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Universal acclaim- based on 918 Ratings
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Oct 9, 2022Neon Bible is Arcade Fire's best album to date. That's saying a lot, considering the rest of their discography. This Grammy-nominated alt-rock album explores themes of how people misuse religion. For example televangelists, who seem to exploit the Bible for their own benefits.
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May 13, 2022Intervention is unbelievably good
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May 6, 2022
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Dec 25, 2021Neon Bible is my favorite album by Arcade Fire. Musically, it's darker and it feels like they really explored with their sound and style here and lyrically, It addresses so many different things (from religion to controlling parents). I was absolutely captivated with it and much like Funeral, It has a permanent spot in my playlist.
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Dec 6, 2020
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Dec 30, 2017
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Sep 30, 2015
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Jul 23, 2014A soft and charming hug to the soul, illuminated with steady, eccentric and harmonic sounds and lyrics that ensemble joy, solitude and desperation. Honest as few, perfect as even less.
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Jul 15, 2014A fantastic album that encompasses such grand themes and lyricism that far outdo the competition today. An absolute masterpiece; lyrically, musically, thematically, and although vocally it isn't outstanding, that's almost the point... like the themes in their songs; nothing is perfect.
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May 9, 2014
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Apr 19, 2014A masterpiece. Maybe the lyrics of Will sometimes falls to the cold-hard ground, but the grandiosity of the sound and the orchestra itself picks it up. If you are a true listener of music, go ahead. If you don't really like the society you live in now, go ahead. If you're an atheist, or a Catholic who knows of the lies of priests, go ahead. You'll never regret it.
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Feb 23, 2014
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Jun 8, 2013Listen to it alone in the dark at night.
My four personal favorite tracks: Keep the Car Running; Black Wave Bad Vibrations; Windowsill; No Cars Go.
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Dec 10, 2012
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Sep 2, 2012Yes I'm writing this review in 2012, but now I've revisited this album after not giving it a fair chance the first time. I'm pleased to say that there is not a weak song on here. The other thing I like about it is the sense of cohesion and unity of mood that pervades. It really is a fun and engaging listen, and I daresay is my favorite AF album.
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Mar 19, 2012The album is different from Funeral, darker than Funeral, but I do not believe weaker than Funeral. The songs are still powerful, still excellent. It isn't just a bunch of songs lumped together, as is so common - this is a real album, with a certain theme binding its tracks together.
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Mar 2, 2012I think that Funeral is the best Arcade Fire's album, but Neon Bible is my favorite. It's no pretentious but ambitious. The band made a very good album.
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Nov 29, 2011Easily their best work. I think people hate it so much because the entire album is pretty much saying "F" religion. While the band's sound is different, Its different in a good way. I loved this album.
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Nov 14, 2011I think its hated on far too much because of how anti-religious this album is. Its not anti-religious in a bad way, Its merely saying that religion (while widely accepted) causes a lot more problems then what it is worth and that one day we will have to choose to keep it or abandond it. I loved this album and imo its the best album Arcade Fire put out.
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Nov 8, 2011Not as good as it's predecessor, but still relevant in their songwriting and progression as a band. I like how they get down with their darker side, where Funeral seems lighter with a bit more of a pop feel.
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Oct 19, 2011
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Aug 7, 2011For a kid who grew up in a conservative evangelical home, this record speaks right to me. Heartbreaking and brilliant from the first track to the last. It's extremely difficult to rate an Arcade Fire over another, but this one definitely stands out.
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May 16, 2011My least favourite Arcade Fire album, though still pretty outstanding... I love Black Mirror and My Body Is A Cage, though the only song that brings the score of this album down is Keep The Car Running
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May 12, 2011i enjoyed listening to this album. it was great. i still got to listen to funeral. but i really do like this one a lot. it had some great songs on this record
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Apr 21, 2011
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Nov 23, 2010
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Nov 2, 2010Every single song in this album is amazing, everything is done perfectly. I still cannot decide which one I like more but this album defined a period of my life, I can't even imagine how many times I've listened to it.
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Sep 24, 2010
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TiagoA.Oct 4, 2009Another great album from this wonderful band.
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MichaelH.Aug 20, 2009Absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching. The Arcade Fire manages to continue to get better with time, and Neon Bible is only the beginning I'm sure.
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ShyAJul 19, 2009But FUNERAL is better....but this is great album with some great songs:intervention,no cars go,windowsill.
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StefanieLDec 2, 2008Probably one of the best albums ever. A huge variation of different Instruments, including a organ, make their music powerful and captivating. Moreover with "My Body is a cage" they wrote one of the most powerful and most beautiful songs ever.
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TaniaC.Sep 24, 2008I think it very good, with lovely tunes and songs that stick to your head for days
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SethA.Jun 22, 2008This album has some of the best lyrics ever written. What passionate poetry, at its best!
