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Music : A Weekend in the City
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A Weekend in the City by: Bloc Party List Price: $15.98 CD-Charts Price: $13.99 You Save: $1.99 (12%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075679459824 Label: Vice Records Manufacturer: Vice Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Vice Records Release Date: February 06, 2007 Studio: Vice Records Sales Rank: 15692 MPN: 94598 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: The follow-up to their smash debut, "Silent Alarm", is every bit as bright, powerful, and catchy, with the addition of more muscle, attitude, depth, and a bit of polish courtesy of their producer, Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol). Inspired by lead singer Kele Okereke's interest in what he calls "the living noise of a metropolis", this record captures every detail of daily life in a modern city from the ebullient to the mundane. From the quiet desolation of commuting to casual sex, from going out on a Friday night to the long ride home early in the morning, these are songs desperate to understand the meaning that pulses under the moments of our every day. Amazon.com: Bloc Party may have arrived in an outbreak of like-minded British bands set upon shooting holes in the Union Jack while knocking out a sharp post-punk soundtrack, but it didn't take long for the foursome to set itself apart from the pack. Fronted by Nigerian-born singer Kele Okereke, the group's 2005 debut, Silent Alarm, soared as much on crystal ambition as it did on ridiculously danceable pop melodies. This follow-up is darker, more cluttered, and harder to digest. That doesn't make it less striking. Exploring themes of racism, terrorism, sexuality, addiction, and death--the usual fodder for a cosmopolitan three-day bender--Weekend in the City is an album that plays to Bloc Party's strengths: tempo-shifting rhythms, inventive art-rock arrangements, and lyrics that twist and turn on a whim. "The Prayer" and "Uniform" are particular standouts, capturing moments when Okereke lets self-importance fade and majestic beats take charge. --Aidin Vaziri Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Loved itThis album is solid from front to back. They strike a great balance between hard, mellow, and rock. Many of the songs are very catchy and easy to listen too. Is it their best album, maybe not but it is still a wonderful album. I look forward to following this bang as they grow because they have some real talent. Rating: - Atmospheric...the druggy escapism of A Weekend In The CityNow, I loved Silent Alarm as much as anybody else. Bloc Party became one of my very favorite new bands after listening to that album. The sparse, spiky guitars, persistent drumming, and melodic vocals made for a brilliant album that hearkened back to the punk and post-punk movements of the 70s and 80s. A Weekend In The City, Bloc Party's follow-up, is a very different animal altogether. The guitar sound is roughly the same, but the vocals have a softer, almost blurry quality to them, the drums might as well have been drum machines (but they are still amazing), and the song content is darker and more melancholy. If Silent Alarm was the Saturday night out on the city, A Weekend In The City is the hang over of the Sunday morning...blurry, ... Read More: Rating:  - The Worst Second Album of All TimeIt is difficult to put into words how unbelievably disappointing this album is. Listening to AWiTC directly after 'Silent Alarm' just leaves one baffled - is this even the same band? Where are the driving drumbeats? The pounding bass line? The intricate guitar parts? Is this Kele Okereke's solo album? Every song on this album starts the same way: in silence, with a slow instrumental ramp up or sampler loop, and then Kele starts whining. And whining. And whining. And the lyrics are so trite and ridiculous. Take this sample from 'Uniform', perhaps the most irritating song ever recorded: "Because we are so handsome and we are so bored So entertain us, tell me a joke Make it long, make it last forever Make ... Read More: Rating: - An Awesome Second AlbumBloc Party have created another epic here with "A Weekend in the City" If anything it is more solid than the first album. I would highly recommend this album to anyone wanting to get into a new type of music as you really should not be disappointed. Rating: - Strikingly Beautiful Weekend in the CityA Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's 2nd album, is one of my top 2 albums of 2007. While this album is less explosive in the rock and loud instrumental as Silent Alarm, that gap is filled by melodic guitar work and entrancing British vocals by Kele. The album is very intimate in expressing the growing social problems between people on many levels, such as love, social behaviors, societal norms, and common ignorance or misconceptions. The band is still heavy in effects, which is wonderful. One of Bloc Party's footprints in music is their intense and consistent use of guitar effects, along with Kele's accent. It is different than Silent Alarm, but I would say that the band has "evolved" for the better. Please check out this album! ... Read More: |
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