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Posted in music on February 17, 2007
more Bloc Party 'making of' videos
Kele told Rolling Stone he likes Joanna Newsom, Beyonce, and Forward, Russia!. The other day we heard what he and Gordon think about the first four tracks on their new album Weekend in the City. Here's what they have to say about tracks 5-8:
VIDEO STREAM: "track 5 - Uniform"
VIDEO STREAM: "track 6 - On"
VIDEO STREAM: "track 7 - Where is Home?"
VIDEO STREAM: "track 8 - Kreuzberg"
I don't really get all the hate. Weekend in the City is not as instantly engaging as their first album, but the more I listen, the more I love it. Lately I've been listening to it more than anything else.
I'm happy to see they still sold an impressive 48,000 records the first week - not as many as Fall Out Boy, but still a lot. The CD and vinyl are still selling fairly well at Insound too.
Videos 1-4 here.
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Posted on February 17, 2007 6:32 PM
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Comments (9)
I completely agree with you. I'm not sure why people are bashing the album so much. Some of the tracks on the album are brilliant.
I doubt I'm sharing anything with you that you didn't already know, but check out "Another Weekend In The City" - http://mirrworld.blogspot.com/2007/02/bloc-party-another-weekend-in-city.html
Some of the tracks here are certainly better than what's on the album, but if you combine both "albums", Bloc Party is freaking amazing.
Posted by bluesphee | February 18, 2007 12:18 AM
Yeah, it's ok i guess but it's certainly no Jet.
Posted by Fabrizio | February 18, 2007 11:51 AM
It's definitely a grower. But still isn't anything too special.
Posted by Joe Lazar | February 18, 2007 12:17 PM
exceptionally boring record
Posted by Anonymous | February 18, 2007 2:38 PM
this album, blows away silent alarm.
Posted by Leehrat | February 18, 2007 3:09 PM
it def sucks dick
Posted by Anonymous | February 18, 2007 3:48 PM
this album is definitely a powerful one, i enjoy it while cruising downtown san diego, california.
Posted by joshua saposnekoo | February 19, 2007 12:10 AM
a really silly record full of faux-intellectualism just like the last one. this one's just more goofy and less dancey.
Posted by micah Welner | February 19, 2007 11:07 AM
If you take the best of the two, you get a really stellar album. Especially if you remaster the B-sides. (For some reason, the sound quality of "Weekend" and "Another" isn't as good as "Silent Alarm".)
http://www.zshare.net/download/bloc-party-weekend-in-the-country-rar-t5x.html
Posted by I Know You See It | April 3, 2007 9:36 PM