A Weekend in the City
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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
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
Not only are Bloc Party in familiar yet strangely distant territories, the waters here guide Bloc Party into much more emotional, much more punchy and much more experimental rivers.
Favorite Jams: SRXT, Where Is Home?, Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
Lest Favorite: Flux
Why are my last 5 reviews all Bloc Party releases? Well, I was working on a video where I react to 90% of their discography after Silent Alarm. And here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODJpQGGZ9U
Spoiler: I'm definitely still hyped to see them co-headline with Interpol next month - though I may not be quite as excited to hear them play certain songs live over others...
Anyway, A Weekend in the City is a strangely unsung album - I think I'd heard of Intimacy and Four many years before I ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Song for Clay (Disappear Here) 4:49 | 89 |
| 2 | Hunting for Witches 3:30 | 92 |
| 3 | Waiting For The 7:18 4:15 | 88 |
| 4 | The Prayer 3:45 | 76 |
| 5 | Uniform 5:31 | 83 |
| 6 | On 4:46 | 75 |
| 7 | Where Is Home? 4:53 | 76 |
| 8 | Kreuzberg 5:25 | 85 |
| 9 | I Still Remember 4:21 | 83 |
| 10 | Flux 3:35 | 78 |
| 11 | Sunday 4:59 | 80 |
| 12 | Srxt 4:51 | 82 |
Total Length: 54 minutes
Year End Lists
| #8 | / | Gigwise |
| #10 | / | A.V. Club |
| #20 | / | NME |
| #30 | / | Drowned in Sound |
| #47 | / | Consequence of Sound |
