Funeral

again? no dejan de ser cool igual sjdkalakak

I'm burned out of listening to this album and the band in general, haven't listened to this from start to finish in... more than 10 years probably. It... is... fantastic. The energy they give out sounded pretty inique, it’s got great singles, greater deep cuts. It’s timeless and great for all ages. I remember dancing to several of these songs back in the day at the local indie rock bar. I was obsessed with Haiti for years. The whole album brings back lots of memories and I still wish I could hear it again for the first time.

I've now heard every Arcade Fire album on this list and I liked this one most. I saved Neighborhood #3, Crown of Love, and Wake Up

4/5

Not a single song on here is a miss. Just really consistent, great music Favorite Songs: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), Wake Up

There is nothing here for me. I couldn't finish it.

Ni slabo

thought this was gonna be some stomp clap bs.. and it was!

General Note: These lyrics mostly go over my head. Especially the Neighborhood songs. Arcade Fire uses quite a variety of instruments. Each is played with intend, painting a picture that I do not quite get. They are quite proficient in the tug of war between tension and release and like to explore varied instrumentation while staying true to their core "sound". In general, this album is full of sad songs. But there are always hints and glimpses of hope and redemption to be found. The album felt a tad too long at times. It's also not exactly my kind of music. But it is a beautifully crafted and has a story to tell. Do I fully "get" that story? No. But there is enough here to make this a good album. Especially the last song made me feel something and isn't that what music like this is about? In summary, would I listen to this again? No. Do I appreciate the artistry behind it? Yeah, sure. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels): The song invokes the feelings of a childhood romance. Singer sounds a bit whiny. The distortion on the guitar gets a bit jarring on the right ear at times. The buildup and release and around 1:50 was great. Song drags on too long. At around 3min mark the song could be over. Neighborhood #2 (Laika): Like the peppy start. The accordion invokes images of dingy french city streets. The kids shouting in the second go around of the refrain is a bit weird. I do NOT get these lyrics. <- On second read, probably something about a child being abandoned by/abandoning their family? Une Annee Sans Lumiere: Sommery feel. Like the female accentuation in the background, supporting the main artist. The long break at "There's something ... there." was great. The sudden shredding was unexpected and turned what sounded like a classic indie song into something more akin to a skate song. The high intensity was fun. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out): Starts really intense. Feels oppressive and dark at first, and then becomes weirdly uplifting again once the lyrics start. Again with the "twinkling" sounds. Lyrics also support the "winter-y" theme again. Repeated "Whats the plan" combined with the erratic strings sounds like a panic attack in the making. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles): Weird atmosphere with the distortion sounds wandering from left to right and back again. I don't really know what's going on with the lyrics. The picture it paints is akin to one of those "magic eye 3d pictures", only I can't seem to get my eyes cross-eyed enough to see the true image past the flames. Crown of Live: A disturbing waltz that makes you sway from side to side involuntarily. Feels like the dramatic villain song of an abusive man trying to redeem himself and reclaim what he lost. The sudden swap to Disco-style bass and strings caught me by surprise and actually made me say "what the f***" out loud. Not in a bad way, that part was actually really hype and felt "redeeming". Wake up: Really rocky beginning. Feels like a rock ballad. Lyrics seem to describe the regret of a childhood unspent, leaving the singer regretful and uttering this warning. The return of the sad synth on the left side brings a feeling of cold melancholy to parts of the song, supporting the themes of regret. Arcade seems to like building expectancy in the first 2/3ds of their songs before using their last 1/3 of the song to just do something completely different to support the topic of their song. Haiti: Instruments and sound effects immediately give island vibes. Unexpected to hear someone else be the main singer for once. Song was a bit annoying to listen to in parts. Especially the repeated high-pitched steel drums. Actually had to turn the volume down a bit for this one. Rebellion (Lies): The seamless transition from Haiti to Rebellion was amazing. Really well done. In general a really good song. I'm not entirely sure about the lyrics. Maybe something about looking away/hiding away from injustice? Haiti seems about losing your home. Maybe this is driving the point home that you should do everything you can to stand up to oppressors so that you may not one day see everything you knew lost. In The Backseat: Feels like the ending song to a sad tv show. The slow parts really signify the sadness that follows losing and longing for ones innocence. I like how powerful they made the parts where the singer strides towards adulthood sound. There is something hopeful and sad about having to pick yourself up after a loss. It made me feel something, especially with the long silence at the end.

Standard indie album to me. Rebellions obviously a banger.

A bit pretentious, but I like it. Need another listen. Rating:8/10 Favorite Song: Tunnels, Power Out

Wow... This sounds like the world never met AI and as if I actually lived to my fullest potential.

A bit insipid. Not unpleasant just there in the back ground. If someone put this on you wouldnt be annoyed but you woukdnt feel moved I was a bit hard on the album having listened through. Some moving songs.

This was a big deal for me around 2004 and 2005. The sexual misconduct allegations against Win Butler have eaten away at the album's charm more than the years that have passed.

I guess I like arcade fire now???

340/1089 really enjoyed this indie, chamber folk album. very me vibes and i look forward to explore their sound more besides the few songs i already knew before this faves: neighbourhood 4, wake up, haiti 85/100

3,7 Highlights: Crown of Love, Rebellion (Lies)

-very 2000s band, kinda reminds me of the soundtracks of the movies made during then. can envision Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson right now for some reason lol - Neighbourhood #3, Rebellion and in the back seat are the highlights for me on the album -kind of repetitive and got a bit bored mid album

Millennial core memory

This album is like a FIFA game soundtrack, but the songs that sort of just play in the background, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, they're just no Song 02, Jerk it out, Kids etc. At the 11th hour, this went from a 2 to a 3. 3/5 Top tracks: Haiti, Une Annee Sans Lumiere, Neighbourhood #3, Crown of Love

I really liked this one. It felt cohesive and adventurous with getting too outlandish. Liked the general atmosphere of it.

