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Neon Bible (CD)

By: The Arcade Fire (Artist)

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The Arcade Fire Artist Snapshot:

One of the most celebrated new bands of 2004, the Arcade Fire came out of Montreal's vibrant music scene with a melancholic, cinematic sound equally redolent of '80s heroes like the Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen and latter-day orchestral-rockers Mercury Rev. Frontman Win Butler, grandson of famed steel guitarist/bandleader Alvino Rey, filled the band's acclaimed debut with sad songs full of yearning sentiments and memorable melodies, fleshed out with widescreen arrangements that feature everything from violin to glockenspiel.

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DISC 1 for Neon Bible (CD) Album By The Arcade Fire (Artist)
1   Black Mirror
2   Keep The Car Running
3   Neon Bible
4   Intervention
5   Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
6   Ocean Of Noise
7   Well & The Lighthouse, The
8   Antichrist Television Blues
9   Windowsill
10   No Cars Go
11   My Body Is A Cage
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "NEON BIBLE is an aggressively gothic record, explicitly so in the pipe organ that soars over the hunger and wreckage in 'Intervention.'"
Rolling Stone (p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "A seven-piece band that makes joyous noise out of fear and foreboding."
Spin (p.85) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "NEON BIBLE actually matches the live show's scope and emotion....It feels carefully considered yet uncontrived, a bubbling mix of raw confusion and refined conviction."
Entertainment Weekly (p.105) - "[T]he polyphonic swirl of strings, horns, and voices points toward transcendence." -- Grade: A-
Q (p.107) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] magical kingdom of noise that's equal parts Disney's FANTASIA and Echo and The Bunnymen's lavish OCEAN RAIN."
Alternative Press (p.182) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n effortlessly creative offering running from upbeat jangle-pop to understated, stripped down arrangements..."
Magnet (p.90) - "Arcade Fire's raw passion and heartfelt ambition remain intact....An undeniable flame still burns."
Q (Magazine) (p.89) - Ranked #01 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "[G]reat records are made by great songs, and NEON BIBLE has riches aplenty..."

Title Note

Almost three years after the Arcade Fire's 2004 full-length debut, FUNERAL, stunned indie-rock fans with its majestic scope and romantic ferocity, the Montreal-based ensemble returned with NEON BIBLE. Although the album lacks the from-out-of-nowhere punch of the former record, it serves as a fitting successor, with the group's sweeping sound enhanced by even more prominent layers of piano, organ, strings, and percussion.

As on FUNERAL, married multi-instrumentalists Win Butler and Regine Chassagne share vocal duties, and their distinctive singing adds to the emotional weight of each song, from the urgent, bass-heavy "Keep the Car Running" to the brooding, cinematic "Black Waves/Bad Vibrations." And while the Arcade Fire's post-punk influences are still on display, they are more fully integrated into the band's ambitious aesthetic, as best evidenced on the lush, nearly operatic update of "No Cars Go," which originally appeared on its '03 EP. With its cathedral-like grandeur kept in check by the group's restless energy, NEON BIBLE features both slowly revealed charms and immediate thrills, easily making it one of the most impressive albums of early '07.

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3 out of 5 stars Neon Bible, February 12, 2008
By Scott
A little more bland compared to their first release but still carries some aces up its sleeve.

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