Ranking Every Bloc Party Album From Worst To Best
3. Intimacy (2008)
Intimacy is easily Bloc Party at their most experimental and, arguably, their most ingeniously creative. Their progression towards a more electronic sound in the years leading up to 2008 helps to make Intimacy the most diverse and widespread of releases, in terms of instruments, sounds and effects at least.
The pulsating beats and mad rifting that helped launch Bloc Party's career are still more than present in Intimacy, however whilst songs like One Month Off sound like they could easily be on one of the band's early releases, it is layered with some experiemental and electronic synth effects. On the whole, you'll always know when a Bloc Party song has come from Intimacy.
On the flip side however, as the name of the album suggests, Intimacy also contains some of the most open and raw songs the band have produced to date. Signs and Biko in particular touch on issues such as losing a loved one and do a great job in breaking up an otherwise thrilling album.
Song to listen to: One Month Off.
Song to avoid: Ares.