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*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfuxzedld6e|title= The Suburbs > Review |
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*[[Drowned in Sound]] {{rating|8|10}}<ref name="DiS">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15558/reviews/4140605|title= Arcade Fire: The Suburbs|publisher=Drowned in Sound|author= Lukowski, Andrzej|accessdate=August 4, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Pitchfork Media]] {{Rating|8.6|10}}<ref name="PM">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14516-the-suburbs/|title= Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (Merge; 2010) |publisher=Pitchfork Media|author= Cohen, Ian|accessdate=August 4, 2010}}</ref> |
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| Last album = ''[[Neon Bible]]''<br />(2007) |
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| This album = ''[[The Suburbs (Arcade Fire album)|The Suburbs]]''<br />(2010) |
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The Suburbs is the third album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. The album was released on August 2 in the United Kingdom and August 3, 2010 in North America.[4][5] Coinciding with the announcement the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing two tracks from the album, "The Suburbs" and "Month of May".[4][6]
Background
Band members Win and William Butler discussed the album in an interview with National Public Radio on May 27. The album, which will be released by Merge Records, was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, in the band's recording studio in Quebec, and in New York City.[6] They have indicated that the album's title and songwriting were inspired by their upbringing in the suburbs of Houston, Texas.[7] Win has also described the sound of The Suburbs as "a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young."[8] Unusually, the band pressed each completed song to a 12" lacquer, then recorded it back for the digital master of the album.[9] As a result, the CD and digital versions of the album sound the same as the vinyl,[9] although, as with most recent CD and digital releases, there is some compression applied. There are eight alternative covers for the CD version of the album.[10]
Reception
The album has received mainly positive reviews from critics. Writing for the BBC, Mike Diver wrote, "The Suburbs is [Arcade Fire's] most thrillingly engrossing chapter yet; a complex, captivating work that, several cycles down the line, retains the magic and mystery of that first tentative encounter."[11] Referring to the critically acclaimed 1997 Radiohead album, Diver went on to say, "You could call it their OK Computer. But it’s arguably better than that."
Rob Sheffield, in Rolling Stone, awarded the album four out of five stars and described The Suburbs as "their fantastic third album".[12]
Having awarded the album four and a half stars out of five, David Marchese's review in Spin describes the album as, "Radiant with apocalyptic tension and grasping to sustain real bonds, [it] extends hungrily outward, recalling the dystopic miasma of William Gibson's sci-fi novels and Sonic Youth's guitar odysseys. Desperate to elude its own corrosive dread, it keeps moving, asking, looking, and making the promise that hope isn't just another spiritual cul-de-sac."[13]
NME's reviewer, Emily Mackay, awarded the album a score of 9 out of 10 and said, "They've judged their moment perfectly, and this deserves to be their 'Automatic for the People'; an album that combines mass accessibility with much greater ambition. Pretty much perfect, in other words – and despite their best efforts, listening to it feels just like coming home."[14]
Staff writers at Sputnikmusic were split. Adam Downer gave The Suburbs a slightly negative three out of five stars, due to its "bitter and deeply resentful"[15] lyrics and its commentary on the band's fan base. Downer continued, "If Butler weren’t so intent of flipping everyone off, the album could have been the important, mammoth commentary on modern hipster culture it’s intended as. Instead it just sort of exists as this sour shadow of a band that was once described as 'hopeful.'"[15]. However, Tyler Fisher awarded the The Suburbs four stars out of five, commenting that The Suburbs works as "a relentlessly honest manifesto backed by relentlessly crafty pop music."[16]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Arcade Fire
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Suburbs" | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Ready to Start" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Modern Man" | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Rococo" | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Empty Room" | 2:52 |
| 6. | "City with No Children" | 3:11 |
| 7. | "Half Light I" | 4:14 |
| 8. | "Half Light II (No Celebration)" | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Suburban War" | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Month of May" | 3:50 |
| 11. | "Wasted Hours" | 3:21 |
| 12. | "Deep Blue" | 4:28 |
| 13. | "We Used to Wait" | 5:01 |
| 14. | "Sprawl I (Flatland)" | 2:51 |
| 15. | "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" | 5:18 |
| 16. | "The Suburbs (Continued)" | 1:27 |
- "Suburban War" is track 15 on the vinyl version of the album.
References
- ^ Monger, Christopher. "The Suburbs > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ Lukowski, Andrzej. "Arcade Fire: The Suburbs". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ Cohen, Ian. "Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (Merge; 2010)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ a b "Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs to be released August 3". Nationalpost.com. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ "Arcade Fire announce release date for new album 'The Suburbs'". nme.com. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "Hear Two New Arcade Fire Songs and an Interview". NPR's All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talked to Arcade Fire's Win and Will Butler about the record, while also offering a special preview of the songs "Month of May" and "The Suburbs." Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ "Arcade Fire reveal meaning behind 'The Suburbs' album title" (May 27, 2010). nme.com. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ http://www.spin.com/articles/new-arcade-fire-depeche-mode-meets-neil-young
- ^ a b "Vinyl - Arcade Fire".
- ^ http://futuretunez.com/2010/07/16/arcade-fire-feature-8-album-covers-suburbs/
- ^ Diver, Mike (July 21, 2010). "Arcade Fire The Suburbs Review". BBC. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (August 3, 2010). "Arcade Fire: The Suburbs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ Marchese, David (July 21, 2010). "Arcade Fire, 'The Suburbs' (Merge)". Spin. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ Mackay, Emily. "The Album Verdict". NME. 31 July 2010. London: IPC Media: p. 27.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ a b Downer, Adam (July 25, 2010). "Arcade Fire The Suburbs". Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ Fisher, Tyler (July 27, 2010). "Arcade Fire The Suburbs". Retrieved August 2, 2010.