Electric Lady Sessions is the latest album from the alternative electronic dance group, LCD Soundsystem. The album brings a new life to old material, although the amount of enjoyment you get from the album will likely depend on how much you enjoyed 2017’s American Dream. This is of course the album which provided most of the songs for the Electric Lady Sessions.
It is not a surprise for the band to release a sessions album following a record drop. In 2010, they dropped London Sessions which sourced most of its material from their This Is Happening record. Electric Lady Sessions, however, provides a fresh take on old material and include some unexpected and intriguing covers from other iconic electronic bands.
The track’s opener “Seconds” is a Human League cover and other than a few stylistic twists here and there, it’s pretty much an unexciting imitation of the original. On the other hand, LCD Soundsystem’s cover of Chic’s “I
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Unfortunately, the rest of the album is just a session version of American Dream. Still, if you did not enjoy American Dream, there is still hope that you will find more enjoyment in the live versions of the tracks. They are more energetic, more electric and bring a new lease of life to the original tracks. You can hear this especially in “call the police” which sounds festival ready in the sessions version but stale and lacking creativity on American Dreams.
In conclusion, if you rated American Dreams, you’ll probably rate Electric Lady Sessions even more. On the other hand, if like me you were unimpressed with the 2017 album, their new record will be a definite improvement, but nothing to get overly excited about.
3.5/5