Reminded me a bit to Bjork. 7/10

2/5 Decent, a little folky, and some songs that sounded good but didn't develop into anything I really wanted.

i actaly loved this one and thanks 5/5

Overproduced, badly-mixed, washed out wailing lyrics. I got profoundly bored halfway through this and turned it off.

God I fucking love this album so much, it’s so god damn good. Inject it into my veins and let my heart echo its rhythm. good lord it’s so good. Songs that made it to the highlights Neighborhood 1 Une Annee Sans Lumiere Neighborhood 3 Crown of Love Rebellion Wake Up In the Backseat Favorite song Wake up

Yes

Yea ts was good

weawwy fweakin good awbum...

Yeah, I'll pass. What the hell was that? I don't feel like I can adequately describe that album - genre defying, but not in a good way. What a mess, just a hodgepodge of styles all jam in together. Not worth it for me.

Arcade Fire still hasn't clicked for me. I do like the main single Wake Up, along with a few other tracks on this and other albums, but I have yet to get into that groove of wanting to turn to their albums. This wasn't the tipping point, and maybe I won't get there.

It's not bad.

I’ve loved this album since 2013, when my twin sister and I were mere high schoolers believing we were becoming inside a world that was wide open. We’d roll down the windows of our mom’s car, open the moon roof, and blast a CD burned with the songs from this record. The music takes you on a journey through a neighborhood and makes you feel like you belong to something much larger—larger, even, than life. With this album, I return to my teenage years and precious moments with my twin sister.

I quite liked the popular song but the rest were eh

meh

fave song: Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

What an interesting debut album. I would say I enjoyed my listening experience but I would not go out of my way to listen to it again.

Ok, it's fine. Idk. Sounded a lot like smashing pumpkins in parts. I really feel like I should like this more than I do, but it's just not hitting for me. Maybe it'd be better live than recorded?

струны какие-то что-то похожее на стомп рок грустная кофейня или что-то типа того местами цепляет конечно не думаю такое переслушивать хиты отсутсвуют 3

An indie's indie album. This is perhaps the ur-indie album and, for that reason, at least has historical value. Does it hold up for inclusion on this list? Absolutely. Certainly better than much of the crap we've had to endure on this list (ABBA and ELO, I am looking at you). I personally like some indie albums more than this (i.e., something like Pavement if you consider these 2 bands historically comparable). Still, well-worth inclusion here. 4 "more of these, less of those" stars.

Favorites: Wake Up (a classic) and the soul-stirring strings of In the Backseat

Listening at night with city light and bro is top 10 moments in my life

Not my favorite kind of music cuz it's just so subdued and a little emo.

I thought I knew Arcade Fire but I didn't at all. It's not bad! A little indie pop for me at first but really grew on me.

Funeral is one of those albums that grew with me. I first heard Arcade Fire when I was 16, a skateboarding punk who didn’t really get what they were doing. My brother told me to give it another chance, and one morning skating to school with Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) in my headphones, something clicked. It felt fresh, youthful, distinctly Canadian, and completely in step with the moment. The album immediately pulls you into its world of power outages, hope, loss, and community, all wrapped in an exhilarating sense of movement. What still amazes me is how layered and alive these songs feel. Tracks like Neighbourhood #2 (Laika), Nieghbourhood #4 (Power Out), and Neighbourhood #4 (7 Kettles) showcase an incredible ability to build arrangements from guitars, strings, keys, and pounding drums into something far bigger than the sum of their parts. The mix of English and Québécois French on songs like Une année sans lumière and Haiti adds another dimension to an album that already feels uniquely Canadian. Every song seems to build toward some emotional release, whether it’s the aching crescendo of In the Backseat or the euphoric rush at the end of Crown of Love. The highlights are among the greatest indie rock songs ever recorded. Wake Up remains my favourite—seeing it performed live during The Suburbs tour was unforgettable, with thousands of voices singing along as if the song belonged to everyone in the room. Rebellion (Lies) was my introduction to the band and opened the door to a whole new world of music for me. It sounded authentic, exciting, and unlike anything else I was listening to at the time. Arcade Fire set an incredibly high bar with their debut, and somehow followed it with Neon Bible and The Suburbs, one of my favourite three-album runs by any band. More than twenty years later, Funeral still feels vibrant, emotional, and vital—a record I return to often and one that continues to reveal new things with every listen.

Thematically dense with beautiful instrumental and lyrical textures. I can tell this is an excellent album that gets better with multiple listens, but for some reason I didn’t connect with it.

de mis favoritos a los 15 y después tmb. de los que sí dejé de oir posfuna xq sí se sentía raro. lo que sientes en el camino de regreso después de encontrarte con tu compa que ya no es tu compa

Bättre än den förra i alla fall

Bättre än förra skivan vi hade, men det är fortfarande nåt som inte klickar med Arcade fire. Mycket är återigen objektivt jätteskickligt, bra och välkomponerat men jag kan inte skaka av mig att det trots allt känns en gnutta platt. Det är pretentiöst, forcerat svulstigt och lite bajsnödigt och jag känner inte känslorna de vill att jag ska känna på riktigt. Kanske är det att sångaren är lite för manerad och fjompig och inte riktigt menar det när ”rösten nästan spricker”? Sista låten är fin och är en av några grejer som trots hårda ord bumpar upp det till en generös svag 3a.

Helt klart bättre än förra. Lite kul med arenarock, känns som den försvunnit, men det behövs MER. Finns ingen låt jag tänker: "oj så mäktigt och bra".

olidligt sätt att sjunga på

I’m a fan of the band. It’s not my absolute favourite of their albums but it’s still pretty good.

This one is kind of all over the place. The high points are high though.

Dribble. Mindless dribble.

I've loved this album from start to finish since first I heard it.

2.8/5 kinda mid

Solid post 2000s indie rock band. Not much to say otherwise.

