Album #168: Sound of Silver

By LCD Soundsystem (2007)

Reading back on my recent posts, I've definitely settled in to a pretty boring formula for these posts. Initially I thought it would be interesting to be upfront about how familiar I am with an artist before writing about an album, but it often feels more like a weak way of defending the opinion that I don't think everyone needs to hear today's album before they die. That's not really an opinion that needs a lot of defending. The idea that there are 1001 albums that anyone needs to hear before they die is ridiculous. So I can probably cool it with the justifications.

This writeup was formulaic too, so I boiled it down the essentials.

I am:

- ❌ Unfamiliar

- ❌ Dimly aware of

- ✅ Somewhat familiar with

- ❌ Well versed in

[today's band], because:

- ❌ I'm too young

- ❌ I'm too old

- ✅ The overwhelming hype at the time put me off

- ❌ They passed me by

So being force to listen to this today was:

- ❌ Pleasant

- ❌ A revelation

- ✅ A chore

- ❌ Torture

Needless to say:

- ✅ I have survived this far without listening to them and will continue to do so

- ❌ I had the last laugh

- ❌ I need to go through their back catalogue

- ❌ Everyone was right

- ❌ Should be more open minded

In conclusion:

- ✅ Feel free to die without hearing this

- ❌ You must hear this before you die

Final note to appear not avoid rocking the boat too much:

Perhaps when I am middle-aged this will make more sense

Rating

⭐⭐

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