Neon Bible

Ok but just kind of basic, run-of-the-mill alt-rock

4 / 10

Spaced out junk

Trash

Folksy soft rock with synthy/ambient orchestration, ahead of its time (considering Mumford and Sons and Lumineers coming some years later). Springsteen-esque in places (Intervention). Killers-like too Not enjoying much in particular though.. Best track - No cars go

Meh

Couple of absolute belters on here. Always was a shame about this band's personality. Anecdotal observation: The fact that dudes who see this type of band as the peak of indie don't like Wire and Black Flag sums up my issue with this sort of band and their sort of fans.

Felt very meh about this one. It sounded similar to other 2000's indie rock and I couldn't follow the album theme.

Knew of this band's existence, but man they lack a presence or solid sound, dope name though. Latter half of Ocean of Noise sounded awesome but the rest of the tracks just felt empty and void of personality. I'm thinking its the lead singer, his style is just not for me, its a sort of whisper yell, and its not unique enough to stand out. I really enjoyed the outro of No Cars Go too. The album should've ended there.

so lala.

An utterly there album. I just don't like arcade fire. 2nd song at least had something.

I think I've come to terms with the fact that I just don't like Arcade Fire. The idea of recording this in a renovated church with organs and big strings and whatnot is pretty cool, and I applaud it. It works with about 3 of the songs on this record and the rest sound like shit and don't work out in my ears the way I suspect the band thinks they would. Ultimately, that's just because I don't like the way they sound at all. This is the third album we've gotten from Arcade Fire and they all sound the same. I think I was just the wrong age when they were a big deal to appreciate what they are trying to do as for me the whole thing is just a gigantic effort in attempting to sound huge and serious but it comes across as a parody of that. This album is the worst offender in this precisely because of the way they recorded it. They get close - "My Body is a Cage" and "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" can almost be called ruined post rock, but it's still ruined. I have no idea if this is true but I imagine the male singer has an ego the size of a skyscraper and I bet he's insufferable. That's the vibe I get from all this. Personal opinion of course, but I am pretty done with this band.

This was a pretty decent album, but I never really felt like it got all the way there. It felt like it was building towards something, without a finale/goal. Didn't hate it, production quality was solid, but I probably won't be returning to this one.

It’s alright. Not a huge fan.

**An ok album

Slowly started to just drag on and on. One and done.

It’s ok.

So much of this indie hipster early 2000s sound is really just ordinary pop music. This is about as experimental as Coldplay. It’s just a lot of overhyped nothing.

I did not enjoy it. The extra sounds masked the lyrics too much.

Annoying

Zwar Independent aber ohne Profil

it turns out im not really a huge arcade fire fan. listened to this on friday, and all i can recall is the back half of the album was stronger in my opinion. regarding the small blurb that showed up with this album - "Publications like NME and IGN praised the album for its grandiose nature, while Rolling Stone and Uncut opined that it resulted in a distant and overblown sound." I tend to agree with the latter.

Generally okay, but I don’t know why “We Will Fall” was included in the album, and I don’t know why it had to be 10 minutes long.

Similar to the last album. Good components but strong enough for a 3. Sorry for the weak reviews. Almost caught up!

Keep the Car Running sounds like a Bruce Springsteen song. I have heard of Arcade Fire but never really knew much about them. A little mundane and hard to immediately see why it’s on the list. I didn’t dislike it, but I wasn’t all that interested throughout.

I was kind of looking forward to this one. I'd heard of Arcade Fire and how highly regarded they and their albums are but had never heard any of their songs before. I don't really know what all the fuss is about to be honest. Whiny and dull is what I got from this album, and this is meant to be one of three of their holy trinity of work. I just hope the other two are better than this. Nothing really reached out and grabbed me, I was struggling to find a song that really stood out. Maybe 'The Well And The Lighthouse' and '(Antichrist Television Blues)' because they upped the tempo a bit after the slow tunes. I quite liked 'No Cars Go' because it sounded quite similar to the Prefab Sprout classic 'The King Of Rock 'N' Roll'. I wouldn't say I outright disliked this, but I was bored, and sometimes that's worse. At least if you don't like something you have feelings about it. With this album though, I wouldn't care in the slightest if I never listened to it again. I certainly don't think I needed to listen to it before I died.

I found this pretty unbearable, I don't know what it is about his voice but it's a cheese grater on my ears, the music I guess is fine but it seems to substandard Cali/Indie rock it just faded into nothingness for me

I just can't. I've never been able to appreciate this band.

better than expected, still not my cup of tea

not a fan

During my indie phase (circa 2014-15) I was quite into Arcade Fire, especially The Suburbs, but I didn't enjoy this return to them after many years. I found it really musically disinteresting and didn't even make it through the whole album

Boring. There’s a reason I don’t go to church.

