1. MarkL

   10

   One of the best albums of the last decade.

   • Helpful? 19 of 19 users said Yes.
2. JoshE

   8

   A rambling and reckless album... the beauty and pain burst restlessly from the seems. The songs barrel along like a freight train going to fast around a turn, ready to spill its contents out onto the hillside as it careens off of the tracks. Wow, a little dramatic, but Funeral is quite a ride. The dramtic highs are exilarating, lows are aching, and it's very difficult to let go. Pop music can be a clunky, retarded beast, and in the hands of the music industry's chosen purveyors, it tends to be, but The Arcade Fire show how beautiful, intelligent, and truly emotional a simple song can be... And that's the hardest thing of all. This is an excellent album and definitely one of the best of 2004.… Expand

   • Helpful? 3 of 3 users said Yes.
3. nc_jj

   7

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A debut of irrefutable power, arguably superior to "Is This It", "Funeral" marked the arrival of a great big band with major big talent[s]. It's bleak and eerie, but beautifully wondrous. A record, of whose confidence and wittiness may be at the height of debuts like Television's "Marquee Moon".… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
4. casimirp

   3

   Someday, singers will again be required to be able to sing. Meanwhile, this is at least not as irritating as Antony and the Johnsons.

   • Helpful? 4 of 35 users said Yes.

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