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Silent Alarm Remixed (Parental Advisory),Bloc Party

- Silent Alarm Remixed (Parental Advisory)
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Bloc Party
Released 2005

Storm and Stress [Acoustic]
03:13
860 plays

[Untitled Hidden Track]
05:13
6,364 plays

Always New Depths
04:58
2,956 plays

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- 1
- Like Eating Glass (Ladytron Zapatista Mix)
- 04:16
- 15,026 plays

- 2
- Helicopter (Whitey Version)
- 04:32
- 23,843 plays

- 3
- Positive Tension (Blackbox Remix)
- 04:25
- 13,373 plays

- 4
- Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)
- 05:25
- 18,706 plays

- 5
- Blue Light (Engineers 'Anti-Gravity Mix)
- 03:01
- 16,964 plays

- 6
- She's Hearing Voices (Erol Alkan's Calling Your Dub)
- 08:23
- 11,713 plays

- 7
- This Modern Love (Dave P. And Adam Sparkle's Making Time Remix)
- 05:01
- 13,178 plays

- 8
- The Pioneers (M83 Remix)
- 05:50
- 11,939 plays

- 9
- Price Of Gasoline (AUTOMATO Remix)
- 04:47
- 10,138 plays

- 10
- So Here We Are (Four Tet Remix)
- 06:26
- 11,695 plays

- 11
- Luno (Bloc Party Vs. Death From Above 1979)
- 03:56
- 15,801 plays

- 12
- Plans (Replanned By Mogwai)
- 03:42
- 11,562 plays

- 13
- Compliments (Shibuyaka Remix By Nick Zinner)
- 03:21
- 11,802 plays

- 14
- [Untitled Hidden Track]
- 05:13
- 6,364 plays

- 15
- Storm and Stress [Acoustic]
- 02:46
- 1,262 plays

- 16
- Always New Depths
- 04:58
- 2,956 plays

- 17
- Skeleton
- 03:16
- 11,538 plays

- 18
- Plans [Acoustic]
- 03:21
- 2,050 plays

- 19
- Storm and Stress [Acoustic]
- 03:13
- 860 plays

album review

As the sticker on the album's cover states, Silent Alarm Remixed is "a track-by-track reinvention of Bloc Party's stunning debut album by some of their favorite artists." While it might seem a little soon for this kind of reinvention, some of these remixes date back to the band's earliest EPs, such as the reworking of "Banquet" by Phones (aka Bloc Party and Maximo Park producer Paul Epworth). Not surprisingly, the quality of the remixes varies: Ladytron's uninspired take on "Like Eating Glass" turns the original's fist-pumping fervor into a puddle of synth strings and looped vocals that drown in reverb, but Whitey's version of "Helicopter" -- which moves from xylophones and wolf howls to bare, brazen guitars and back -- is rawer, weirder, and arguably a lot more interesting than its source. Silent Alarm Remixed ends up feeling like a polarized version of Silent Alarm, with both its soft and strident sides emphasized. As on the original album, the prettier moments are often the most powerful ones. It would be difficult to make "Blue Light" anything less than gorgeous, but the Engineers' aptly named "Anti-Gravity Mix" truly is stunning. M83's version of "The Pioneers," Four Tet's "So Here We Are," and Mogwai's "Plans" also share a frosty, remote quality that is achingly lovely. The remixes of Bloc Party's harder-edged songs don't all fare quite as well: despite its frenetic IDM makeover, "Positive Tension" is still kind of dull. On the other hand, "Price of Gasoline" sounds better as spiky electronica than it did as angular nu-post-punk, and "Luno" kicks harder in Death from Above 1979's hands. Though not every "reinvention" on Silent Alarm Remixed is great, it's more consistent than most remix collections, and actually functions surprisingly well as an album in its own right for that very reason. [Like certain versions of Silent Alarm itself, Silent Alarm Remixed was also available with a bonus EP that featured three previously unreleased tracks, "Storm and Stress," the excellent "Always New Depths," and "Skeleton," along with acoustic versions of "Storm and Stress" and "Plans."] ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide