Download Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007) 320kbps torrent or any other torrent from Mp3 category. Direct download via HTTP available as well.
The Suburbs is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on August 2, 2010. Coinciding with its announcement, the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing the title track and 'Month of May'.[2][3] The album debuted at No. 1 on the Irish Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200 chart,[4] and the Canadian Albums Chart.[5] It won Album of the Year at the 2011 Grammy Awards, Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards, Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards, and the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album. Two weeks after winning Grammy's Album of the Year, the album jumped from No. 52 to No. 12 on the Billboard 200, the album's highest ranking since August 2010.[6]
Arcade Fire released a deluxe edition CD/DVD of The Suburbs on June 27, 2011 (everywhere except the U.S. and Canada). The American and Canadian versions were released on August 2, 2011, to coincide with the original album's anniversary. The new version included two brand new tracks recorded during The Suburbs album sessions ('Culture War' and 'Speaking in Tongues', the latter featuring David Byrne), an extended version of album track 'Wasted Hours', Spike Jonze's short film, Scenes from the Suburbs, and an 80-page booklet as well as other exclusive content.
![]() The Suburbs
Background[edit]
The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston.[7] According to Win Butler, the album 'is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs'.[8] The album was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, with some parts being recorded at the band's studio in Quebec and in New York City.[3] Win Butler describes the overall sound of The Suburbs as 'a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young',[9] stating that he wanted the album to sound like 'the bands that I heard when I was very young, and wondered what those crazy noises were'.[10] It was released by Merge Records in North America and by Mercury Records in the United Kingdom.
The band pressed each completed song to a 12″ lacquer, then recorded it back for the digital master of the album. There are eight alternative covers for the CD version of the album.[11]
Promotion[edit]
A video for 'Ready to Start' was released on August 20, 2010, directed by Charlie Lightning and filmed at the band's July 7, 2010 concert at the Hackney Empire in London.[12] On August 30, 2010, an interactive video was released for 'We Used to Wait' at http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com, written and directed by Chris Milk, designed in conjunction with Google Chrome, which makes use of Google Maps and Google Street View, and has been featured in Time's 'Short List'.[13]
Another music video, for the title track 'The Suburbs', was released on November 18, 2010, directed by Spike Jonze. The video, filmed in Austin, Texas, follows a group of teenagers living in the suburbs, and features cameos by Win Butler and Regine Chassagne as police officers. The music video is composed of excerpts from Jonze's short film, Scenes from the Suburbs, which debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival2011, and has a running time of 30 minutes.[14]Scenes from the Suburbs screened at the SXSW Film Festival 2011 and saw its online premiere on MUBI on June 27, 2011.[15] Writing for the Canadian Press, Nick Patch called the film 'a sci-fi puzzler that seems to blend the paranoia of Terry Gilliam films with the nostalgia of classic Steven Spielberg flicks'.[16]
Critical reception[edit]
The Suburbs received acclaim reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 87 out of 100, which indicates 'universal acclaim' based on 43 reviews.[17] Writing for BBC Music, Mike Diver described the album as the band'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' and stated that 'you could call it their OK Computer.'[28] Several reviewers compared The Suburbs favourably to Arcade Fire's earlier work. Ian Cohen of Pitchfork called it 'a satisfying return to form—proof that Arcade Fire can still make grand statements without sounding like they're carrying the weight of the world'.[25] Noel Murray of The A.V. Club described the album as being 'like one long sequel' to the band's earlier single 'No Cars Go'.[19]Q wrote that the band 'may well have delivered their masterpiece.'[29]
David Marchese, writing in Spin, wrote of the album: '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.'[27]NME's reviewer Emily Mackay compared The Suburbs to R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People in the sense of it being '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.'[24]Uncut designated the album as their 'Album of the Month'; in a 4-star review for the magazine, Alastair McKay called it 'a surprising record, swapping the spit and fire of Funeral for a sense of mature playfulness', and concluding that '[it] explores the badlands between safety and boredom. It's nostalgic, with a sense of future dread. There is pain and pleasure, loss and hope. It feels like the anesthetic is wearing off.'[30]
Exclaim! listed the album as their No. 1 Pop & Rock Album of 2010.[31] Writer Andrea Warner summarized it as 'a perfect actualization of the suburbs as metaphor for the classic North American dream: a smoothly perfect veneer covering up the lush complexity of motivation. It's not just metaphor, but goes a step further to exemplify the quintessential Arcade Fire sound ― a controlled frenzy, pushing and reaching for something more.'
