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The Suburbs |  | Artist: Arcade Fire
Label: Merge Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.3
UPC: 673855038520
EAN: 0673855038520
ASIN: B003O85W3A
Release Date: August 3, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | The Suburbs | | • | Ready To Start | | • | Modern Man | | • | Rococo | | • | Empty Room | | • | City With No Children | | • | Half Light I | | • | Half Light II (No Celebration) | | • | Suburban War | | • | Month Of May | | • | Wasted Hours | | • | Deep Blue | | • | We Used To Wait | | • | Sprawl I (Flatland) | | • | Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) | | • | The Suburbs (Continued) |
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Product Description
Written, arranged, performed, and produced by the Arcade Fire and co-produced by Markus Dravs, The Suburbs was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years.
Album Description
Vinyl LP pressing. Highly anticipated 2010 release from the critically adored Alt-Rock outfit. Written, arranged, performed and produced by the Arcade Fire and co-produced by Markus Dravs, The Suburbs was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years.The Arcade Fire's 2004 debut Funeral featured strongly in Album of the Decade Polls around the world including NME, Pitchfork, Guardian, Mojo and Rolling Stone. Their 2007 follow-up Neon Bible, debuted number 2 in the U.S. Both records were nominated for Best Alternative Album Grammys.
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One of 2010's BEST albums September 9, 2010
Michael Brent Faulkner, Jr. (Kentucky)
Once any noteworthy band "blows up," it seems the U2 comparisons fly rampantly - first it was Coldplay and then it was Kings of Leon. The Arcade Fire are subjected to nothing different. Like the beloved U2 (who are the slightest bit too hyped at times), The Arcade Fire use minimalistic progressions and production tactics to make grand songs. Creativity runs rampant on The Suburbs, surprisingly trumping the grand Neon Bible at times. While "Intervention" isn't necessarily bested, there are songs of nearly/if not the same level on 'The Suburbs'.
The album opens up superbly with the strong "The Suburbs," where frontman Win Butler's vocals are their most clear and present - not to mention his grand falsetto on the refrain ("sometimes I can't believe it/I'm moving past the feeling again"). "The Suburbs" benefits from a fine and haunting production work filled with strings, electric and acoustic guitars, and piano. "Ready to Start," a personal favorite cut, maintains a driving groove and contrasts the mid-tempo groove of "The Suburbs." Again, the superb songwriting lends a catchy refrain ("If I was scared, I would, and If I was bored (broke, pure, etc.), you know I would, If I was yours, I'm not... now I'm ready to start." 'The Suburbs' bats a thousand with "The Suburbs" and "Ready to Start."
"Modern Man" finds the band dabbling in asymmetrical meter and once again a minimal harmonic progression provides the backdrop for Butler's vocals. Not quite as epic as "The Suburbs" or "Ready to Start," its still a fine cut. "Rococo" loses no momentum, while "Empty Room" is an interesting listen, if a bit hard to decipher. Reginé Chassagne, wife of Butler leads the charge vocally but the busy production work overtakes her vocals. This cut would've benefited from being mixed slightly better, but maybe the cacophonous effect was what the band had in mind.
"City With No Children" proves to be much better featuring a notable bass line and a clever groove. On "City With No Children," the religious allusions come full circle as Butler sings "feel like I've been living in, a city with no children in it, a garden left to ruin..." "Half Light I" and "Half Light II (No Celebration)" are two contrasting cuts, both worthy of a couple of spins. On "Half Light I" Reginé Chassagne is the main focus, where her lovely vocals are better produced this go-round. On "Half Light II (No Celebration), " Butler takes the reigns, with Chassagne's vocals harmonizing mid-way through the first verse, mixed in the background.
"Suburban War" stands out, if mainly because of its stylistic changes at given points within the track. "Month of May" finds Arcade Fire channelling "punk rock" to an extent with its driving guitar work and Butler's raw vocals. "Wasted Hours" doesn't necessarily stand out, but it is another solid number. "Deep Blue" and "We Use To Wait" are both Arcade Fire cuts at their best. On "Deep Blue," the guitars take on a "garage" sound and the piano twinkles make this cut reminiscent of a saloon or lounge. "We Use To Wait" makes clever use of a minimalistic piano figure and clever songwriting.
"Sprawl I (Flatland)" turns out to be a languid, dark cut exploiting a vulnerable sounding Win Butler while its sister cut "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" sounds as if it could have been equally at home on MGMT's Congratulations. "Sprawl II" is a worthwhile cut if for no other reason than it contrasts everything else that Arcade Fire has released at this point. Kudos for that. A reprise of "The Suburbs (Continued)" closes the album.
'The Suburbs' is easily one of the top albums of 2010. Here, Arcade Fire deliver an album that is both captivating and different from their previous effort. No wonder the Canadian based band debuted atop the Billboard Album Charts. 4 stars.
 Great album September 8, 2010
medowgirl (NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this when it first came out and have listened to it lots since then. Not many days go by when I don't get my Arcade Fire fix. Great music and thoughtful lyrics. Love all the tracks except for Month of May. Very talented musicians who do an even greater job live. Go to one of their concerts if you get the chance, you'll not regret it!
Thank you Amazon September 7, 2010
Clifford (Portland, OR, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Downloaded it the day of release for four bucks. Fantastic album and I would have happily paid much more.
Chase The Tail September 7, 2010
L. Ballington (South Africa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Arcade and haven't heard this album yet. But if you are not completely happy with Arcade then listen to Tones Of Tail - Everything, first. It's through other music that u understand. "This is the movement of fear". As Neil Young says, "And then you'll come around".
More Funeral, less Neon Bible September 7, 2010
Kevin Kochanski (Atlanta, GA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Suburbs recaptures everything I loved this band for till they put out Neon Bible! I tried so hard to like Neon Bible but it's just self-indulgent and boring. The Suburbs has the vitality of Funeral. Happy to be able to like Arcade Fire again!
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