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It wasn't bad. It was dull. Like listening to someone who's had a shit life just drone on about how shit everything is. I get it, life isn't all blowjobs and beer, but fuck me it's boring hearing about it from someone else. It's only 2 stars from me.
I've always enjoyed this one, but this time around I properly connected with what it was saying. It's nostalgic, with a sense of dread for the future. There is pain and pleasure, loss and hope, and it feels like the anesthetic is wearing off, for better and for worse. These guys are absolutely on fire here, crafting a sound that isn't too dissimilar to a lovechild between Depeche Mode and Neil Young, and there's something rather soothing to its melancholy. A true odyssey of autumnal evocation.
2,4/5
The strokes, u2, smiths, blondie- there’s a lot of influence in here this time, compared to 2008’s Funeral, which felt like it informed later music more. This honestly feels most like a U2 album. If you were 15-20 when this came out you’d probably have had the same reaction as someone who was 15-20 when U2’s The Joshua Tree came out in 1987. It’s light, airy, a little synthy, and A lot of ringing, chiming type of guitar work that’s endemic to this specific era of indie pop rock, which arcade fire is definitely partially responsible for. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
They must be good live
Songs with lots of promises, that ultimately go nowhere.
this would've gone off if i heard it 15 years ago
Eh…it was good for the daily melancholy I was going through
Really good album that I've listened to loads of the years. Probably slightly overrated - it was a huge critical, fan and award ceremony jerk off at the time and I never really saw it as meeting that. Still a solid 4.
The third album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. Personally it doesn't hit the same way that Funeral does, and I think a lot of that has to do with the loss of some of the Canadian influence for a more mainstream sound. However, little artistry is lost in translation, and Arcade Fire still showcases their prowess in the indie rock space. Well-deserving of the awards and accolades it has achieved. Favorite Song: Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Score: 86/100
I don't think I could say that I like this any more or less than Funeral. I'll be honest, I kind of zoned out after the first 3 songs (which I'd already heard & like). What I tuned in for sounded kind of Springsteen-esque at times, which was sort of interesting, but then whatever interest I had was countered by whatever "Rococo" was. This is pretty middling to me, but I think in the future the only songs I'll return to are the ones that I've already been listening to on a semi-regular basis. Thus, I don't necessarily think this fits the list for me; my comments from Funeral about drinking AF Kool-Aid haven't really changed (I am not enough of a Millenial for this band). Favorite tracks: Ready to Start, Month of May, We Used to Wait
I saw Arcade Fire live back in 2008 when they were playing a few slots before Rage Against The Machine at a festival. I remember thinking they were quite boring back then, and not much has changed. This album is waaaaaaaay to long, Month of May is the only track I really enjoyed, the rest I just tolerated until it was done. 2.5* rounded down to 2*
Saved 🫶
Just gotta love them. One of the best live shows I've seen, you just know they love doing this
Nice variety in the songs. Quite nostalgic sounding without getting too sweet.
I quite like this album. It doesn't sound quite 2010 to me--there's a more timeless feeling that makes me feel like it's older, from the oughts or even a bit before. To be fair, it's Arcade Fire's third studio album. Rococo is particularly delicious to me. Evokes an almost folk feel, nostalgic and warm.
Nothing particularly bad about the songs, but it just felt really boring, homogeneous, and drawn out. Every song just sounds like something that would play in some sad cheesy movie montage and there was nothing that ever really stood out.
I think if I had heard this band as a teenager or in my 20s I would have liked them. Hearing them for the first time in my 50s isn't striking the same chord. Not for me, but good for what it was, I suppose. Not super interesting in 2026.
It was fine and enjoyable but not like mindblowing or anything.
Not as good as Neon Bible (imo), but still fire. A firm 4. Favorite tracks: The Suburbs ; Half Light I ; Deep Blue.
Road movie disco, aunque creo que por El coche de la portada
Pretty fire 5/10
Mid but had it's moments. Felt very bland and like a torture when it went on for too long.
Better than I expected, but the quirkiness just doesn’t do it for me
I had a listen to this on my phone this morning whilst I was out and about for an hour. dull, bland, indie pop, nothing even remotely interesting about it at all. Of course, you might love it....
Sometimes reminds of older bands/songs. But it doesn't add any value. This album won the 2011 Grammy for Best Album. That seemed ridiculous, so I looked up the nominees expecting to see that someone had been robbed. Nope, just a super weak field.
so Baroque Pop? eh NEXT
it hit the spot this morning, didnt know I wanted to hear it until it was on. I enjoyed it for what it was. Wasnt brilliant or anything but a pleasant listen. A bit long.
Very listenable, if a bit generic. Enjoyed for what it was, in bed, before starting the day.
I'm not smack-dab in the center of the target demo, but I'm not too far off as a millennial with glasses and a beard living a comfortable life in the suburbs. I bought this album not long after it came out, and it still holds up well today. "Funeral" and "Neon Bible" were hit-and-miss for me, but "The Suburbs" worked the whole way through. The band is so large that they've always got the option to do weird things, but they don't go overboard here; they just deliver a rich sound. Maybe this was Arcade Fire selling out, but I'm not mad about it.
Es buen álbum, los primeros temas son buenísimos, no se si lo volvería a escuchar
They heard me singing and they told me to stop.
the best thing about this was that i’ve now listened to all 3 arcade fire albums on the list and i can get through the remaining 900ish in peace. if i felt it was necessary to listen to one of these before you die it would be this one. more cohesive in theme and more interesting in sound than the other two. i get the sense that it really feels like it’s saying something but there is nothing new about boring indie pop OR hating the suburbs
Этот альбом однозначно лучше Neon bible, который попался мне в первые дни, но все равно, музыка Arcade fire меня не цепляет, за исключением пары треков
millennial burger joint national anthems
The epitome of forgettable. This came and went and the only reason it's not getting a 1 is because it wasn't so outright bad to the point where I needed to turn it off. Idk how this is a must listen. 2/5
As boring as living in The Suburbs
I'd heard of this band before but didn't actually recognize any of the songs on this one. Has a dreamy ethereal feel to a number of songs a sort of haziness about the nostalgia of being a kid riding bikes around your neighborhood to the stress of being an adult with responsibilities. Maybe I'm reading too much into it being a new homeowner with all the impending dread about the future knowing we can't go back to a simpler time. This album has a number of layers that will reveal more upon each listen and deepen my appreciation.
695/1001 2026.09.04 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Took me a while to get round to getting through this one, a real grower I think, thought it would be a 3 turns out it's just a 4, but doesn't hold a candle to Funeral
Now this is what I’m talking about!! An album I never heard coming in and completely knocking me off my feet. This was so nice to listen to and is a reminder of why I’ve been doing this thing for two years! 4 stars!
