Editing Bloc Party (section)

===''Silent Alarm'' (2004–2006)===
[[File:Kele Russell.JPG|thumb|right|Bloc Party's Lissack and Okereke on stage in [[Cardiff]] in October 2005]]

Bloc Party's debut album, ''[[Silent Alarm]]'', was released in February 2005 and was met with universal critical acclaim.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/blocparty/silentalarm?q=Bloc%20Party|title=Silent Alarm by Bloc Party|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=14 April 2009}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was voted 'Album of the Year' for 2005 by ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear |title=''NME'' Album of the Year Archive |work=[[NME]] |access-date=21 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413112951/http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear |archive-date=13 April 2008 }}</ref> and reached number 3 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] before being certified [[platinum record|platinum]].<ref name="everyhit">{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php |title=Bloc Party – UK Chart positions |publisher=EveryHit |access-date=31 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012195559/http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php |archive-date=12 October 2008  }} ''Note: Search for "Bloc Party".''</ref><ref name="SAplat">{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32559 |title=Platinum Awards Content |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=31 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420142116/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32559 |archive-date = 20 April 2008}}</ref> The first single from the album, "So Here We Are/Positive Tension", made the top 5 on the [[UK Top 40]] chart.<ref name="everyhit" /> Further singles "Banquet" (which reached number 13 in ''[[NME]]'<nowiki/>''[[NME|s]] 'Top 50 Singles of 2005'), "[[Helicopter (Bloc Party song)|Helicopter]]", and "[[Pioneers (song)|Pioneers]]", whilst failing to repeat this success, still managed to reach the UK top 20.<ref name="everyhit" /> The animated video for "Pioneers," made by the [[Shoreditch]]-based Minivegas design agency,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://minivegas.co.uk/#/work/animation/bloc%20party/97/ |title=Bloc Party – Pioneers |publisher=Minivegas |access-date=31 March 2008 |archive-date=9 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409223817/http://www.minivegas.co.uk/#/work/animation/bloc%20party/97/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was top of the ''[[NME]]'' video charts for four weeks. ''[[NME]]'' tagged them as "art-rock" at that time but the band felt it was too limited.<ref name="Interview 2004">{{cite web |url=http://soundsxp.com/artman2/publish/oldinterviews/Bloc_Party_interview_754.shtml |author=Chris G |title=Interview Bloc Party |publisher=Soundsxp |date=10 May 2004 |access-date=14 March 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525122036/http://soundsxp.com/artman2/publish/oldinterviews/Bloc_Party_interview_754.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

The band received positive reviews from critics in the United States and they toured there heavily in the 18 months that followed the release of ''Silent Alarm''.<ref name="live06">{{cite web|url=http://www.blocparty.com/gigs.php?year=2006 |title=Live: Archive |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=2 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731134053/http://www.blocparty.com/gigs.php?year=2006 |archive-date=31 July 2008 }}</ref> In early 2006, they finished their tour with sold-out shows in Los Angeles, Miami and [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]].<ref name="live06" /> The album went on to sell more than 350,000 copies in North America and over a million worldwide.<ref name="SAplat" /> After this success, the established electronic group, [[The Chemical Brothers]], soon collaborated with Okereke for "[[Believe (The Chemical Brothers song)|Believe]]", a track on their ''[[Push the Button (The Chemical Brothers album)|Push the Button]]'' album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/4r63/ |title=Chemical Brothers, Push The Button |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 May 2008 |archive-date=29 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929233935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/4r63/ |url-status=live }}</ref> An album of remixes of tracks from ''Silent Alarm'' had also been released at the end of August 2005 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000AL6W10 |title=Silent Alarm Remixed: Bloc Party: Music |website=Amazon UK |access-date=2 May 2008 }}</ref> This remix album, entitled ''[[Silent Alarm Remixed]]'', retained the album's original track list and includes remixes from the likes of [[Ladytron]], [[M83 (band)|M83]], [[Death from Above 1979]], [[Four Tet]], and [[Mogwai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=153&s_news=165 |title=Silent Alarm Remixed |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=2 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708015551/http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=153 |archive-date=8 July 2011 }}</ref>

During July 2005, Bloc Party recorded two new tracks with ''Silent Alarm'' producer [[Paul Epworth]]. The songs were released as a single with a [[B-side]], titled "[[Two More Years (song)|Two More Years]]",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blocparty.com/story.php?newsID=157 |title=Hear The New Single! |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=3 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019023120/http://www.blocparty.com/story.php?newsID=157 |archive-date = 19 October 2007}}</ref> to coincide with the band's October 2005 UK tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blocparty.com/gigs.php?year=2005 |title=Live: 2005 Archive |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=3 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731134048/http://www.blocparty.com/gigs.php?year=2005 |archive-date=31 July 2008 }}</ref> The tour was also accompanied by a re-issue of ''Silent Alarm'', which included "Two More Years" and former single "[[Little Thoughts/Tulips|Little Thoughts]]" as [[bonus track]]s. A remix of "Banquet" by [[The Streets]], as well as a music video for the song, were included in the "Two More Years" single.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=161&s_news=165 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708015637/http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=161&s_news=165 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |title=Banquet – The Streets Remix Video! |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=3 May 2008 }}</ref> Bloc Party also contributed the track "The Present" to the ''[[Help!: A Day in the Life]]'' compilation, the profits of which benefited the [[War Child (charity)|War Child charity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000B8TOCQ |title=Help – A Day in the Life |website=Amazon UK |access-date=21 April 2008 }}</ref>