astrochimp

I'm a little late to the Arcade Fire party but i recently picked this cd up and i'm totally loving it. Just absolute joy to my ears. Looking forward to getting the other two albums now.

Throwing Copper

Just be prepared for something that sounds quite different.

The debut "Funeral" was great at the time, very somber, but it hasn't really held up for me except for a few outstanding songs.

"Neon Bible" is just OK in my opinion.

"The Suburbs" is their best record in my opinion.

atlantamoi

IMO a few songs on their debut are and always will be the best these guys will ever do. That's not a putdown because I like all their albums. They are just that good.

astrochimp

Your right they are quite a bit different. It's taken me more listens to get into Funeral than it did with The Suburbs but it has really grown on me. I'm also liking Neon Bible but I need more listens to that one still.

Fantastic band

The Bus

"Neighborhoods #1 (Tunnels)" and "Wake Up" are incredible, and will be very difficult to top.

As an album, The Suburbs is excellent. Just consistently, breathtakingly excellent.

Hokeyboy

Wha? "Funeral" hasn't held up? It's only gotten better over time.

Throwing Copper

Heading to see Arcade Fire and The National on Thursday. I wouldn't mind seeing them play "The Suburbs" album in its entirety.

May have to check out one of their 3 shows in Chicago this weekend if they aren't all sold out.

Osiris3657

Arcade Fire is going to release a deluxe edition on June 27th. It will contain a making of doc by Spike Jonze and 2 all new tracks, "Speaking in Tongues" and "Culture War".

Can't wait to hear the new tracks!

kstublen

Ugh. I hate when artists do this. I know I'll pick it up, but that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it, lol.

reubs82

Really? Screw that. At least humor us and release an EP; I'm not buying a deluxe edition for a making of doc and two tracks.

Throwing Copper

I've purchased every one of their albums and spent a good chunk of change seeing them in concert recently.

I'm downloading these 2 new songs and won't feel the least bit bad about it.

Psi

Really looking forward to it.

Hokeyboy

Releasing "Deluxe Editions" with a few bonus tracks = BitTorrent or Usenet Binary download. Sorry guys, that is exquisite bullshit.

TheDuke

It's not just two new tracks and a making of documentary, it's all of that plus the entire Scenes From the Suburbs short film and a hefty (I think upwards of 70+ pages) booklet of photos to go along with it. I'll be buying it.

JAA

It is a disturbing and sorry trend, isn't it?

Drexl

That's only going to make it more expensive though. You can see how this annoys people who have bought the album already and would just like those two bonus tracks.

Then again, Lord knows I've double dipped on enough movies, so maybe I shouldn't be heavily criticizing this.

Liver&Onions

Speaking in Tongues (with David Byrne):


Culture War

Bob_Bobbson

Usually in this case, I just hop onto iTunes or amazon and pick up the new bonus tracks individually.

I'm probably going to re-buy the album though. I've been listening to it almost non stop for the last couple months, and I've been hyping the Spike Jonze movie in my head for almost as long. I'll just give my old copy to a friend and try to convert them to an Arcade Fire fan.

Osiris3657

I dig both tracks, "Speaking in Tongues" slightly more.

Osiris3657

The songs are up for purchase on iTunes for 1.98 (total)

The Bus

It absolutely shocks me how listenable and thoroughly good this album is a year later.

AnonomusBob15

it's grown on me. It helped seeing some of them live. Arcade Fire will always be a superior live band, though their studio work is excellent as well. With that said, I still rank this as their third best. Funeral is the best, and Neon Bible is a better album than most will admit.

The National opened and they have really grown as a live band. England owns the album version.

Hokeyboy

Phenomenal album still.

As far Neon Bible being a "better album than most people will admit"... it's a real good album. Really damn good. But IMO not quite as good as Funeral or Suburbs. Still, it's like asking which was your least favorite sexual encounter with both Salma Hayek and Shakira. Or Linda Lavin.

Throwing Copper

I saw the AF/The National show back in April. Very good.

The guys from The National were out in the crowd on the floor during the Arcade Fire set.

As for the new edition of The Suburbs, how good are the 2 new songs?

auto

They're all good but Funeral and The Suburbs are just outstanding. In fact, The Suburbs feels like a natural progression from the debut. Funeral was all about being alone and isolated in your bedroom and The Suburbs was walking out the front door into your neighborhood and starting to find your way in the world. Neon Bible was a somewhat successful attempt to get big and solve some very adult problems. They jumped the gun with that one. They weren't ready.