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Silent Alarm
Studio album by Bloc Party
Released	14 February 2005
Recorded	Deltalab Studios, Copenhagen, Miloco, Hoxton, June–July 2004
Genre	Rock, indie rock, Art Rock
Length	50:35
Label	Vice
Producer	Paul Epworth
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link IGN (8.3/10) Apr. 4,2005 NME (9/10) link Pitchfork (8.9/10) Feb. 14, 2005 PopMatters (7/10) Mar. 18, 2005 rockfeedback link Rolling Stone Mar. 24, 2005 Static Multimedia link Stylus (A+) Feb. 14, 2005
Bloc Party chronology
Little Thoughts EP (2004) Silent Alarm (2005) Silent Alarm Remixed (2005)

Silent Alarm is the debut album by British rock band Bloc Party. It was released on 14 February 2005 in the UK and on 22 March 2005 in the US, and charted at #3 in the Official UK Charts. It was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize. It was named NME's album of the year for 2005.

The album was remixed as Silent Alarm Remixed later in 2005.

Contents 1 Limited Editions 1.1 Track listing 1.1.1 Re-release bonus tracks 1.1.2 Japanese edition bonus tracks 1.1.3 DVD 1.2 Song usage in media 1.3 Trivia 1.4 References 1.5 External links

There was a limited edition cd/dvd realsed which had an extra dvd which had 100 minutes of band footage which featured the single "Two More Years" and "Little Thoughts".

There were two vinyl copies of Silent Alarm there was the standard black vinyl copy and the limited edition picture disc LP which had the album cover on side A and the track listings on side B. There was only 500 copies of the picture disc LP.

1. "Like Eating Glass" – 4:20
2. "Helicopter" – 3:40
3. "Positive Tension" – 3:54
4. "Banquet" – 3:22
5. "Blue Light" – 2:47
6. "She's Hearing Voices" – 3:29
7. "This Modern Love" – 4:25
8. "The Pioneers" – 3:35
9. "Price of Gas" – 4:19
10. "So Here We Are" – 3:53
11. "Luno" – 3:57
12. "Plans" – 4:10
13. "Compliments" – 4:43

The track "Every Time Is the Last Time" is a hidden track after track 13 on the UK edition, after track 16 on the Japanese edition, and in the pregap on the US edition and the re-release.

14. "Little Thoughts" – 3:30
15. "Two More Years" - 4:27

14. "So Here We Are" (Four Tet remix) – 5:59
15. "Plans" (Mogwai remix) – 3:39
16. "The Pioneers" (M83 remix)

A. US Tour Documentary "God Bless Bloc Party"
B. Bloc Party Live at the Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France - 1 July 2005 (video)

1. Like Eating Glass
2. Banquet
3. Blue Light
4. Luno
5. Little Thoughts

C. The Videos

1. Banquet (2004)
2. Little Thoughts
3. Tulips
4. Helicopter
5. So Here We Are
6. Banquet (2005)
7. The Pioneers
8. Two More Years
9. Banquet (The Streets mix)

• The song "Like Eating Glass" was featured in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland ^[1] and on the soundtrack for Cry Wolf. ^[2] It was also used in the BBC programme, Countryfile.
• A portion of "Helicopter" was used in an episode of the TV show Malcolm In The Middle, in the film Grandma's Boy,^[3] and in a Fantasy football preview on CBS. Full versions of the song features on the playlists for FIFA 06^[4], Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, Project Gotham Racing 3, Burnout Revenge, and as a playable track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The song was also used in a Burton Snowboards video titled Share the Air. Instrumental portions of the song are used in some Irish Channel 6 advertisements.
• The song "Positive Tension" was used in a season two episode of The O.C., an episode of CSI: NY, an episode of the British E4 drama Skins, and the video game Forza Motorsport 2.
• The song "Banquet" is featured on the playlist for the video games SSX on Tour, SingStar Rocks! and Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix. It can also be heard on The 4400 (during a second season episode), Entourage (in Season 3, episode 3), The O.C., Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno III (episode 12) and an episode of CSI: NY. "Banquet" was used in the Blind skateboards video "What If?" in Corey Sheppard's opening part, in the Popwar skateboards promo video, Video Hype, and in the ski movie Booter Crunk. The song has been used (from early 2006) as the theme for Vodafone advertisements in some European countries (Portugal being one such country) and is often used on MTV and VH1 as a background to a video or picture montage. The beginning of the song is also used as the intro to the "Soccer Elite" section of Sky Sports's Soccer AM's All-Sports Show.
• "This Modern Love" is featured in the soundtrack for the movie Wedding Crashers and in DVS shoe company's skateboarding video Skate More. A portion of the song was used in the first season finale of the TV show How I Met Your Mother. The song played when Ted and Robin kissed, and Ted referenced it in the third season premiere, saying "This isn't some 'I want you back thing' where a sweet Indie rock song starts playing when we kiss." ^[5]
• "Pioneers" (both the original and a cover version by the band, Tunng) were used in episodes from the third season of The O.C..^[6]
• The song "So Here We Are" was used in the BBC's 2005 Wimbledon coverage and in ad campaigns of Saturn, Deutsche Telekom and EMusic ^[7].
• A portion of "Compliments" was used in I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
• Austrian comedian Josef Hader uses some songs in his live show Hader muss weg.
• Most of "Helicopter" was used in Dane Reynolds section of Poor Specimens landmark surf film Campaign 2. "Banquet" was also used in the Indonesia section of the O'Neill surf film Smash It Up.

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• The North American release of Silent Alarm contains 14 tracks, with "Little Thoughts" as the extra track at position 10.
• A hidden track entitled "Every Time is the Last Time" can be found after Compliments on the original copy, however on the deluxe edition it appears 3:25 minutes before track one, "Like Eating Glass".
• The title of the album was taken from an article in New Scientist that talked about earthquake warning systems. ^[8]

• Bloc Party Official Site
• Wichita Recording
• V2 Music: Australia

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Discography
Studio albums: Silent Alarm | A Weekend in the City
EPs: Bloc Party EP | Little Thoughts EP | Two More Years EP
Remix albums: Silent Alarm Remixed
Singles: "She's Hearing Voices" | "Banquet/Staying Fat" | "Little Thoughts/Tulips" | "Helicopter" | "Tulips" | "So Here We Are" | "Banquet" | "The Pioneers" | "Two More Years" | "The Prayer" | "I Still Remember" | "Hunting for Witches" | "Flux"