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BLOC PARTY ALBUM INFO

Bloc Party album cover Artist: Bloc Party
Album: Bloc Party
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Bloc Party are a UK|British indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (Singing|lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, Singing| backing vocals) and Matt Tong (Drum kit|drums). Their brand of indie rock has been compared to bands such as The Cure, Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four and The Strokes.<ref name="DiS Bloc Party">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/Bloc_Party|title=Listings - Artists - Bloc Party|publisher=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=2008-11-26</ref>

The band formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in ''NME'' magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 disc jockey|DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer Alex Kapranos a copy of their demo, "She's Hearing Voices", which was later released as a single.

In February 2005, the band released their debut album ''Silent Alarm (album)|Silent Alarm''. It was critically acclaimed and made ''NME''{{'s Album of the Year list.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear | title = ''NME'' Albums of the Year | publisher = ''NME'' |accessdate=2008-05-05</ref> The album was certified platinum in

Track list:

  1. Little Thoughts
  2. This Is Not a Competition
  3. Banquet (XFM Live Sessions Version)
  4. Staying Fat
  5. She's Hearing Voices
  6. The Marshals Are Dead
  7. The Answer
  8. Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)

Bloc Party top 10 albums

  1. Silent Alarm
  2. A Weekend In the City
  3. Silent Alarm Remixed
  4. 2005.02.07: Maison de la Radio, Paris
  5. 2004-2005
  6. Weekend in the City
  7. Bloc Party EP
  8. Two More Years
Other Bloc Party albums

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