release date: Feb. 14, 2005
format: cd + dvd (reissue, LTD.)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,06]
producer: Paul Epworth and Bloc Party
label: Wichita - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: 1. "Like Eating Glass" (4 / 5) (live on Jools Holland) - 2. "Helicopter" (live on Jools Holland) - 3. "Positive Tension" - 4. "Banquet" (5 / 5) (live on Conan) - 5. "Blue Light" - 6. "She's Hearing Voices" - 7. "This Modern Love" - 8. "The Pioneers" (4 / 5) (live) - 9. "Price of Gasoline" - 10. "So Here We Are" (4 / 5) - 11. "Luno" - 12. "Plans" - 13. "Compliments" - *14. "Little Thoughts" - *15. "Two More Years" (live)
* Bonus tracks on Limited Edition
Studio album debut by Bloc Party in a reissue from Oct. 2005 with the inlusion of their most recent hit single "Two More Years" and extensive video footage on DVD. The album is the much anticipated and hyped full length album originally released some 9 months following the 6-track ep Bloc Party (Sep. 2004). I had heard the track "Banquet" over and over again just waiting for the album to arrive, and it didn't quite satisfy my expectations although, I found it one the best releases that year, and Bloc Party the most promising band I had come across in a long time. I immediately purchased the cd release, which contained the unlisted 'hidden' track "Every Time Is the Last Time", figuring at the end after a 5 minute silent part, but after they released the single "Two More Years" (Oct. 2005), a 2-disc Limited Edition of Silent Alarm was now issued and I also purchased that and then resold the original cd without paying attention to the fact that the unlisted end-track had been skipped on this new issue.
Anyway, the album came out to critical acclaim and soon received a number of nominations, including the 2005 Mercury Prize and it won the NME Best Album award, and went straight to number #3 on the national album charts list.
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
Studio album debut by Bloc Party in a reissue from Oct. 2005 with the inlusion of their most recent hit single "Two More Years" and extensive video footage on DVD. The album is the much anticipated and hyped full length album originally released some 9 months following the 6-track ep Bloc Party (Sep. 2004). I had heard the track "Banquet" over and over again just waiting for the album to arrive, and it didn't quite satisfy my expectations although, I found it one the best releases that year, and Bloc Party the most promising band I had come across in a long time. I immediately purchased the cd release, which contained the unlisted 'hidden' track "Every Time Is the Last Time", figuring at the end after a 5 minute silent part, but after they released the single "Two More Years" (Oct. 2005), a 2-disc Limited Edition of Silent Alarm was now issued and I also purchased that and then resold the original cd without paying attention to the fact that the unlisted end-track had been skipped on this new issue.
Anyway, the album came out to critical acclaim and soon received a number of nominations, including the 2005 Mercury Prize and it won the NME Best Album award, and went straight to number #3 on the national album charts list.
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
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