Country/Region of ManufactureCanada
Reviews"At 16 tracks, this dense, complicated set covers considerably more stylistic territory than either of the band's previous albums...", "It's Arcade Fire's most ambitious and concept-driven effort to date....A vein of emptiness and Beckett-esque waiting courses throughout...", Ranked #4 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "The album sounded like a band recapturing their wistfulness and, even, their humanity.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Drawing on everything from '70s radio rock to angular indie rock from the '90s, Arcade Fire have built one of the most interesting-sounding records you're likely to hear all year...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "They instinctively scale their most intimate confessions to arena-rock levels, rolling out big drums and glossy keyboards...", 4.5 stars out of 5 -- “Radiant with apocalyptic tension and grasping to sustain real bonds, THE SUBURBS extends hungrily outward, recalling the dystopic miasma of William Gibson’s sci-fi novels and Sonic Youth’s guitar odysseys.”, 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE SUBURBS is a surprising record, swapping the spit and fire of FUNERAL for a sense of mature playfulness....There is pain and pleasure, loss and hope.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Crammed with addictive confections....THE SUBURBS also heralds unexpected vistas, not least of which is a sense of humour.", "The band certainly aims for transcendence on THE SUBURBS -- a work of impressively fervent majesty...", Ranked #2 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "They raze the peaks and troughs of that bombastic chamber rock and add fuzz-punk and soaring synthpop to an expanding, yet more refined, pallette.", "Filled with big-money percussion blasts, waves of strings and This-Is-Important surges of energy, 'Rococo' and 'Month Of May' will, no doubt, sound amazing echoing off arena rafters.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "The spritely opening title track is terrific, as is the sad, anthemic beauty of 'Ready To Start'....There are some magical moments here..."
Additional InformationIf Nostalgia Is Just Pain Recalled, Repaired, and Resold, the Suburbs Is Its Sales Manual.
Number of Discs2