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| Value for Money | 9.2/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 8.6/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.1/10  |
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Full review by
LordBrambleberry
on 6th Jan 2008
User Rating : 8
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Good Points: Black Mirror, Keep the Car Running, Neon Bible, Intervention, Antichrist Television Blues, Windowsill, No cars go, My body is a cage.
Bad Points: The Well and the Lighthouse.
General comments: Neon Bible is an excellent album by an excellent experimental band, Arcade Fire. After their spectacular debut, "Funeral", no one much thought about them. Now they've got us thinking again.
On "Neon Bible" Win Butlers soulful voice blends with New Wave-ish music and the Hungarian Orchestra to create great tunes. "Black Mirror", the opener and lead single, sounds peculiarly like Echo and the Bunnymen's "Killing Moon", but still has a very nice melody. "Keep the car Running" sounds like nothing else, more guitar based than most Arcade Fire songs. The title track, "Neon Bible", with it's almost whispered vocals and light guitar and drums, is a rather vicious lyric for such a pleasing little tune. "Intervention", the albums best track, starts with a grand, churchy organ melody and forms into a perfect Arcade Fire song, with Win Butler letting rip while singing about America's war-hungry and religious flaws while the Hungarian Orchestra lets the song go to new heights. "Black Wave" is not impressive, but still forces itself to be catchy. "Ocean of Noise" is almost exactly the same, and "The Well and the Lighthouse" is very annoying. These three tunes comprising a disappointing middle section. "Antichrist Television Blues" is a genius narrative about a religious dad and his daughter in a talent show. "Windowsill" is another big ballad, somewhat angsty and very beautiful. "No cars go" is very energetic, but with ridiculously dumb lyrics. Then the closer, "Mr body is a cage", enigmatically closes on a depressing note about suicide. Arcade Fire, you've done it again.
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Review by
mather
on 6th Dec 2007
User Rating : 9
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This record Arcade Fire, The Neon Bible is a perfect follow up, so many bands following hype from their first offering fail miserably to adapt and produce meaningful work. Arcade fire are just very good at telling a story, articulate, and damn bright. Intelligible depiction of the modern day world. A veritable orgy of melodies that are extremely thought provoking and inspiring. Uplifting and emotive. I don't mean to gush however I really think that this might be one of the all time greats.
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Review by
mr underhill
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on 3rd Dec 2007
User Rating : 9
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Arcade Fire should feel pretty pleased with themselves. Not only are they one of the most universally acclaimed bands around today, but they are one of the rare few that can genuinely lay claim to doing something different. An unconventional blend of twanging guitars, dischorded harmonicas, creaking accordions, clanking pianos and quivering, sometimes even shrieking, vocals, they manage to sound both really old and completely new.
Perhaps unsurprisingly considering the title, Neon Bible themat ...
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Review by
Lillyflowers
on 4th Jun 2007
User Rating : 7
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I feel this album was well worth my listen, Arcade Fire are one of the bands which we should look up to and find inspiration from as there needs to be more bands thinking on the same wave length. High points of this album include listening to Ocean of Noise and Black Mirror. Defintely worth recommending and deserves its hype.
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Review by
Mindy
on 9th Mar 2007
User Rating : 10
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I would hazard a guess that this is going to be Album of the Year on most critical lists come December, and I will probably be in full agreement. The Arcade Fire are simply the most exhilirating and important band in popular music right now and this album is an absolutely heady rush of hooks, strange noises and musings about the importance of hope in what is often the despair and futility of moden life.
I heard someone say that this record sounds like it was made by a bunch of whinging, over ...
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