Neon Bible

*siiiiiiiiiigh...* I used to be a really big Arcade Fire fan, and their run from Funeral to Reflektor remains exceptional. Neon Bible is a towering reflection of society post 9/11 (though it remains very relevant today) that can occasionally feel a little too "we live in a society", but it is one that manages to mostly wield a massive biblical sound and big themes without collapsing in on itself. Win Butler, what the fuck?

I think it's a perfect album an all-time FAVE I should say

My favorite Arcade Fire album. Took a few listens to grow on me when I first heard it years ago, but several of the songs (Ocean of Noise, Windowsill, The Well and the Lighthouse) get stuck in my head regularly.

Красиво, по сути красиво

Vou ser breve, peguei esse disco em um momento delicado. Chorei ouvindo, mas o choro já estava entalado. Ele propiciou o lançamento dessas emoções que já existiam. Até mesmo relatei algumas das letras, mas é provável que eu só ouvi o que queria ouvir. Mas no final das contas, apreciar arte é sempre isso, não dá pra desvincular nosso viés pessoal daquilo que interagimos. Tudo está na mente, e é tudo emocional. Não existe objetividade, em nada. Uma vez eu chorei num Uber e senti que tava pesando demais o clima aí eu fiz uma piada tipo "é cada louco que pede Uber nessa cidade né" e aí ele deu uma risada amarela e disse "fica tranquilo irmão, relaxa, não tem problema" e eu meio que vi Deus naquele Chevrolet Onix 5/5

They are incredibly good. Every record by Arcade Fire deserves to be on this list.

This was so good, from the opening song to the closing song it was all just fucking perfect.

Bang.

Emotional rollercoaster of an album that aims to carry you through it. Picks you up, throws you in, takes you back out again. The artist is in control, not you.

Some days this is my favorite Arcade Fire album. I love how straightforward it is in comparison with their other records. No obvious overarching concept, just great song after great song. It is also a very important one for me. At the time it came out, I was just starting moving away from mainstream music and into more indie stuff. I remember when I first heard a few songs from this I found them very strange, because how different they were from what I was used to. Looking back now, this is pretty accessible but not any less great. Arcade Fire were a huge part of the 00s Indie Boom, specifically what I'm going to call the 2nd Wave of it, and they essential killed the whole movement later in 2017 with the release of their much-maligned Everything Now album. Personally I think that album is pretty good, but on most days Reflektor is my favorite album of theirs. Their two latest albums, however, even I can't get behind those. What a shame. Key tracks: Keep the Car Running Intervention Ocean of Noise The Well and the Lighthouse Windowsill No Cars Go My Body Is a Cage

Quiet folk song style which I really enjoy. I really liked the use of the organ in the song "Intervention". Mexican vaquero vibes.

An album I listened to a lot when I was properly getting into music. Loved the band then and the first 3 albums are all fantastic.

I've realized Arcade Fire is one of those bands that I really do love their albums, but rarely ever put on. "Funeral" is always my go-to, but I forgot how good this one was too. They were always that "cool band," and as a true elder-Millennial I'm glad I got to see them at Coachella 2014. They played over their set time, power got cut, so they marched out in to the audience with their acoustic noise makers and continued a big crowd sing-a-long that I was in just the right spot for. In their prime before he got really cancelled. What a time to be into indie music in your twenties with not a care in the world.

This one took me a while with it being sandwiched between Funeral and Suburbs. A little pretentious but life’s too short. It’s a bummer Win was a sleazeball after all these years.

I was right in the target demographic for this album when it was released but, even though I heard it and liked some of the tracks, I never quite understood the hype. Listening with fresh ears I can see why it is held up as classic of early new milenium indie. Captures the zeitgiest of post 9/11 paranoia and unease and filters it through the pride, anxiety, innocence, big hearted love and invincibility of youth. wide scale emotions with wide scale sound to match, and enough ideas under the hood to keep it interesting beyond the surface level bombast. Very well done.

Great album

NICE ALBUM!

I only knew one song from this band which is the one they used in “The Secret Life of Walter Lee” - Wake up. Glad I heard this album, loved it

It is definitely something I would listen to. It sounds like the band Doves. The thing about these indie bands and albums, is that they're so underground and that's what gets them less appreciation than they deserve. Love the early 2000's Indie era. Amazing album.

One song in and I LOVE it. After listening to the whole thing, it's still great. amazing album fs.

This one was such a favorite of yours we listened to it two days in a row. Organ music really vibes with 4 month olds!! :-)

Tää oli parempi, kuin jo aiemmin tullut bändin eka levy. Suosikki biisini on ”Intervention”. Surullinen biisi, hyvät sanat ja erittäin hienot urut. Tuon biisin takia viisi tähteä.

A masterpiece of songcraft and orchestration. To say the band was committed to the production of this opus is something of an understatement. They bought at church to record in. This reaches the height albums can reach when the composition and content take music into the territory of cultural transmission.

A grand, energetic album, richly layered instrumentally, with a concept that’s delivered beautifully.

PERFECT

Actually great

dome

This is a really good album. Their best in my opinion. It's a pity the lead singer turned out to be a creep.

this holds up

Probably not the best album by Arcade Fire but I have always liked its dramatic baroque arrangements. Plus, the last two tracks alone deserve five stars...

I really enjoyed the album in its entirety. The Well & The Lighthouse's driving tempo and slowing points really grabbed & will be included in my future playlists.

For me, it's a really great album. I didn't get into Arcade Fire until I saw them on the 'We' tour. I have seen them a few times now...what a great live band. These songs are atmospheric and rooted in a place. This makes sense due to the album being recorded in a church. The thematic nature of these songs also hits. 5/5

I was expecting Neon Bible to be good but i wasn't expecting to give a 5 star review to it, But i'm so happy that i get to give a surprise 5 star review. I get that the incredibly grandiose sound is certainly a divisive aspect about this album but i'm with the people that like it as it gave the songs here so much depth. Every song here felt atmospheric and incredibly deep which i really liked. Everything from the general indie rock sound with the guitars and such to all the elements that added to this grandiose nature were all things that i really liked about this album. And they are all hits, not a single song that i didn't enjoy. This album was certainly a really great listen. Best Song: No Cars Go Worst Song: Neon Bible

One of my favorite bands. Their old albums are good but recent albums suck.

I remember not getting into this at the time, had 3 exceptional tracks that I listened to a lot but I ignored the rest. Well I was very wrong, this is really good. Not a bad track on here. this was 4.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes 63/256 (24%) Will I get: Maybe a better copy

I wanna give it like a 4.5 but I’ll be generous and give it 5

I get why most people say funeral or suburbs is the best AF album, but this album speaks to me a bit more and tickles my brain in all the right places

This one is a classic for me. I have listened to this one a million times if I've listened to it once. Favorites: Intervention Black Wave My Body is a Cage

I did not know any Arcade Fire before this album, although I had heard the name. I really liked this!

