Reflektor (studio album) by Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire bestography

Reflektor is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by Arcade Fire on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Arcade Fire is Funeral which is ranked number 15 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41,973.

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Reflektor track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (13 out of 14 tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 1,551 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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85/100
From 07/06/2023 00:14
Not a great fan, but it's a cool album.
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80/100
From 10/15/2022 01:29
I kind of miss the early Arcade Fire, But still I must admit this is a very good album.
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80/100
From 08/06/2022 18:54
A below average output from Arcade Fire is better than the best from nearly all other bands.

The music is strong, the themes of the record less so.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 11/13/2021 11:39
Um dos grandes álbuns de sua década!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 08/20/2021 10:50
Another phenomenal Arcade Fire album. This record is longer than their previous but they really do fill it with so much content that you don't even notice the time fly by. The songs blend into one as you go from amazing track to amazing track and hear some of the best songs the band have made. The highlights being Reflektor, Afterlife and Normal Person but all songs are great. The instrumentation is beautiful, like on all of their records, but also very experimental and fresh and sounds unique from all of their previous work and allows for so much room to explore that you could listen to this album countless time and still hear stuff you never noticed before. The lyrics are a masterclass like usual and the vocal delivery is on point as well. If you had to give the album a weakness it would be the end track (Supersymmetry) being probably 4 minutes too long but other than that everything else is sensational. Overall, this is one of my favourites of Arcade Fire's discography and I also believe it is one of their greatest.
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95/100
From 04/01/2020 18:14
This is the album that made me an Arcade Fire fan. Of course, you have some strong songs in the other albums but I'm always excited to watch a band move from their comfort zone and really make it. Here Comes the Night Time isn't the best song of the album but embodies that attitude: you have the frenesi of something different happening and the mellow parts that remind us they are just expanding their pallet of sounds without losing their style. I just love this album so much; I've heard it a few times before writing this and I discover new subtle sounds each time.
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85/100
From 01/14/2020 18:14
At the risk of being crucified by old school Arcade Fire fans: I prefer this over The Suburbs
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From 08/31/2019 16:23
I like this album a lot ! The change of sound is not bad (not yet) and quite refreshing. However, it's definitely too long, gets boring at the end. I have the feeling Supersymmetry is just long for no reason. Think it would be a real masterpiece with 2 or 3 tracks removed.

79/100, but 85/100 for the tracks, just like The Suburbs ? Underrated album for sure.

Standouts: Reflektor, We Exist, It's Never Over, Afterlife
Personal favourite: Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)
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Rating:  
70/100
From 08/25/2019 15:20
I had heard their earlier stuff - missed this and heard Everything Now and took a while to adjust top the change with a more electronic and almost dance sound. But this album is clearly the transition - electronic, reggae, a bit of disco and dancey. I like it and it's growing more on me with every listen.
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100/100
From 04/01/2019 22:22
If disc 1 is too experimental for its own good disc 2 is too good for its own good
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