Suburban War (track)
by Arcade Fire
Suburban War appears on the following album(s) by Arcade Fire:
- The Suburbs (track #15) (this album) (2010)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 23,122 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 02:53 |  LukasAntoine00s | 5,081 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 23:39 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2025 16:57 | gmessian | 1,390 | 55/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 23:54 | culwin | 19,448 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.0/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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DriftingOrpheus 03/29/2020 08:22 | #249249
The ending of this song is epic, I just wish it wasn't such an arduous journey to get there...
Perfectly paced buildup starting with a lonely, almost haunting guitar progression to the thunderous drumming and helpless lyrics at the end. It deserves a much higher rating.
when the drums start is so epic and cinematic
exileonthehell 06/05/2016 18:27 | #167952
The big time of The Suburbs, this song in the same vein of Street Spirit, is one of the greatest achievements of Arcade Fire.
i REALLY like this song
That riff is epic. If I ever picked up a guitar, that is the kind of riff I would want to write. I think the problem that songs may have that are centered around a riff this tight is that good musical changes become difficult. That seems to be the case here and the song stagnates a bit... that is until the ending, where everything picks up, and hits creciendo taking a totally new turn. Epic ending as well.
GandalfORiley345 05/16/2014 02:03 | #111931
NOTHING LIKE THIS SONG
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