Seventeen (2002)
This is the most well-known LT track and with a good reason: the myterious whispering of the very short lyrics (which were to be much longer but LT found them out of place and dropped it) and the soft synthetizers result in a mixture which will be liked also by people who are not especially fond of electronic music.
What I like even more is the 2005 extended version, which is pure mind-blowing electropop, a seven-minute time travel back to the eighties.
High Rise (2005)
High Rise was not the song fans expected after the fist two albums. The second LP ended with The Reason Why, a terrific disco track – and then comes High Rise, track no. 1 on Witching Hour… and scores really high with mysterious lyrics, serious-depressing tone and guitar-like sound spiced with live drums. The most mesmerizing part for me comes between 3:57 and 4:23 but the whole 5-minute piece is worth listening to at least thousand times in a lifetime.
Re:agents (2002)
What a great electro-track. Multi level computer sounds and
Mira’s robot voice lead to a refrain which has only one more synth, as simple
and pure as the whole track. One of the best on the second album, with an interesting
outro.
The Last One Standing (2005) - All Time Ladytron's best No. 6
The most guitar-dominated track (besides Sugar) on Witching Hour, The Last One Standing has Helen’s beautiful singing (even in the backing vocals and on stage - surprise - together with Daniel’s) and an interesting structure where the refrain comes at the very end. Are we bored until it comes? Not a bit - this is a superb track, somehow not that Ladytronish but still a classic.
Cracked LCD (2002)
Absolutely terrific sound with a great melody. Then comes Mira’s non-singing voice and then Helen’s vocals - all of this create a truly unique song, one of the most outstanding on the second album. It’s right up there on the same level with The Reason Why, True Mathematics and Seventeen.
And it is simply amazing how the group performs it and how well Cracked still sounds with its trademark synths changed (and with more guitars):