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LeeteF.Apr 18, 2008Well, this album is fine, but the producer fucked up for real. I HATE it when i have to try SO FUCKING HARD TO HEAR WHAT THE FUCK GOES ON WITH THE INSTRUMENTS!?!? Lyrics are fine, nice melodies and shit, but you can't just make instruments unhearable and.. indistinct (?).
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AdolfG.Feb 22, 2008Way better than funeral
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HCFeb 20, 2008It is so unexpected, so willing to connect with you, so unbelievably gorgeous, that you're blown away.
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ColinB.Feb 18, 2008
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AidanKFeb 16, 2008I rarely give albums 10/10 but this one is truely worth it, the songs are all big, ambitious and loud, absolutely amazing
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NeonB.Feb 8, 2008Masterpiece, one of the best in decade and in my opinion even better than Funeral. I enjoy every single piece of it.
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FogulSJan 31, 2008you had me worried, so worried that things would burst, but they didn't.
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WesleyM.Jan 20, 2008Amazing follow-up.
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AlexPJan 12, 2008
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FrancescoDec 22, 2007I think in some ways it's even better than Funeral. And that's a lot to say.
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J.K.Dec 14, 2007Straddling the line between mournful angst and pessimistic hope, Neon Bible will probably have something that can resonate with just about anyone. It doesn't really have anything original to say, either in content or execution, but the bluesy, poppy, and funeralistic mix on display here is easy to listen to and hard to resist for most of the album before it starts to feel overblown.
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BrettBOct 29, 2007Ive only just discovered this gem..........I listened to Funeral after hearing this..........what great talents and hopefully more to come...........truly the best release for 2007 so far.....
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freOct 19, 2007Best album of 2007, a perfect collection.
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andreaSep 28, 2007best of 2007 and even better than funeral. yes, that apparently is possible.
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lukeSep 25, 2007enjoyable. half of the songs are too springsteen for my taste, but the remainder makes up for it. I can also hear some roger waters and pulp sound strangely enough. This album could be on my top five by the end of the year.
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JoA.Sep 8, 2007Fantastic and fresh. Best of the year.
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DanielC.Aug 26, 2007Highly recommended.
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ScottAug 22, 2007
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ScottW.Aug 19, 2007It hits the spot right on. Great albume and shows that this band has lots going for it.
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rubenn.Aug 4, 2007excelent
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DouglasD.Aug 1, 2007After The Radiohead Age, came the The Arcade Fire Age. It's hard to compare Neon Bible to Funeral, but, after several auditions, the comparison is over. NB is a great solid album and the new version of No Cars Go is wonderful.
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RGJul 26, 2007
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JohnMJul 18, 2007This is nothing less than perfect and simply the best record out this year. It gushes with passion that will knock you sideways and leave you grasping for more- very rare in the rock world these days. I have not heard anything like it since the Blue Nile emerged.
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WilliamL.Jul 16, 2007What can be further stated concerning the exceptional brilliance behind Arcade Fire
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MikeJun 24, 2007Read the reviews and hype about this ablum. So I bought it..... And WOW!!! I have never heard anything more emotional in my life before! Every song is so well thought out, Perfect 10!!! I am now an Arcade Fire FAN!!
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ClaireJ.Jun 23, 2007This album rewards the music fan who is interested in originality and a big art-rock sound. It just keeps growing on me -- I listened to it twice before bumping it up to a rating of 8, then it was up to a 9, and every time I've listened since, I find more musicality and a deeper groove to these unusual tracks.
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BrianH.Jun 19, 2007The disc is aging like a good wine. Not only does this band deserve the hype, it should be a requirement for any music fan to see them live once in thier life. Amazing LP.
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JoeSJun 3, 2007I think people are being very overcritical on this album, perhaps because of what Funeral brought to us all. I like it, it's got some good anthems, some good imagaination - just not as much as Funeral did. That doesn't mean its a total fuck up! If we were going to get another masterpiece then I'd start questioning the bands human nature...So all in all: its really good.
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ArthurD.Jun 1, 2007It takes a while to get and repeated listens definitely does help, but sadly it is not quite as good as their last album "Funeral". It has a couple of absolute classic songs that will stand the test of time "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations", "Keep the car Running", but I was kind of disappointed with the overall CD. Played live however, these songs really come alive.
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MattBMay 28, 2007If you can't understand why this album is amazing, give up on life and buy every boy-band album you can find.
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DylanSMay 28, 2007
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Fel.May 26, 2007Amazing album, one of the best records i have ever heard!
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BrianWMay 24, 2007This album's definitely a grower. It might not be as instantly genius as their debut, but it's still a stellar set of songs, with a lot of fantastic moments that other rock bands could never create. I don't really understand all the bitching about this one.
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OligamiMay 20, 2007Certainly not better than Funeral (how could it?), but it has its moments.
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JayWMay 14, 2007Honestly, I think this is the best album released this year. Pretty freaking awesome. I just really like it in every way. Catchy, yet experimental tunes.
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BenKMay 11, 2007Best album of 2007 so far. It's the effing sex. Are we allowed to say fuck on here? Well anyhoo, it's amazing. I love the epic sound to all of their songs.