Este álbum ha sido, acertadamente en mi opinión, eliminado de las nuevas versiones del libro. Creo que no tiene nada de especial; es indie típico de principios de los 2000, con una producción excesiva que le resta intimidad. Muchos efectos, órganos por todos lados, pero poca creatividad. Al menos el álbum de Chvrches era divertido; este, sin embargo, se me ha hecho eterno.

Mid indie. Nothing special

Primera vez que escuché a este grupo que para muchos es una joya. Bueno, esa joya no la veo en ninguna de sus notas.

5/10, not my type of music but still enjoyable at times. Overall super boring and not able to hold my interest. favorite track was: Black Wave / Bad Vibrations

Boring

Pretentious and boring

I just don't really fw these guys

I wanted to like this so much more than I did. Indie noise at best

que bronca cuando un album que me gusta mucho está hecho por una persona de mierda, tan difícil es ser un ser humano normal loco??

While there's occasionally a decent part of a song, overall I don't like this, and I struggled to pin down why. I was listening to this album on autoplay and then there was a song where I thought: oh, they finally cleaned it up and this one actually sounds good... and it was U2's City of Blinding Lights. Having that comparison helped: Arcade Fire sounds muddy and bombastic without resolution, the singing is alternatively breathless or whining or imploring and almost always pained. I know there are people who enjoy this style, but I don't; I expect the occasional surprise from them, but nothing consistently strong like the Dire Straits we just listened to.

Very underwhelming and lackluster. Definitely some solid moments, but most of the tracks lack an edge or interesting quality. The album never really evolves beyond indie quirky, and just feels underdone and almost grating at times. Decent, but not worth coming back to. Top tracks: Ocean of Noise, Windowsill

Feels too pretentious and artsy rather than being actually good. It's what I thought Dark Side of the Moon was going to be like before I listened to it and realized it's a masterpiece. This album is really bad and not worth listening to.

One really good song over and over

Makes sense this was recorded in a church. I'm glad it wasn't too gospelly. Never was huge into Arcade Fire even though they were huge in 2000s. Are they worthy of the list? Maybe but I'm not sure this album is. I suspect their debut will make it and I think that will be too many from the band. Neon Bible is not bad but only song that stood out was "No Cars Go" which I had heard before. Best track on the album although I didn't really like the harmony choice with 2 leads. One time listen for me...2.15.

Too pompous for me. And sad. Not in a "makes you sad" way, but in a "some guy you barely know is sharing his misery with you but you would rather be somewhere else" way

not my album

Ok

Seems a bit of an odd choice to me. I think suburbs and funeral are both better albums for sure and not sure if arcade fire warrants three albums really assuming those others are on here. "No cars go" is very good and it's not a bad album, but definitely lacks some of the juice some of their other stuff has

I've never decided if I like them or not. I don't think I do.

Music made by the type of people that appear to have written their own Spotify bio.

Do you remember being 18? Idealistic and still impressionable, even if you'd like to think you're not. You go to shows all the time because music means everything to you. And at one show, where you see one of your favorite bands, an amazing, earnest cadre of musicians who blow you away with their talent & insight, you happen to get a few great photos because you're so close to the stage. You tag the musicians and are blown away when one of them actually DMs you. But it quickly goes very very wrong. His messages are flirtatious, provocative. Even though he's married. Even though he's nearly 20 years older than you. You try to figure out how to tell him to stop, but he doesn't. & it just gets worse. I guess the album is okay. But the earnest, self-tortured stylings come across as a just a *bit* false when you know how fucking gross Win Butler is.

I don’t get the appeal of this album. Not at all. It is not at all interesting. Nothing makes it stand out to me.

Their sound is recognizable, and although I liked Funeral, I'm a bit frustrated with this one. Their music seems to have lost part of its candor, while not really renewing itself.

it's fine, general purpose hipster rock i suppose. wouldn't listen to again. 1.5

Thought I liked arcade fire... Did not like this album.

takes some doing to make me sad while making a heart and bow themed bridal shower scrapbook, well done arcade fire

I don’t like Arcade Fire. Some songs sound like Bruce Springsteen. I don’t like Bruce Springsteen either.

Yawn. The musicians are not unskilled, but this just wasn't for me.

Not a fan, something just seemed off about it. It sounded like music but didn't feel like music, I don't know how to explain it.

A solid 2 stars. 1 for effort and 1 for ending it under an hour. Nothing too memorable. Forgot the name of the band half way into it.

Pretty boring - kind of gloomy, not melodic enough to suit my tastes, and the singer has quite a whiny voice. But not actively bad

Really not my taste

..

