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Murphy: down on his knees for the album closer
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James Murphy returns for the last time: something great or losing his edge?
Matt Robinson, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 10:05 am BST
The first thing you’ll notice about Home are the swirling analogue synths, muted organ and wood-block percussion that give it the same comfortable warmth as Talking Heads’ This Must Be The Place.
The cleverest thing about it, though, is that it takes parts and melodies from Dance Yrself Clean, the album’s first track. It’s not the lightning bolt that started the album, but a complex, soft track, filled with fragile harmony. And by referencing and softening the perfect beginning, this is the perfect end.
If this is the last track on the last album ever released by LCD Soundsystem, it’s a fond farewell.