5/5, what a fantastic work of art. Full disclosure, I always wrote off Arcade Fire as one of those typical pretentious indie bands of their day, and man, was I wrong. This is an incredible album and deserves an attentive listenthrough or three. It is lively, varied, and thematically coherent the whole way through. The different influences and instruments that touch this album are used to full effect — everything from a heavy handed church organ to the sounds of the sea to strings supplement the already brilliant compositions that make up the skeleton of this album. Lyrics can range from simplistic to clever, but they always fit the song well and have some outstanding delivery to boot. I struggle to make callouts because the *entirety* of the album is good, from the sinister chromatic runs of "Black Mirror" to the crashing choral and organ drop in "My Body is a Cage." Absolutely incredible. Good lord, what an album. One of the many reasons to undertake this journey.

I really like it. I wish I could have spent a part of my life listening to this. I will come back to it for a journey I wanna be walking down a rocky trail listening to this

There's something about the vibe of this pretentious indie music that I just can't ignore. Just found myself wanting to get lost in it all over again.

Nearly 100 albums in and I finally get an album that I not only like, but have listened to *multiple times*. I was obsessed with this album as a kid and I feared it wouldn't hold up, but I had a great time relistening to it. 50% of the fun I had was surely nostalgia, but I was hooked again from start to finish - a milestone rarely achieved by any of the albums in this list. I hesitate to say this is an album you *must* listen to before you die...if I heard this cold and for the first time today, who knows if it would have left such an impression. Regardless, it's certainly one of the best choices on this list. In the top ten of what I've heard so far, for sure. A firm 4.75 out of 5, bumped up to a 5 here, on account of the childhood wistfulness.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Good composition and interesting use of instrumentation. No song was what I expected. The energy flow was enjoyable. The kind of album you can turn on and listen to all the way through. I loved "Intervention." "Windosill" hit really hard. "No Cars Go" made me cry. I'll be honest, I had a really tough day when I heard this. This album was both cathartic and comfort. Really needed to hear this one. Will listen again.

It was so fucking good, they do so much good work.

Belle musicalità, gli organi erano molto on point

I think it’s a 9. Best I’ve ever felt about it in my life (huge fan for 15 yrs), maybe my 3rd favourite arcade fire album now. Funeral is prob their best but this is the strongest they were as a band.

My #3 AF album, it’s banger after banger.

No cars go is one of my favourite songs ever

Top tier AC. I mean for me the first 3 albums are 10/10. The easthetic of Neon Bible tho was one of the best for AC.

The first 3 Arcade Fire records are pretty unimpeachable for me. They hit at a particular time in my life where they just made sense.

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2006) Вывод: «Неоновая Библия» как искусственный источник истины вместо традиционного религиозного и морального авторитета; потребление как новая религия Сам по себе довольно пафосный альбом, тяжеловесный, о подмене 'настоящей' Библии как источника человеческой мудрости на 'неоновый' фальшивый мир копии копий, симулякр. Орган подчёркивает тему религии, но к нему добавляются современные инструменты. К неоновой теме также могу упоминание отнести телевизора, как 'новой религии', как упоминается 'антихриста'. То есть в альбоме раскрывается тема подмены понятий и моральных ориентиров своей 'правдой' телевидения и медиа в целом. Современный мир воспитан медиакультурой, а не традициями. И сам альбом звучит как то самое дребежание неоновой лампы, мнение изнутри неё. Весь шум превращается в нечто мелодичное, когда появляется человеческий голос и тепло - что орган, что шум и треск затихают. Но человек уже не свободен - слишком долго и интенсивно было воздействие 'нового писания', что привело как одиночеству и внутренней изоляции. Потребительская культура заполняют ту пустоту, которую раньше занимала вера Концовка остаётся неясной, каждый ответит сам на вопрос 'Может ли человек сохранить духовность в мире симуляций?' Это не выбор между Богом и человеком, это выбор между верой и медиареальностью.

Such a pleasant album, so full of mystery and charm. I’d never come across this group before, but they’ve totally captivated me.

This is where i got into Arcade Fire, only retroactively liking (and ultimately preferring?) Funeral, which for some reason didn't resonate with me at first. I don't quite love Arcade Fire as much as I once did, perhaps subconsciously because of Butler's behavior, but also because I think they fell off around Reflektor. This is still a five though.

4.5/5

After Funeral set the indie world afire, Neon Bile was the most anticipated album of 2007 in the circles I ran in. While this was the perfect time for the dreaded Difficult Sophomore Album, Neon Bible is great start to finish. "Keep the Car Running," "Intervention," "(Antichrist Television Blues)," "Windowsill," and "No Cars Go" are my favorites, but it's all good. Boy howdy does the post-9/11 & Iraq War despair run deep. Too bad it was only a prelude to what would follow a decade later.

🫠👌🏻

Very good. The album literally envelops you and you immerse yourself in it.

When to listen: feeling down but energetic, morbid. I really enjoyed this album, felt like a few songs were very Springsteen-esque (but I think a lot of albums are Springsteen-esque so that might be a "me" problem.)

This is probably one of my top 5 albums of all time. Love it with all my heart!

pretty amazing. Period of time in my life where I stopped exploring music so i did not know. Now I do.

Absolutely cracking album

90

5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/arcade-fire/neon-bible/ Hadn't listened to this fully for quite some time, because Win Butler sucks and new Arcade Fire albums did too. Revising it now does prove that it's still a fantastic album from what I once called one of my favorite bands. Men suck.

Very nice. Very enjoyable.

CLASSIC EARLY OO'S!

Ultra-toooooooooop

10/10

love

Arcade Fire and the White Stripes were two bands that gave me hope for the future of rock music in the 2000s.

An amazing record... been on rotation since its release... best LIVE show ever.

Their last good album.

Ooof

I love this! Too bad Win is apparently an asshole? Not like Morrisey-level, thank god. 4.5/5 I fucking love this!

Excellent - hugely varied but all tracks are a great individually, and go well together as an album

it has taken me 3 arcade fire albums from this generator to realise that win butler sounds like gord downie if he was french and loved the canadiens

Existentialism never sounded so hopeful. Don't let the awkward first track put you off; the rest is non-stop energy. 8.5 / 10 Best track/s: No Cars Go, Intervention, Ocean of Noise

oh hell yeah one of my favorites ever, always a wonderful listen

I was already very familiar with Arcade Fire, this album came out when I was a teenager and was essential listening for an indie rock loving Canadian like myself. Likely played the crap out of this on my iPod. Amazing to revisit the album again beyond the singles. Very grand and beautiful sounding, I love the variation of instruments used, like the orchestra and the organ. Lyrically, I still think it's poignant. Favourite songs: Intervention, Windowsill, No Cars Go

Great album. I downloaded a dodgy copy when it first came out that had Intervention as the first track, which I still maintain is the correct place for it, but the album holds up. Big songs, delicate songs, great production. First five star.

Fantastic from start to finish

I didn't see it then, but I kind of see it now.