Heard most before; 3.5; I got a couple of 2000-2010 albums in a bunch here, and I think it's actually a pretty helpful way to listen and think about them. I would say all of them are albums that I was well aware of, knew that they were supposed to be albums that were critically respected and in the indie vein, but had never given them a full listen. In part, I think that's because I never really felt that drawn in to them boring or difficult to appreciate. Out of the others (Yoshimi battles..., Halcyon Digest), this was one that I always thought I should enjoy, given all the praise it got, and probably am most familiar with the songs. It's hard for me to pin down how I feel about this album. It's got a lot of catchy riffs, has great atmosphere, sounds great with the production, and has a pretty good variation of upbeat, driving songs and slower tracks. At the same time, it all feels a little bit too dramatic and sounds so big/epic by the time you get to the end of the album, it ends up seeming a little cliche. This is an album that'd benefit from being a little shorter. Still, a lot of very solid tracks that I don't get too tired of listening to. Favorite Track: Ready to Start
The last, and in my opinion least of the list's Arcade Fire albums. Honestly, I went back to Funeral and liked it much more in comparison. If Funeral reminds me of some of the pretty solid 2000's Modest Mouse albums (mind you not their '90s output, I think Modest Mouse is a much better band than Arcade Fire for a *good* reason), then The Suburbs honestly reminds me of some of the less inspired stuff Modest Mouse has been putting out more recently. The Suburbs is too long, and not especially interesting, even at it's highest points. The band has less of the energy from their earlier stuff driving their more intense moments, so the melodrama devours the tone here. It also seems like they want to put the flourishes in the background to emphasize the songs, but I also don't really like the songs, so, to me, Arcade Fire have given up the songs, energy, and arrangements without really giving anything back. There are a couple of songs here that start strong, but I relistened to some of them and I honestly don't think any of them really keep it up. There are strong moments but they are mostly transient. I do like the way Suburban War develops, but the payoff is *really* brief in the grander scheme of the project. I guess Half Light 2 also hits a momentum I like quite a bit. But on the other end, the lyrics here don't do a ton for me generally. I think it's a concept piece, but I don't really find the concept interesting, or find the characters here especially effective within it. I dunno, there's no moment where this really drops the ball, but part of the reason for that is that it hardly gets off the ground during it's 63 minute runtime. I'm kind of between a 1 and a 2 here, but the decider is really just how much I think the band backslid here. I like this a *lot* less than Funeral or even Neon Bible, and it's hard not to be frustrated, even irritated at a band that just seems to constantly fall away from what made their material enjoyable (to me) in the first place.
Bit of a modern classic in my eyes! Coincided with my first music festival too, so fond memories of this album! Ready to Start and The Suburbs are worth this alone.
este disco es una maravilla en compu, en alexa, en parlantes y en vivo.
Cool
Funny that they wrote this for their nostalgia for a place they used to live, and listening to it has me thinking the same thing, for the same city. Back when it originally came out, it was at just the right time for me I think. Living in Houston and them talking about living in a suburb of it. Having the line "Never trust a millionaire, quoting the sermon on the mount" while I was working at a job for a millionaire owner who would do such a thing. I can still remember when the street view website for We Used To Wait came out and being blown away, and enjoying seeing all the parts of my hometown.
TL;DR: A strong, anthemic third album with a few too many middling, mid-tempo tracks amongst some excellent songs. BEFORE: Again, I am very familiar with this and was a big fan of the band although this isn't my favourite of their albums. I haven't listened to them much since all that stuff came out about Win Butler but I'll try to put that aside. AFTER: This album was well-received and there are a lot of great tracks on here enhanced by strong production, string arrangements and electronics. However, there are hints of creative stagnation with a few too many mid-tempo tracks and some judicious editing wouldn't have hurt. The more experimental Reflektor suggests that maybe the band knew that too. HIGHLIGHTS: The title track acts almost as a theme song that bookends the album proper and Ready to Start has the energy typically reserved for an opener. Empty Room and Month of May are both a welcome change of pace with their frenetic, propulsive arrangements. I love the guitar line though City With No Children. The Half Light / Sprawl tracks pull an interesting trick, pairing wonderful strings on Part I with strong songs underpinned by pulsing electronics on Part II. We Used To Wait is maybe the best song on the album. LOWLIGHTS: While none of the songs are weak, there are a lot of tracks here with similar tempos and arrangements and I found my attention drifting at times - Modern Man, Rococo, Suburban War (until it finds another gear at the very end), Wasted Hours and Deep Blue are the worst culprits. None of them are bad, but one of two of them would have been enough. VERDICT: Between that handful of middling tracks and a certain distaste over Win Butler's behaviour that can be hard to set aside, this is a solid 4.
album longo da mulesta legalzinho, nenhuma música específica chamou atenção parece até que alguém juntou todas as bandas indies e pediu pra ia criar um álbum mas talvez nem seja culpa deles tendo em vista que o álbum é de 2010 e pra mim soa como algo de ~2016
Indiezinho gostosinho, gostei
Loved this album!
These guys were explained what the suburbs were but they actually lived in upper class neighborhoods - type shi
Sometimes I can't believe I'm moving past the feeling, but this album always brings it back. A masterpiece, for better or worse.
Oh hey, this is the first one to come up that I am not hearing for the first time. And I have FEELINGS. This album seriously imprinted on me as an angsty 27 year old and it’s wild to revisit as an angsty 43 year old. I was just hipster enough to think listening to indie rock made me cool, and just starting to feel aware of aging. I felt nostalgia for childhood and I wanted to escape the childhood hometown I was still living in. So I'd pop this CD on in my 2004 Civic (purchased on Amazon MP3 and burned to a CD, natch), turn it up on my commute to work, and FEEL THINGS. I can't think of another album that better captures that weird tension of feeling stagnant and nostalgic at the same time. Now I'm feeling properly middle aged, married and living in a city far away from where I grew up. I drive a 2008 Civic with a CD player. I'm solidly aware of my aging, how much my hometown is changing, how everything is built to change and old friends feel distant. If anything, these songs make even more sense now. Anyway, yeah, they never made another record like this and I don't know if I'm colored by nostalgia or what, but I don't care, personal canon record for sad millennials like me.
Another record where the challenge is evaluating it before you learned of the troubling allegations against singer Win Butler for sexual misconduct and the resultant breakdown in his marriage to the bands other vocalist Regine Chassagne. Lots of bands are touched by allegations of bad behavior and the fact that there are so many and that it happens so often does not in any manner excuse the behavior. The issue for me in circumstances where the allegations come out after you’ve enjoyed a record, is that the recording becomes colored emotionally by the distaste you have for the individual behavior although it should obviously not reflect on the whole band. And that is tough to work around. I feel empathy for the rest of the band who has to struggle with the harm to their reputation. And there are a number of albums in this list where one fucking piece of shit screws up the whole band. So, here’s the policy - I’ll consider the album without the overarching shittiness of the sexual assaulter/groomer/pedophile/bigot/racist/misogynist/homo-transphobe/MAGA/Nazi piece of shit. Then, I’ll deduct rating points for the vileness of the allegations and degree of culpability. So here we go. Suburbs is actually a pretty great record. Moving away from being Bowie tribute act, this 3rd record is a complete album full of catchy songs, beautifully sung and performed with some pretty amazing sounds. It is conventional indie rock but Win and Regine’s vocals are so beautiful together that you can’t help but be swept up in these vignettes about life in the Suburbs- perhaps a different suburbs than you and I will ever live in but maybe not. Somewhat dystopian, balancing the duality of danger and boredom, the Butler’s - Win and Will - create a world where the journey can take you places or no place and you’ll still be satisfied. Ready To Start, The Suburbs, City With No Children and Wasted Hours tend to be my favorites but I enjoyed the whole record. I prefer the album Version which is several tracks shorter as it does get a bit long especially at a single listen. In the extended version I would add We Used To Wait and Sprawl I and II to the essential tracks. Overall this is 4/5 prior to the bad acts. The allegations were not murder but still fucking egregious. They weren’t murder or pedophilia but they were sex assaults so there is a 2 point bad acts deduction. This is hard. It doesn’t seem right trying to decide the value of a deduction for absolutely appalling behavior. Well fuck it. New rule. If the allegations/ behavior fit in the above categories- the album gets a 0. Same as Steeley Dan, The Eagles and The Red Hot Chili Peppers which are all guilty of a different kind of crime - putting into the world absolutely shitty boring terrible records. Terrible people also get 0. So, Suburbs, 0/5
I can't give my full Arcade Fire history here -- I need to save that for Funeral. But I found this record to be really unenjoyable. It's a basic culmination of the "baroque twee" style of indie rock that dominated the late 00s -- a style I can't stand. Plus, this kind of muted, aimless meditation on suburban ennui feels like a really boring, played out theme for an album in 2010. But hey, this won album of the year at a time most people didn't know who they are -- I'm old enough to remember all the tweets that said, "who the f is rk fire?"