Es un álbum que no volveré a escuchar pero debo decir que me gustó.

ok nothing special

The longer you listen to it, the better it gets.

A power punch of intense passion and strong rhythmic instrumentation to rock this world awake

This is what the 2000's sound like. If the music was actually good.

2/5, extremely boring for me.

Not their best, not their worst

A bit dreary. That's the first impression. Then I listened again, and paid more attention to the lyrics, and about twenty seconds into Wake Up I started sobbing. I don't even know why. It hurt. This band spawned countless other bands trying to chase the trend they set so it's reasonable that if you grew up during that time you either find the sound irritating and grating or nostalgic. For me, the needle flickers left and right, but I think this album falls right on "great." There's a lot of love and a lot of pain packed into this one.

Indie rock has a generic base sound, and I feel like this is that sound, real early in the game. I can hear it and I can replay it, I can appreciate them thinking outside of the box a bit here and there. I'm probably never playing this again. 2.7/5

feels like something just crawled outside of u

This was a lot of fun and had a lot of moments. There was movement throughout this album, which I always appreciate. Their vocalist isn't my favorite, but this wasn't bad at all. Liked Songs: "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" , "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)" , "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" , "Crown of Love" , "Wake Up" , "Rebellion (Lies)"

Took a second listen but I really enjoyed this in the end. Best tracks Wake Up and In The Backseat

Surprisingly enjoyable.

Not likable at all. listened all the way through but didnt like it.

Some of the only good rock music (or any music) from that era.

Excited to get into this end-to-end. Enjoyable, but not as much as I thought it'd be? Maybe my expectations were elsewhere. 4.5 rounded up. Highlights: neighborhood #1, wake up (from before), rebellion

Aracde Fire were a very important band to me for a long time. Saw them on SNL then on Austin City Limits and i thought i’d be a BIG FAN™️ for life. Then Everything Now happened, although that one had a couple of tracks i actually enjoyed. Then WE came out and it was fine! Actually got my eyes on them for a little bit again. Then all the information about Win surfaced and like many, all the magic went away like that. Like magic. I told myself at the time that i’d be able to go back to the stuff before they hit it huge and he still had “things to say”, but i haven’t touched any of it since. I’m rating this album for what it was, and what i still wish it was for me.

ihan mukavaa meisinkiä, mutta ei mitään legendaarista mikä nostaisi neloseen

Ei se nyt ihan lähe, ja laulaja on aika karsee. 2/5

Tässähän saatiinkin hätäseen vanhempi näiden levy edellisen jälkeen. On tässä pari hyvää biisiä, mutta en muistanut, että tässä nää biisit oli niin tällasia, että "lähetäänkö liikkelle... ei lähetä.. biisi loppu" -henkisiä. Joskus se toimii, mutta aina ei. Ei nyt kuitenkaan mitenkään ihan kauhee, joten mennään keskilinjalla sitten.

Ei ihan yhtä hyvän ja raikkaan kuuloinen kun se edellinen näiden levy, mutta ihan ok.

este es de los descubrimientos que mas me han gustado de toda este proyecto. Solo conocía a este grupo por nombre hace dos días y hoy quedo fascinado con su música 4.5/5

Very main character vibes but just not really my thing I fear. Fav song is ‘Wake Up’.

Pish. Absolute pish.

Yaaaaa. Not my favorite of theirs, but still good.

Great instrumental, just not a vibe

Fantastic! More I hear from this band the band I love them.

I had never heard of or heard this band before…but I really liked it. It was just different, but in a good way. I will want to listen to this one again.

As a kid, Arcade Fire was an such an essential part of the soundtrack to my life, with my dad blasting songs like Wake Up and Tunnels to the point where I couldn't hate this album if I tried. So many great things I could say about this album, from the lyrics to the painful vocals, but I think what makes this album so special is the band's profound ability to write seemingly timeless melodies. I mean, the triumphant group vocal melody on Wake Up, the 'Alice Died' section on In The Backseat, these songs feel like they always existed, just waiting for some artist to come along and bring them to fruition, and Arcade Fire do that in a way that gives these ideas such a grandeur; songs that feel larger-than-life, like a bigger movement is contained in each. And the production aids this, balancing the delicate quieter moments like Une Annee Sans Lumiere with the explosive, distorted rawness of tracks like Power Out. The band have other great albums no doubt, but I don't think they were ever able to recapture the magic that was present across these 48 minutes. Am I being utterly biased and subjective? Absolutely, but even someone coming to this album now for the first time can appreciate the genius that went into its creation. Sucks the main guy's a pred though. Favourites: Tunnels, Laika, Power Out, Wake Up, Rebellion (Lies), In The Backseat

Fantastic album.

Not their best album for sure. But good and choir and horn sections always hit ..live best

3.5 i think

Pretty darn good

Last three were pretty good but most of this did nothing for me

Rock assez down tempo, sympa

I've been getting a lot of this type of pop/rock music lately (and this is also my second Arcade Fire album this week). I still haven't decided how I feel about it. I don't love it, yet I don't hate it, either. It's dark and moody and passionately charged. I'm going to say it's just okay.

Hmm I kinda want to give this a 5 but for now I’ll give it a 4. I guess we’ll just have to adjust 🤗🤷‍♂️

Great to hear this again, always liked it but I think it's not quite stood the test of time, the songs didn't resonate as they once did. This is true of other Arcade Fire albums I've also listened too after a gap. But still enjoyed it

It lacked something but idrk what. Personally i liked a few of the tracks quite a lot, favourite one being: “Crown of love”. Generous 4

Liker dette godt! Vet ikke hva det er men liker det!

c'était ok

Brilliant album. Executed storytelling ability very well. A lot of passion, variety and other musings

Absolutely amazing

Deleting the essay I wrote before because upon further reflection I just don't like this record. Not the worst thing I've ever listening to, but the 3/5 I gave before has not been sitting well with me. Taking it down to a 2.