I was initially surprised to see this on the list. We reviewed Funeral, Arcade Fire's debut album a couple months ago. That album in my mind is one of the quintessential indie albums of the early 20's. When I remember Neon Bible coming out, I didn't like it nearly as much as Funeral, but listening to his now I have no idea why I thought that. This album has all the theatrical intensity that Arcade Fire were known for with a little more focus in each song, a bit more upbeat, and absolutely huge crescendos, booming vocals and layered string arrangements. I know at some point in their career, Arcade Fire take a turn toward more rave / dancehall modern disco stuff(which I don't like nearly as much), but Neon Bible is still a perfect example of what made them stand out as a band and put them on the radar of music lover all over the world. Another album which im sure nostalgia plays some part in my bias, but I really enjoyed listening to this album as much as some of the other 5 stars on this list.

Have listened before and would listen again Faves: No cars go Keep the car running Intervention Black wave/bad vibrations My body is a cage

Eh

Definitely one of the best indie rock albums I have heard to date. Production is super indie, but that adds to the overall charm. I don't know anything about this band, so I'm sure my rating is going to be viewed as naive but I honestly vibed with every single song. The Well and The Lighthouse, Black Mirror, and My Body is A Cage were standouts.

Arcade Fire has always been a band whose releases felt like events—cathedral-sized, emotionally panoramic records you don’t just listen to, you *live in*. Neon Bible carries that same gravitational pull. It trades some of Funeral’s raw urgency for a darker, more operatic sweep, but the effect is just as encompassing. The arrangements feel engineered to swallow you whole—organ, strings, choirs, the whole shebang—yet nothing feels bloated. It’s a meticulously built world, and once you’re inside it, the album just doesn’t let you go. Top-to-bottom, it’s phenomenal.

Big fan of Arcade Fire and never listened to this from start to finish - just each song at different times. I don't know why I keep seeing 'boring' or 'pretentious' with some reviews. To each their own, but I think this is excellent.

Arcade fire? Really? Actually, I hadn’t listened to any of the songs from this album, but when I heard the name, I thought “oh, I like them.” I’m digging this first track already. Oddly enough, if quizzed I probably couldn’t name a single song of theirs.

A rare album that I know very well! This rating will def just be stream of conscious while I listen and reminisce. Black Mirror first few notes and I'm instantly back in junior year of college in a shitty cold apartment with friends getting high as hell. Keep the Car Running, Neon Bible. both great. Intervention.. man. I can feel that organ in my whole body. Love love this song. I think Arcade Fire can be kinda cringe when you listen to the lyrics closely but honestly that's just not how I listen to music anymore. I'm an instrumentation + beat + sing along chorus kinda gal, and AF will always hit that for me. WORKING FOR THE CHURCH WHILE YOUR FAMILY DIES Black Wave, always appreciate a Regine song. STOP NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE Ugh Ocean of Noise.. so spooky. This is hitting. Sliding back into a great running song - The Well and the Lighthouse. Regine! in the well! I was probably trying to play this one at house dance parties. All good and then you hit that slow part! oh! RE SUR RECTED LIVIN IN THE LIGHT HOUSE. THE LIONS AND THE LAMBS AINT SLEEEEPIN YET Around this time I realized that Win can sound a lot like Bruce Springsteen, and (Antichrist Television Blues) is definitely the Bruce song. I briefly tried getting my dad into AF after making that realization. Don't wanna work in a building downtown! Windowsill.. love the long slow build HEY! No cars go. Is this the birth of the Hey! ho! movement? LITTLE BABIES...! LETS GO! I have a hard time explaining how My Body is a Cage makes me feel. It is extremely visceral. that freaking organ. when the choir comes in at 1:20.. chills. and then the big drop at 2:10 OMG. I could cry. I'm sure this song has made me cry. I feel like I could leave my body a little bit. For years listening to this song made me feel high instantly. religious! transcendent! It's impossible for me to rate this fairly. It's just too emotional and nostalgic for me. I feel too moved to not give this a perfect score. 4.7/5

One of my favorite albums of 2007-2008. Really interesting instrumentation with the hurdy-gurdy, violins, organs etc. sounds great in folk americana rock. My take has always been that they took the sounds of U2 and Springsteen and did it better with this album.

Not my favorite album of theirs but still really good. They have a distinct sound.

Not to my taste

Hard to say which AF I love most

Love it. Would buy.

Love this album

man i wish win butler wasn't a piece of shit and also made more than 3 good albums omegalul

I have this album, I love Arcade Fire!

three peat arcade fire listing. Although this is there only "not perfect" album it has some of their BEST songs. Also after relistening the initial lull in the middle is actually still pretty awesome.

You see, I have tied myself into a pretzel. This is a great album, five stars right? But in a moment of what I can only assume was insanity, I rated the other Arcade Fire album, Funeral, only four. Where is the problem you may ask? Well that album is actually better than this one. How do we right historical wrongs? By emailing the guy who runs this thing as it turns out, but is it that simple? Then I would be tempted to adjust Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd down a notch or two and all of a sudden I am an anchorless ship in the middle of a vast uncharted sea. And as Arcade Fire taught me, there is a great black wave out here somewhere.

One of my favourite bands of all time

No sóc gens seguidora d'Arcade Fire, però aquest àlbum m'ha sorprès i encantat.

This was a nice journey

Great album

Had this on CD and saw them play it live and it remains my favorite Arcade Fire album. A solid 5 that has stayed on rotation since its release.

The electric guitar is noticeable by its absence as a lead instrument throughout, except to provide a low-in-the-mix chug, or to tremelo some atmosphere. That's why it's hard to classify AF as an indie rock, or guitar band. There's too much else going on for that. The only way you can classify them is as five-star, atmospheric soothsayers, holding a (black) mirror to us all. That's literally the only way. Darker Springsteen, epic writing.

The album locks you in a echoey mirrored room and bombards you with capitalism twisted christianity and lets you watch how it distorts lives real and imagined. Grand sound and grand stories, a wonderful trip.

Uplifting and euphoric

I love Arcade Fire. Their albums all have an unabashedly big, theatrical, sometimes symphonic sound, all while incorporating catchy rhythms. Their use of many different instruments allows then to weave together different sounds and musical influences, while remaining distinctively recognizable as a band. As others have pointed out, Neon Bible has a darker, rawer sound than many of their other records, but it is also joyful. Every tune on this album is good, some are absolutely fantastic. It is a great sophomore record from an interesting and fun band. Reading other reviews here, a common thread is that the record in “pretentious”. I’m not sure what these people think the band is pretending to be? Perhaps they feel like they like their intentionally big sound lacks intrinsic talent? That is clearly not the case. People have widely varied taste in music and I can see why some wouldn’t like this record, but I don’t get the pretentious criticism. The band is creating the creating exactly the kind of music they intend in a style disticlt their own (in other words the music is authentic, the opposite of pretentious). And as evidenced by the fact that the band is one of the more important and critically acclaimed bands to break out of the 21st century indie scene, doing it pretty damn well. I digress, mostly because I feel like this particular criticism is lazy. Also ironic, because the act of judging an album as "pretentious" simply becacuse you don't like it, is actually a bit pretentious. I love music from almost all genres, but indie rock, in its various flavors, is frequently in rotation. Mostly this is because I find bands in this genre exporing new sounds, which I find interesting. Does this make me pretentious? Perhaps, but as a 55 YO nerdy dad, I'm hardly a hipster. Like many here, I also love learning about the evolution of modern music, especially when it involves discovering music I’d previously overlooked. However, it is also nice to see examples of the ultimate culmination of sounds pioneered by artists from the previous century. In this respect it is lovely to see more recent indie records here. Neon Bible may not be Arcade Fire's best record, but it is a great and appropriate addition to the list. 8.5/10

A dark Americana album reflecting the anxieties of the mid-aughts. It's got a dissonant, threatening atmosphere. Been a fan of this one for a long time... I think it's incredibly solid, start to finish. In fact I started to list out the tracks I especially like, but I realized there's actually only 1 out of the 11 that I'm even ambivalent about ("Keep the Car Running"). Instead then, some of my favorite parts: the opening climb in "Black Mirror" (fun fact: this song is where the anthology television series Black Mirror gets its name); when "Black Wave" flips to "Bad Vibrations" ("eating-in-the-ghetto-on-a-hundred-dollar-plate"); and the big crash at 2:10 in "My Body Is a Cage." Funeral is my favorite Arcade Fire album but this one gives it a really close competition.