Loooved it
I mean, it’s ok…
Good background music
nah
My least favorite from the good era of Arcade Fire. Don’t really think you must hear it before dying even though I do still like it.
They succeeded in capturing the banality of suburbia, maybe a bit too much. Some good songs but none stuck out much.
I really loved Neon Bible and I had to keep checking that this was the same band as I found this, while nicely done, mostly just generic indie rock. Also, 16 songs gosh.
401/1089 arcade fire round 2 let’s go! … … and i think i liked it even more than funeral. i just love this sort of electro indie chamber pop so much faves: Sprawl II, We used to wait, Suburban war, Half light II 87/100
Aint for me gng 4 25 min piano solos
Not my favorite white people music. As a kid I used to confuse arcade fire and arctic monkeys cause their names looked similar. How wrong I was.
Favourite Songs: Ready To Start Month Of May Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
yup. that sure sounded like arcade fire for an hour. 2.5
Great album. I can listen to this entire album without skipping a song. Ironically “Month of May” is likely my least favourite track despite being released as one of the double singles.
I’d give it a 4.5. So so so good
A couple good songs. Mostly boring. 2/5
Suburbs is a hauntingly beautiful song and I like how some songs seamlessly blend into the next. Somehow everything feels subdued in this record, maybe by design. It just seems like some of these songs should ooze intensity but somehow don’t. A good example is “Empty Room”, whose tempo is downright manic but instead of making me get up and move it moves me to gaze into my belly button. Overall it’s a good album but it leaves me wanting.
I never listened to anything by these guys after Funeral. I have mixed feelings on this one. It doesn’t consistently hold my attention - perhaps I aged out of this sound. Stand outs were Ready to Start and City with No Children. But totally mid for me
mbappe special
Je suis au début de l'album pour l'instant je passe un bon moment j'aime beaucoup l'ambiance générale ce n'est pas ce que j'écoute habituellement. j'ai terminé je sais pas si je vais le reecouter mais c'est un bon projet homogene mais pas forcement mon style mais la musique a été plus forte
A nice song stretched out to an excruciatingly long LP
On the scale of the tracks, there's too little happening. Give me climaxes, give me instrumental solo parts, give me breaks and different song parts! But no, the songs are mostly boring and too long. On the scale of the whole album, there's very little variety. It all sounds like many iterations of the same two or three songs. Needless to say, the album feels much too long. I get that they create a certain vibe that many people dig, but not me for 60+ minutes straight. Passable background music, but slightly annoying when listened to closely. 2/5 - below average
Already a tad better than the two other Arcade Fire albums I've listened to on here. Granted, I generated those over two years ago at this point and I honestly don't remember much about them. This certainly can be placed into the era of early 2010s indie rock; as it's artsy, sprawling, and reflective. Starts off with the iconic single, a strong follow-up, then peters out from there, though. Perhaps it requires multiple listens, as I wasn't particularly moved.
I really liked this one, but sometimes the songs just seemed to be a little long and boring. Overall it was solid and enjoyable to listen to.
Arcade Fire gets bombastic, takes over the world.
Over an hour is unconscionable for an album length, the music is all right besides. I guess somebody had to represent when the pop punk guys took their Nyquil and got sadder.
Hard to believe it needs to be on this list. Competent. Inoffensive.
I feel like I am the exact target audience for Arcade Fire. They can be supersaccharine at times in that twee 2000s-y kind of way that's aged about as well as the necktie belt, admittedly, but there's lots to love here. Really strong production and a confident sound that feels very emotionally dense. It's evocative of those feelings of cruising around during the tangerine twilight on a hot summer day between semesters, windows open and wind beating at your shaggy holiday-hair. There's a sense of temporal liminality, of that middle-place between childhood and adulthood - it's the melancholic temporary escape of the cookie-cutter suburbia via music and the futile promise that you won't become your parents. It makes a really great concept album, and runs through well thematically and sonically; the journey of sitting in the back of your buddy's car and cruising around aimlessly with fifty bucks in your pocket and a head foggy and full with promise. The Suburbs is paradoxical: it feels like a happy-sad album ripe with ambition that it plucks only carefully. Fav tracks: The Suburbs, Ready To Start, Empty Room, Month of May
Most of the songs are out of interest. Some songs reminded me of Cocteau Twins and that's how it got a 3 instead of a 2 2.5
It is good and I enjoyed listening to it but no real big highlight songs.
This album is fine, has a lot of solid tracks but I find it quite uninspiring. 3.6/5
This was not my cup of tea. However, I'd never heard their music and so it was good to have tried it at least.
good indie album
was okay. seemed a bit repetetive from the melodic point of view, nothing too interesting except for "Modern Man". Though I gotta admit that I did not listen through the whole album. Didn't have the patience yesterday
Glorified Target music. About half of the album's tracks are tolerable, some good elements some bad elements, but then other half is hard to sit through at all. The title track may be the only wholly good song. This album is profound music for Imagine Dragons and stomp clap hey listeners maybe? I'm completely unsure where the almost universally positive response to this album comes from. Maybe I'm missing something, or maybe the vapid pseudo-nostalgia doesn't work on me. The fans often compare it to Springsteen, which I can somewhat see. Maybe if someone less talented than Bruce Springsteen by every metric tried to create a song like "The River," they could end up with something like "Suburban War" (top 3 on the album). I dunno... But I'm glad others love it I guess
Enjoyed it overall, preferred some songs to others, but the album is very long
Great concept album. There is a lot to unpack with this one. First musically you listen to this once and you are doing yourself a disservice. It isn't a clean first listen, especially modern man and rococo but the more you let this album soak the better it gets. It won album of the year in a packed all star year...and there is a reason. No one song on here is a super nova. It's just song after song after song of sonic story telling. In the end the lack of fire power drops it out of 5 stars but I personally feel like this is one of the most "relistenable" albums ever.
Pretty familiar with this one already, first revisit in some years. Still holds up for me.
15 keepers in 16 (94%). 7 bangers (44%). Arguably my favorite album of all time. This exercise will prove if that is true. Unquestionably 5 stars.
Listened to this alot when it first came out so very familiar with the tunes. Its very polished and has some nice moments but it rarely gets my juices fully flowing. I really like Sprawl 2 and a lot of positive muscle memory for the rest of the album. If i was coming to it fresh I am not sure I would bother.
