#482 LCD Soundsystem - 45:33

Just suddenly remembered this existed.

Commissioned in some capacity by Nike as a running mix, the bulk of this album is a single track that plays for (roughly) 45:33. As you might expect this starts with a warmup, raves out to a slowly building crescendo or two, and then chills out at the end.

For the most part, it doesn't really work as a song though, paced all wrong for actual listening, especially during the abruptly-reached and too-long cooldown section. And I'm not sure the vocal filled Shame On You section really works as good listening nor as good running music (not that I tried). Why would I want someone saying "shame on you" in my ear over and over again in either case? Plus, the retroactively-recognizable as Someone Great instrumental is just distracting once you know the song it would become.

The individual notes are full of signature LCD fullness and attack-to-release craft, but as a whole, the titular mix doesn't work for me on a number of levels.

The three bonus tracks that accompany the CD version are good enough, showing off some of that hardline DFA deep groove, but those are just decoration, the mix itself is the meat, and curiously, surprisingly, meh 2.5/5

You might like this if: you've got a few miles to run and want a soundtrack of old-school instrumental dancepunk grooves. Save plenty of time for the comedown.