I loved this. Perhaps it was because I was ever so slightly toasted and on a gorgeous walk, but what an album. I felt like I was at Reading Festival in 2009 My immediate feeling was that this was like King Fizz were a west-coast US band making music for the everyman, but ultimately it went and went and went.

Was ok.

neighborhood #1 (tunnels): 6/10 neighborhood #2 (laika): 6/10 une annee sans lumiere: 7/10 neighborhood #3 (power out): 5/10 neighborhood #4 (7 kettles): 6/10 crown of love: 7/10 wake up: 6/10 haiti: 4/10 rebellion (lies): 7/10 in the backseat: 6/10

It was amazing 🤩👍. Every song was great but my favorites were In the Backseat and Rebellion(Lies). It was a fantastic album with a very cool ahead of its time sound. Overall, I would give this album a 4.7/5! 🌷🍃🌱🕊️

Some of the finest indie music there's been. A lot of nostalgia listening to this

I wasn't specifically familiar with Arcade Fire, but it's quite possible that I've heard some of their songs. Their album “Funeral” gets off to a promising start with “Tunnels,” but then fails to build on that momentum and gets lost in solid but largely unremarkable indie rock. Highs and lows alternate: good sound quality is offset by rather unimaginative arrangements, and good ideas (e.g. “Power Out”, "Crown of Love") are immediately ruined by Win Butler’s ridiculously thin vocals in this register. The strings are used to good effect from time to time, but the guitar work is largely useless. That pretty much fits the definition of mediocrity.

Mix of Coldplay and bono - snooze. 1 good song maybe

2 for me until I heard WAKE UP

Can see why this is one of those standout early 00’s Indie names, can be both mellow and epic and a good chunk of the tracks flow into each other well, also my name was dropped heavily in the second track so bonus points. This is damn close to a 5, but i’m strict with them as i don’t adore every track here. Standouts are Laika, Power Out, Crown of Love, Haiti and Rebellion.

The most Millenial of early 2000s indie rock (e.g. Mumford and Sons-esque whining). I’ve shied away for that reason, but have a soft spot in my heart for Canadian rock bands (Rush and BnL being two favorites) so open to listening today. Honestly, better than I was expecting with some hints of classic ELO, and maybe some Talking Heads influence. Color me pleasantly surprised! 3.5⭐️

Purify the colours/purify my mind. An album that's completely embedded in my soul, for better or for worse. I wrote one of my senior-year exam essays on Rebellion (Lies), the same year me and my friends we sat in the back of our class refreshing Ticketmaster so we could buy the maximum-allowed eight contiguous seats for the Reflektor tour. As I sat In The Backseat on a long-distance drive with my future in-laws, I thought: I am ever careening toward death. My dog's name is Laika, for chrissake; she's not named after the Arcade Fire track, but she's also not -not- named after it. I've lived half a life since this record entered my life as a 15-year-old; I'm staring down the barrel of 30 in a few short weeks. I'm just some water getting hotter in the flame. I have listened to it less and less in recent years, what with the Allegations and Arcade Fire's generally depressed output. But replaying it here reaffirms what I've always known: this is as perfect a record as has ever been recorded. The pure euphoria as Rebellion reaches its crescendo can never be diminished.

Sweet and original! Loved revisiting! Nearly great! Not enough memorable songs.

100% not for me

This album brings back memories of the early 2010s, a period that I don’t remember there being much good music.

Masterpiece

nog helt ok! men var inte många låtar som direkt stack ut

I wish I could like Arcade Fire. They're such a staple of early 21st century indie. But having lived through the hipster wave of the 2000s and early 2010s, I can safely say I almost drowned in arcade fire records in that time. And it's not being overinundated, it's that I've heard better bands from the same year this came out. You can't tell me modest mouse doesn't absolutely crush this band in 2004. Indie Album of the year, by the way? Over Elliott Smith? They borrow so much from him it's painful. And don't get me started on the Pinback influence on track 5. Yet another band I'd rather listen to than Arcade Fire. With a better vocalist, as well. Win Butler warbles his way through this record in a manner that makes me believe he's scared of his own voice. Like listening to RFK Jr. say more than a sentence at a time. Instrumentals are fine, and the production is good as well, but I can't bring myself to listen to more than half of this album at a time.

Arcade Fire really dominated and defined what indie-rock would sound like for the next decade Fave track: Wake Up

Such a great album. Sad think how much terrible folk pop crap we got that was likely directly inspired by this album. 4.5/5

Started slow but improved as album went on.

Really enjoyed this one, lot of different ideas going on, very expansive in terms of the sound, would happily listen again

It was alright! Some good songs, mostly mediocre to me. Not really my vibe, but certainly worth listening to.

Such a great album - a mellow but fun listen all the way through.

Not a terrible album, but indie rock is that kind of music where you cant really play it for too long, or it gets annoying. The type of music that plays on the radio, or in a department store. However, in just the right moment, ignoring the genre's connotation, this album had a great vibe. Best song: Une Annee Sans Lumiere.

Occheeeeei

Not for me

Heartfelt, uplifting, feel-good, A little sad

Not my thing. Also just an overplayed style. I feel like this is responsible for all stomp clap music of the late 2000s and 2010s.

I'm not really a fan of the voice of the main vocalist. Feelin' introspective. Also felt nostalgic for "Wake up".

6/10 Cumplidor pero nada en especial, bien igual

A part "In the backseat" la dernière de l'album qui a une voix féminine avec une instru sympa, ça criait un peu trop pour moi même si c'est du rock indie classique par ailleurs j'ai l'impression

Trop bien

Pas convaincu

Too bad what happened to this band. This album is a banger. Except for one song.

I listened to this album a bunch ~8 years ago but I haven't listened in its entirety since so I was interested to see how it would hold up. Not quite the same effect as 8 years ago but I still think this is such a great album.

