritic as the 10th best reviewed album of the year.
In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album
Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album
The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the dance music and electronica genres...
. It was nominated for the 2007 Shortlist Prize, where it lost out to The Reminder
The Reminder
The Reminder is the third full-length album by indie artist Feist. It was released on April 23, 2007 in countries outside of North America, and May 1, 2007 in the United States and Canada....
by Feist. It was also named album of the year by The Guardian, Uncut
UNCUT (magazine)
Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...
and Drowned in Sound
Drowned in Sound
DrownedinSound.com or DiS is a UK based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway . The site is an editorially independent music website.-History:...
. Pitchfork Media named two of the album's tracks ("Someone Great" and "All My Friends") in the top ten tracks of 2007 and the album itself was named the second best album of 2007. Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
and Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
both ranked it as the 7th best album of 2007. In 2008 Entertainment Weekly ranked it as one of the top 50 albums of the last 25 years. In January 2008, it was named the album of the year in both the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop
Pazz & Jop
The Pazz & Jop critics' poll is a poll of music critics run by The Village Voice newspaper. It is compiled every year from the top ten lists of hundreds of music critics...
and Idolator Pop '07 polls. Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine named "All My Friends" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #4.
In 2009 Pitchfork Media named the track "All My Friends", the second best song of the decade, and a month later, Sound of Silver was ranked at #17 in the 2000s albums of the decade list. Rhapsody
Rhapsody (online music service)
Rhapsody is an online music store subscription service, launched in December 2001, and available in the United States only. On April 6, 2010, Rhapsody officially declared its independence from RealNetworks. Downloaded files come with restrictions on their use, enforced by Helix, Rhapsody's version...
ranked the album at #5 on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list. It was also named the 23rd best album of the decade by Resident Advisor
Resident Advisor
Resident Advisor is an online electronic music magazine dedicated to the global dance music scene. The website won a People's Voice award in the 12th Annual Webby Awards in 2008.-Site History:...
.
Track listing
Personnel
1. Get Innocuous!- James Murphy - Drums, Vocals, Programming, Piano, Synthesizer
- Tyler Pope - Guitar
- Nancy Whang - Vocals
2. Time to Get Away
- James Murphy - Vocals, Bass, Percussion, Guitar, Clavinet, Organ, Casio
- Pat Mahoney - Drums
3. North American Scum
- James Murphy - Drums, Vocals, Organ, Programming, Percussion, Claps, Guitar, Bass
- Tyler Pope - Bass
- Nancy Whang - Vocals
- Eric Broucek - Claps
- Marcus Lambkin - Claps
4. Someone Great
- James Murphy - Synthesizer, Programming, Vocals, Glockenspiel
5. All My Friends
- James Murphy - Drums, Vocals, Bass, Piano, Synthesizer, Guitar, Electronic Percussion
6. Us v Them
- James Murphy - Vocals, Percussion, Drum Machine, Claps
- Nancy Whang - Vocals
- Tyler Pope - Bass, Guitar, Drum Machine, Claps
- Eric Broucek - Vocals
- Pat Mahoney - Drums, Percussion, Claps
7. Watch the Tapes
- James Murphy - Drums, Bass, Guitar, Claps, Percussion, Vocals, Piano, Casio
- Pat Mahoney - Vocals
8. Sound of Silver
- James Murphy - Drums, Vocals, Bass, Kalimba, Claps, Percussion, Synthesizer, Programming, Piano
9. New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
- James Murphy - Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer
- Tyler Pope - Bass, Guitar
- Pat Mahoney - Drums, Percussion
- Morgan Wiley - Piano
- Justin Chearno - Guitar
- Jane Scarpantoni - Cello
- Lorenza PonceLorenza PonceLorenza Ponce is an American violinist, vocalist, string arranger and composer. She has recorded five albums of her own music and is well known for her collaborative and supporting roles with other musicians, most notably as a touring musician with Bon Jovi and a member of the Jon Bon Jovi ...
- Violin - Amy Kimball - Violin
- David Gold - Viola