Loved this album. Felt like coming home in a way I totally didn’t expect

Canadian band that rocks. I loved this album when it first came out. I was an emotionally wrecked dude when it first came out, this album brought me tears, as tofu burned up the back of my apartment. I was nervous to listen to it again, but it rocks out. I really liked the NME review of this album. 9

Funeral is better but this is still dead good. Simple as.

Another banger album by Arcade Fire!! Since generating Funeral, I've relistened to that album several times. I really loved it! So I was a bit worried going into this in case it wasn't as good Well I was wrong - I loved this one too! Can't even pick a favourite song, they're all worthy. I loved the dramatic build ups in the songs, I was fully immersed 5 ⭐️

Still my favorite Arcade Fire album. No skips.

86/1001 :: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 9 Listen before you die: Yes Fav Songs: Antichrist Television Blues, Intervention, My Body is A Cage In 2007 this was my AOTY and after a fresh listen today I was quickly reminded why. I think most people would say Funeral is Arcade Fire’s best album but for my money this is where it’s at. This thing flows like water. There’s like 1 moment (Black Wave) on the whole album, I don’t love and even that part launches into an amazing song. Also Antichrist Television Blues is such an underrated AC song. Maybe this type of song isn’t why people like them so I get it, but this song rules. I saw a review once that said it’s their ode to The Boss and that’s such a perfect description. Blue collar lyrics mixed with tales of faith, set to a furious acoustic rhythm guitar and beautifully placed chimes. It’s so glorious. I don’t know why I don’t own this on vinyl yet. I need to change that ASAP…

I was so hyped by this album when it came out and it did not disappoint. However I always felt it played a. bit of second fiddle to their first, and also that The Suburbs passed it. Coming back I actually think it fits perfectly in that trio and stand shoulder to shoulder

♥️

The third best AF album.

New to me. Good shit! People should put more organ in stuff generally speaking

Almost peak Arcade Fire. Good stuff

Have zero chill when it comes to this album. Coming in between Funeral and Suburbs means it gets swallowed/shit on, but it's some of their best work. I love every minute of every song. The riff/bridge in The Well and the Lighthouse? A damn delight! My Body is a Cage inspired a Peter Gabriel cover. INTERVENTION. The organ work across it all? Like I said, zero chill. I know Win isn't for everybody but this album is a work of true musical genius in my very fangirl opinion.

If this was my first time hearing this album would it be a 5? Absolutely not, but I can't listen to this album without being transported back to the early 2010s. These songs occupy a unique space in that I haven't listened to that since that time in my life. Yes they are pretentious, yes Win Butler is an asshole, but every single song on this album brings back a host of memories being a teenager and finding out who I was and for that it has to be a 5.

Not sure how I missed this album when it came out but MAN it slaps. Vocals resemble Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes but like…the Canadian version.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was beautiful and peaceful and had substance to it. My favorite album so far. I'm going to put additional ratings on my 5 star albums so i can organize them better. 2/5

Not quite 5 stars for me since I think "The Suburbs" is their masterpiece. But this comes very close. These songs have so much relevance and resonance right now, especially "Neon Bible" and "Windowsill" with its talk of the fires at the door, the oceans rising, and him not wanting to live in the US anymore. Great, dramatic builds to these songs and the use of the pipe organ and that it was recorded in a church is a great touch that so fits the mood of it. I've convinced myself to give it another star.

God I love this one, so nostalgic. Can't decide if this or The Suburbs is my favorite Arcade Fire. I love the creeping, propulsive darkness of so many of these songs, starting on the excellent opener. At the same time they maintain their signature punky/chamber pop/heartland rock mashup sound. I could write a paragraph about every track. Keep The Car Running is a truly Bruce-esque banger. I can't think of another song by any artist that utilises the organ better than Intervention, and then they do it again on the theatrical My Body is a Cage. Its a shame what's become of the band, but every good thing must end, and they were a great thing in their day.

Sounds of the 00s, worth checking out more

This was the first Arcade Fire I heard when it was first released. The critics and other musicians went NUTS over this band at the time. I played Keep the Car Running on repeat and I could still do it today. Not as quite as good as Funeral or the Suburbs overall but still fantastic.

Love this band and this album. I sure wish their leader wasn’t so flawed as well as an egomaniac ! !

The second excellent album by Arcade Fire and my personal favorite of their catalogue. This established that the band really knew what the hell they were doing and that their first album wasn’t a fluke. Loved listening, but I still listen to this one all the time.

Fantastic

A very special record to me, and possibly my favourite of theirs

Cerramos la semana, la penúltima de julio, con éste disco, de la mejor época de Arcade Fire. Voy a intentar a ir más allá con el análisis, dejando de lado lo personal que me ata a esta banda. El álbum inicia tímidamente, para luego pasar a un segundo tema que levanta sonrisas y ganas de bailar. La fórmula del disco parece ser esa: bajar y subir. Cuando conocí esta banda (2010, si no me fallan los años) éste se convirtió en mi favorito y ahora recuerdo por qué: es un álbum tremendo, sin más vueltas. Muchas gracias por el recuerdo. Hasta el lunes.

"My Body is a Cage" is the best Arcade Fire song, and this is the second best Arcade Fire album. 5 stars

I really like this

Surement parce que je suis juste un petit emo qui était là quand fallait être là.

I like this. I’d never intentionally listened to an Arcade Fire song before. The music is big, symphonic and sweeping, but not overdone or maudlin. The songs have rhythm, energy, and meaning— they’re a bit dark and brooding. I’m interested to hear more. [Note: I couldn’t get this album or other Arcade Fire albums that Spotify served up out of my head. So I cane back to give it a 5. They’re the real deal!]

