LCD Soundsystem Debut Album

Indeed, the gently psychedelic and angelically sung 'Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up' - apart from being a title that many of us can relate to - is surprisingly reminiscent of White Album Beatles. 'Never As Tired...' is a little love song - or a little lack-of-love song, which might surprise some fans of the early LCD Soundsystem releases, but therein lies the importance of this record. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM is an album that transcends trends and moods without ever sounding derivative or contrived.

Perhaps the album's most striking track is 'Disco Infiltrator', which comes over as a full-on Murphy manifesto. Plus we get a proper, old-fashioned, album closer, in the beguiling, optimistic, 'Great Release'. 'The last song on an album should erase an album enough so you can put it back on and listen to it again.

The second disc contains 'Losing My Edge', 'Beat Connection', 'Give It Up', 'Tired', 'Yeah' (Crass & Pretentious versions) together on CD for the first time plus the newly added full length version of 'Yr City's A Sucker' - the latest recorded offering from Murphy which featured as a b-side to Movement, but is so good it has been added to the disc. It is a natural closer to the second CD and the album as a whole, resplendent with its HaHaHaHa refrain- a natural sardonic successor to the anthems it follows.
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