Arcade Fire

[Lubic]

1 hour ago, kingcrawler said:

I don't go back to it too often but Everything Now is a good album. I like every song on it other than Chemistry and Good God Damn, which I was expecting to be a banger based on the name but it's probably the most plodding, nothing song they've ever done. Even Peter Pan and the Infinite Contents, while not their strongest work, are fine within the album itself. The title track, Signs of Life, Creature Comforts, Electric Blue and the closing songs make up for the bad ones. I think the biggest issue with the album was the promotion, which seemed to annoy a lot of people. 

Agree with this. It's certainly not my favourite AF album, but those 2 tracks are the only ones that I dislike. And the tracks they played on the (excellent) tour justified their place in the setlist.

I hope they nail the next album though, so we can start talking about them as potential headliners again.

[Homer]

4 minutes ago, Lubic87 said:

Agree with this. It's certainly not my favourite AF album, but those 2 tracks are the only ones that I dislike. And the tracks they played on the (excellent) tour justified their place in the setlist.

I hope they nail the next album though, so we can start talking about them as potential headliners again.

I reckon they're potential headliners... again.

[FuzzyDunlop]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Just finished EN, pretty much confirmed what I always knew.

Starts well, utter garbage in the middle, slowly gets better then the last two (proper) tracks are great.

Creature Comforts is very good live.

"Put your money on me" is a great tune.

[the wonderwhy]

Afterlife into Temptation into Creature Comfort at Castlefield Bowl was GOAT

[Hugh Jass II]

9 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Afterlife into Temptation into Creature Comfort at Castlefield Bowl was GOAT

That whole Castlefield gig was something else.

[FuzzyDunlop]

20 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

That whole Castlefield gig was something else.

It's in my top 5 gigs of all time

[Hugh Jass II]

15 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

It's in my top 5 gigs of all time

Still think they went over the top on the smoke machine…

[Suprefan]

8 hours ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Still think they went over the top on the smoke machine…

I was on the barrier for an indoor show on that tour and it was total  smoke for a couple songs. You just had to stand there and let it clear.

[Lubic]

18 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

I was on the barrier for an indoor show on that tour and it was total  smoke for a couple songs. You just had to stand there and let it clear.

Yeah the Manchester arena show was full on fog in the standing area for Creature Comfort and Power Out. Couldn't see a thing. Thought something had gone wrong with the smoke machine. Pretty cool through.

[Suprefan]

1 hour ago, Lubic87 said:

Yeah the Manchester arena show was full on fog in the standing area for Creature Comfort and Power Out. Couldn't see a thing. Thought something had gone wrong with the smoke machine. Pretty cool through.

Oh for sure. Just standing there witj lights beaming like you were inside a ufo or something. Good times.

[foolee]

I actually really enjoyed Everything Now, more so than Reflecktor anyway 🙄

[adequate8]

Scunny Baths Hall is in my top 5 ever

[the wonderwhy]

lol

[the wonderwhy]

Looking forward to their song about OnlyFans! 

[brendan84]

Not a chance 4th at best

[dentalplan]

Reflektor is one of the GOAT albums of all time show some respect.

[foolee]

6 hours ago, bucket said:

Reflektor is their best album

Worst album for me. I’d go Funeral,  Neon Bible, The Suburbs, Everything Now and then Reflektor. Very good band so it’s hard to rate the albums and the top albums. They’d probably change around if I re listened to all the albums but I just really didn’t get on with Reflektor. 

[dentalplan]

UUUUUUUNSUBSCRIIIBE

[the wonderwhy]

Shun the nonbeliever! Shuuuuun! 

[lighthouse]

I don’t know about Reflektor but Afterlife is my favorite song of theirs. Porno is up there too.

[zzzfest]

14 hours ago, brendan84 said:

Not a chance 4th at best

Agreed.

Definitely above EN (their worst IMHO) though. Funeral is the greatest rock album released in the 21st Century, but it has been all downhill thereafter for me.

[Hutchmaster]

Where's my fellow Neon Bible loyalists at?

Edited March 5, 2022 by Hutchmaster

[TheWaters]

Funeral>The Suburbs>Neon Bible>Reflektor>>>Everything Now

[Somto Unigwe Raphael]

Reflektor the song - top tier.
Reflektor the album - very average.

It’s clearly Funeral > Neon Bible/The Suburbs > Reflektor > Everything Now

Probably lean more towards The Suburbs of those second two but it could be different on any given day.

Not that I bother listening to Arcade Fire anymore. Need them to release something good to snap me out of it.

[dentalplan]

Looking forward to the period between the single launch and album release, just as a bit of respite from showing each other your lists.