Silent Alarm Remixed

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Silent Alarm Remixed
Mostly black album cover with winter image of grey tree line in distance, captioned "BLOC PARTY." and (much smaller) "SILENT ALARM REMIXED" below it.
Remix album by
Bloc Party
Released29 August 2005
Recorded2004–2005
GenreDance-punk, indie rock
Length70:24
LabelWichita
ProducerPaul Epworth, various artists
Bloc Party remix albums chronology
Silent Alarm Remixed
(2005) 		Intimacy Remixed
(2009)

Silent Alarm Remixed is the

Vice Records to coincide with Bloc Party's worldwide touring schedule. The record peaked at number 54 on the UK Albums Chart. In the US, it achieved a peak of number four on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums
.

Bloc Party commissioned Silent Alarm Remixed to show that

remixes and dance music were relevant to the band and to the rock landscape at large. The band members gave each of the original tracks to a number of musicians from different genres; Ladytron, Four Tet, and Nick Zinner
were amongst those who reworked the songs. Critics often considered the record as showcasing the potential high quality of remix albums, although some reviewers treated it as disjunct and a poor marketing decision.

Origins and release

Bloc Party's critically acclaimed debut album Silent Alarm charted in 18 countries on four continents by the end of April 2005.

Frontman Kele Okereke has stated that the decision was taken because the band members wanted to show that dance music was significant to them as a rock quartet.[5]

Fellow

Russell Lissack were regular visitors to Erol Alkan's Trash club in London; the early contact with the band led Alkan to rework their first single "She's Hearing Voices".[7] The band had also performed at Dave Pianka's Philadelphia club and the gig inspired the owner to remix "This Modern Love" with Adam Sparkle into something more suited to a disco. Ladytron were early fans of the band and invited the quartet for a performance at their Liverpool club before reworking "Like Eating Glass" for the release.[6]

freelance photographer Ness Sherry used on Silent Alarm.[10]

Critical reception

Pitchfork Media's Nitsuh Adebe was impressed with the album and indicated that it is "surprisingly good, and surprisingly often".[13]

Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone was less receptive and commented that the tracks are flawed in conception, because Bloc Party is not a disco-oriented band despite its propulsive rhythm section.[14] Nick Southall of Stylus suggested that the inherent problem with record is that the vocals have been removed from the "sympathetic stereo-treatment and layering" of Silent Alarm.[15] Liam Colle of PopMatters was not impressed by Silent Alarm Remixed and commented that "the new tricks aren't quite charming, or very tricky for that matter", because the album "reeks of a marketing brainstorm".[16] Drowned in Sound's Mike Diver concluded that the disparate nature of the record's contributors denies it the coherency of the original.[17]

Composition

Ladytron's mix of "Like Eating Glass" replaces the lead and rhythm guitars with

oldschool jungle.[14] The Paul Epworth edit of single "Banquet", under his "Phones" moniker, is more sparse than the original and is closer to dance music than indie rock.[9][13]

Three guitarists, a keyboard player, and a drummer are performing a song live on a stage lit by blue background sheets.
Bloc Party's former tour support act Engineers reworked "Blue Light" by reducing its tempo and by keeping its basic elemental structure intact.

Engineers' "Blue Light" was dubbed the 'Anti-Gravity' mix and resulted in an

strings and synthesisers to the original composition.[13] Automato's remix of "Price of Gasoline" infuses Bloc Party's blueprint with electronica elements.[11]

Solo act

Shibuya, Tokyo accentuates Okereke's whispers to create vocal effects similar to those of The Cure's Robert Smith according to Adebe.[13]

Track listing

All songs originally written and composed by Bloc Party and remixed by each credited artist.

No.TitleLength
1."
This Modern Love" (Dave P. and Adam Sparkle's Making Time Remix)
5:01
8."The Pioneers" (M83 Remix)5:50
9."Price of Gasoline" (Automato Remix)4:47
10."So Here We Are" (Four Tet Remix)6:26
11."Luno" (Bloc Party vs. Death from Above 1979)3:56
12."Plans" (Replanned by Mogwai)3:42
13."Compliments" (Shibuyaka Remix by Nick Zinner)10:40

Bonus tracks

  • "Banquet" (Cornelius Remix) – 10:47 (there is also a 4:37 version) – track 14 on the Japanese edition
  • "Tulips" (Minotaur Shock Remix) – 5:19 – hidden track begins at 5:21 of the last song on the UK and US editions and at 5:28 of the last song on the Japanese edition.

Release history

Region Date Label Format(s) Catalog
United Kingdom and Ireland 29 August 2005 Wichita Recordings CD, digital download, LP WEBB090[10]
Europe V2 Records CD VVR1034792[21]
United States 13 September 2005 Vice Records CD, digital download VICE 94116[22]
Dim Mak Records LP DM093[23]
Japan 26 October 2005 V2 Records CD V2CP-243/4[24]

Chart positions

Chart (2005) Peak
UK Albums Chart[25] 54
Billboard Top Electronic Albums (US)[26] 4
Billboard Top Independent Albums (US)[26]
 37
Billboard Top Heatseekers (US)[26]
 28
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[27] 91
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[27] 99
French Albums Chart[27]
 171

References

  1. ^ Cripps, Charlotte (27 April 2005). "Rock around the Bloc". The Independent. p. 49.
  2. ^ "サイレント・アラーム : ブロック・パーティー (Silent Alarm: Bloc Party)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Silent Alarm USA Double LP". Esprit International. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Kele's Heroes". NME. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  5. Pitchfork Media
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  6. ^ a b c d e f g Bloc Party. "Silent Alarm Remixed". blocparty.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  7. ^ a b Alkan, Erol. "Bloc Party – She's Hearing Voices (Erol Alkan's Calling Your Name Dub & Vocal Re-Works)". erolalkan.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  8. ^ "Bloc Party Sympathy For Bomb Victims". NME. 12 July 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  9. ^ a b c Elan, Priya (5 September 2005). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed". NME. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  10. ^ a b Silent Alarm Remixed (CD booklet (page 2) and case back cover). Bloc Party. London: Wichita Recordings. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  12. ^ a b Hannan, Thomas. "Bloc Party – 'Silent Alarm Remixed' (Wichita / Vice)". Rockfeedback. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
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  14. ^ a b c Hoard, Christian (6 February 2006). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  15. ^ a b c Southall, Nick (2 September 2005). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed". Stylus. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  16. ^ Colle, Liam (18 October 2005). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  17. ^ a b Diver, Mike (12 September 2005). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  18. ^ Braddock, Kevin. "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed". Electronic Beats. Retrieved 25 July 2009.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ de Sylvia, Dave (20 September 2005). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm Remixed". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  20. ^ "For The Record: Quick News On Carrie Underwood, 50 Cent, Just Blaze, Saigon, Bloc Party, Nada Surf & More". MTV. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  21. ^ Silent Alarm Remixed (CD case back cover). Bloc Party. London: V2 Records. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. ^ "Silent Alarm Remixed USA Double CD". Esprit International. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  23. ^ "Silent Alarm Remixed USA Double LP". Esprit International. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  24. ^ "トゥー・モア・イヤーズＥＰ＋サイレント・アラーム・リミクスト : ブロック・パーティー (Two More Years EP + Silent Alarm Remixed: Bloc Party)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  25. The Official UK Charts Company
    / ACharts. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  26. ^ a b c "Bloc Party: Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  27. ^ a b c "Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Remixed". Ultratop. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

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