Neon Bible (CD)
The eagerly anticipated second album from Montreal's Arcade Fire exceeds all expectations. Neon Bible was written, produced, arranged, and performed by the Arcade Fire and recorded throughout 2006 in Quebec, New York, Budapest, and London with recording and engineering help from Markus Dravs (Bjork, Brian Eno) and Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Sun City Girls). With string and orchestral arrangements by the band's own Owen Pallet (also Final Fantasy) and Regine Chassagne, Neon Bible is full of both half-assed punk rock mistakes and meticulously orchestrated woodwinds. Processed strings and mandolin. Quiet rumbles and loud rumbles. But mostly just eleven songs that the band thinks are really good!
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | |
| 1 | Black Mirror |
| 2 | Keep the Car Running |
| 3 | Neon Bible |
| 4 | Intervention |
| 5 | Black Wave/Bad Vibrations |
| 6 | Ocean of Noise |
| 7 | The Well and the Lighthouse |
| 8 | Antichrist Television Blues |
| 9 | Windowsill |
| 10 | No Cars Go |
| 11 | My Body Is a Cage |
| montague john
- dalton in furness, , ENGLAND |
| I was unsure at first, second, and twenty-seventh hearing of this album. But, after realizing that this was a total piece of work, separate from Funeral and out on its own entirely I came to accept its brilliance and originality. And after driving on my own, listening in peace and quiet, at a decent volume, I came to realize after clearing the tears from my eyes, that this is a masterpiece! | |
| Zoe
- San Francisco, CA, USA |
| It's undeniable that "Neon Bible" has a lot of sophomore slump potential. Following up an album like "Funeral" is a daunting task with much room for failure. It's a scary prospect. But with this new album, Arcade Fire prove that their impressive debut wasn't just a fluke. "Neon Bible" is, amazingly, even more expansive and grandiose than "Funeral". AF has broadened their sound, aided mainly by a huge pipe organ that lends an ominous but amazing tone to the whole thing. There are "Funeral"-like moments: the title track lends the same quiet moment to the album that "Haiti" lent to "Funeral", and "Keep the Car Running" has the same unified and uplifted sense as "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out). Much of the album is wonderful and new, yet a couple tracks stand out particularly. Closer "My Body Is A Cage" borders on the blues in lyrical sense: "My body is a cage/that keeps me from dancing with the one I love/but my mind holds the key". Win's voice is broken, adding a new emotional element. And everyone loves a good, remorseful pipe organ. But the high point of the album is undoubtedly in the updated "No Cars Go". The original's lead-in of a ticking clock is replaced by flute trills. The entire piece is held together with a careening, bombastic symphony that changes the song's mood from unsure and quiet to brave and confident. It's something to behold. See if you can listen to the new vocals in the "hey!/us kids know/hey!/no cars go/where we know" lyric without crying. "Neon Bible" could have been a huge disappointment, but Arcade Fire have managed to do exactly what they needed to with this album: avoid a "Funeral" sequel without losing their unique approach. They've done exactly that, and it's a sound to behold. | |
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