Tag: Dance Rock
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LCD Soundsystem ‘Sound of Silver’ (2007)
LCD Soundsystem’s 2007 album Sound of Silver is a dutiful exploration of dance-punk and electronic music, showcasing lead singer and primary songwriter James Murphy’s penchant for artistry. Building on the success of their eponymous debut album. Murphy’s production combines vintage analog equipment with modern technology, achieving a rich, layered texture that defines the album. His…
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New Order ‘Power Corruption and Lies’ (1983)
New Order was formed by the former band members of Joy Division following the abrupt suicide of their lead singer Ian Curtis. With their new project they retained many of the things that made Joy Division a post-punk cult favorite (namely the repetitive drones and seemingly detached vocal style) while introducing more synth-pop and dance-rock…
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Chumbawamba ‘Tubthumper’ (1997)
Chumbawamba is an unlikely commercial success story– for nearly a decade they toiled in obscurity as an anarcho-communist punk rock band in their home country of Britain, focusing on elements of class struggle, pacifism, and animal rights as common motifs in their music. And then, like a strike of lightning, the band released “Tubthumping” which…
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Duran Duran ‘Rio’ (1982)
Duran Duran’s second studio album Rio is somewhat of an amalgamation of what made the 80’s so insane. There is samples of crackling ice cubes, cigarettes being lit, background vocals of people yelling, saxophone solos, synthesizer leads, disco beats aplenty, and utterly bizarre lyrics– lead vocalist Simon Le Bon gushes over a woman who is…
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Fine Young Cannibals ‘The Raw & The Cooked’ (1989)
Fine Young Cannibals 1989 release The Raw & The Cooked is a soul album in the way you’d envision an 80’s New Wave soul album to be. In other words, it’s an eclectic mix of sounds and styles that incorporates breakbeat, New Wave, dance, and rock elements filtered through the gravitational pull of Motown soul…
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