OK, this album. THIS ALBUM. Funeral came out when I was 15 and I was obsessed with it. I liked The Suburbs when it came out as well. I didn't really listen to their later stuff after that apart from a couple of songs on Reflektor, and obviously recently all the bad stuff has emerged and there's lots that can be said about that. But THIS ALBUM. I'm sorry. There are just some albums that appear in a certain time in your life and can't be untangled from your life and that's it. I'm not gonna write an essay here about whether we should separate the art from the artist or not etc etc etc. There are artists I can't listen to anymore. But THIS album, these songs. I just can't let them go. I just started typing out some stuff about the period of my life when I started listening to this album and then I thought, do I really want to share this with the 1001 albums generator website hahaha. Let's just say it was my first year of uni, I was a really unhappy and confused and messed-up person in a lot of ways, and this album just ended up soundtracking a lot of stuff. Every single song on this album means something to me. I get a lump in my throat listening to it now. Today just for a change I've listened to A Giant Dog's cover of the entire album and it's fun, but it does just make me want to go back and listen to the original anyway.

This and their album Funeral are sooooooo much better than The Suburbs. Both are five star albums but it's all downhill from here for this band

From my childhood

WORKING FOR THE CHURCH WHILE YOUR FAMILY DIES

What a great album. The first thing that grabs you from the opening tracks is that driving, piano-heavy rhythm. It doesn't sound like other rock songs, it "pulses". Lyrically this is right in my sweet spot, commenting on media saturation, war, religion, and disillusionment. The vocals seem to almost sit "outside" the arrangement but the harmonies bring it all back in. Made me think of everyone trying to be an individual but that cultural "back beat" of day to day western culture drags along even if we see it for what it is. "Black Mirror", "Ocean of Noise"and “My Body Is a Cage” say so much without spelling everything out. Dylan would love the lyrics and Springsteen and Joy division echo in the arrangement.,

Best Song: Intervention I didn't like this as much as I liked Funeral but that isn't taking much away since I really loved Funeral. This is a good, solid album. 5/5.

Very good album

This is the kind of Canadian and US collaboration we need

An album that definitely does not have that sophomore slump that so many other bands have with their second album. Love that constant drum beat on No Cars Go.

Tremendo, lindo para escuchar algo nuevo pero con vibes a otra banda cuyo nombre no recuerdo

Perfect Indie Rock record

This band meant a world to me back in my twenties. Neon Bible may not quite as good as their debut album Funeral, but it's a great work in its own right. There is some kind of millennial sadness or pathos to this music. It makes one feel seen and it's a thing of beauty.

While hipsters in the 2000s loved their debut, Funeral, it was Neon Bible that made Arcade Fire rock stars. There was a good reason for this; The songs on Neon Bible were both accessible (i.e. not too weird) and artistic (i.e. weird enough). Their sound was unique and innovative yet followed pop song structure enough to be understood by a wider listening audience. While three songs, Keep the Car Running, the title track, and No Cars Go, stand out, all the songs are wonderful in their own quirky way. While Neon Bible is of the times, along with albums by LCD Soundsystem, The National, The Shins, and many other bands that made up that amazing decade of music, it still stands out on its own as one of the best of the decade.

Really loving the vibe on this record! I love every single song. Lots of different, unexpected musical elements!

Second album by the Canadian mega-band, three years after the masterpiece "Funeral". Level is almost the same, and all the song are highlights in their own.

Yes.

I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did. Grandiose, intense, and lyrically sharp; big apocalyptic energy without tipping into melodrama.

un sacchetto di caramelle

Saw them live on this tour with LCD Soundsystem as an opener. Tremendous display

One of my absolute favourite bands, and one that I want to keep loving, despite the allegations against Win Butler. Arcade Fire played the best concert I have ever seen in my life, on Sept. 30th 2005, and I have logged many miles running to Keep the Car Running. This band rules, no matter what, and I think this is my favourite of all their albums.

Excellent.

Sigh. I can only echo the despondency others have expressed about how (ahem) ‘recent developments’ have permanently tainted their enjoyment of my favourite band - hence I’m listening to this for the first time in a few years. I haven’t come across an artist whose first 3 (or even 4…?) albums match the quality of Arcade Fire’s. I rank Neon Bible a notch below Funeral and The Suburbs at 4.5, and was planning to round down my score accordingly. But hell, listening back to the high water marks around the start and end of the album I’m not sure what more I could realistically ask for from an LP.

Really unique album :)

Pretty nice, very Coldplay like but in a concept way!

i’ve been listening to everything now by arcade fire for years now and i only recently realized that people hate that album. i kept reading reviews talking about how it was such a step down from their previous albums and i didn’t really get it because it’s such a solid album. i get it now!

I love it

Already had two of these on my liked songs, cos Black Mirror and Black Wave / Bad Vibrations are bangers. I've seen a fair few of the public reviews saying they're pretentious. I don't care. Did I like the songs or nah? I did. So. Delicate, layered, but they've got a fantastic energy and voice. Plus, there's some French. Could listen to Black Mirror on repeat, honestly. Great stuff.

Wasnt expecting it to be so good

GOOD!!

Just an amazing album; indie/art rock vocals combine with lush multi-instrumentals (I love an organ) and propulsive drumming and guitar work that keeps songs feeling urgent and in no way navel-gazing. Has a lot of songs I enjoy singing along with. I thought about giving 4 stars since there are a couple Arcade Fire albums I like more, but this is good stuff, 5 stars.

That's 3 Arcade Fire albums now, and that's 3x 5 Star ratings. This is my favourite album from them so it was always gonna rate highly. I think My Body is a Cage is their best song along with Sprawl 2. But Honestly I don't think there is a bad song here. Antichrist Television Blues is so underrated. That organ on Intervention is orgasmic.

awesome stuff, Arcade Fire has been a blind spot for me for years and i think they might be a new favorite

Outstanding Loved this album

Solid follow up to their great debut album. One of my favorite bands of all time!

I genuinely loved this one, it was very well written and amazingly produced. The albums cohesiveness and concepts all produced a beautiful grandiose piece of art, which I will definitely have in my rotation for the rest of my life. I’ll be checking out the rest of the albums from these guys because they clearly have some talent. Favorite Tracks: All of them tbh.

Based on some recent albums this might be a 8/5. Realistically its a 4.

Arcade Fire’s first three albums create a bleak and desolate world. I love it. My favorites are No Cars Go, Keep the Car Running and My Body Is a Cage.

What a master piece.

Set aside all the orchestration and you have some great songwriting. A lot of these would work with just an acoustic guitar.

A great album

Keep the Car Running is one of my all time favorite songs.

This is still probably my favorite Arcade Fire album, which does not seem to be a popular opinion. I sometimes wonder if it was just because it was my first exposure to them. But then when I go back and listen to it I still feel like it is their overall best. Maybe the specific sound of the album just resonates with me personally.

My favorite Arcade Fire album as well as an all-time favorite.

Call me crazy, but this is like a neon, folky, techno future version Bruce Springsteen. Lots of soul and folksy charm but with a real dark side to some of the music. Really atmospheric, I really love this album.

5 Stars, Baby!

10/10. This album felt very poetic. The structure of the album is very nice, and it is an incredible listen!!! :)

1️⃣Intervention 2️⃣The Well and tge Lighthouse 3️⃣(Antichrist Television Blues) 4️⃣ Windowsill 5️⃣No Cars Go

Brilliant

Was gonna give it a 4, but I can’t help but give a 5, I love Arcade Fire.

Loved it

I love this album. Probably my favorite Arcade Fire album. It has such a full sound and no skip tracks for me.

