The Suburbs is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released in August 2010. Coinciding with the announcement the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing two tracks from the album, "The Suburbs" and "Month of May". The album debuted at No. 1 on the Irish Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and the Canadian Albums Chart. It won Album of the Year at the 2011 Grammy Awards, Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards, Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards, and the 2011 Polaris Music Read more on Last.fm.
Great album!
You know, I’ve got a lot of albums that move me, break me. I liken Gram Parsons to a musical Hemingway. I liken Dylan from 2001 on as a reincarnation of Muddy Waters and Flannery O’Conner. I do like the odd trend setter.
Arcade Fire are just…well….they’re boring, The riffs are boring, the lyrics are overwrought and pretentious, the production is stale and the overrall vibe screams for indie cred and Grammy sanctification. This is the band people don’t shut up about that I absolutely cannot get into, cannot understand appeal wise and have never liked. I bought The Suburbs, listened to it for 3 days. I waited for a biblical revelation, a huge truth to be revealed…nothing….just another boring shoe gazer knock off.
perfection.
love them…
If I could give half points I’d say this is a 4.5. It’s a very good album, but maybe not quite as good as “Funeral”.