I finished it but would not return

Groupe inconnu. L'instrumentation est originale, mais je ne trouve pas le résultat très intéressant. Aucun morceau ne m'a marqué. =>2/5

Not a big fan.

Christians have a hard time getting people to read the Holy Bible because it's deemed as "boring", but the Neon Bible isn't much more exciting. Arcade Fire's "Funeral" album has a little magic to it, and was much more exciting; this one deflates that. Maybe that was their Funeral. Favorite Song: "Keep The Car Running"

This is a band I really didn’t care for when they first came out. Trying to keep an open mind here. The first track is kinda cool. Second one not so much. From there it’s very meh. Like a pretentious Bruce Springsteen. The last track is closer to Neil Young and is probably the best tune.

my favourite of theirs, quite varied.

I can understand why Arcade Fire's Funeral is on this list. Neon Bible however the band's play on their faith and struggles with it falls flat and doesn't help convince a listener that this is a must-listen album. 2.5/5.

It was okay.

Drony whiny indie garbage

I just cannot get into Arcade Fire. I'm not sure why. I listened to this album three times and didn't save one song. It's a bummer, I want to like them!

Over. Rated.

The first Arcade Fire album on this list was pretty good and entertaining... This wasn't... 2/5

Bleh

It's fine. It's okay. I keep thinking it sounds like a bunch of older stuff, but I can't quite put my finger on who it is they're trying to sound like. Maybe it's everyone, they want to be all previous popular bands so are throwing everything at it in the hope something sticks. I get why some would really like this, but it sounds like a cheap copy of a copy of a copy.

Pas ma cam

I know the name, I am familiar with a few of their songs, but I've never understood the hype around them, so I welcomed the opportunity to listen to an entire album that's considered essential. I like the opening track, "Black Mirror", "Keep The Car Running" feels familiar and sounds like a Springsteen penned song, didn't care for "Intervention" at all. It wasn't long before I was bored. His voice does nothing for me (he wouldn't last long on the cruise ship) it doesn't make me want to keep listening and I'm at a loss for why they're popular. They feel like that band everyone tells you you need to love, but they can't explain why. Not Top 1001 for me, I don't feel it's that solid, it has no anchor songs & I can't imagine it's influential cause all I hear are other bands in their songs (Springsteen, Talking Heads, The Killers, Chris Isaak). Not worthy, but thanks for confirming what I already thought.

some of it is good, it's just like. Some of it gives fl and it feels like i was listening to the x ambassadors at times. guy has a really nice voice, but I don't think I'll ever wanna listen again. title track good

I don’t think it’s possible to make an album more forgettable than this. Music For Airports was more attention grabbing. Listening to this at times felt like listening to a bad Bruce Springsteen tribute act who for some reason refused to play any of the hits. The sound quality on this was also awful for an album recorded in the 2000s. Perhaps there’s a reason albums are generally recorded in studios and not churches. Honestly, literally nothing about this was interesting; It’s not even bad enough to merit a 1.

Nothing really stood out for me. I do like the album cover though

Exceptionally mid. Chris hit the nail on the head saying it was too boring to be worthy of a 1.

It's my sort of music, but I never liked Arcade Fire. And this hasn't changed my opinion. Not sure why I don't like it.

Eh, I don’t get it. Samey music that just sounds sad or bored.

honestly not too bad, was okay. Higher 2 I’d say.

Neon Bible, like all Arcade Fire, just ain't for me. Not a sound I appreciate or enjoy, I get a sense of the atmosphere and performance they're trying to get across, but it bores the shit out of me. A 2 based on that, they've never ever been my thing.

Aika lame, 2007 vuoden levy enkä oikeen ymmärtäny mitä uutta/erikoista toi musaskeneen

Gave it a shot but arcade fire just isn't for me. Just seemed very monotonous. Low 2.

Another pretentious indie folk rock album

Some songs were decent, some dragged out a bit long. A mixed bag but not many I'd listen to again. I didn't mind listening to it though. Highlights: Keep the Car Running The Well and the Lighthouse

Скучные библейские синты. Писюн не встал

3 - Some tracks hit: Cemetry Gates, I know It's Over, second half of There Is a Light That Never Goes Out. Despite this, many are very forgettable or just mid. The harsh transitions between tracks can be jarring. I was mostly impressed that the album kept me mostly engaged throughout the run. It definitely benefits from being a short listen.

Maybe it's because of how ubiquitous it was , maybe it's the lead vocals, or maybe it's the sound mixing, but something didn't chime with me. Feels like a parody of everything people are known not to like about 2000s indie.

Felt very meh, almost like background music designed not to be noticed

Don’t remember much. Seemed ordinary.