Arcade Fire blijft goed.

ok

I loved this when it was released... it suited geeky me and there a bit of lyrical and musical intrigue in every song. It has dated a bit... maybe too many copycats? But for the memories and the brave personal...

One of the actual perfect 5 star albums from the first half of the 2000s. The Neighbourhood sequence of songs in particular is evocative and beautiful, and then followed up by Wake Up and Rebellion (Lies) it's a perfect album. When it came out I was working in a record store, the rep came out and made a point of insisting we put this on and have a listen - it really was a revelation at the time. They manage to land the trick of being earnest and dramatic without ever being cringeworthy.

Yeah, I really liked these guys when they came out. Not sure I’m still quite as enamoured but they are still miles above a lot of the other bands around this time.

Uses the classic indie formula of quiet start, builds to a crescendo then either goes quiet again or throws in a tempo change. That said lies and wake up are good songs

overall good with a couple of all-timers 4.5

It's weird, I've always been told I should check out Arcade Fire, and then I do now and the songs are good, but I still don't actually like them that much. I think I would love this if it were written the same but performed by anyone else. I don't know quite why. The instrumentation choices, the vocals, it all adds up I guess.

while hearing men sing about forgiveness isn't really what i'm feeling at this stage of my life, crown of love stuck the landing and i wish it stayed on that final movement longer. that was kind of a theme for this album--i started getting excited about number of songs after being unmoved for a few minutes only for them to end. feels like it would hit a lot harder if if i had any nostalgia for it (but i cannot help that when i hear the opening to wake up without kind of rolling my eyes). fav: betrayal

it reminds me of welcome to the black parade in terms of music and themes which is an album I like, so I guess I like this album too.

Meh, nothing memorable at all. I think Arcade Fire are one of the most over rated recent bands

I feel bad for not giving this 5 stars since I LOVE Arcade Fire but in no way is this there best album, so. Justice for The Suburbs.

My first introduction to Arcade Fire was the trailer for 2009's "Where the Wild Things Are". That book and movie filled me with a sense of Wanderlust and the trailer was accompanied by an unreleased acoustic version of "Wake Up". That combination forever attached positive emotions to this album and made me a huge fan of 2000s and 2010s indie/alt rock as a whole. Side note, back in 2010 or so Arcade Fire did a live YouTube concert, back when a live streamed concert was a novel idea. About 30 seconds into their 4th or 5th song they all stopped and apologized. One of the members missed a note so they started the song over. Its a pretty small thing, but I respect their commitment to a good show. All that said, looking back this album heavily shaped the indie rock scene for years to come. This album is the Seinfeld effect in action. This bombastic wide open sound would go on to take over the indie scene in the coming years because everyone wanted to copy it.

Easily the defining record of my early 20s. After the darkness of the early aughts to have an album come along and be so joyful was a shock to the system. What’s that? Oh yeah, it’s the sound of every Xennial scream singing “Lies! Lies!”

This was alright, I wasn't the biggest fan of the vocals on it and I think it held back my enjoyment overall.

This is the first album on this long, LONG journey that I started with this whole thing. I’ll try to journal as best as I can, hopefully everything I feel and notice. I just realised that even if I listened to one album per day (which lets be honest; won’t happen), this will still be a project that spans 3+ years. But I don’t want to stop, I’m trying to be faithfull with myself. The Album: typical early 2000s instruments and vibe, I found it a bit boring – probably because I listened to a lot of other song from this era. But still the last few songs on the track managed to catch me, they all had very interesting switch ups rythmically and genre wise, I liked it’s boldness. 6/10

Best Song: Wake Up. The most "radio" of the tracks here. I have a bit of nostalgia for it, especially the chorus aspects. Worst Song: In The Backseat. I think I had partly just grown tired of the mood by this point, and I didn't find the female vocalist all that compelling. Overall: I can tell that they're aspiring to do something really significant here, but nevertheless it doesn't impact me much at all. The album really cares, but I don't.

Meh

I didn’t particularly enjoy this album, but I can hear a lot of the influence on indie rock to come. It’s got that chime-y, ringing guitar borrowed from The Edge (U2) and a multi instrumental approach with strings, flutes and woodwinds that give it a twee or ethereal, chorale sound. It’s probably one of those albums that informed a lot of music after it that improved on the formula, but points for being first. ⭐️⭐️

bland

ok pretty average and slightly boring

Álbum bem produzido e com músicas interessantes. Experiência ok. QoA Cloudscape.

just mann melodicicity Rating=97

A really good record. Is it a masterpiece? Most likely not. Do the people who treat it like one tend to be a bit annoying? Most likely yes.

fuck yea

Great album and crazy to think this was their debut. I’ve listened to it a few times now and for whatever reason it doesn’t quite resonate with me as much as I thought it would. I’d give it 4.5 stars, though as every track is worth listening to.

I forget that this was their debut album. They really came out and hit the ground marching and singing! This is definitely a no-skips album for me. From start to finish it felt big, inspiring, sad. This is road tripping music. Sing-a-long in a crowd music. The epitome of indie music.

good

Good music- not my taste

Nostalgic

tuff ig

*Empowering, hopeful, euphoric Tunnels Laika Lies

, it was a really beautiful album, apple tagged it as alternative and i agree. songs of story telling and yearning; but it keeps you in a good mood.

I feel like there's some real art here but I'm kind of struggling to access it. I think I have a little bit of a block for the couple of hugely popular songs here that I've heard hundreds of times. Then even for some of the others - there seems like there's some beauty but if you're not careful they pass you by a little bit. It may be that they sound uninteresting to a part of my brain just because they helped to popularise that specific soft indie sound that was very popular for a short while and they remind me of some pretty average popular music from the time? I think there are the cores of some cool songs though

This was fine. I enjoyed listening to it but I don’t see why it got all the accolades it did. I’ll forget about this album by tomorrow.

The band is not bad, but there is absolutely nothing special about them. It’s music you would hear if you turned on any rock radio station at any time.

