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Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
edited August 2010 in Other Music
Anyone here Arcade Fire's new album, just interested in hearing some opinions of this album aside from a magazine or critic review.
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,938
    Nowhere Man wrote:
    Anyone here Arcade Fire's new album, just interested in hearing some opinions of this album aside from a magazine or critic review.

    I heard the two songs on the single - they're good. The album isn't out yet.
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  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    it has finally arrived
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Can't wait to hear it. Will it top Funeral? That remains to be seen.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Spin review: http://www.spin.com/reviews/arcade-fire-suburbs-merge
  • SpinningBombsSpinningBombs Posts: 270
    The Suburbs, upon a few listens, has quickly ascended the ranks to become my favorite AF album. It's a cohesive, melodic, and at many points, stunningly gorgeous effort. But this is a more subtle album than Funeral and Neon Bible in many ways (or relatively so in the case of AF), and is certainly more detail oriented than those predecessors; it takes a few listens to truly appreciate everything that this album is.

    Bottom line: This is an expertly written, executed, and produced concept album. The kind that makes you re-realize what music is capable of doing to the heart. It works from the inside out.

    I love this band.
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    I'm not going to judge the album until a few more listens but I absolutely love 'Modern Man'.
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    Why are more people not talking about this album? 'Suburban War' is the latest song to blow my mind.
  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    I have given the album about 3 listens and I am liking it more and more, some great tunes on here, really enjoying "City With No Children"
  • mwachsmanmwachsman Posts: 474
    Amazing album. Quickly moving up my top 10 albums of the year list. Don't think it will top Funeral (What can though?), but I think I will certainly place it higher than Neon Bible. Which I also love.

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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    How have you guys obtained this weeks before it comes out?
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Is the leak good quality? I'm gonna hold out till it officially comes out.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    i am going to buy this the day it comes out and listen to it for the first time. I have not heard any of the singles or the snippets of songs.

    I want that rip it open out of the store and put it in the cd player kind of feel again.
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    the quality of the leak is good. fenway go to any torrent site (pirate bay) and you will have it in 5 minutes.
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Benzor wrote:
    the quality of the leak is good. fenway go to any torrent site (pirate bay) and you will have it in 5 minutes.
    Cool. Thanks for the 411. I'll be coming back here with my take shortly.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    :clap: Wow...
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • PJStatTrackerPJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    This album is "holy shit" good.

    Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) is a fucking masterpiece.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH_7_XRfTMs

    holy shit! :shock:
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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    I've given a few listens and I really like it. Their sound is almost bigger and really good. Win Butler still sounds a lot like Bruce.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    will be buying the day it comes out... :thumbup:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    This is definitely my favorite album of the year by a big margin. I have been playing it several times a day and lovin it a lot
  • HinnHinn Posts: 1,517
    Loved Modern Man live.

    Not downloading the leak, what with them recording it for vinyl first and foremost.

    I'm gonna need my office to set up a record player so I can listen to it after picking this up in the morning.
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  • PJStatTrackerPJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    I seriously cannot get enough of this album...

    I'm seeing them on Monday for the first time. I haven't looked forward to a show this much in years and my expectations are very high. From what I hear though, they will meet those expectations...we'll see! Are they really as good live as people say?
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Eduardo Veduardo. wrote:
    I seriously cannot get enough of this album...

    I'm seeing them on Monday for the first time. I haven't looked forward to a show this much in years and my expectations are very high. From what I hear though, they will meet those expectations...we'll see! Are they really as good live as people say?

    Best live band I've seen. Never thought I'd say that about a band not named Pearl Jam.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • PJStatTrackerPJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    "Rococo" is also freaking amazing.

    what an album...
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Eduardo Veduardo. wrote:
    I seriously cannot get enough of this album...

    I'm seeing them on Monday for the first time. I haven't looked forward to a show this much in years and my expectations are very high. From what I hear though, they will meet those expectations...we'll see! Are they really as good live as people say?
    Amazing band. I saw them 2 weeks ago and they were just incredible. Played a lot of new stuff too.
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  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    Yep, great album and no mean feat to do three consecutive albums of such a high standard.

    It's between this and High Violet for album of the year, so far.
    It's gonna be a glorious day...
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Is it bad that I've listened to this album 9 times already?!?!

    Today's favorite is Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains). Love those Regine songs. She's got some passion in her voice.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    great album contender for album of the year with the black keys for sure... getting into it just now only played it a couple times but love everything on it. city with no children is a masterpiece.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,413
    listening to it now. I like it a lot. Only through the first 5-6 songs so far, but it's gonna be another great album from them.
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    You know an album is brilliant when you ask 6 or 7 people what their favorite song is and you get 6 or 7 different answers.
  • KevinmanKevinman Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 1,921
    Can't pick a favorite song on this album yet. I won't be suprised if this is still my favorite album of the year by December. Every time I listen to it so far, it amazes me. I hope I can continue to enjoy this album for some time to come. So far the best way I can describe it is that it's going to be one of those albums where your favorite song on it changes 5 or 6 times, and then after about a year it will change another 5 or 6. Right now for me it's either Modern Man or Rococo. I haven't made it to the end of the album too much yet though.

    Modern Man

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPmVUHIgPhI

    Rococo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67QgUbwu ... re=related
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