Couldn't get into it. Just didn't care about any of it

They could have done with sneaking a few bottles of wine into the studio. Interesting, but too sombre for me. I could hear some good influences, from singer-songwriter right through to New Order, but they all came out badly in the mix. The Killers did it better; this is too intense and misses the fun.

Arcade Fire - another of those bands people rave about but I don't get and couldn’t even name a track. Still don’t get.

Overrated

Was not excited to listen to this in the slightest. I gave it a shot and it lived up to my expectations. All around a boring listen. Sure it is well produced and uses a lot of organ, but it's so whiny and boring in its compositions.

Hipster nonsense. It has a few decent spots but I'll never get the hype around this band.

No idea. Seems very bland to me. Yes it has an original dramatic quality to it but never seems to pick up any real pace. It's not as epic as it thinks it is. Also, like the similarly incomprehensibly successful The Killers he sings like a third rate Meatloaf, and I don't like Meatloaf either. I think you had to be there or something.

Not bad, per se, but a total snooze.

Definitely went into this fairly Arcade Fire neutral, but even then was surprised by how unmoved I was by this. Wish it did more for me! Oh well!

Liked it more than i remembered but i do not really enjoy these guys and their weirdo concept

Saved a few tunes

Ok, not my personal taste.

Not really my thing..

Boring and generic.

3/10

Every song sounds exactly the same except for whether it's a man or woman singing. There's having a cohesive sound on an album and there's being repetitive. If you like once Arcade Fire song, you probably like them all.

Boring, weak vocals so drained our by the music.

These guys like Springsteen, hm? A tad pretentious, and thinks it's much more interesting it actually is. I'd give 'em a 2.5 if I could but I'll round down because Win Butler is such an ass.

Ganska tråkigt. Hann bara lyssna en gång. Kanske hade varit bättre annars.

Another one that doesn’t do it for me. I appreciate the person who put together this website but I question who originally put together the thousand and one best albums to listen to. I sure would like a different list. I’m disappointed for more often not, and I have such a wide appreciation for music. 2

Aggressively mediocre. All the non-singles sound the same.

Meh

Did not enjoy

This sounds like something that most people like because it was what they listened to when they were younger, like 17 or 22, not because it’s terribly good. And even then I have a hunch they mainly listened to it because it was “indie,” so it made them cool to be included in that scene. Now I assume the appeal here is nostalgia, because try as I might I can’t find anything of interest here.

All sounds the same

booo

- felt like it had potential but it was never realized

I couldn't get into this at all. Sounded like a bunch of moody teenagers. Made it all the way through though, so it gets 2 stars.

Not a favorite.

mid downloaded one song

Not for me

If this is the birth of Indie Rock, I am glad it didn’t end here.

Such a boring band but I have this theory that if I was 13 years old when I first heard them I would have loved them. But yes, boring. Apart from No Cars Go, which is a really good song.

Fine. Just fine. Nothing that blew my hair back. My Body Is A Cage is a favorite, there's really nothing else from this album I enjoyed.

Such a step down from Funeral.

something about Arcade Fire really bothers me. Bores me even. I find it hard to be objective in this rating.

mind numbing did nothing for me.

Not good, not bad...

Early 2000s people would hate me. I don’t like Arcade Fire.

Reminded me a bit of The Killers, the vocals are a bit annoying, production quality was mixed. + for the use of a pipe organ, but - for the excessive use of it in Intervention. No Cars Go was the only thing that stood out for me.

Singers voice is miserable

all of the songs sounded the same

i never understood the appeal of arcade fire

Meh.

I remember being hyped into buying an Arcade Fire CD way back when. For some reason I didn't think they were great then, and it hasn't aged well for me. Ho-hum pretentious rock.

to be honest, i was kind of bored with this one.

This band just doesn’t go anywhere musically for me. I just wait for it to hit second gear and it rarely does. The lead singer guy is apparently a fucking creep, too.

boring

I didn't like this. I kind of zoned out through most of it to be honest, and now its done I can't remember a single track.

The crybaby bitch award goes to Neon Bible. I just can't dig the 80's hipster sound.

