The Suburbs (track) by Arcade Fire
The Suburbs appears on the following album(s) by Arcade Fire:
- The Suburbs (track #1) (this album) (2010)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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80/100  | 02/11/2025 21:27 | daCritic | | 76/100 |
100/100 | 02/09/2025 21:48 | mash | | 92/100 |
90/100 | 02/02/2025 11:30 | gmessian | | 80/100 |
90/100 | 01/09/2025 05:00 |  marazico | | 81/100 |
90/100 | 01/08/2025 18:18 | bobbyyjones | | 84/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.4/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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cestuneblague 07/28/2017 07:39
Essentially Win's "Waterloo Sunset", but much more cryptic with it's specific hometown references and replaces the more nostalgic romanticism of the Davies song with an allegorical, apocalyptic malaise.
This is an amazing song. It reminds me of something out of the past. Good on the band!
Fantastic opener and comfortably the best track on the album.
exileonthehell 03/25/2016 20:05
Their best song, when I first heard it in 2010 I thought it was something from the 90's.
I felt nostalgia
One of their best songs
The nostalgia in this track is so huge..
Love this track so much! it has so much meaning to me makes me remember the old good times.. best song of the decade by far..
flyingcitrus 01/25/2015 03:20
Excellent opener. The rhythm is on point and the lyrics do a great job setting the tone of the album.
one of arcade fires best IMO
GandalfORiley345 05/16/2014 01:46
Obviously 100, it´s one of the Arcade Fire´s masterpieces, as a top 5.
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