Upbeat, catchy indie rock that doesn’t do all that much for me, but I can see why folks dig it. On a personal note, I don’t trust bands like this, those that have, like, 20 members. It makes me think there is a lack of talent so they overwhelm us with quantity over quality.

Lovely composition, the album feels bigger than the sum of its parts. Lots of small unique elements, never overwhelming or overdone, but they give us plenty to discover. This a great casual listen, easy on the senses without being boring.

Okay, I seriously don’t get what people see in this band!!! Even when it got to Rebellion which I was surprised to find I did in fact know.. and as it got going I realised I like the bones of the song but I would actually enjoy it and maybe be a fan of it if only it were by someone else!! They’re so dull to me and just nothingness?? Idk maybe I’m old now.. but I don’t think I am I think this is just painfully mid!! And I can’t believe it’s the SECOND of their albums I’ve had to listen to!! Lord gimme strength.

Buenisimo.

its decent mad classical

Инди, прикольно, но ничего особенного

Solid still

I liked it nothing too crazy but there’s some great riffs of consciences and it came up during a good time while I was on my walk home from the gym sitting in a park I don’t know how much I remember from this album, but I think I will definitely revisit it. Give it another go, but three out of five seems like where it should be rated.

It’s hard to deal with stuff like this, it’s where the question of separating the art from the artist comes in. I’m personally in favor, and it’s stuff like this that shows why. This is just a really really solid indie album, I think it’s got some really strong spots. But at the same time it feels weird to listen to cause of how weird the dude is. But it’s still like an essential, it’s earned its place no doubt. Favorites: Une année sans lumière, Crown of Love, Haiti

leuke energie soms beetje vaag

Such a good energy. I do love indie pop and this is a master class in it. I've never been that into Arcade Fire (I think it was before my time) but this is such a great album start to finish. Reminds me a lot of the orchestral pop I loved from the 70s/80s. But with that early 2000s flavor. I would get this on vinyl and relisten to it.

À la fois bien, à la fois pas exceptionnel 3-/5

2,5

There was a before this album and there was an after

While I love this album, I'm not sure I can give it a 5. It captured my attention when it was new, but it no longer evokes as much feeling for me. (Plus, I like their Suburbs album a lurks but more.)

Es una mezcla de Smashing Pumpkins con The Killers, es interesante.

OBSESSED with this in middle school.

Man, I just do not get the hype over Arcade Fire. Musically they're fine at best, and dude's voice makes me queasy.

I disliked this album at first , then I grew to like it, then it annoyed me, looking back it’s a decent album

Este álbum debut es como si feel good ahh music tuviese un hijo bastardo con the Strokes que a su vez es el tío lejano de imagine dragons que a su vez fue criado por Ben Stiller. Dentro de todo, linda experiencia pero dudo que lo vuelva a escuchar más de una vez.

Tremendo albummm, locura. Conocia el álbum Suburbs de la banda y me gustaba, pero no sé si este es hasta mejor. Wake up está en el soundtrack de walter mitty, temón igual que rebellion (lies). Hoy le pongo un 4, pero no me sorprendería si después de seguir escuchandolo se convierta en un 5.

Reminds me of Bowie, but not as good.

Its ok. Would be a good band to see live.

If my girlfriend asks, I gave this a five. She asked me to imagine it was still the Obama era while I listened and that honestly did help. But besides “Wake Up” there weren’t enough moments on this album to excite me beyond the nostalgia for when twee was cool.

the guy goes woah ooh ouuh ooh ouuh for 48 minutes it sounds like they made this album for a money laundering scheme crown of love is the one song i like on this

OK I guess. Kind of underwhelming.

I love one Arcade Fire song and it’s the only song I know/recognize. It’s not from this album, so I’m excited to listen to more of their music. Holy shit, the accordion. If there’s one thing I love, it’s a friggin’ accordion. Stunning. Neighborhood #2, right into my likes. Such an intense, chaotic song Neighborhood #4 (7 kettle). WOAH, the horror soundtrack opening. The unnerving strings juxtaposed the tranquil singing. Crazy. Overall, a good album. Would I listen to all the songs? Nooo. But the ones that hit, HIT HARD.

Listened to this while changing a lock and various other Sunday tasks. Tired of the renovation hustle that I’ve been on lately. But I loved this album.

Love Crown of Love and Wake Up are long time favorites of mine. Came across Wake up in the Where the wild things are trailer years ago, I think i listened to the album back then? But didnt really latch in to much other than those two songs. Same feelings from listening to it again today. Those two songs drag it up to a 4 for me though. 7.5/10

the funeral is for us, sick of hearing albums by the Arcade Fire and ready to die

One of the biggest albums of my youth, and one of the most embarrassing to reevaluate for that reason. Cheugy beyond belief. Dumb Guy Smart Guy stuff on the level of any bad poet musician you can name. Just awful! A hard round up here for two reasons: it’s better than any of the albums that followed it (at least it sounded kind of novel when it came out I guess) and also I do still like Owen Pallet and he does some good work on this.

Good indie sounds. Revisit maybe 2-3 songs.

Can't believe it has been 20+ years. I still think of Arcade Fire as a cool and modern band to listen to. Neighborhood #3, Wake Up, and Rebellion (Lies) are the popular tracks, with the latter being my favorite. I'm not able to analyze music or write intelligently about it, but the songs build up in a unique way. The sound is iconic of early 2000's indie. Great music for pumping yourself up against the world. Not sure it's for me anymore.

This Album is soo good. while listening to it I felt like late spring/early summer time and that's my favorite time of the year.

Okay

I like this album.

While I generally can’t stand the “stomp clap” genre of music I have to give Arcade Fire credit for maybe doing it best. They may have given rise to bands like Mumford or the lumineers, but at least they did it with some originality.