Altough they came from my town of Montréal i never listen to them and in indie rock in general to be honnest

could not get into it. its just okay. desperately need to relisten

1-Black Mirror I really love the sound of the occasional piano chords in the background in this song. The change to female vocals and then back to male vocals in the song is really well done, keeps the song fresh and not repetitive. 2-Keep The Car Running This song screams “walk of shame” to me, I can imagine coming home from the club and listening to this song, good song for the right circumstances. 3-Neon Bible Not my favourite so far in this album but is also a nice song for melancholy moods. 7- The Well and The Lighthouse This song feels like what a daydream is 8-(Antichrist Television Blues) This song really suits the lead’s voice, the guitar and drums really brings out the rock genre that suits the lead vocals. Not a huge fan of the subject matter/lyrics but has definitely trumped tracks 4,5,6 in this album. 10- No Cars Go The instrumental with the bass guitar at around ~2:10 and ~3:00 is a nice listen and really redeems the song for me, definitely one of my favourites from this album. 11-My Body Is A Cage Really grandiose instrumentals on this song, very theological. This is like if Radiohead were Christian, and it works super well. ——————————————————————— 4-Intervention Really didn’t like the heavy church elements in this song (orphan, bells) When the song picked up to chorus I started to like this song, but then I didn’t- it’s too “Whiney” for me, this is possibly due to the monotonous nature of the vocals in this track and how it feels like there is no “build up” or variety in the melody(?) 5- Black Wave/Bad Vibrations Song started off good, reminded me of the B-52s, but then it got too “Whiney” for me again 6-Ocean of Noise I would love this if I actually liked the lead singer’s voice. I like the background music but not his voice (I think his voice lacks personality and distinction.) 9- Windowsill Had to skip this song, I don’t like the first 2 minutes of it, after that when it picks up it does get better but I can’t add this song to my playlist if I can’t stand to hear the first two minutes. I don’t like the repetitive nature of the lyrics (“I don’t” x50) not my style. My Top 3: My Body is A Cage Black Mirror No Cars Go

--------------- Black Mirror Keep the Car Running Neon Bible Intervention Black Wave / Bad Vibrations Ocean of Noise The Well and the Lighthouse (Antichrist Television Blues) Windowsill No Cars Go My Body Is a Cage they r all not good. not horrible enough for 1 tho

Meh

Not my thing. But, can hear that they have good lyrics and a lot of musical talent. Felt like a grand project.

Not really my style, but I love My Body is a Cage.

#134. More hipster folk. Hurray... 2/5: boo Song added to playlist: No cars Go I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

I wouldn't go as far as to say this outright sucks, but it's definitely not as good as I remember. The late 2000's indie sound is just not my favorite any more, it all sounds so radio ready and fabricated. Disingenuous is the word that comes to mind. That all being said, I dig the organ and strings on this album.

For me, I can't get past the vocalist. His sound is just not for me. I wanted to give them a chance and I remember waiting up to watch them on SNL. So I've tried!!

Got bored 5 songs in

It was better than I expected but I'm not a fan of this band

naja

Frans canadees...

I much prefer Funeral, their previous album. Overall I'd say around 25% of the album I thought was enjoyable, while the rest I thought was a little boring.

Still can't do indie stuff

Rich sound, overproduced and just felt noisier than it needed to be. Nothing too catchy either unfortunately. I wanted to like it, just didn't :(

indifference manifested

Meh.

Mehh

Blank, unemotional and a bit boring for me

Only listened to a few songs. It was not to my taste.

Couldn't finish it, not my cup of tea. Bland indie rock.

Lavish indie rock curtains obscuring an empty room

I know this is a huge album for a lot of people, but it does nothing for me.

It's ok nothing special

-Goth vibes. -Anyone of these songs could have been in the show Wednesday for the Dance episode. -Instruments drown out vocals on quite a bit of the songs. -Would not try to listen to this again. -Don’t hate it, just not my type of music.

not great

It was ok, not my favorite

Good album

rock/pop, 2007 -> 2

Esta guay pero no es mi estilo 💀

i like how one of the songs is used in saltburn (great movie). most of the songs were good for their time but not for me

Don’t like his voice. Not then, not now

I’d say I’m a fan of Indie rock so I was excited to get an indie rock album but I gotta say there was nothing memorable about this one. The first half of the album just dragged, and the way they used the organ as a continuous drone in at least half of the tracks really killed even the songs that otherwise wouldn’t have been so bad. Disappointing album.

I was all for this one after the perfectly-executed opening track, but the whole LP gradually became more and more gratuitous as it went on. Arcade Fire has always tended towards the bombastic, and it's clear they hadn't yet learned the tasteful moderation that would see 'The Suburbs' succeed. Way too much choir/organ-infused balladry in the middle that makes the whole album feel a bit bloated - cut the fat and this would be an excellent debut.

It's not that the music isn't good or listenable. It's that it all sounds the exact same. The singer knows exactly three notes and one tone. They use the same bass line and keyboard sound on every track. And the mix is the same on every single song. It's monotonous as hell.

1.81 average per track.

I really liked the Suburbs but this is mostly a miss. Annoying vocals but could be worse for 2007; Inoffensive.

