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~ Bloc Party
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  • Audio CD (14 Feb 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Wichita/V2
  • ASIN: B0006ZIDJO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,717 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Like Eating Glass 4:22£0.79
Listen  2. Helicopter 3:40£0.79
Listen  3. Positive Tension 3:55£0.79
Listen  4. Banquet 3:20£0.79
Listen  5. Blue Light 2:46£0.79
Listen  6. She's Hearing Voices 3:29£0.79
Listen  7. This Modern Love 4:25£0.79
Listen  8. The Pioneers 3:35£0.79
Listen  9. Price Of Gasoline 4:19£0.79
Listen10. So Here We Are 3:52£0.79
Listen11. Luno 3:55£0.79
Listen12. Plans 4:10£0.79
Listen13. Compliments13:00Album Only

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Styled more along the lines of a revolutionary cell than a band, Bloc Party approach the medium of rock'n'roll with the sort of high seriousness usually reserved for philosophy lectures. Yet on their debut album, Silent Alarm, this "autonomous unit" of smart, wiry London youth don't just succeed in reinvigorating the artform – they come pretty close to reinventing it from the ground up.

Whereas early singles like "She's Hearing Voices" found the band still attempting to chisel their own image out of familiar post-punk reference points – The Fall, Joy Division, and Gang Of Four, to name but three – newer tracks such as "Like Eating Glass" and the prickly "Price Of Gas" find Bloc Party pioneering a freshly-minted template of staccato percussion, expansive soundscapes, and cryptic lyrics that artfully straddle the political and the personal. Russell Lissack has forsaken that overdone hallmark of post-punk, brittle tortured-fretboard skronk, in favour of an effects-laden guitar sound that adds genuine prettiness to Bloc Party's edgy rush. But it's Kele Okereke's vocal that's the band's most flexible facet, morphing from frothing anger to breathless desperation. "Are you hoping for a miracle?" he bays, on "Helicopter". Yes? Well Silent Alarm ably fits the bill. --Louis Pattison



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'Silent Alarm' is the first album from London-based art-rockers Bloc Party. The album combines punky, staccato style musicianship with poignant lyrical matter, evoking echoes of both The Pixies and Joy Division. Includes the singles 'Helicopter' and 'Banquet'.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the new one..., 15 Mar 2007
This is astounding music. Energetic but calming, spikey but ethereal.

At it's essence it is pop music, but it has an intelligence to it that cannot be overlooked. And surprisingly for a British guitar band, it isn't a rye, 'knowing' type of intelligence. Yes, Kele Okereke and his band take themselves very seriously, and yes they do look like archetypal students, but this debut is proof that they are making some the most sophisticated guitar pop in music today. The new album has a slightly bigger sound, and the themes are more urban. This album is different, the cover-art captures the shimmeringly austere sounds that are burned onto the disc.

One of my favourite records of the past 5 years.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Everyone tells me this is just another Indie guitar album., 15 Feb 2005
Well, as Indie guitar albums go, it's an extremely clever Indie guitar album.
An impressive opener, 'Like eating glass' sets the tone perfectly for 'Silent Alarm', the debut album from Essex-boys Bloc Party.
The first thing that struck me when I listened to this album was how dynamic it sounds. In a sub-cockney Pixies/duelling banjo's kinda way, the guitars seem to stick together throughout, no matter what they do, and they are doing completely different things throughout. That's before you even get to the second track, 'Helicopter', which illustrates my point perfectly. 'Positive Tension' reminds us that the rhythm section is not just there to keep time either, the punching bass line and even punchier drums lead you up to the massive ending, 'something glorious is about to happen' and indeed it does.

While 'Banquet', the debut single that somehow slipped past everyone, 'She's hearing voices' and 'Price of Gasoline' take us back to the eighties, with echoes of The Specials/Gang of Four/Buzzcocks, 'Blue Light' pulls us back, hinting at more modern influences altogether. Although, guessing the music collection of this band must be some feet, influences seem to come from all directions.

In 'Modern Love' and the (London)Radiohead 'Pioneers' we simply have it all.

By the time I'd got to 'So here we are' (the brilliant current single), I'd forgotten I was listening to the same Bloc Party who are now Radio 1 play-list favourites, and thought I'd just discovered something new and very interesting.
'Plans' then assures me that I have, 'we're all scared of the future', believe me lads you've got no reason to be.

There are so many high points to this album it is hard to sum it up. But I think it's definitely time we got over Franz Ferdinand and gave the credit too something really worth it, Silent Alarm.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Needs a few listens, 25 Mar 2006
When i first heard this album, i thought it was massively overrated. After a few listens, i found the album coming back to me during the day. Its amazing, and Playing guitar, Russel Lissacks style interests me hugely. I love Keles voice and lyrics, they are introspective and intelligent yet often anthemic. The drumming is good, particularly on opener "like eating glass". I Love most of the songs on this album. Some of them make you want to move, others are breathtakingly beautiful. Bloc party are a band that take themselves seriously, and they arent a fad. Unlike Kaiserchiefs, they are here to stay. Not in the charts necessarily, but that was never their intention.
This album is not to be missed, but needs a few listens. An awesome debut.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent album, music of the 2000's!
When people review what the signature sound of the 2000's is they will surely have to include the electro-indie guitar sounds of Bloc Party who brought fast rythms to fast guitar... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Scarhurzt

5.0 out of 5 stars Current favourites
I only got into Bloc Party about a year ago, with the release of A Weekend in the City. Before that, I was pretty much unaware of their existence, but thanks to NME magazine,... Read more
Published 21 months ago by curefreak

5.0 out of 5 stars Flawless? ... i think so....
Put simply this is the most important album to have hit me in years, since its first release to the present day there isn't a single album that is in the mind or CD player ect as... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars chekit
Bloc Party are an odd band really; they have the whitest ever black guy as a lead singer & a drummer with a better sense of rhythm than most hip hop producers. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good indie band?
Preety impressed with this, I think the great thing about Bloc Party is their abilty to impress those who generally don't like Indie, like me. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2007 by Quemeelsol

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourites
In a word - AWESOME.
Their debut is brilliant and hits all the spots for me. With amazing songs such as Helicopter where you could recognise it anywhere and She's Hearing... Read more
Published on 14 Jul 2007 by Thoughtless

5.0 out of 5 stars bloc soaked up agitpop and spat out a masterpiece
2007 and a lot of mediocre bands THINK they soaked up politics and eighties punky agit stuff but 4 me only one band managed 2 synthesise the past and produced a new politico-sound... Read more
Published on 12 April 2007 by C. Allen

4.0 out of 5 stars Bad ass mutha
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Debut
An amazing debut from a superb band, stands head and shoulders above the rest of the new "indie" bands. Great musicianship and very interesting songs. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2007 by T. Butterfield

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal
The most beautifully written and performed album I have ever heard. After hearing the album when it was released, it just left me begging for more. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2007 by CarlosPeterGaryJohn

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