The Suburbs I think I enjoyed this the most of the AF albums we’ve had, but I’m still not sold on them. Although this seemed to have a bit of verve, pep and pizazz compared to the other two albums it still all feels quite samey to me, and that it’s ultimately they are just repeating a rather pedestrian synthesis of a lot of music I do actually like, for each song. Having said that there were a few songs that did stand out. Suburban War’s Springsteenian feel followed by the urgent Month of May is a great combination and I really like We Used to Wait, I love the synth part and the backing vocals. For a band I find rather repetitive and hard to connect with, it does feel very long at an hour, especially as We Used to Wait feels like a natural endpoint, making the Sprawl suite, despite the great synthy perkiness of Sprawl II, and the Suburbs reprieve feel a bit redundant. It’s an odd one, there are plenty of bands I like who amalgamate musical styles in the same way that I like, but with AF I just struggle, I think it might partially be the lack of character in his voice and a slight fussiness to it. Still though I did like it much more than Funeral and more than Neon Bible, and I genuinely liked a few of the songs so I’ll go for a solid 3. 🏠🏠🏠 Playlist submission: We Used to Wait
The Arcade Fire formula in full effect - Springsteenesque heartland rock, motorik beat and dystopian landscapes. The songs are some of the strongest they've recorded. The opening three-track run is nothing short of faultless: the jaunty pub-piano of the title track against the melancholic lyrics; the propulsive 'Ready to Start'; and the shifting time signature of 'Modern Man'. 'City With No Children'; an excellently simplistic hook, with the percussion dialled down and the bass doing the heavy-lifting - another melodic helping of dystopia; and the glorious 'We Used to Wait', contender for best track. There is a five star here but at an hour long it's just shy, with a few songs that could have been kept aside for the deluxe cash-in. Nevertheless an extremely strong and cohesive outing as per usual.
very forgettable. imo
Arcade Fire is a great band, loved many of their albums and have been to see them live. They were always a band for playing 10-20 years ago. But. They've not had the longevity I was expecting. They just fell off my play list, and weren't missed, with only occasional plays in the past decade. The Suburbs would have been a definite 5 star during the popular phase, but now it's just going to get a 4. While I enjoyed the replay, it's satisfied me for the next while
no like。
3/5
I like this release better than other Arcade Fire albums. The music is better, groovier, evoking a happier, more positive feeling in this listener. Lol @ deprecating kids today.
It was a great album.
Don’t ask me why, but I kept mixing up Arcade Fire and Arctic Monkeys. I can now tell the difference. Stunning album, with so little fat that could have been trimmed. The best possible version of a 2010 album. I would have loved this in high school, but I’ll appreciate it now.
The recent trend of hating early 2000’s indie as well as the band’s sharp falloff in the late 2010’s have led some people to forget how special Arcade Fire’s first two albums were. This is a mistake. This album is near perfect. Despite being over an hour there isn’t a single tract I would remove. The definition of a 5/5.
I’m very surprised I did not listen to more Arcade Fire in high school because my Vampire Weekend, Phoenix loving teenage self would have been all over this.
Heard one of their songs before and I like that one. This album is also quite enjoyable, very alternative pop. You can feel that early 2010s vibe from it and I’m probably nostalgic because of it. Also nothing too revolutionary, but just nice to listen to.
The best of the “stomp clap” era
gar nicht schlecht, aber auch nichts was mich umhaut. Vllt in einer entspannteren Gesamtsituation besser ankommend (bin aus Brüssel zurück & scheitere ein weiteres mal an Etechnik II gerade)
will will butler finally have a win with win butler? please let this be the last two arcade fire albums. … ok it is better. serviceable. more catchy and memorable tunes - even in some cases if it is for annoyance (ro-co-co anyone?!). i stand by the claim that other less notable bands were doing this better.
Just was listening for if this was a 4 or a 5 for me. This album has always caught my attention. It's a great concept album that still holds up for me so it's a 5
I got halfway through it and you know, it was OK, but at the same time I felt like I'd been listening to it for 2 hours and I was still only halfway done. It's just over an hour long, but it feels like so much more. Which basically means it was a three-star album that I didn't finish so.... 2 stars.
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
Wanted to love this album, unfortunately dragged in the middle with several songs that blended together into a slog. The bookends are great, highlight is Sprawl II
good
Hey Arcade Fire, news flash: your countrymen Rush managed to do their indictment of suburbia in a single song. Seriously, I wanted to like this album more than I did. What held it back for me was the slow pace/low energy of many songs, overlong songs/album, and somewhat sophomoric lyrics. I waffled between two and three stars for this, ultimately deciding to withhold that third star for them being both pretentious AND long winded.
good. I liked 'sprawl ii'
Good
aburrido, no auto
9/10 A bit long? Maybe. But what is here is excellent and atmospheric with the slightly tempered stomp orchestra pop/rock of their earlier 2 albums
En The Suburbs, Arcade Fire plasmó su trabajo más cargado de nostalgia. Melodías acogedoras pero con una dosis de melodrama notoria, momentos de sintetizadores que cobran más protagonismo del escuchado en sus dos trabajos anteriores, y una fluidez envidiable de principio a fin. Las dos partes de Half Light y de Sprawl son brillantes por cómo se conjuga lo orgánico y lo sintético de un modo tan delicado, mientras que la canción titular entra en la categoría de “canción pop perfecta” para los años 2010. No tiene la espontaneidad de Funeral, pero a cambio dejó ver a la banda en su pico de rendimiento, y quizás el punto máximo de compenetración entre las voces de Win Butler y Régine Chassagne.
Just fantastic. Start to finish,
Always maintained that I could never get into arcade fire at all. Devastated to report that I really enjoyed this
I have lots of nostalgia, both because of its lyrical themes and because I listened to it quite a bit when it came out. I think it has aged a bit weirdly for a handful of reasons, but most of it still hits IMO.
I was so into them when this album came out. It’s still saved in my iTunes (Apple Music lol)
boring AF
4.5 Man I remember how special this album felt when it came out. Definitely one of the defining albums of my college era. Felt like everybody was listening to it, and it was so fun to be a part of that. I think they were letting you download it for free? Or maybe it was super cheap? Like only $2? So even every broke college kid could afford it on iTunes. I think this album starts and ends incredibly well. The first four or so songs is one of the strongest starts to any album. Just stone cold classics. It picks back up towards the end with “We Used to Wait” and ends beautifully. The songs in the middle aren’t bad at all, just more vibe-y than particularly stand-out-y. The mood of this album is second to none. It does feel like ennui. The feeling of a life lost to mediocrity. The Suburbs! (Fuck Winn Butler in the modern day of course, reviewing this just as music)
Very good album. An admirably ambitious and well done theme, though some tracks around the mid point slog a bit. The sequencing makes up for weaker tracks, by staying dynamic and intentional throughout. Highlight is month of may. It’s a very very high 4, but I prefer funeral by a margin, so I can’t quite give it a perfect score
Love this album - sparked my love affair for Arcade Fire. So tough to not be biased when it’s one of those albums I’m enamoured by front to back. Highlights include the title track, Wasted Hours, We Used to Wait, and my favourite song in their catalogue, Sprawl 2. Award winning album that well deserves the attention and inclusion on this list.
I still don't understand some of these albums. It's fine just fine.
Getting a lot of repeat artists recently (and ones I am not really into either urgh). "Ready to Start" is nice, but the record has the same problem Neon Bible does where it's so grandiose and insists its a lot more interesting than it is. Feels harsh to say but the album is unimpressive vocally, lyrically, and production-wise in equal measure
I found this to be very boring.
C’était pas mal mais ça ne sortait pas du lot pour moi. La seule qui m’a marqué c’est The Suburbs et ses déclinaisons.