Anyways, here’s wonder wall on a ukulele

i was lukewarm on this release

Parece grandioso demais, tem muita coisa acontecendo, mas ao msm tempo parece que nada se conecta. Ouvi em 3 fones diferentes e nenhum instrumento se destaca. Muito estranho. Hipsters se dando mais importância do que merecem.

Not bad, a little try hard

Ben ik weer in de jaren 80 beland? Arcade Fire is er iig blijven hangen. En voor mij is dat geen goed teken. Geen wonder dat ik er nooit in kon komen, ik snap na dit album wel waarom.

Lyssnade på detta album när det kom och var lite trendigt. Var också på en konsert men minns bara att jag blev knuffad av nån som skulle tränga sig fram och att jag då armbågade nästa person i samma sällskap som råkade vara en tjej. Att jag inte minns nåt av musiken är väl ganska signifikant. Anonymt och platt. Inte mkt dynamik. Keep the car cominng hade kunnat vara ännu fetare. Det hade räckt med den och Intervention. Resten av låtarna kan dra åt helvete.

#1 sådär. Lite enkel #2 lite bättre. #3 sådär #4 sådär Rätt lika sound, lite platt trots mycket "ljud". #5 lite annorlunda, men bara sådär #6 meh #7 låter som de andra i början #8 ok #9 lite annat, ok #10 bäst hittills. Påminner även lite mer om den AF jag hört tidigare. Mer melodi än bara en vägg av ljud. De flesta låtarna låter likadant. En vägg av ljud och en röst som sjunger. Inget jag kommer lyssna på igen.

Fruktansvärt tråkigt

Not really for me. Big Springsteen vibes if you're into that

Da e kje heilt for meg

Completely Unimpressionable

Was okay. Not super impressed by the music. 2.5/5 Probably wont listen again

I had Funeral on heavy rotation when it came out. I was so excited when they released Neon Bible. But it never grabbed me. It felt like a classic sophomore effort - the same sound, but the songs just weren't nearly as crafted as those on the debut. I hadn't listened to it for 20 years. And my opinion holds. Intervention is a great pop song. The rest of it sounds like angsty jam sessions.

sounds very ... 1970s? like, if i were busy smoking up in my girlfriend's parents' backyard while hawking my spraycan art on the street once or twice a month and never showering, i'd probably really dig it, man

It's alright? I'm not really into Arcade Fire

Not my typa shindig.

This album is for somebody, but this ain't for me.

Not really my jam. Somehow indie arena rock is just not a thing for me.

Couple of songs were g8 but overall not really my cup of tea

Very mid

Eh. Not my style honestly

didnt really interest me

in the mid 2000s america stopped producing good bands and gave us two bob phantom of the opera tribute acts. at best it sounds like a haunted hipster carnival/circus

It’s a different animal to ‘Funeral’, but this album walked so ‘The Suburbs’ could run…

It was alright, very over the top sounding. It wasn't very memorable, I've heard a few Arcade Fire songs prior to listening to this album, they were better than this. Maybe they got better over time?

Fun, energetic Album. Morning drive or commute worthy tunes.

Not a fan

Didn't suck, but was immediately forgettable.

Meh

it sounds too repetitive to me

here lies, l a u r a r i n t o u l born: folsom prison live died: elephant white stripes slain in action, valiantly battling terrible albums rest in peace i lay down my wreath and say a prayer. what point now is there in carrying on? the goofy bit that i like the sound of my own voice isnt so funny to me now that no one is actually listening. now im just a sad little boy listening to frank black on the bus all alone! an album that i only know through laura! who will forget such classic album reviews as: Elephant The White Stripes sososososso goddam boring 1 i could not have said it better myself! laura will be forever remembered as someone who used this platform for good - what it was actually made for; reviewing albums. i used it for recording manic episodes and finding revolutionary new ways to not have sex. shes in heaven now, making music that probably sounds like having ones head slammed into a concrete floor repeatedly, but in a cathartic and beautiful kind of way. god bless her and all who sail in her. amen

Bad

Sounds too much like the other albums. Hard to judge on our own merit.

Didn’t like this album-the sound of it isn’t for me, I think. The sound mix is muddy, leading to some songs having an odd dynamic between vocals and instrumental. Lyrically it’s pedestrian whining about life in a way that I find grating. These are personal reactions, musically the bad is quite competent and I can see why others would like it, which is why it is two stars not one.

Parit hitit sieltä tunnisti, ekaa kertaa varmaan kuuntelin albumin. Koitin kahesti kuunnella, mut ei kyl lähteny. 2/5.

It was like listening to nothing.

Can leave this more than I can take it.

