| | Full Review | Ratings (938) |
Give your Rating |
| 5.0 classic | AtavanHalen | January 16th 11 |
How do you go about following up, let alone improving upon, one of the most notable debut albums of the 2000s? In the curious case of Bloc Party, they took their established sound and took it to a different level - darker, heavier, richer in atmosphere and ambience, conceptual and conjoined. Immersed in a world of mistrust, fear, paranoia, sexual confusion and a fear of a completely globalised London, A Weekend in the City was a bold move by the band. Songs like "Hunting for Witches" and "Uniform" were wrapped in bile and a nihilistic disposition, whereas "Kreuzberg" and "Sunday" document realisations of homosexual love and lust from then-closeted Kele Okereke. A myriad of emotions and expression, it was the album the band simply had to make. So, how do you follow up a classic? Simple - make another one.
2 Bumps | Bump |
| 4.5 superb | Victor Silveira | October 27th 16 |
This album grew from a 1.5 ("wtf that sound like fucking u2 where's silent alarm bloc party") to a 4.5("holy shit this album is divine") in 4 months
Bump |
| 5.0 classic | 3waycrash | January 13th 16 |
A Weekend in the City is denser in its sound, and even has a darker tone at times. While it is slightly different soncially from Silent Alarm, there is still a lot to be enjoyed here.
Bump |
| 3.5 great | SalteyBacon | October 26th 13 |
I figured out why Post Punk is such a hit or miss even though sounding the same with this album. Great guitars and danceable drum patterns but what's up with these lyrics?
Bump |
| 3.0 good | Lagoped | September 23rd 12 |
The first 2 tracks are absolutly awesome. But the album fall flat from there, the rest is slow and not really interresting
Bump |
| 4.5 superb | Trebor. EMERITUS | August 8th 12 |
What a departure indeed, many people were disappointed when A Weekend In The City dropped and for good
reason. It's much more simple, the instruments often take a back seat to the vocals, and the lyrics are a hell of
a lot simpler. It wasn't until it became apparent that this album was lead singer Kele's way of coming out as
gay to the world. Once this is known the lyrics and the feel of the record finally make sense.
Bump |
| 3.5 great | 00mee | December 5th 11 |
Bloc Party hit the mark in delivering some of the best indie-pop singles of the decade. The themes are superb; sexual confusion, political commentary and social paranoia battle for the lyrical foreground on top of interesting guitar arrangements and engaging electronic textures. In the scope of the album however, these count for little as at 57 minutes, it's extremely tedious to listen to. Best left listening to just the singles; nothing more.
Bump |
| 5.0 classic | ThiagoSama | December 12th 10 |
Such an unbelivable album!! Songs like 'the prayer', 'uniform', 'sunday', oh my god!! This is a classic ;~~ rThere are no bad tracks in this album. 'Hunting for witches' has very exciting drums. Beautiful!
Bump |
| 2.5 average | Yotimi | December 30th 09 |
Hey guys, you know how the creative, frantic, precise, mind-blowing drumming of our first album is the main reason that album was so good. Yeah, let's not do any of that on this album. Killer idea, huh!?
Bump |
| 2.0 poor | Miles102 | May 4th 09 |
Not a good album, lengthy in the places it didn't need to be. I don't own any other bloc party but from what Ive heard I think I would enjoy Silent Alarm better than this one. I still Remember and Flux however are good songs.
Bump |
| 3.0 good | samthebassman | February 5th 07 |
Not as good as silent alarm but still a good listen. There are not as many catchy, tight, danceable tunes. My Favourite track being the prayer.
Bump |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 3.5 great | MvdW | March 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Skiiddz | October 14th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Jadari | August 11th 22 |
| 3.0 good | tellah | April 11th 22 |
| 3.5 great | iGuter | February 21st 22 |
| 3.5 great | Rodstar | December 15th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Irving EMERITUS | December 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Joe92 | October 23rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | heck | September 13th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Rawrsxd | August 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | July 29th 20 |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | July 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scryxer | March 28th 20 |
| 3.5 great | casey | January 21st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stakis83 | November 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Turns13 | November 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Benjii | June 11th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | March 13th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | kaknaka | November 18th 18 |
| 3.5 great | siobh | November 2nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | dunnope | September 15th 18 |
| 3.0 good | David | August 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Jadiel | June 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Marci | May 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Gueero | February 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | tlatla | August 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gschwen | August 10th 17 |
| 3.5 great | JoshieG | December 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | dehan26 | October 9th 16 |
| 3.0 good | yairfg | August 4th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | PWalst | July 25th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Hotrod | July 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aurichu | June 12th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | tysly | February 10th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Krvst | October 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | September 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | September 1st 15 |
| 3.0 good | mzeet | August 16th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Fugue | July 11th 15 |
| 3.0 good | MarkD | May 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kohta | April 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | rob23 | January 24th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ArtBox | January 8th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | shem | December 3rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Noteros | October 31st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | JayMac87 | September 12th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Dan H. EMERITUS | August 30th 14 |
| 4.2 excellent | Rowan5215 STAFF | August 30th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | oahmed | August 27th 14 |
| 3.0 good | NoSons | August 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | July 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Zuh | February 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | February 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | pedro22 | December 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Casson8 | December 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Branty | November 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | slarti | October 8th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | August 7th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Spammy | July 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | sncold | June 7th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | DUIF | May 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | gelud | April 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | gnash | March 23rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | February 14th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | pmellis | February 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Lobber | February 4th 13 |
| 3.0 good | gp0942 | January 30th 13 |
| 3.0 good | John L | January 29th 13 |
