- indie rock, post-punk revival, rock
- 59 min
- 13 tracks
- Wichita
Silent Alarm is the debut studio album by English rock band Bloc Party. Recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 with Paul Epworth as producer, it was released on 2 February 2005, by Wichita Recordings.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 82/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork8.9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- URB5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Like Eating Glass4:22
- 2Helicopter3:40
- 3Positive Tension3:55
- 4Banquet3:21
- 5Blue Light2:47
- 6She’s Hearing Voices3:29
- 7This Modern Love4:26
- 8The Pioneers3:35
- 9Price of Gasoline4:20
- 10So Here We Are3:53
- 11Luno3:57
- 12Plans4:10
- 13Compliments13:01
13 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bloc Party
- Label
- Wichita
- Released
- 2005
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
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