After a brilliant debut album, this sophomore effort was a complete letdown. I've seen Arcade Fire 4 times and not once have they played a single song fro this album. Pretty much says all you need to know about it.

This was okay. A little on the slow side for me but there a tracks I can see myself playing again on occasion. 2

2/5 Best: No Cars Go Worst: Intervention

2.5

Very hot or miss, but mostly miss

so boring ngl not bad, but i’ll never listen to it again actually it was kinda bad

Love the music, hate the lyrics. Super hipster stuff. I enjoyed Intervention though.

Pretty good actually

Meh

I know this band is huge but I’ve never understood the appeal. This album felt like a boring soundtrack to a boring indie movie.

This has made next to no impression on me. Cannot get remotely excited about this

I don’t think I really care for arcade fire . I thought I would but it’s not really for me

Da e kje heilt for meg

Eh

Muy repetitivo y sentí q muchas veces las melodías no pegaban con la letra y no tenía mucho sentido, entonces no es de mi agrado

Ehhh If you like pretentious,pompous, bland,boring,unimaginative, uncreative mediocre indie rock then you'll love it.

Very indie/punk. Not something I find on my own. Im not disliking it, but I haven’t heard a song that I want to listen to again.

Album 3 from Arcade Fire... and I think I kind of get it. Early on in this record, I mentally drew a comparison to U2's grandiosity. It's aiming for the cheap seats in the arena, and much like U2, I think it's all pomp and no circumstance, to turn a phrase. It's fine, and I appreciate the varied instrumentation on this record, but it's all just so... pretentious. Favorite tracks: "Black Wave / Bad Vibrations", "No Cars Go"

Had a really hard time caring about this one. As I listened, I kept wishing I was listening to other albums, including the first Arcade Fire joint, which is much better, IMO. More interesting. Better produced. So, this one: a whole lotta meh.

Bland indie band that sounded like nothing but also like mid 2000s bland indie bands. Sylvia and I gave this a go in a car ride while our conversation was engaging so maybe my focus was lacking? But we would come back to the music and chat about it during the listen and he looked forward to spinning Beyoncé after we powered through.

Some decent moments but overall not my thing

it's been a while since i've heard some of these overplayed singles. never really a fan of arcade fires schtick anyway so by the 3rd album i'm particularly bored of it.

Very boring and basic

Pretentious music

I have tried for years with this album and this band - I wish I could figure out or better-explain why it is I don't like this, or them. I tried again this morning and I wanted to dig something specific out but I just can't - I think there's a lot around the rotten and muddy mix* where I can't really hear the individual instruments very well, perhaps a great dose of the overly-faux-eager but not very good vocals that irritate me, or just that I don't connect with any of the songs whatsoever. I could see how one could make the case of this being this grandiose album but I hear it as utterly overblown and overwrought pablum. * (this mix feels like it's by design - a soundscape to perhaps give an effect or mood rather than focus on any particular part; frankly it sounds like there's a pillow over every microphone giving a "soft" feel to it all. If so, ok that's art of course - but to me it's terribly distracting and puts a dull cloud over it all. Not sure if I'd like it more with a clear distinct sound but it wouldn't hurt.) It's not ... horrible; I've heard a lot that I like considerably less, but it is a chore to get through. Flat-out I think this experiment can end without any grand proclamation, other than I just don't enjoy or like Arcade Fire. 3/10 2 stars.

Pomposity to the fore, rather than songwriting or melody. Only the mighty James Murphy made them sound interesting rather than just another dull as ass American Indie band moaning about something. Cannot understand how high a regard this is held in

cheesy americans

pass

I would go like 2.4. so if this arcade fire album is on here, how many others will there be?

Was not a fan

I was indifferent about this album. A few decent songs (No Cars Go, Ocean of Noise) peppered in with a bunch of otherwise forgettable filler tracks. Didn’t really care for the vocals. I read some other reviews of the album and it sounds like they put on a great live show, and there are apparently several other albums that are very highly touted. Maybe they’ll make me listen to another one, until then….

Eh. It is just there. Nothing great about it. I listened to it while grocery shopping so I guess it better than grocery store music. However, if one does not hear the grocery store music, how can one know that this album was better? No need to listen to this again.

Every time I hear an Arcade Fire album it makes me want to sit in my garage and “Keep the Car Running”

Wow, this was unexpectedly bland. I enjoyed the other two albums I got on here from these folks… this one is a serious sophomore slump if I’ve ever heard it. It felt like they were just going through the motions of writing songs without any good ideas to put in them. It wasn’t entirely terrible to listen to, but I wouldn’t spin it again.

Woof. This one is very far from when I originally listened to it and enjoyed it. A couple of strong tracks, but pretty dreadful as a project.

This album sucks!

