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Tracklisting

Disc 1

Like Eating Glass
Helicopter
Positive Tension
Banquet
Blue Light
She's Hearing Voices
This Modern Love
Pioneers
Price Of Gasoline
So Here We Are
Luno
Plans
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Publisher:	Wichita

Review:	Rolling Stone (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[Bloc Party is] a visceral, vibrating dance machine....they distill twenty-five years of spiky British rock, from the Cure to Blur to hot Scots Franz Ferdinand..." Spin (p.64) - Ranked #6 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Rarely has romance sounded so expensively, and expansively, sad." Entertainment Weekly (No. 814, p.64) - "[T]his London gang of four delivers a post-punk mishmash of angular guitars, pulsating bass, and tricky time signatures..." - Grade: A- Mojo (p.63) - Ranked #34 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[A]n album super-taut and yet expansive, sinewy yet lush..." Mojo (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Ambitious in scope and abundantly stocked with viral melody, SILENT ALARM is hugely impressive....Their future is assuredly now." Uncut (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "SILENT ALARM's innovation, sense of urgency and sleek production are enough to comfortably elevate Bloc Party above the post-punk rabble." , NME - Album Of The Year - "...confident in stance, wide in range, global in outlook and brimming with ambition and ideas." , NME - Album Of The Year - "...confident in stance, wide in range, global in outlook and brimming with ambition and ideas."

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Rolling Stone (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[Bloc Party is] a visceral, vibrating dance machine....they distill twenty-five years of spiky British rock, from the Cure to Blur to hot Scots Franz Ferdinand..." Spin (p.64) - Ranked #6 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Rarely has romance sounded so expensively, and expansively, sad." Entertainment Weekly (No. 814, p.64) - "[T]his London gang of four delivers a post-punk mishmash of angular guitars, pulsating bass, and tricky time signatures..." - Grade: A- Mojo (p.63) - Ranked #34 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[A]n album super-taut and yet expansive, sinewy yet lush..." Mojo (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Ambitious in scope and abundantly stocked with viral melody, SILENT ALARM is hugely impressive....Their future is assuredly now." Uncut (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "SILENT ALARM's innovation, sense of urgency and sleek production are enough to comfortably elevate Bloc Party above the post-punk rabble."
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NME - Album Of The Year - "...confident in stance, wide in range, global in outlook and brimming with ambition and ideas."
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NME - Album Of The Year - "...confident in stance, wide in range, global in outlook and brimming with ambition and ideas."

Artist:	Bloc Party

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Release Date: 14 February 2005

"Silent Alarm" is the brilliant debut studio album by the innovative British alternative indie rock band Bloc Party, and is a passionately fast paced punkesque production of meaningful lyrics and excellent throbbing bass and percussion. The album also includes the singles "Helicopter" and "Banquet".