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Silent Alarm
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Vinyl LP pressing. Silent Alarm is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. Recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 with producer Paul Epworth, it was released in February 2005 on Wichita Recordings. The record peaked at #3 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. Silent Alarm went on to achieve worldwide sales of over one million copies. Bloc Party aimed to create an album that appealed to followers of different musical genres. Building on the arrangements in their demo songs recorded in 2004, the band members moulded tracks largely through live takes during the Silent Alarm studio sessions. The compositional focus was on rhythm and the drum and bass parts, while lyricist Kele Okereke's writing examined the feelings and hopes of young adults, including views on global politics.
Tracklist
1
Like Eating Glass
2
Helicopter
3
Positive Tension
4
Banquet
5
Blue Light
6
She's Hearing Voices
7
This Modern Love
8
The Pioneers
9
Price of Gasoline
10
So Here We Are
11
Luno
12
Plans
13
Compliments
14
Little Thoughts
15
Skeleton
16
Storm and Stress
17
Always New Depths
18
Staying Fat
19
Tulips
20
Two More Years
21
She's Hearing Voices (Original Version) the Marshals Are Dead
22
The Answer
23
The Present
24
Every Time Is the Last Time
25
So Here We Are (BBC 1 Rob Da Bank - Peel Session)
26
Tulips (BBC 1 Rob Da Bank - Peel Session)
27
Luno (BBC 1 Rob Da Bank - Peel Session)
28
Compliments (BBC 1 Rob Da Bank - Peel Session)
29
Banquet (Demo)
30
This Modern Love (Demo)
31
The Pioneers (Demo)
32
So Here We Are (Demo)
33
Helicopter (Demo)
34
The Price of Gasoline (Demo)
35
Skeleton (Demo)
