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- Posted: 02/19/2013 21:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#826): Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
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Today's album of the day
Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2007.
Overall rank: 84.
Average rating: 82/100 (from 567 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Black Mirror
2. Keep The Car Running
3. Neon Bible
4. Intervention
5. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
6. Ocean Of Noise
7. The Well And The Lighthouse
8. (Antichrist Television Blues)
9. Windowsill
10. No Cars Go
11. My Body Is A Cage
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.
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MrFrogger
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- Posted: 02/19/2013 21:03
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Ok album. By far their weakest effort. Whenever I start listening to it I just realize that I could be listening to one of the other 2, and change it.
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nutso42
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- Posted: 02/19/2013 21:07
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I actually like this one a bit better than Funeral.
But Suburbs is their best.
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Puncture Repair
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- Posted: 02/19/2013 21:15
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| nutso42 wrote: | I actually like this one a bit better than Funeral.
But Suburbs is their best. |
Different to both you too - Better than Suburbs, not as good as Neon Bible.
The more I listen to this album the more emotional and powerful it gets, whereas The Suburbs just becomes more and more like daft pop. Funeral will always be their masterpiece though.
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paladisiac
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useless
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- Posted: 02/19/2013 21:33
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Personally I think it is weaker than Funeral and definitely weaker than The Suburbs (their masterpiece if you ask me, with amazing scope and variety) but still a truly remarkable work from really talented musicians. The lyrics are more assured and ambitious than their debut and the influences more obvious (hi Boss), while the darker sound makes for a couple of surprising and impressive moments (Black Mirror which sets the tone for the first half of the album, Intervention). What I feel is the only real issue is that it sounds a little bit... out of balance. Sometimes it gives the impression like they could use more complexity in their instrumentation to get maximum results (the title track is a good example), and sometimes, well, they overdo it (Antichrist Television Blues). That said, when it finds its place, it's beautiful and realised, like the rest of their albums. My favorite tracks in here are the ones including cars in their title, although Ocean Of Noise is really nice as well.
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Silver
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- Posted: 02/19/2013 22:08
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No Cars Go and My Body Is A Cage are both amazing tracks, and the rest of the album is pretty great too. Not at the level of Funeral but a worthy follow up.
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revolver94
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- Posted: 02/20/2013 01:58
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hasn't aged well with me. The middle section makes me want to die.
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Happymeal
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- Posted: 02/20/2013 02:18
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Happymeal <------------ Doesn't like Arcade Fire
My opinion is, it's not any worse or much better other albums, but that's not saying much. I find their worst album to be Funeral though
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MrFrogger
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- Posted: 02/20/2013 02:22
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| Happymeal wrote: | | . I find their worst album to be Funeral |
This puzzles me, as I find Funeral to be their most accessible. What exactly about it don't you like?
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