Arcade Fire is some solid indie rock, I'm never disappointed when it comes on, but I never find myself really loving it either, pretty middle of the road

Really engaging effort…leveled up my expectations

It was fine, inoffensive, and very much an album of 2004.

Already listen to it, but not really my type of genre

I don’t allow myself to listen to the music i used to love by men that were later discovered to be abusers but man i used to love this band

very pretty album, definitely really emotive but didn't keep me the most engaged or interested

This album is one of the few I would listen to on repeat. I’ll never forget my sister introducing me to the album through “Crown of Love” while driving down a Florida highway on the way to the beach and breaking into a disco dance when the drumbeat hit. This is the most gorgeous and hopeful doomsday metaphor that I’ve certainly ever heard.

I definitely preferred this one to "Neon Bible" even though it was a long time ago, I remember not liking it at all, this however wasn't too bad. It's nicely-done densely layered indie rock. The vibes on the first track are amazing, so magical. The violins do a good job of giving drama that some of the songs require. Not too bad of an album. Highlight Song/s: "Neighborhood #1" and "Haiti"

I don’t like arcade fire

too boring too indie i like goth music

War gar nicht so schlecht, aber auch nicht so gut.

Super Album, super Band. Tunnels sehr schön, eines meiner Lieblingslieder. Crown of love und Rebellion auch top top top. Rest ist auch gut. Fand The Suburbs etwas besser war, geb aber trotzdem eine 5.

I'm happy that Arcade Fire found a better sound on their future albums, because their debut did not connect with me at all. Boring and derivative, and sounds like it was produced in a 2x2 tube room. Just an uninteresting mush of sounds that never go anywhere or say anything

We all like this one.

One of the best indie albums, every song has something special about it

Alright sound, couple of good tracks with nice texture, overall ok. Pixies plus melatonin and violin.

Love Arcade Fire despite the win butler induced eye rolls

On paper, not my jam but this is such a great distillation of mid-aughts indie

First time hearing. Thought it had a "jolly" sound that I enjoyed. The second half of the album is soo much better than the first half though - so a bit unbalanced in quality for me.

Nice in between alt rock with some good tunes and an original feel. I don't know that I would seek them out or build a play list around them, but listenable.

Fun, epic, driving through a tunnel, sun, indie, nostalgic, alive

Hyper vivant, melancholie, contrasté (triste et joie), intense

favorite track: neighborhood #2 laika very cool indie rock feeling

Sounds like every other hipster indie band from the early 2000s - fuzzy and sweet, slightly whiny and mostly inoffensive. The only noticeable twist is the strong Talking Heads influence ; but Talking Heads did it better in the first place, so why bother ? I didn't hate it, but I also didn't connect with it on any level, and it did become a bit annoying towards the end. Kind of a pointless addition to the list in my opinion, there's no way this band deserves three albums... 3/10

Bought on release, pulled in by the hype. Musically it feels like a messy Têtes Raides style sprawl with violins, just way more dramatic. It constantly flirts with falling apart, a kind of organized chaos. Coming back to it now, I get the appeal, especially in the early 2000s when rock was fading into something blurry and lifeless. This sounded alive. Still, just like in 2004, I can’t fully get on board. The voices and that overload of sounds wear me out. I could come back to it though, because I feel that it was and still is special and might give it another try… in a decade.

Not my type

I’ve heard this before. I haven’t heard it in a long time but I’ve heard their stuff from the past decade that wasn’t very good, so it’s a good time for a revisit. This is a very mid-00s indie rock album. I’m recognizing a lot of these songs from last time I heard this or being played at parties, and the rest are sounding a lot like devotchka or Sufjan Stevens or other orchestral acts from the time. And this is a good thing, I liked those acts at the time and still listen to them regularly. This is feeling extremely nostalgic for me even though I don’t really know these songs. All in all a well organized album with some pretty great songs. Il have to revisit more of their stuff.

I thought I might like this, but I didn’t…..

Not as bad as a funeral but not as fun as a wedding

Album de gran calidad. Consigue que el oyente fluya con este rock/pop de los 2000. La calidad del sonido y de las armonías es espectacular, se nota que hay gente con talento detrás. El hilo musical de las letras le da un toque especial y mas cercano. Mi fav sin duda es “Crown of love”. Mención honorable a “In the backseat” y “Power out”

One of the ones I’m very familiar with. They were such a great band, a shame they sort of teetered off. Went from releasing great records to releasing very average records with some great songs. Looking at you Reflektor. I’d happily argue that Suburbs is their best, but this is pretty close! 4.5

Arcade fire must be the band I like the most that I've made the least effort to listen to. I remember listening to power out on MTV2, really liking it and not bothering to seek out the album. And now here we are! And the album is great too, theres a lot going on that takes it above most the indie of the time it was usually lumped in with. Think I prefer suburbs but it's a close run thing.

Probably my favourite of the Arcade Fires so far. I would argue there might be a bit too much of them on the list. Crown of Love, and Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels) were my favourite tracks. Dreamy, sincere indie rock. Not nearly as deep as it pretends to be. 3.5.

Got a very distinctive sound haven't they. It's good, exactly what I expect from them. Suburbs is still the best one we've had, but this was very good too. No real complaints 4

sensible hymns with a soft touch and a hint of goofyness

I get that Arcade Fire and this album specifically was insanely influential, but I can't not hear it's influence in the some really bad music of the 2000s and 2010s. It sometimes just sounds like Imagine Dragons or Twenty One Pilots to me. I like the rest of the album much better than Neighborhood 1-4, and I like when the female vocalist sings, she has a really unique voice. Maybe more time needs to pass before I can listen to this baroque rock stuff and not cringe, idk.

Oh my god. I played this so much when it came out, and I can't believe I'd almost forgotten it existed. This album is so powerful, so raw, and always has me in tears.