| 3.5 great | rien333 | December 16th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Happy | November 21st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | tincat | October 30th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | teahead | October 29th 12 |
| 3.5 great | bert0 | October 28th 12 |
| 2.5 average | quelus | October 2nd 12 |
| 3.5 great | 2453 | September 9th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Quaid | September 5th 12 |
| 3.0 good | cjo | September 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | random | July 20th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Fleeba | April 26th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Crawl | April 17th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Vragec | April 12th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Skoj | April 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | demjunz | March 30th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Reid | March 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | endtell | March 11th 12 |
| 3.5 great | vinceG | March 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | virpi | February 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Filling | February 22nd 12 |
| 3.0 good | MtMoon | February 19th 12 |
| 2.5 average | nex77 | February 18th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Eeyah | February 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vasckin | February 7th 12 |
| 3.5 great | sehguh | January 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | browais | January 3rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Dunnus | November 26th 11 |
| 3.0 good | fabzn | October 24th 11 |
| 3.5 great | TanMan | October 23rd 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Woozer | October 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pugnax | October 21st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Hove | October 16th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kolibree | September 28th 11 |
| 3.0 good | JJwins | September 22nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | bry11 | August 24th 11 |
| 3.5 great | sharmz | August 10th 11 |
| 3.5 great | benkim | August 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Andarew | July 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sleaper | June 29th 11 |
| 3.5 great | gafel | June 12th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Zo0lz | June 7th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Spgale | April 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | tehaj1 | March 2nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | sidjmt | January 18th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Rowdy | January 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | jwsbrady | December 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Zoop | December 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | tuttle | December 20th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kakz | December 13th 10 |
| 3.0 good | nick77 | November 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | AMGuide | November 4th 10 |
| 3.5 great | d4rock | October 24th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Centre | October 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Oafdog | October 6th 10 |
| 3.0 good | ti0n | September 26th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | occer | September 20th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Pastai | September 16th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | BrentJE | September 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | lodes | September 7th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Edub991 | September 6th 10 |
| 3.0 good | alchba | August 31st 10 |
| 3.0 good | nyc87 | June 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | mvood | June 3rd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Fobeus | May 15th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | shOnA | March 31st 10 |
| 2.5 average | Splash | February 28th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | samluk | February 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | dcha | February 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kroglor | January 18th 10 |
| 3.5 great | JWT155 | January 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ART36 | December 21st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Treska | November 29th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | lerdo | November 19th 09 |
| 2.5 average | jpm224 | November 12th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | miky182 | November 8th 09 |
| 3.0 good | TEM | October 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | megajon | October 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | kojpl | October 11th 09 |
| 3.0 good | bryn | October 8th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | hikks | October 6th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Downes | September 25th 09 |
| 3.0 good | aris19 | September 24th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Amaya | September 9th 09 |
| 3.0 good | DrReg | September 7th 09 |
| 3.5 great | BertFF | August 25th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | cia | August 19th 09 |
| 3.0 good | durkl | August 18th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Tim00w | August 17th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | JPNDRD | July 22nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | mitch91 | July 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | ebay | July 8th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Thef | June 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | 1zero | June 1st 09 |
| 3.5 great | mdma | April 14th 09 |
| 3.0 good | DhA | April 13th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | lan | March 22nd 09 |
| 3.5 great | camw | March 19th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | SVIIB | February 23rd 09 |
| 3.0 good | Ryce | January 16th 09 |
| 3.0 good | geng | January 6th 09 |
| 3.5 great | blurkom | December 23rd 08 |
| 2.5 average | FCY | December 15th 08 |
| 2.5 average | sethdb1 | December 4th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Titan50 | November 26th 08 |
| 1.0 awful | biochip | November 16th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Tom2704 | November 12th 08 |
| 3.0 good | disill | November 12th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Monkbo | November 11th 08 |
| 3.0 good | MRTEED | October 30th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | ell92 | October 26th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Warborn | October 26th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Kiran EMERITUS | October 16th 08 |
| 2.5 average | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | October 10th 08 |
| 3.5 great | dawija3 | September 29th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | PHildY | July 28th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Umb | July 24th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lilley | April 11th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Iai EMERITUS | February 1st 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | chris21 | February 1st 08 |
| 2.5 average | bfmv15 | January 29th 08 |
| 3.5 great | BB28 | January 22nd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | aaro89 | January 11th 08 |
| 3.0 good | donovr | December 12th 07 |
| 3.5 great | barr27 | December 10th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Hewitt | December 5th 07 |
| 2.5 average | reedo | November 20th 07 |
| 2.5 average | kenada | November 15th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bennie25 | November 10th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Mikesn EMERITUS | November 7th 07 |
| 3.0 good | Omgz | September 23rd 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Goku | August 29th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | doqtor | August 1st 07 |
| |
Give Your Opinion on A Weekend in the City
|
