A Weekend in the City

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Critic Score
Based on 30 reviews
2007 Ratings: #498 / 717
Year End Rank: #45
User Score
Based on 386 ratings
2007 Rank: #140
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CRITIC REVIEWS

miiarcus
90

Another great recommendation from @orangedoranges, this underrated album is full of solid and consistent post-punk that has an indie rock feel and a weird nostalgia feeling. I've listened to post-punk before but I haven't checked out the revival side of it, so maybe that's why I get this indie rock feeling from it.
Vocal performances from Kele are very nice, production is solid, the experimentation thrown into this was executed quite well, and the "forgettable" tracks according to ... read more

Host
100

When people think of bloc party, they think of silent alarm. That’s fine because that’s a great record, but it’s not their best. When a weekend in the city came out people went lukewarm on the band because of the new direction they took. That hate was obviously unjustified, and it impacted the record horribly. It went virtually unnoticed, always shadowed by the hate it got and the love of their first record. This is their magnum opus. It has their best lyrics, best ... read more

firegold763
84

Bloc Party goes more on experimenting in this one, resulting in a surely great album but that's a bit worse than their debut "Silent Alarm", still has some epic bangers like "Song For Clay" (best song imo), "Hunting For Witches" and "Waiting For The 7:18", but unlike their first one which is consistent on good songs this one has few forgettable moments like "The Prayer", "On" and "Flux".

After this album they've got in a ... read more

ilikejackwhite
81

Utensil for indie

90

Wow, it’s rare that there are no misses for me on the first lidten , this is fantastic.

70

Has some really great songs, but majority are kinda forgettable

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