Who would have thought crossing moody orchestral emo indie rock and with Bruce Springsteen would make for one great indie album. This albums is only surpassed by its follow up as their best work. (11 known/18 new)

Liked every song

Sounds like long lost hope Swelling from dark frantic hooks Yearning to be heard

This whole album has such a total flow and feel to it. It's interesting and meditative and sometimes it freakin slaps.

arcade fire es todo todo top

Such a great piece of art. This blew my mind when it dropped and it was great to get back to it.

One of my favorites. Too short, too sweet.

Big full sound Impactful lyrics High highs, and even lower lows

body is a cage was in house md episode where he jumps into the water after cuddy breakup intervention<3 8.5-9/10

I’ve listened to the other band’s highly acclaimed album Funeral, and actually enjoyed this more. I hesitate to rate this as highly as I do as it’s critical of Christianity, but nevertheless its artistic merit should be noted. No misses for me in this whole album. Springsteen if he was a millennial growing up in the American northwest.

Outstanding production and some great musical performances. This one was incredibly thought-provoking when I was a teenager and is slightly less so now but only slightly. Great reaction to the ascendency of mass media and most of all George Bush - probably 4.5

Soft 5. I liked this album more than "Funeral" and thought the overall composition was better. I loved the instrumentals and the vocal work was enjoyable! I'm particularly biased towards organs though. 'My Body is a Cage' was a fave from here. Honestly, I'd be willing to (and likely will) revisit both "Funeral" and "Neon Bible" at some point. Maybe even their whole discography, as they're pretty in line with my tastes.

I like listening to this album from beginning to end. 5/5

Actually better than i remembered it being. Maybe it doesn't have the emotional punch of Funeral, but the songwriting and performances are top tier. You could definitely make an argument for 'No Cars Go' being their best song.

The first album received that I actually owned, 10 days in. It is one of my favourite albums by the group, and I love the group too. An obvious 5/5 for me.

One of my favourite albums. Bought it on release day and have loved it ever since. Arcade Fires first three albums are one of the great run of albums in history.

What a perfect end to this new years resolution. I love this album so so much

Within Arcade Fire's catalogue of three albums that we talk about, this one stands as an oddity of sorts. Harvesting plentifully from their immense ambitions and soundscape engineering yet garnering fewer devotees that either albums that sandwich 'Neon Bible'. I often find myself in the minority of those preferring the dystopian haunts to the urbane folksiness of either 'Funeral' or 'Suburbs'. And perhaps it is in the approach of "no one track should be the defining moment" that I find the most encouragement to keep returning and re-experiencing this as a full album.

Prefer this album over funeral. Top songs: Keep the car running - sounds like bruce springsteen Intervention My body is a cage Honorable mention- neon bible

Jeez, so happy to see this pop up. This has been one of my favorites for years. Arcade Fire once meant a whole lot to me and Win really spoiled their magic in my eyes, but the music is still the music. Great stuff, shame about the dude.

2000's Indie was just a special time and place, and this is just one of the albums that proves it. Solid 5 Stars.

I’m at an emphatic 5. I loved that. This is the second time we’ve gotten Arcade Fire – I thought The Suburbs was a good album, but for my tastes, it relied really heavily on the “vibes” of the instrumentation and a sort of nostalgic feeling that I don’t know is necessarily cultivated well throughout the course of that album. Going into this one, my biggest hope was for an album that managed to blend the dense lyricism of The Suburbs with a more engaging soundscape, and a more fruitful “narrative” hook that would balance my tastes a bit more. This absolutely nailed what I was looking for – I wasn’t necessarily prepared for a more somber and bitter tone, but this is exactly the type of album that clicks for me. Right from the rumbling tones of the intro in “Black Mirror”, all the way to the desperate plea that ends “My Body Is a Cage”, I just felt captivated and attentive throughout. Whether it was in the instrumental choices (lots of Springsteen influence here, but a bit of ELO-esque bombast as well), the emotion in the vocals (both happy and sad, sometimes painfully so), or the storytelling in the lyrics (big shout to “(Antichrist Television Blues”), I just don’t think this album has a dull moment. There’s always something to pay attention to, and I think it enrichens and rewards me as the listener for caring. I can’t fully explain the nitty-gritty of why this album’s lyricism clicked with me so well, but let’s just say that the way this album tackles religion, and the concept of “God-given justified self righteousness”, really aligns with my take on it. That’s not to say there’s no place for religion that gives someone such confidence, especially if they can turn it into a positive, but this album really deals with the fall from grace and the despair that follows from most people who have that mindset. My favorite moment in the album is the ending to “(Antichrist Television Blues)”, if only because that abrupt cutoff, and the subsequent hanging onto the pure silence gave me chills. That silence is God himself, responding for the first & only time on this album, with nothing but unspoken contempt, and that silence speaks volumes. It’s a brilliant production choice in an album full of them. So, yeah, I thought this was spectacular. Maybe it just hit closer to home, but I think even without that connection, there’s just a great rock soundscape here, and it really shines throughout the album. Some people might dismiss this as preachy, and that’s a bit fair – if it doesn’t click, it doesn’t click, and I can easily see how this could fall on deaf ears (or ears that simply hate indie rock). For my tastes, I loved it. One of the easiest 5’s I’ve given yet.

this shi fun af

I never heard of the group but glad I was introduced. The vocalist reminds me of Bruce Springsteen. I especially liked Intervention.

their best album by far. yes better than funeral. this is what i wish that album was, tbh

We're in disagreement over our top three Arcade Fire albums. This is actually my favourite, whereas Dork rates this at number 3. Either way, it's worthy of 5-stars. My Body is a Cage is an excellent song, as is No Cars Go. The Well and the Lighthouse is also up there. Best listened to with headphones in and eyes shut - there's a real atmosphere created by this one.

I'm more familiar with some of Arcade Fire's other albums (e.g. Reflektor and Funeral) but hadn't listened to this one front to back. Loved it, especially the parts with the organ.

own

Great album

Good vibe

Had heard of them and now I know them. I have already listened to this album two more times before I rated it. Loved it and think it belongs on the list.

This is my first Arcade Fire record. I don't have a good reason for that, but it is what it is. This was a mistake on my part. Don't be like me.

Solid indie rock. There's not a skip track on this album. Enjoyable listen.

Sad but great

nice chill album

9/10

lol, i just listened to this as a palette cleanser after Boatman’s Call. needless to say, i love it (or 95% of it, don’t care as much for My Body Is A Cage)

First time listening through the album, thought it was excellent and would listen again.

Neon Bible is the second album from Canadian band Arcade Fire. The album met with considerable critical success, as their first album did, but this one found international commercial success. The album was the first of a string of successful albums that pushed them into becoming one of the biggest bands in the world through the 2010s. The band makes rich, orchestrated alt-rock, giving their work a grandiose sound. Win Butler's earnest vocals add to the breadth of the sound, adding an element to their expansive sound. These songs, like "Keep the Car Running," have a danceable rhythms, and the energy of early Springsteen.

