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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Neon Bible by Arcade Fire released in 2007. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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I absolutely loved Arcade Fire’s debut,
Funeral and
Neon Bible was nearly as good. The mid-2000s saw both Arcade Fire and The Killers closely embrace their inner Bruce Springsteen on their follow ups to their breakthrough debut albums. I enjoyed both
Neon Bible and
Sam’s Town a great deal at the time though I will say the biggest thing these records did for me personally was inspire to do a deep dive into The Bosses full discography. Prior to Springsteen becoming hip to the hipsters, The only album of his I really loved was
Nebraska but if The Killers and Arcade Fire were making albums that I enjoyed that were directly influenced by Springsteen then it was probably high time I gave him a shot and I am glad I did.
Regarding this album directly, I think it get lost in the shuffle a bit between their debut,
Funeral and
The Suburbs Their debut was this incredible art rock album that immediately put them on the map as one of the coolest bands amongst the Pitchfork set and then
The Suburbs was the album the won them acclaim amongst the mainstream with the album winning the Album Of The Year Grammy.
Neon Bible does feel like it splits the difference between the two and as such is probably the least essential of those three albums. I lost interest with
Reflektor and then when all the sex pest stuff surfaced regarding Win Butler I was completely out. Still those first three albums were quite good and They were AMAZING live.
. Is there better stuff by him I should check out?
) opened. They were so good live back then.