Beautiful album that introduced me into a different wolrd of music that I didnt know I owuld enjoy. Very relaxed while still being upbeat and joyful. I downloaded more of thier albums becuase of how good this one was
Some of these songs are cool, some are trying their best, others are fucking boring and horrid. These lyrics are pretty cool, they paint an idea that a lot of people can relate to. But the writer comes off as someone who has not had too much struggle in their life, and the music reflects that. So many times I was hoping for a stylistic change to the production but it never came. Every song sounded the same. If your album is gonna have 13 songs and be an hour long I need some contrast to keep me interested. I was hoping that I could enjoy Arcade Fire because I hear only good things about this band, but I was bored the whole time.
Eh, I found this kind of boring. I can't say I was a fan of this kind of music in the 2000s/2010s.
This sounds like an album younger me would have pretended to like to be friends with people who liked indie music even though I really did not care for it. 1 star because it’s way too long and everything sounds the same.
Eu sempre soube que essa banda era bem renomada, daquelas bandas ''cult'', mas como sempre tenho um pé atrás com esse tipo de banda fui ouvir já receoso. E deu o que eu imaginei: não gostei. Rock clichê, com pouquíssimos momentos interessantes. Mais uma vez eu me pergunto, será que o problema sou eu?
It was all pretty samey. Nothing really stood out until Sprawl II.
Nism še poslušala Arcade Fire. Prvi ("The Suburbs") ni bil kar sm pričakovala, drugi me pa presenet, ker prepoznam komad, pa ne vem od kje ("Ready to Start"). Mja. Na začetku je blo še tko, kinda ok. Zj sm pa že kinda fakin bored ("Suburban War"). Nič zapomljivega do zdaj, edino I guess bi spet prepoznala drugi komad, če bi ga slišala. I guess. A ta band ma svoj identity, a sam oponašajo vse, kar leze? Še trije komadi. V glavnem, boring.
This album did not really draw me in, perhaps because i am a bit tired, but it felt very long and uninteresting. I'm not sure what made it boring but nothing really stuck, all sounded a bit generic, not to say its a bad album, just not amazing from me. Giving it 2 stars with a 5/10 rating.
This album activates me like a millennial sleeper agent.
Enjoyed this. Always saw the name floating around, but never gave them the time of day. Will listen again
3.5 but we'll round up
Right out the gate I added the first nine tracks to my library. I've heard of Arcade Fire, but not really spent any time exploring their work. Might be my new favorite band. Something about their music is just right up my alley. This definitely warrants additional plays, and I've already spun it through twice more.
This is, at a minimum, a fine album. It might be very good; the production is excellent, and the lyrics sound good. It feels rather repetitive, and synth-pop was never my thing, but I think this minimally deserves a second listen.
Arcade Fire is quickly becoming one of my favorite bands!
Always thought it was a kind of re-hash of Funeral (Neighborhood vs The Suburbs) and after listening to it, I kinda feel proven right.
Enjoyable but cold monkey > cold fire, also why does every song from 2009-2012 sound the same? (3.3/5)
Pretty average, nothing really to say here
Começou forte, depois 3 ou 3.5
Demasiado longo, com fillers desnecessários no meio. Mas também não é um 3
Impressionou-me!
I liked this a lot in 2010. I was skeptical that I would still enjoy it. It is still very good, fun to sing along to, texturally interesting, and extremely relatable. Apparently the Butlers grew up in The Woodlands, north forested suburb of Houston. I grew up in Kingwood, NE forested suburb of Houston, basically The Woodlands Jr. At the end of the day, I have to like this album. It’s very close to home.
The Suburbs Ready to Start Empty Room We used to wait
They're still subjecting us to this garbage
Liked a few tracks such as Wasted Hours and Months of May, but generally felt it was a bit lacklustre and monotone for me.
Actually really enjoyed listening to this album. I have added this album to my favourites and have added a few of the tracks to my playlists. I have never listeded to this album before and have only listened to one other of their albums due to this project.
Easily my favourite Arcade Fire album.
There was a time not too long ago (a decade, actually) that this would be an instant 5. Let’s see how I feel after today’s listen… This is the first Arcade Fire album I’ve gotten. Looking over their discography, listening to this today, I was made aware that this band represents a real shift that occurred in my relationship to “popular” music at a certain point in the new Millennium. Before, new music I was introduced to was largely recommended by friends, people I hung around with, my brother and his friends. Usually, I was introduced via mixtape before I would dare to venture out to the record store. But then with the rise of streaming services, I started to pay attention to what “people in general” were excited about. I felt a certain freedom in this. Previously, there had always been “gate keepers,” music store counter workers, à la High Fidelity, and music mags “dictating” what was “cool” from some slumped position on their respective loungers. Now the world was open. I could see there was a buzz about a band about an album and go listen to it. That simple. I didn’t have to justify my desire to listen to something to anyone and there was no financial loss if it sucked. Interestingly, my brother has largely rejected streaming. He’s dedicated to his vinyl. And he’s a dedicated reader of Rolling Stone since the age of 10. I have always been surprised by his continued support of RS. It’s not very punk rock. But our stepfather got him the original subscription and old habits die hard. Anyway, Arcade Fire is interesting because he and I both came to them by different means. I by way of “the people,” YouTube and Reddit discussions, and my brother by way of “the critics.” For over a decade they seemed to “be it.” And then it all shifted. Everyone seemed to turn against them. The critics that had adored them. The fans that couldn’t get enough of that “new/ old” sound. But I will say, the concept of this album still hits. And I can’t know if I love it because I know it as well as I do, but the love is still strong. And I am admitting to myself that Funeral is probably getting a 5, too. Maybe I’m not objective about it. 5 Boolean: True
This is my favorite album so far. I love this and will definitely be listening to it again. Didn’t mind it. Give it a solid 3, 3+
для вайбика супер
Absolutely fantastic album.
There are a few good tracks on it, but no more than half. Three stars…
1,5
Not the most exciting album in the world, but I liked it Would definitely listen again
Peters off a bit towards the end but this is proper indie goodness
I like empty rooms, but the other ones are ehhh
Good
Cinematic hipster varied sound about the suburbs…my millennial heart swoons. Maybe it is a hipster masterpiece meant to live in that era…or maybe musically it’s orchestral rock and universal themes are so pitch perfect for the time that it’s timeless. Is it a smidge to long, yes…is it essential absolutely.
Loses me a little by the end, but the opening set of tracks remains a pinnacle of 2000s indie rock
I love a few songs on this but not the rest
Arcade Fire are a classic case of diminishing returns - a great debut album and then increasingly worse follow ups. This album isn't terrible but it's completely forgettable
Plodded along ok, not really for me and nothing really stuck
A band forever ruined by Win Butler's behaviour. Some absolute gems on the album (Mountains Beyond Mountains for example) but I can't separate the music from the musician.
Nice enough, but too drab and unambitious for me, two stars. Tom.
Precies in m'n straatje natuurlijk. Barrokige indie rock/pop. Wel het idee dat het nu een heel goed dubbelalbum is wat met wat meer snoeien een ronduit perfect (enkel) album had kunnen zijn
Music was ok. Hard not to keep thinking of the lead’s sexual misconduct allegations. So the experience wasn’t great.
Not my favourite Arcade Fire album but some good moments on this too.
It’s their best and most solid album—you actually want to listen to the whole thing—even if it doesn’t necessarily contain their best songs. I remember being shocked and thrilled when it won the Grammy.
This is a pretty good album that sounds pretty good when you're listening to it, and then kind of ceases to exist as soon as you aren't. Like, it's hard to point to any single track in retrospect that was a "wow" moment, but it all sounded fine. Weird.