Arcade Fire has probably lost a substantial amount of prestige over the last 8 year or so, but man their first three albums are incredible. Neon Bible is their most Springsteenian album, and I’m here for it. Keep The Car Running could be argued as their best song, and No Cars Go isn’t far behind. I have the perception that this album gets lost a bit between Funeral and The Suburbs, two absolute masterpieces. Even if I’d rank Neon Bible 3rd if I had to in their discography, it’s still a masterpiece in its own right, and an extremely cohesive, gorgeously crafted, unique record that holds up quite well. Reflektor was okay, but boy oh boy I’ve never seen a band fall so hard in quality after that. That said, few bands have ever had such a brilliant start as Arcade Fire, and Neon Bible is a key part of that.

Arrangements are great. Favorite track: Intervention. This is one where I wish I could give half ratings. 4.5 rounded up

Something different for me Really enjoyed it Like really.

HOLY HEAVENS. THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL. I didn't think much about it in the first 2 songs or so, and froze on the 3-4th songs and so forth! How beautiful these were! I'm so happy that I discovered this album. Some of my favorites, though not all: Neon Bible Intervention (especially the lines: "Been workin' for the Church while your life falls apart / Been singin' hallelujah with the fear in your heart / Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home") Black Wave / Bad Vibrations Ocean of Noise Windowsill No Cars Go My Body Is a Cage

Favorite Tracks: Intervention My Body Is a Cage (Antichrist Television Blues)

Great Album bought this the day it came out after getting into them through their previous album Funeral, even saw them play in Dublin on the Neon Bible your they were excellent. This Album is probably my favourite Arcade Fire album packed full of great tunes:- Keep The Car Running, Intervention, No Cars Go, My Body Is A Cage, Black Mirror and Ocean Of Noise but (Antichrist Television Blues) is my personal favourite.

Unreal.

I'm a sucker for indie rock Favorites: "Black Mirror", "Intervention", "Ocean of Noise", "My Body Is a Cage"

I'm a sucker for AF. 5/5

4.5

Classic and fun as hell. 4.5 stars

A goddamn classic. 2004-2011 indie is unparalleled IMO, and Arcade Fire is such an important part of that era. Neon Bible seems to get overshadowed by Funeral and The Suburbs, but it holds up as an equal. I could listen to this start to finish any day.

Arcade is definitely fire!

I thought Funeral was my favorite Arcade Fire album and only remembered liking a few songs from Neon Bible. But listening again I realize the entire album is good. Unfortunately, when I listen to the Arcade Fire now I can't help but think of the accusations made against Win Butler. I guess they ended up not going anywhere, but it does linger in the minds of the fans because he didn't deny it, but merely said it was consensual. There's no way to prove it either way, but when multiple people come forward saying the same thing happened... It is hard not to think it might be true and this person may have done something wrong. And then I have to wonder why bands that I enjoy keep getting accusations made against them? Brand New for example. How can I listen to Brand New without thinking about the accusations against Jesse Lacey. Maybe the shit these artists do makes for good creative fodder which is really fucked up, but I'm just theorizing here. Anyway, I have a hard time separating the artist's personal life from the art they create, but if I really objectively do separate those two things the art does stand up on its own.

Immediately love Black Mirror, also love the classic Ocean of Noise. I also love the title song, Neon Bible.

Puros palos, tremenda banda 9/10

9/10

Algún skip pero redondeamos hacia arriba

Amazing, should listen more to Arcade Fire

One of my fav albums ever!

Great Album

One of my favorite albums from the 2000's indie scene. All the feeling and emotion of "Funeral" but more upbeat and grandiose.

relisten. deserves 5 stars for my body is a cage alone.

I really like this album. Arcade Fire's first 3 albums were fantastic. I haven't really listened to anything they did after Reflektor though. I should give it a shot.

It's fire!

Favourite song- Keep the car running

Пиздатый альбом

I listened to this when it came out and remember enjoying it, but I don't remember it being so damn good. It's REALLY good. 4.75 stars

Great record. Another I’d overlistened to in the past which sounded fresher than expected. This is one of their records that for me is wall to wall belter. From lyrics to production, they just ooze quality. It’s not often bands like this reach the heights they have. Keep the Car Running / Neon Bible / Intervention / No Cars Go top highlights. Arcade Fire are a frustrating band at times, especially their last 2/3 records. When they’re good, theyre excellent, but when they aren’t they’re a bit meh. But this is class. If they’d carried on like this and Suburbs they’d be up there with The National for me.

Win Butler skeeze aside, this is a phenomenal album that holds an insane amount of nostalgia for me. I waffle between the first 3 but overall I’d say this is probably my favorite Arcade Fire album.

Keep the Car Running intro gives me chills. So simple but so good. No Cars Go does something very similar, chill-inducing for me - has always been one of my all-time favourite songs. I had this album on CD when it came out, I still really like it. Fave Tracks: Keep the Car Running, Intervention, Black Wave/Bad Vibrations, No Cars Go 4.5/5

their first three albums are probably their best and this one is my favorite among the three

I love this album, especially the anthems.

I've never listened to Neon Bible in its entirety until now. I'm absolutely struck by both the instrumentation and lyrics on this album. It's so damn lush, sometimes creepy and unsettling, always interesting. This is Canadian indie rock that planted a flag firmly in bombast, sweeping church-y dirges ("Intervention" has never made me bob my head to pipe organs so hard), fantastic sound production, and lyrical content that takes aim at modern politics, technology, AND religion? All right before the iPhone was introduced to the world and the "Black Mirror" truly took hold of our world forever. Kinda bleakly beautiful, eh? 5 stars: This album needs to be on the list. Full stop. Interesting Factoids from Wikipedia: *Originally announced on December 16, 2006, through the band's website, the majority of the album was recorded at a church the band bought and renovated in Farnham, Quebec. The album is the first to feature drummer Jeremy Gara, and the first to include violinist Sarah Neufeld among the band's core line-up. *Once the title of the album was decided upon, the band was further inspired after they, according to Win Butler, "watched a lot of TV preachers, get-rich-quick schemes on YouTube." The band was also attracted to using the ocean and television as central images for the album, with Win Butler saying the ocean imagery symbolizes a lack of control; of television. *The title of the dystopian television series Black Mirror is partly inspired by Neon Bible's opening track of the same name. The term "black mirror" refers to the dark reflection of a viewer rendered by a dormant television or smartphone screen. *The song "(Antichrist Television Blues)" was originally titled "Joe Simpson (Antichrist Television Blues)" in reference to the father and manager of singers Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. Butler chose to remove Simpson's name from the title, keeping the subtitle parentheses intact. Butler would introduce "(Antichrist Television Blues)" during live performances as "a song about what happens when fathers grow up to manage their daughters. *The artwork for the album is a photograph of a six-foot neon sign that the band commissioned for use while on tour. In the photograph used for the cover, the lighted Bible is caught in mid-flicker...The artwork would go on to win Tracy Maurice and François Miron the Juno Award for best CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year. Interesting Factoids from SongFacts.com: *Frontman Win Butler told The A.V. Club why he chose the title 'Neon Bible' for the album: "I just jotted it down in my notebook and kept coming back to it. The song was very much off-the-cuff, written in one night and recorded the next day. Lyrically, there's a lot of stuff dealing with religion and culture, which I'm really interested in. It's an image that I kept coming back to that really felt like it was the title of the record. And everyone else in the band agreed." Standout Tracks: Black Mirror, Keep the Car Running, Intervention, Ocean of Noise, The Well and the Lighthouse, (Antichrist Television Blues), No Cars Go, My Body Is a Cage

First time listening to this all the way through in a very long time and it's held up remarkably well. I think this might be their...best album?