Arcade Fire fall at the center of a Venn diagram with many overlapping circles: "mediocre," "bland," "arrogant," "wearing their influences on their sleeves," "worshipping other mediocre artists." They really embodied a lot of the worst elements of mid-2000s indie rock scene. They didn't hit the lows of Foster the People or Mumford and Sons, but short of being industry plants like those garbage factories, they were pretty miserable. This is another album that has been scrubbed from my version of the list, so I don't know the authors' justification for including it, but judging from the entry they wrote about Funeral, it wouldn't be the sort of inspirational write-up that would make me reconsider my dismissal of this dreck. Listening to this is a chore.

Arcade Fire on paper is exactly who I want to listen to. However, this album sucks. I don't understand why it's in the list. The Suburbs is a thousand times better. The best song on here is My Body Is A Cage, and it wasn't even released as a single.

Found the whole album to be pretty bland and repetitive. It makes good background music. All in all, pretty forgettable. 2/5

ei yhtään huonoa biisiä... ja ei MYÖSKÄÄN YHTÄÄ N MUISTETTAVAA... MAHTI KAPPALETTA....unohdin melkeinmpä jokaisen.. mutta ihan hyvää musiikkia kuitenkin että sellattiin mutta ei , ei vienyt hENKÄISYÄNI pois kertaakaan... varmaan kakkosta... noh kait paras biisi on sitten ehhh intervention

Meh

Not a lot I am Viborg with but a few tracks are a solid v8be, somewhere in the range 9f how i felt about Talking Heads and PaulcCartney and Wings.

Never really understood the hype

Zeer monotoon, beetje war on drugs saaiheid.

Beetje lauwtjes allemaal.

Not really for me. Have tried them before and it hasn't clicked

Sapal.

This was a bit of a miss for me, just a bit flat. Which I wasn’t expecting from the Arcade fire. I really liked their earlier album.

they said among us in one of the songs not really my type. standout so far is keep the car running. will maybe listen to again to get a real feel for it. the well and the lighthouse is also good. overall it was kind of boring. reminded me of the killers but not as good.

I had heard of this group before but I couldn't name any of their songs. I was excited to check them out and the album got off to a decent start but I quickly lost interest and discovered that their music isn't my thing. I don't think that it is awful, just not my favorite type of music.

Music for basic white men bitches. I don't know, man. It just sounds like every single indie artist of the 2010's with that whiny forlorn, yet aloof "cool artist guy" sound. Meh.

Arcade Fire, One of my sons favourite bands, they are OK but don't see what the hype is about really. Pretty standard 2010's rock music here. I find it slightly repetitive and sub Talking Heads standard really. I liked "Keep The Car Running" Not on My List I am afraid

Didn't get much juice out of this lemon

Another winner for Arcade Fire. 2.5/5 first listen.

Vähä jotenki munaton vaikka moni mun kaveri bändiä diggaileekin

Notwist but a bit boring

I like a lot of these songs, separately. A little Arcade Fire goes a long way, and an entire album of their work can make you wish it was before the halfway point. The word "overblown" comes to mind.

Ogillade lyriken å musiken va boring

Känns själlöst, speciellt jämfört med deras första.

Meh. Overly dramatic and too much voice synth

meh, a lot of filler songs

I recognize a few of these songs, but I can't bring myself to care.

spooky, arcade fire lowkey pretentious

This is the worst era of indie rock

I had heard from friends that this band is good and after sitting through this album, I can confidently disagree.

Man, I just do not like arcade fire. There’s so much good in rock in the world, but this is not it. I could see an argument for including their first album “Funeral” but yikes. Not a fan.

No Cars Go is quite good, but the rest of the album is a slog to get through. Had it as background music when working just to get through this one.

pop demais, me lembrou imagine dragons. meio ruim mesmo. Definitivamente não é bom. Muito longe disso, na verdade. A única música que não é terrível é my body is a cage, eles até que conseguem fazer uma versão legalzinha e por isso, eles merecem uma estrela.

I did not like this.

Pish! How do these albums keep making the list?!?!

I don't get it, i don't like this, it's very boring. And thanks to another reviewer the lead singer is trash.

Not for me

Not my type

J’ai pas accroché

I thought I would dislike the music. It doesn't bother me. Sounds like some standard ole pop rock flair. The vocals, again - my issue with "indy" music is it -to me- feels like its terrible vocals, but they want to make music, so they lean into the terrible quality of the vocals. Then a bunch of people like those terrible sounding vocals to be "unique" or "artistic" or "different" than everyone else who likes music. This isn't nearly as bad as some other indy stuff, and produced well. But this type of music with this kind of vocals is just not something I am into nor enjoy.

no es mi estilo…