With the opening track "The Suburbs" I was too sucked into the music video to really pay attention to the track on first listen! Feel as though the vocals and lyrics are driving this song, as the musical arrangement is rather generic and doesn't attempt anything unique even at the chorus. It is a good song, but it feels like it could have been more. "Ready to Start" was very forgettable in that vocals and instruments all felt flat. "Modern Man" was a vast improvement, with a more varied vocal delivery and the Guitar and Bass have more character than before. This gives me a feeling of a hit and miss album like I've experienced already so many times on this journey. The string sections were enjoyable in "Rococo", as were the grimey guitar riffs. The opening to "Empty Room" caught my attention immediately, with the surprise of female vocals back by male vocals made for great listening set against the consistent bass and drums. This one was a great listen. The vocal delivery was also solid on "City with No Children", with a more hopeful tone compared to previous songs. This album appears to get better as it progresses thus far. The anthemic nature of "Half Light II" was also very enjoyable, with ringing guitar chords, controlled shredding, heart beat drums and emotional lyrics. Overall, I find this band a very mixed bag. Nothing is ever awful or unlistenable, but it can range from serviceable to great. For future me for re-listening to song's I enjoyed: "The Suburbs", "Modern Man", "Empty Room", "Half Light II", "Month of May", "Deep Blue", "We Used to Wait" and "Sprawl II". I think I ended up enjoying Neon Bible more than this one, despite same score.
Millennial music, or as I call it “Tom’s Music,” hits a very nostalgic feeling for me. It reminds me of the youth ski retreats we did at my church. All the youth leaders being the archetypical Millennial. This music blaring in their beat up Honda Accord. This is like my grandparents reminiscing about eating at some diner while Buddy Holly plays on the radio.
Another breath of fresh air. Played like a run of the mill Indie album for most songs though. Some reflective acoustics, some rocking bangers, a few hooks, etc. but then that Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) was like dropping Royal Albert Hall on a mundane city street. Simply great. Outshone everything else lol.
great company while unpacking a headphones musical is that a beach boys interpolation i hear
One of my favourites
Nothing special but I like its mood and vibe. Favourite song: Deep Blue.
89
Where is the heart and soul. Every time I thought a song was going to get interesting it just didn’t. The lyrics and meaning behind them are deep enough but it sounds like the singer just doesn’t even care. It wasn’t terrible but I can’t imagine ever listening to it again.
Favorite songs: The Suburbs, Ready to Start, Modern Man, Empty Room, Half Light I, Half Light II (No Celebration), Month of May, Wasted Hours, Sprawl I (Flatland), Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), The Suburbs (Continued)
(Light 7/10) To be quite frank, I never got into Arcade Fire, and every time I try and listen to them it feels like I'm 10 years late to the party. Win Butler's voice doesn't super appeal to me, half the time he sounds pretty uninteresting, and the songs themselves never really seem to rise to the expectations that were set with the band's acclaim. This record though, I can see the appeal. It's pretty sprawling (lol), with a hearty runtime of 63 minutes, it's no slouch. The record starts off with a pretty impressive bang, the three-song run of the title track, "Ready to Start" and "Modern Man" is pretty great. It's fairly predictable in it's style of indie rock, but the melodies are solid and the production is pretty great too. "Rococo" is the first song I'm really not that interested by, but following this we have a pretty steady stream of fine cuts. "Empty Room" is energetic and sung by Régine Chassagne (of whom I wished was featured more on this record), "City With no Children" is pretty haunting and the "Half Light" tracks further add to this vibe. For me the standout song was "Suburban War". It's got the strongest hook and the best group of sounds coming together to create a pretty great midpoint banger. "Month of May" was kind of weak though, a tad bit repetitive for me. The back half of this record starts wearing thin for me JUST a little bit, from "Wasted Hours" to "Sprawl 1" blended together for me and I kinda started disassociating a little. Fortunately "Sprawl 2" is a great closing track, bringing out the synths for a bit of a synthpop rocker that closes out the record's concept pretty nicely. The true final song is a reprise of the opening track which does leave the record off with more of that haunting and nostalgic melancholy I think they were trying to go for here. So yeah really, I totally see why this album is highly regarded amongst Arcade Fire fans, and by some even more so than their debut. I think the length ultimately wears down the album, but upon relistens I can see myself coming around to this more and maybe the deeper back half cuts will grow on me more too. For now, though, I dig it pretty alright.
Review - I should've listened to this band before now, this is actually very good. Score - 8/10 Need to listen? YES
tiene varios sonidos en un mismo álbum y siento que funcionan bien. las dos voces se complementan muy armoniosamente y suenan genial. en general el ambiente del álbum es muy agradable y lindo de escuchar. tema que + piola: empty room
I don't usually mind this kind of pop rock, and some of songs were fairly catchy, but there were also many that didn't stand out. The vibe reminds me of Bombay Bicycle Club, a band I like, but I think their stuff is much more interesting than arcade fire. The album drags on too long, despite several uninteresting songs. I did appreciate how some of them flowed into each other though. I can always appreciate a smooth transition because it shows some intent of continuity throughout the album. The falsetto chorus on the title track is probably the highlight of the whole album (that song is probably the only reason the album is on this list). The 9/4? 9/8? In Modern Man is cool. I like the groove on wasted hours. I liked the narrative format of Sprawl I, and sprawl II is one of the more catchy tracks. There were enough things that I liked that I guess I'm willing to give it a light 3.
I'm struggling to think of what to say about this. Gonna give it 3 stars. When they first came on the scene (heard by me on WXRT, as I recall), they seemed somewhat interesting/promising. But never enough to buy any of their CDs, or become a fan. Definitely better than a lot of stuff out there, but, equally so, missing something, for me, to make them memorable, or special, or worth coming back to. If anything, I would say that I like them a bit less now than back then. Another band, maybe (like Coldplay?) that strives for the epic, but -- for me, anyway -- falls a bit flat (I'm tempted to add that going for the epic is generally a questionable/bad idea for musicians, unless, I don't know, you're at the level of The Beatles, or maybe ELO). The songs I'm most familiar with, from the radio, and probably the best 2 songs, are the 1st 2 songs on the album; everything after that seemed pretty forgettable, and didn't inspire me to want to listen to it for a 2nd time. So, yeah, I'd say (a rather low) 3 stars.
while not very interesting, musically, this album does evoke nostalgia for me, at times. I appreciate that there's a concept to the album. I don't think enough artists have addressed the ennui of the suburbs properly, and Arcade Fire do it well here. The middle of the album, a majority of its runtime, is quite forgettable. The title track and Sprawl II are the only standouts. And that's my main criticism; the music is not very memorable or interesting. But the message is, moreso, and there's potential for emotional impact.
That's a 5 from me dawg, don't really need an occasion to listen to this one
Generic pop, from the boring old suburbs
I can’t be objective about this album. Even if it isn’t perfect, it still gets a five from my heart. Arcade Fire was my first live show, and I put this album cover on the wall of first apartment. Sometimes I can’t believe it.
Eminem, Katy Parry, Lady Gaga, and Lady Antebellum were nominated at the grammys for album of the year in 2011. This somehow beat out all of them. And by the way, the katy perry album should be on the list.
Another bland boring crap album. 1/5.
Wow I forgot how good this album, musically & as cultural criticism of white suburbia anxieties & traps.
This was a decent album. The first track is the strongest one though.
Eh. This flavor of alt rock just isn’t for me.
Nostalgic
Really went into this album with no expectations and yea it met or even surpassed them. I loved the end of this album especially. I honestly didn’t think I was going to like but I do.
