Suburban War (track)
by Arcade Fire
Year: 2010
From the album The Suburbs (track #15)
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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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| ! | 06/30/2026 20:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,532 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 16:03 | Brando1788 | 1,206 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 20:21 | Pluto11 | 28,734 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2026 20:09 | Mafedere | 10,577 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 01:23 | SethGunde | 2,438 | 69/100 |
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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 86.0/100, a mean average of 84.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.2.
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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
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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