Silent Alarm
by Bloc Party
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Silent Alarm is ranked as the best album by Bloc Party.
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Silent Alarm track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/22/2026 22:10 | mrmcrook | 1,014 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 19:23 | wizardalien | 786 | 47/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 23:54 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 15:00 |  ForegroundNoise | 2,942 | 60/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 14:20 |  Ollie | 4 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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HoldenM 07/25/2025 00:25 | #310280
Three or four songs too long, and really none of them are bad, but it's so, so, so close to being a masterpiece.
This has some of the best songs they've made on it. One of their best albums (alongside 'Intimacy'. I know many would disagree with that). Top tracks...outstanding. Couple of fillers. Overall a decent album.
Interesting and innovative music, expertly layered on top of a drummer who does an amazing impression of a drum machine (he’s really good).
Only hearing this album 2022 but did recognise a few of the singles. This is a brilliant debut album. Haven't heard anything else of theirs and a bit disappointed to read comments that subsequent albums don't reach the same heights - still I will give them a go - different tastes and all that... so may end up floating my boat
Brilliant debut album. Shame they could never live up to it with subsequent releases, but it was always going to be a tough ask. So much energy. A unique sound, every song on the album is unmistakably Bloc Party. My highlights are So Here We Are, This Modern Love, Banquet and Like Eating Glass. Got to shout out Luno too for an awesome pre-chorus. Weakest tracks are Price of Gas, Pioneers and She's Hearing Voices.
I have to admit that I was quite disappointed with this record and I did expect better from the reviews I have heard. The album starts out great with the first couple songs being the best on the record. Then after that it just goes downhill bare a few cuts in the middle. Most of the record does sound quite generic and like I have heard it before and that this style has been done better. The drum work is a highlight of the album though and gave me something to focus on and enjoy very much. Overall, maybe this is an album that needs multiple listens to truly understand it and in a few months I might be able to see the quality a lot of people do but right now it just isn't there for me.
VictorVale 07/24/2021 14:48 | #271901
Bem intenso. Tem hora que parece despretensioso, mas logo cresce em algo eṕico.
Timestarter 04/05/2021 10:04 | #268231
Fav. Tracks:
- Helicopter
- Positive Tension
- Blue Light
- She's Hearing Voices
- This Modern Love
- Plans
Montpejo 04/04/2020 18:40 | #249532
Highlights:
This Modern Love
Helicopter
Banquet
So Here We Are
Positive Tension
Luno
Fantastic drumming here. Some great songs, passed me by at the time. It was only downhill from this debut.
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