45:33

The composition was recorded between July and September 2006 at DFA Studios in New York City.^[4] The publicity for "45:33" described it as being designed to accompany jogging workouts, "to reward and push at good intervals of a run." An early statement detailed that the composition had been refined after several runs on the treadmill.^[1] James Murphy later admitted that this was entirely a lie on his part, and that he does not actually jog. He stated that he wanted to make a long-form record like E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching and used the opportunity provided by Nike to do so.^[5] The artwork of "45:33" also resembles that of Göttsching's work.^[6]

Parts of "45:33" were later used on the album Sound of Silver, in particular the track "Someone Great", which appears on "45:33" as an instrumental section later distinguished as track 3. The complete track was also released for registered Nike+ users in late March 2007 as a gift of appreciation when Nike+ logged its 10 millionth mile. The composition was available to be sold by Nike via iTunes for six months. The actual length of the composition is slightly longer than 45:33; the title is instead a reference to the two common vinyl speeds, 45 and 33 RPM.^[1] The composition has been described musically as progressive electronic,^[7] disco,^[8] funk,^[9] and synth-pop.^[9]

For the last series of concerts at Terminal 5 and Madison Square Garden, LCD Soundsystem performed "45:33" in full during the second set, with "Sound of Silver" replacing Part 3. Part 3 was saved until their performance of "Someone Great".^[10] On the digital release of the concert, the 45:33 tracks were titled: "45:33 Intro", "You Can't Hide / Shame On You", "Out In Space" and "Ships Talking".

45:33
Compilation album by LCD Soundsystem
Released	November 12, 2007 (2007-11-12)
Recorded	July – September 2006
Studio	DFA (New York City)
Genre	Electronica dance-punk disco funk synth-pop
Length	71:02
Label	DFA EMI
Producer	Eric Broucek The DFA
LCD Soundsystem chronology
A Bunch of Stuff (2007) 45:33 (2007) Confuse the Marketplace (2007)

DFA Records announced that "45:33" would be re-released on November 12, 2007.^[3] It was made available on CD and vinyl through DFA and EMI.^[11] The re-release featured three bonus tracks, "Freak Out/Starry Eyes", James Murphy and Eric Broucek's dub remix of "North American Scum", and "Hippie Priest Bum-out",^[12] all of which were B-sides from European versions of Sound of Silver singles.^[13] These three tracks would also be made available together separately on the Confuse the Marketplace EP, released on December 11, 2007.^[13] "45:33" was re-released as a limited edition white-label vinyl on May 26, 2015.^[14][15]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100[16]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[17]
Alternative Press	[18]
The A.V. Club	A[19]
Entertainment Weekly	A[9]
The Guardian	[20]
The Irish Times	[21]
NME	7/10[22]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[8]
Stylus Magazine	A−[23]
Uncut	[24]

"45:33" received critical acclaim. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 points, the album received an average critic score of 86, based on 25 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[16] Manuel Göttsching was, however, critical of the composition, despite it being inspired by his own work, stating: "Musically, there is nothing related to E2-E4 – it's just a 'megamix' of his work."^[25]

Note: The first six tracks are listed simply as "45:33".

• James Murphy – drums, percussion, drum programming, handclaps, bass guitar, guitar, vocals, glockenspiel, clavinet, organ, synthesizer, vocoder

Additional personnel

• Alex Frankel – Wurlitzer piano
• Eric Broucek – programming
• Jason Disu – trumpet
• Carter Yasutake – trumpet
• Terra Deva – vocals
• Nancy Whang – vocals (on re-release tracks 7/8/9)^[26]