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London Sessions

LCD Soundsystem

London Sessions

Recorded live in one day featuring songs from the career of James Murphy's Brooklyn dance-punk outfit

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
EMI
UK Release date
08/11/2010
  1. 9.0 |   Rave Magazine

    The whole thing’s excellent
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  2. 8.4 |   Beats Per Minute

    Where there was honesty in the lyricism of “Losing My Edge” in 2002, there is now sonic honesty in the vivacious rock and roll that is the London Sessions
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  3. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Truly indispensable
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  4. 8.2 |   Pitchfork

    It's still a wonder to hear a band this committed, this on its game, without the studio tweaks
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A worthy record of a band at the peak of their powers. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The tracks do see them putting new twists on familiar fabrics and driving them to the outer limits
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  7. 8.0 |   Q

    Sometimes the results add significant new twists to the album versions. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   The Observer

    LCD are free to pulsate along iridescently, evolving many of their best songs into even more engaging forms
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  9. 8.0 |   NME

    Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    A magnificent swan song for one of the premiere acts—both in and outside of the studio—of the past ten years
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  11. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    It will be looked back on fondly by LCD Soundsystem fans as an important piece in the band’s discography
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  12. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The group’s infectious dance-punk pulls at your most primordial instincts to get drunk and move and shake like no other group can
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  13. 7.0 |   Prefix

    This isn’t so much as a live album -- there is no crowd -- as it is a demonstration on how a live band can deconstruct and re-create dance music that was originally created by one man in his apartment in New York
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  14. 6.0 |   Uncut

    The sound is rather dry and James Murphy's vocals have sounded stronger. Print edition only


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  • 2. All I Want (London Session) N/A
  • 3. Drunk Girls (London Session) N/A
  • 4. Get Innocuous! (London Session) N/A
  • 5. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (London Session) N/A
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