Pregnant with the “shout stomp” folk movement

“Now that I’m older my heart’s grown colder.” This is the first album I looked forward to being released. The Arcade Fire EP hit me like a revelation and when Funeral came out I became a confirmed indie rock kid. What a perfect soundtrack for turning 18. The world seemed so big and full of possibilities. And even though it’s a lot more twee than most stuff I listen to these days it still holds up.

White generic slop, boring

Thought it was fine. Has a melody that I like, but can't make out any words. Seems like decent music to put on in the background.

It's good. I think it's genre defining of a genre I don't really like all that much. Certainly is good though

Funeral is a masterpiece. I don't love every track individually, but as a unit it is great.

Washed over me a bit, Arcade fire have got some great tracks though...

I am very familiar with this one. When I first heard it I wasn't convinced, but over the years it has grown on me. I revisit it occasionally and it's aging well.

good album good vibes

Tip debut

Not my style, but good to expand outside my comfort zone a bit.

Let me start by saying that Régine Chassagne has the voice of an angel, and is a top 3 voice crush for me. She’s woefully under-utilized in Arcade Fire albums, but that’s just my opinion. Her backup vocals in “Crown of Love” are devastatingly beautiful. As an album, this was one I knew would be an instant 5/5. The number of hits is basically the entire track list, and there’s a frenetic energy to the whole thing that captivates the heart and soul. Jumps up into my top 5 to date.

Maybe I've been exposed to too much Arcade Fire. Maybe I just wasn't in headspace to appreciate them. Regardless, my impression of this album was that it was fine. It's clearly musically adept, and some of the songs were enjoyable, but it didn't bowl me over by any means.

Love the vibes, instrumentation is very fun and very them.

Super

Eh, some tracks i really liked, others I really didn't

I know this album well from a different era in my past and it brings back memories of a strange time. It’s such an emotionally wrought album in itself. It’s not the sort of thing I listen to now. And I never listened to any other Arcade Fire album after this. Really, I should give it a five because it’s so consistently itself …if that makes sense. But it feels somehow alien to me. I think a 4 is how I feel about it.

Not my cup of tea. V unrelaxing

Litt som MGMT, så er det mye nostalgi tilknyttet dette. Hyggelig gjenhør, men Arcade Fire er mye hit and miss for min del.

For en debut! Var spesiell når det kommer ut og er en plate jeg fortsatt kan både danse til og bli rørt av. Min mest klinke femmer til nå.

Grei indie, det her. Blir litt glutenfritt til tider. Sterk treer.

Stort sett kjedelig og intetsigende, til tross for det litt sirkusaktige uttrykket. Rebellion (Lies) kommer inn som et seint høydepunkt.

The finest of noughties indie rock. Played this to death back in the day

I listened to this album a lot back in the day and it is solid throughout.

Another AF album I slept on

Probably their best album. There are a couple of good songs, but overall I can’t quite understand the appeal.

One of the best albums I've heard

This is a nice sounding album. It definitely has that indie sound to it, which a lot of people will like. I'm not too convinced by this album, I don't dislike it. But I think it lacks variation, for my taste at least. This is definitely right up some people's alley, and I will say there are good highlights on the album. But this kind of indie rock isn't really what I'd find myself listening to more often. I like the instrumentation for the most part, I think it can occasionally feel a bit empty at points but the bass and guitar are generally speaking quite good. I definitely have people in my life who would love this, just isn't really my thing tbh. Fav track: Wake Up

Was hoping with such a lively band name for something more exciting! Didnt like the voice and the tracks had a similar sound ….so got bored. But not too awful!

Fav-crown of love

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nästan som en definition av indie-rock. Homogent album med bra produktion, intressant instrumentering, hur spår byggs upp i crescendon och ändrar riktning samt tonartsskiftningar. Ibland låter produktionen hemmagjord som att den är inspelad i ett vardagsrum, men förmodligen medvetet och bidrar snarare till en genuin känsla. Jag gillar Win Butlers röst och inlevelse och Régine Chassagne bidrar med variation och nästan en lyxig känsla speciellt med det franska inslagen. Albumet är väldigt jämnt, inget spår jag tycker illa om mer än att det är mindre intressant. Kanske lite få riktiga höjdarspår (förrutoma Wake up och Rebellion) får därför en 4a. Bäst är Neighborhood#1 och #2, Crown of love, Wake up och Rebellion.

This album is better than I remember.

Tremendous

Idk bro this sounds kinda dated in a fleet foxes sort of way. Important, but it might be washed.

I disagree with the other bulk of reviews it seems. This is some solid indie rock. Sure, everyone copied them, but sometimes the wheel is pretty solid.

arcade fire sucks

:/

Loved it! Enjoyable album!

i like this

Disregarding the mess that 2025 Arcade Fire have become, this is a phenomenal debut.

dentro de este genero que no me gusta porque se me hace muy empalagoso, este album fue lo mejor que salio 7/10

I knew the name more than I thought i knew their genre evidentally. Good music, easy to think over for background music. 4

Muy indie para mi

I will not listen to an album where I have to struggle to hear the singer. I have no idea why bands/artist do this. It is not sultry, it is not mysterious, it is simply disrespect for your listeners.

perfectly nice album, just less my thing (very millennial hopecore)

I love this album. It was such a big deal when it came out.

Olipa erinomainen albumi. Poikkeukselliset instrumentit ovat ehkä tämän bändin ja albumin juttu. Toki on hyviä biisejäkin. Mielenkiintoinen, pitää otteessaan vaikka onkin rauhallinen meno. Positiivinen yllätys. 4/5

Loved this album a lot especially the nbhd #2(laika) I wasn’t expecting it to be like this but I liked it nonetheless

Pues sí me gusta pero muy meh. Ni se que más opinar. Muy genérico todo

Estuvo entretenida no me disgustó, lo volvería a escuchar,

Música de publicidad de cámara de fotos. No me disgusta, tampoco me enloquece. Meh. No queda guardado.

Utterly forgettable.

I remember how good this was when it came out. But I also remember we are supposed to be not down with Arcade Fire