Kind of boring but kind of great
Iconic. Beautifully captures the desolate suburban youth apocalypse. So shitty to once again get so attached to a piece of art and then be betrayed by its author’s bad behaviour.
Pretty good
It was fine for background radio music.I would not go out of my way to listen to Arcade Fire. One of those albums were the music kind of just passes you by leaving no real impact. 2 stars instead of 1 because it wasn't painful to listen too and not the most boring album I have gotten in this challenge. Favorite Track - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Least Favorite Track - Sprawl I (Flatlands) ⭐️⭐️
This is one of the best albums of its time. So many bangers. “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” is an all-time fave for me. I listened to a lot of Canadian indie music about this time. CBC Radio 3 was making a real effort at that time to promote Canadian sounds in the States. I miss that. 4.5?
This album marks the angsty end of the early 2000s flirtation with moody indie rock. A couple of good songs in isolation (the shared vocals on Empty Room were especially good) but on the whole too long and too average. Don't get the hype for AF. 3⭐️
Una ópera de indie rock magistral que ha envejecido bien como el retrato definitivo de la alienación contemporánea. En el plano de diseño formal, la producción es brillante; las secciones de cuerdas, pianos y sintetizadores analógicos se ensamblan en un entretejido que da claridad a la melancolía inherente del paisaje suburbano, logrando una claridad que amplifica el impacto dramático de cada composición. El núcleo emocional alcanza una cumbre telúrica en "Modern Man", una pieza que desborda una fuerza y calidez que transmiten autenticidad desarmante, consolidando una autoridad superior basada en la vulnerabilidad. La lírica, combinada con himnos como "The Suburbs" y "Suburban War", es un documento profundamente conmovedor, crudo y real sobre la pérdida de identidad y la automatización del ser humano, operando como un potente llamado a la conciencia. A pesar de la desolación de su temática, el disco posee una magnética sensación de paz y fluidez rítmica que lo vuelve idóneo para múltiples usos diarios, siendo un motor extraordinario para acompañar el ejercicio, activar el trabajo creativo o sumergirse en una necesaria reflexión solitaria.
Decent album, chugs along nicely, could do with a bit of trimming though.
Probs a 4.5, gotta great flow and there's some bangers on there
I used to be obsessed with this album. It takes a while to grow on you but it has a perfect flow
I don't think I knew any of the songs but the overall vibe/sound is familiar and something I enjoy. Should try to listen to more of their work/add into my rotation.
Liked this a lot more than the other Arcade Fire album. Deep Blue/We Used to Wait combo the peak
I always really appreciate when there is a male and female singer in a band, so that was a plus. Otherwise, this isn't my cup of tea. I recognize the talent and there are good songs for sure. The musicianship is serviceable and they are good for their genre.
Glad I was exposed to. Hadn't heard of them. But I liked half of the teacks
LIstened off and on, nothing grabbed me, mostly bored with it
electro, rock band
Really nice mood
I think I used to enjoy this more than I do now. There are good tracks on it and it is coherent as an album but it goes on a bit long and is a bit one pace.
Nothing offensive but very leaden and dare I say boring at times. Each song seems to have a similar songwriting style to it and doesn’t do very much to break any moulds at any point. No numbers that jump out at me like at least Neon Bible had with ‘no cars go’. Easily forgettable and just do not see why others may rate it so highly. This is a generous 3.
It's a three way tie for me for best Arcade Fire albums. Funeral + Neon Bible + this one.
Closest thing I’ve heard of theirs to the Her soundtrack, who know?
I don't usually keep track of what the best album of a certain year was, but I'm going to say this was the best album of 2010. Right time, right place. Glad there are still a few bands out there like this.
I feel like this is that last Arcade Fire album that I really liked. I appreciate the mixed nostalgia for growing up in the burbs, and I suppose knowing the area of suburban Houston where Win Butler grew up helps too. (That cover photo might as well have been my house, though I was in the city, baby.) I liked this quite a bit when it came out, and revisiting it reminded me of lots of songs I liked, particularly the Régine-led ones. While Arcade Fire are a lot less exciting these days, this is a reminder of how formidable they can be.
Almost a perfect album. There’s a couple hiccups, but the ones that stand out stand out strong. Sprawl II is the favorite for me on this
Feels constantly on the precipice of greatness but never achieves it
Arcade Fire are one of those bands who I was tangentially aware of because of their presence in my formative teenage years but that stayed just out of where I was comfortable playing and listening, so it’s kind of nice to come round to this one and go “ah yeah, this is distinctly like a good version of that sound from then”. It’s got that post-punk alternative but make it anthemic kick like Killers or Kings of Leon, but the songs actually feel a bit more in touch with all the sources than the former and more like they deserve the anthemic grandeur than the latter. Undoubtedly a bit long but never bad, and undoubtedly a bit “North Americans sing about their deep desire to escape normal middle class suburban life to be special” but channelled through a Springsteen angle that salvages it into art-school artistry. Hipsters were on it for this one (don’t ask me about some other American alternative bands).
A very interesting album. Much more interesting than I anticipated it would be.
Good album I see the potential and why it’s here. Would give it 3.5/5
Not was i was expecting...canadian Brit Pop, good Brit Pop. Really should so more Arcaden fire
Not bad. I need another couple of listens. Great lyrics.
Thought I liked it at first but as it trailed on I found myself profoundly uninterested. That being said, it's not bad Rating: 5.2/10
Честная тоска по пустому. Альбом попал в нарастающее апатичное безразличное настроение прекрасного дня. Музыка пусть и выпущена в 2010, звучание всё-таки отсылает нас в 90-е года. Простой выдержанный альбом, но он мне показался очень честным. Ни на одной песне невозможно заострить свое внимания, но в целом прослушивание дополняет и поддерживает мрачное, серое настроение. Оно не вгоняет окончательно в бездну но и не вытаскивает. Идеальный баланс, который достичь очень сложно, потому достигается он явно не специально. Этот альбом в начале показался мне чертовски скучным, кстати не просто так до песни empty room находится то чего не должно быть в этом альбоме. Моя оценка 6/10.
One of my favorites.
boooooo
The highs of Arcade Fire are amazing. This is not.
Good stuff, although nothing Earth shattering from a musical standpoint.
Great music, pleasant to listen to
Grown up emo drama reflecting on modern suburb life
I remember being quite disappointed with this at the time, and listening to it again, I still am. It's good, it's just the songs don't seem as good as the first two albums...
First Aracde Fire listening experience and it was pretty enjoyable. I know I've said before that this style of music is hit or miss with me and while it didn't fully hit for me I do have to give the album credit that despite its length it didn't feel like it dragged too much (as some other hour long plus albums I've encountered have). There were times where I did find that the music did sort of disappear into the background and before I knew it I was halfway through a different track than the one I was listening to before. 3/5
Early Fire. Ok as long as you know their stuff
Veldig fint album, hadde 1 sang på lista fra før av. Får meg til å revurdere hvor mange stjerner jeg gir for album, har kanskje overvurdert tidligere album sammenlignet med denne.
Tbh I enjoyed this. No one song really stuck out to me, but it was a fun inoffensive listen that I would go back to one day.
si si cool
I like it, that's it, not very very nor so so
irgendwie krass, aber man muss sich drauf einlassen
The title track is so good, but the album itself is just so-so. It hits the same as David Byrne's voice, a given track is either a total banger or bleh. I was happily surprised to hear Chassagne in Sprawl II. She has such a fun voice (see Sprawl II and Electric Blue). I dig the vibes. I don't identify so much with the trappings of suburban life it is presented in, but I enjoy the liminality of it all the same.
