Fractionals

LCD Soundsystem - yes yes yes. You taken to Sound Of Silver yet? I think I now prefer it to their first - partly as the bonus disc had most of the best songs.

God no - Sound of Silver is something like 25% as good as the debut (sans bonus disc). It's not making my year-end list by any means.

I am aware I am in a tiny minority on this account.

Count me in on the "Huh?" reaction to the reviews of Sound Of Silver. I honestly tried, but Murphy kept the mannerisms and musical stylings I didn't like and ditched all the cool Wolfgang Press sounding bits.

I'm also really tired of his "I don't rip, I'm recontextualizing" BS. If "North American Scum" didn't sound like Pete Shelley's "Homosapien" it would be utter crap. As it is, it just rips off a better song's chorus.

"Too Much Love" is better than anything on the new one. Fact.

I like "Someone Great" and "All My Friends" just fine, but they're not all they're being cracked up to be.

You know, I hadn't thought of the "Homosapien" thing, since I'd heard that song maybe once, but I think you're on to something there.

Also, Murphy homaging Eno and the Beatles > Murphy homaging, I don't know, Weezer or someone (that godawful last track).

'Someone Great' and 'All My Friends' are the standouts for me, too.

It's weird, because they seem to be standouts pretty uniformly; I've yet to see anyone not talk about them as the peak of the album. Which is fine, just unusual.