![]()
The album was also included in the 2011 edition of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Accolades[edit]
On June 16, 2011, the album was named as a long-listed nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.[32] On July 6, The Suburbs was awarded a spot on the shortlist, making it one of ten possible candidates to win $30,000 and the recognition as the best Canadian album of the year as voted by jury of Canadian journalists and broadcasters.[33] On September 19, 2011 it won the Polaris Music Prize.[34]
The album was Album of the Year at the Juno Awards and the 53rd Grammy Awards, earned a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album, won Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards and was also on numerous best-albums-of-the-year lists:
The single “Ready to Start” was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[58]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Jeremy Gara, Win Butler, Will Butler, Régine Chassagne and Tim Kingsbury[citation needed]
All lead vocals by Win Butler unless otherwise noted.
Arcade Fire The Suburbs Review
Notes
Personnel[edit]
Charts and certifications[edit]
See also[edit]References[edit]
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Suburbs&oldid=895580850'
Biography
Canadian rock-band Arcade Fire was formed in 2003 in Montreal. That time the line-up included the spouses Régine Chassagne and Win Butler. Soon they were joined by Win’s brother William Butler and after that the line-up was enlarged by Richard Parry and Tim Kingsbury. Together with Dane Mills and Brendan Reed the group recorded and released the first eponymous EP in 2003, however after the band gained the popularity that EP titled Arcade Fire was re-released in 2005 at Merge. Arcade Fire started performing, and their shows were so bright and energetic, that pretty soon the band was noticed: Merge Records offered them a contract.
In 2004 Arcade Fire released their debut studio work titled Funeral. It was acclaimed by the musical experts, who noted the interesting and versatile sound. Numerous music lovers also enjoyed the record – its gloomy atmosphere did not frighten them off but vice versa, it attracted the attention. Many musical magazines agreed that Funeral deserved the honorable title of the Album Of The Year, meanwhile Arcade Fire started performing not only at small clubs, but at prestigious and famous festivals like Reading and Leeds Festival and Lollapalooza.
In 2006 Arcade Fire began working on their new record Neon Bible. As the first step they turned the old building of church in seventy kilometers from Montreal into the real studio and then during the whole year the musicians were creating the material for the new album. The official release of Neon Bible took place in 2007, and that studio attempt pleased both musical critics and the band’s fans. The experts again mentioned the group’s original sound, which could hardly be mixed up with someone else’s. Moreover, several musical magazines included Neon Bible into the list of the Best Albums Of The Year, and the British magazine Q placed it at the first place.
Arcade Fire The Suburbs Youtube
In 2010 Arcade Fire pleased the music lovers: the rockers released their third studio work The Suburbs. Traditionally, the album turned out to be original. The musicians presented the signature and versatile sound that had already been enjoyed by millions of connoisseurs of music all around the world. There is no doubt that fans of interesting music will be totally satisfied with The Suburbs, which cannot be described by the terms of one certain style. Arcade Fire realized a long time ago what kind of music they would like to create, and they are definitely not going to limit themselves at their art. And that is absolutely wonderful.
Studio AlbumsThe Suburbs
The Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs exceeds one hour in its length, offering 16 tracks to your attention each of which has its own zest. There is no trace of the debut record's crudeness and spontaneity here
Neon Bible
Leaving melancholy and a somber atmosphere on the basic positions of music making, Arcade Fire’s new album Neon Bible goes on developing and exploring a direction, the most fitting term for which could be a baroque pop rock
Arcade Fire The Suburbs Album
5
Singles
2
EPThe Suburbs Arcade Fire Album Download Torrent Download
2
Comments are closed.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2020
Categories |