Review to follow hopefully
it didn’t rly stand out to me, but i enjoyed the female vocals
It’s kind of epic and wide. An expansive listen but one that hasn’t hugely left any songs with me. I have held onto some of the feeling. Not any of the specifics.
Another indie rock album. It was alright, not sure if it needed to be in the top 1001 albums though.
This album was an absolute travesty. The falsetto vocals on every song lacked emotion and the lyrical content was bland and meandering. Sonically everything sounded as if it was some soulless pop rock garbage that was repetitive and uninspired. Lots of members in this band for not a lot to be going on in the music.
Plezierige indiepop, daar niet van. Af en toe een blikje violen en ijl geluid, dan weer raggen, dan weer wat synthpop met een dame erbij. Punt is, het is allemaal wel leuk gedaan, maar niks valt op. Zo'n album dat je vooral herluistert omdat je je afvraagt: hm ja, wat heb ik nu eigenlijk gehoord? Jongens, probeer nou af en toe eens een meesterwerk te maken of in ieder geval íéts interssants te doen in plaats van dat vrijblijvende gedoe.
Arcade Fire is na het vorige album niet te lang in de kerk blijven hangen; en dan kom je er nog ongeschonden uit. De band lijkt intussen volwassen geworden en klaar voor hun eigen weg door de wereld. Met een degelijke hoofdroute, maar een jeugdige flexibele mindset voor kleine uitstapjes.
Het derde album van Arcade Fire en we weten wat we gaan krijgen. Ik denk dat ik dit de meest typische Arcade Fire sound vind, althans aan dit soort nummers denk ik bij Arcade Fire. Hitjes als Suburbs, Ready to Start en We used to wait zijn echt top, van die festivalhitjes die ook nu nog regelmatig op mijn favoriete zender K!NK voorbij komen. Ik word er dromerig vrolijk van, wat prima past bij deze zomerse temperaturen. 4,5 ster die ik weer eens naar boven ga afronden
Their last good album I think. They fall off so hard after this one. Its prety good but Its also a bit bloated. Not an album or a band that I relistend to a lot but I like them.
I think the album cover sets the scene fantastically well for what you can expect from this – it sounds exactly like the sort of thing you'd chuck on to take a moment of reflection during a summer's evening along the coast after a long day at work. The tight, punchy mix serves to benefit the album, allowing its dense instrumentation of layered synths, driving strings, crisp snare hits, intricate bass lines and interlocking guitars to breathe and pop out at you. It's a loud sounding record, but one that is dynamic in its range and execution, where there is plentiful variety in how its tracks build towards towering conclusions beyond sheer volume and distortion. Although, slightly to its detriment, there are moments when the album tries to channel a more vigorous and visceral energy, which feel like a slight mismatch for the "kind" sonic template on offer. Lyrically, the album very much does what it says on the tin – detailing Win Butler's youthful urges to break free from his suburban surroundings, and his later realisations and regret of not embracing them and living in the moment. Although not quite comparable to my own experiences, it does feel somewhat relatable to my past grumbles over having lived in the relative arse end of nowhere for most of my life, but eventually coming to appreciate and even love my surroundings. The album's length holds it back a fair bit, where a bit of self-containment, particularly within its mid-section, could have served to strengthen its impact and make it more readily replayable. Nonetheless, by and large it is a triumph.
OK.
An up and down album for me; I enjoyed some songs and disliked others. This was my first listen through of any Arcade Fire album, although I think I recognized some of these songs from hearing them in passing during my time at IU. While indie bands are a blind spot for me (I usually don't enjoy them), this was better than I thought it would be, but wasn't spectacular. The music was VERY 2010, there was a lot of stuff around at that time that sounded similar in my ears. An album that had its moments but didn't move the needle past "OK" for me; it was solid garage rock. 3/5
Good album
10/10
It's a bit uneven (much like Win Butler's character), but the best songs perfectly capture bittersweet suburban malaise
Not special
Solid album, fun to listen to. Three stars
Two songs sounded like they were going somewhere, but the album’s very safe and forgettable.
irónicamente es genérico como pocas veces visto
Too long, lots of the middle could have been cut. Each song overstayed its welcome a bit. But the highs are really fun.
With the exception of a few tracks, this record was really boring. Favourite Track(s): The Suburbs Least Favourite Track(s): Rococo, Half Light I, Suburban War
eh, alright
Prefer the first 2 albums - bookends of this album are superb but the middle drifts too much for an album over an hour long
great album. Was on repeat for me in 2010. Half Light I and Sprawl standout.
#relisten
First two 👌 Rest just fillers
Solid
didnt care for it
Already listened to it.
This album thinks it's doing way more than it actually is. Title track is catchy and I really liked Sprawl II. Everything in the middle is a pretentious boring sandwich.
i really really enjoyed this. i've been pretty indifferent to the different arcade fire albums we've been assigned but for some reason this one really clicked for me. Fav tracks: The Suburbs; Modern Man; Sprawl II
Really incredible. In my head all these years, Arcade Fire was a hardcore rock band in the vein of Alexisonfire. I just didn’t expect this to be so light and listenable. I was hooked from the first two tracks. I’m disappointed that I never thought to explore this band at all previously. The album feels cinematic and I felt like I was riding in a car through the Suburbs, listening to a love letter to a life left behind.
Big fan of the titular song. Rest of the album felt quite samey samey but I still enjoyed.
I did like the songs that I already knew like: The Suburbs Sprawl II Ready to start So the most popular ones from te album. The rest ware ok.
Mediocre. I did not enjoy this one at all.
Overall: 9/10 This is one of the first albums I ever bought on CD, so it has a special place in my heart. I used to listen to it constantly and it was years before I even heard another Arcade Fire album. As a Canadian, they hold a special place in my heart. It's a shame what happened with the band (personal problems and lame music), but this album will always be important to me. Fav Song: Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Feels like a worse version of MGMT. still, I enjoyed it.
whatever man
This was a high school classic for me. I feel like I’ve grown out of it, but it’s still got some really incredible tracks there.
Hopefully the last Arcade Fire I'll listen to. There are a couple of decent songs but overall I'm not a fan of this band at all. Calling people 'kids' who are only slightly younger than you always weirds me out.
Great stuff. I'm very pro-concept-album, so it earns extra points from me for that.
I dunno. This was fine. I'd call it a mid 3. I'll definitely never listen to it again, and it probably turned me off to Arcade Fire forever. Falsetto? Strings? Suburban fucking nostalgia. Nope. But there's also some passable song writing and catchy little bits here and there. This was, perhaps, the perfect album to follow the Doors. Mid, mid, mid.
Coming after Neon Bible, which was a pretty heavy album (see Intervention), I was pretty afraid of an Arcade Fire album called The Suburbs. I was figuring a joyless screed about late stage capitalism and gloom everywhere. To me this album is way more about nostalgia, coming of age, and a personal experience of growing up in the suburbs than a political one, even if there is some of that. And the songs are great. I think it's their best album.
this was really good! Had not heard any of these before. Might rise on re-listening.
5/5 - I love the whole sweep and theme of this album. Sprawl II is likely my favorite Arcade Fire song among many. Happy to put this album on repeat for the entire morning.
I need to listen to this again .
Enjoyed for a while but got too slow and moody by the end. Ready to Start a clear fave.