Great album. Each song has its place.

I knew I was in for a treat when I heard a mandolin on the second song, "Keep the Car Running." This is one album that actually deserves the recognition it got. Every track is solid, because this band can actually play multiple instruments, the lyrics are good--and you can actually make out what the singer is saying--and the music moves along at a good clip. This is great music for listening to at work or on the dance floor.

One of my favourite bands, no cars go is the standout

Very good, definitely recommend

Damn this whole album feels so grand, the organ sounds ethereal. I would listen to it on repeat!!

One of my favourite albums of all time. Has a feel of a modern Bruce Springsteen. I think the boss would approve.

Fantastic!

Intriguing record, not every song catches me during my first listening, but I kinda wanna come back to the album. Intervention is the best track so far, staying with me after the album is finished. It dances between 4 and 5 stars, but especially the high variety of the tracks pushes it into 5 stars.

This is just straight up one of my favorite albums of all time. No notes, it's a MASTAPIECE. Fuck Win Butler, though.

This is an album that's already on my perennial relisten list.

I knew the name Arcade Fire but couldn't name any of their songs going into this album. It wasn't until it started playing that I realized I knew the closing track "My Body is a Cage." I can't remember where I first heard it, but it might have been in the Netflix show "Dark." And that's very fitting, because the songs on this album are very cinematic, both in their expansive sound and in the stories the lyrics tell. The album reminds me of The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen, both of whom the band have claimed as influences. They're also not out of place with contemporary bands like The Lumineers or Edward Sharpe and the Magnificent Zeros (the choral harmonies between a male and female singer and shouts of "Hey!"); but where those bands typically irritate me, Arcade Fire doesn't. Maybe it's because I haven't heard their songs played to death on the radio, but something about Arcade Fire feels more authentic and less trite than those other bands. Or maybe it's because I've been listening to so much post punk lately and my brain is primed for this kind of expansive, melodramatic, tribally rhythmic music. I enjoyed this album from beginning to end and actually didn't expect it to be over so soon. I immediately went back to listen to some of the tracks again, and I expect that this album will enter my regular rotation. Album Highlights: "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" is a really cool song that uses the two vocalists perfectly to tell the story as two halves from each narrator's point of view. "No Cars Go" starts out as a post punk song that wouldn't be out of place on a Cure or Joy Division album and crescendos to a cinematic anthem reminiscent of U2 or Talking Heads. "Ocean of Noise" starts out dark and ends on a hopeful note as it grows to a swell of mariachi-esque horns that wouldn't be out of place on a Mon Laferte album. "My Body Is a Cage" is another dark anthemic song that works well as the album closer. 5/5

Das ist ein besonderer Moment für mich. "Neonbibel" gehört zu meinen Lieblingsalben. Seltsamerweise kenne ich von Arcade Fire nur dieses Album. Aber es ist ein besonderes Album. Es gibt keinen Lückenfüller: jedes Lied hat seinen eigenen Flair. Gerade die Stimme des Leadsängers ist so einzigartig. "Intervention" ist das große Meisterwerk. Allein die Orgel am Anfang steigert sich zu einem fulminanten Opus, das nicht nur durch die Musik, sondern auch durch die Stimme unter die Haut geht. "My Body is a cage", "No cars go" oder "Black Mirror" erwähne ich nur stellvertretend für das ganze Album. Ganz tolle Kompositionen.

Love all their albums.

01) Black Mirror - 9,0 02) Keep The Car Running - 10,0 03) Neon Bible - 10,0 04) Intervention - 10,0 05) Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - 9,0 06) Ocean Of Noise - 9,5 07) The Well and the Lighthouse - 9,0 08) (Antichrist Television Blues) - 8,5 09) Windowsill - 8,5 10) No Cars Go - 9,5 11) My Body Is a Cage - 9,0 TOTAL: 9,27 (93/100) I love Arcade Fire and although this is not my favorite album of theirs, it's a clear 5 stars from me. In at number 4 after 77 albums that I listened, ladies and gentelmen here's "Neon Bible". FYI, "The Suburbs" is currently at number 3. Favorite tracks: "Keep The Car Running", "Neon Bible" and magnificent "Intervention"

This is one of the first One Album a Day albums that I would come back to just listen to for fun -- I really liked the indie sound of this record and enjoyed the various beats and tempos of the different songs.

Sorry to hear about your bod, that sucks man.

Keep the Car Running Black Wave / Bad Vibrations No Cars Go My Body Is a Cage

A good listen. Always interesting musically, interesting lyrics. Instantly recognizable unique sound, AF definitely stand apart from the 'usual' sound. I like 'em.

I really like this album, especially the more Bruce Springsteen inspired songs.

Dynamic album. Arrangement of sounds always made me feel like I was listening to a brand new song but still listening to part of an albums overall sound

A symphony of strings and indie rock. At once sad and hopeful. Powerful stuff. Best tracks: Intervention, Ocean of Noise, and the climactic No Cars Go.

Early arcade fire albums are some of the best indie albums EVER! They are smart, rebellious, but cohesive, and just very very beautiful! The lyrics are genius!! Can live through so may emotions in 47 minutes! Just from the title we can guess the overall theme of it. And the way it's reflected through the whole album is just beautiful and rare.

Great album.

Best of the best of the excess of 2000’s Indie.

Really enjoyed it. Was suprised by the organ(?). Gave it a larger and holier flair

Love this album. My favorite arcade fire album. Love the imagery and the music.

Has my body is a cage. Could have just released this and gone the fuck home.

Loved this album and the sound of the group.

Never heard of this group before but loved the album from the first listen.

Очень смело, не аркадно и тоскливо. Ловлю вайбы киберпанка, не могу понять откуда (неоновая библия не в счет)

one of their better albums black mirror neon bible intervention black wave / bad vibrations the well and the lighthouse antichrist television blues windowsill no cars go

Oteroligt album

first time listening. dope.

win butler sex pest controversies aside, this album was stellar. i never listened to it at the time but it absolutely evokes that late 00s indie rock vibe. everything has a bit of an ethereal quality to it, and some of these tracks are just hauntingly beautiful. the organ was a nice touch without feeling overdone (looking at you, green onions by booker t and the mgs). i really enjoyed this and will come back for more in the future! favorites: keep the car running, black wave/bad vibrations, ocean of noise, (antichrist television blues), no cars go, my body is a cage

Arcade fire are one of my all times, this album was one I hadn't listened to heaps, it isn't my favourite of theirs but still incredible. At least a 9/10.

Je n'ai pas aimé toutes les musiques au même niveau mais j'adoooore :o LA pochette de l'album pour le coup est super belle ! Et mes deux préférées sont Black mirror et My body is a cage (que jej connaissais déjà) même si je préfère la version par Sara Lov