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JonTMay 9, 2007
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AndrewPMay 9, 2007Intervention is great. Aside from that, there is good, and there is bad. Pitchfork got it right, the lyrics are very clunky and detract from the music (Black Mirror). I just don't understand the obsession with this release, as it is clearly inferior to Funeral.
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JackCMay 3, 2007By God this is brilliant. Funeral was great (Power Out, anyone?) but lacked consistency. On here, just about every song is a complete winner. The new version of No Cars Go, Keep the Car Running, Antichrist Television Blues... so many reasons to love this album.
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OwenMay 3, 2007Loved Funeral. Album of the year certainly, and as Hot Press say, contender for album of the decade. Some great tracks here too, but it over-whelms me a bit, the title track is atrocious, and I can't swallow the trite anti-church lyric on Intervention. It will still get spun, but a little disappointing.
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HalleyPMay 2, 2007There are 5 albums on this earth that I consider to be the only existing masterworks. Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks", The Beatles "abby Road", Miles Davis " Kind of Blue", Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks", and.... THE ARCADE FIRE'S ***NEON BIBLE***
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MattGApr 27, 2007
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JustinSApr 27, 2007A pretty good sophmore effort. Most of the tracks are pretty good, but there's nothing that really stands out like on their from album like "Lies" or "Neighborhood #1". "Intervention" is really the only track that capture the magic from "Funeral".
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thythiApr 25, 2007Hypnotic melodies, wall of sound, the perfect soundtrack for springtime...
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AlexCApr 25, 2007I think that AF have gone one step further than "Funeral" with this album. I have to say that I didn't expect it, but that's what I believe. Tracks 1,2 & 4 sound incredible and the rest are all great songs. I'd doubt whether I'll hear a more likeable album this year.
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EvanBApr 22, 2007BEST album of the year by far! Neon Bible has been in my car for over 1 month straight and is the only thing I have listened to! It will probably be there for another month or two! Only gets better with repeated listens!
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MGApr 22, 2007The best album of last 5 years. Moving, deep and beautiful.
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MarkFoxyApr 19, 2007
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EddieQApr 19, 2007Sounds like Springsteen filling in as a vocalist with Interpol or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah as backup- brilliant. I prefer this album over Funeral - more stripped down - less cacophony!
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BrianCApr 18, 2007
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PondCApr 17, 2007The unpredictable moods and styles, lots of music instruments and vocal style are well differentiated them from other indy bands.
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DJMiknocheApr 16, 2007This is a wonderful disc. Made me fall in love with rock music all over again. Just like when I first heard Patti Smith's "Horses" or Television's "Marquee Moon", or the Stones' "Exile..." or Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush". Arcade Fire's music makes me come apart in a blissful way! A disc for the ages...
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HexumNApr 15, 2007This album is overrated, but it's still very good. It can be slow and serious, and it's powerful. Has some meaning. Very diverse songs. It's worth a listen.
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markdApr 14, 2007
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ValdisPApr 12, 2007A fantastic CD and the best album of 2007 so far
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TeresaApr 10, 2007It's no Funeral, but a fantastic album nonetheless. Win Butler wins again.
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ErinKApr 10, 2007This may be a little premature but... I think we have the best rock album of the year. I just can't imagine anything else being better. Not only do I think we'll still be talking about this album as being one of the very best of 2008 come December, it may also be one of the best sophomore albums I've heard in years.
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pendepomoApr 9, 2007awsome, it actually blowed my mind, i thought the sound changing would be a bad thing, but they made it, in amother way, but they did great
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AaronNApr 7, 2007
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RobJApr 4, 2007A fantastic follow up to Funeral. The production quality has been improved upon the previous album. Up there with LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver as album of 2007.
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tiffanybApr 2, 2007i love this band and there music
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SIApr 2, 2007'Intervention' is a theatrical god send. The entire record is blasphemously grand.
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CapuPApr 1, 2007what at first sounded like a disappointment (in comparison to funeral) has turned out to be a scintillating ride of an album. definitely requires more than one listen to really get into, but once you're caught up in the manic energy you'll never get out. Antichrist Television Blues is the best song since Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels), and Arcade Fire are the best band since Radiohead.
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AdanTMar 31, 2007A lush wall of sound of an album; a recording that may as well sit with the best of the decade.
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ErikRMar 31, 2007
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dingusgMar 30, 2007the reason why older NA indie bands are unrecognized is that they can't compete w/TAF. wah wah. if you've ever seen a live show, you know what i'm talkin about.
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Awards & Rankings
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So, Funeral was by no means a fluke. The Arcade Fire are unquestionably the real deal. And to prove it they’ve now thrown in another contender for ‘best record of the decade’.
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The Canadian septet are the greatest art rock group since Talking Heads stopped making sense.
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Alternative PressWhile devotees of Funeral... will surely enjoy Neon Bible, the album does have a decidedly different feel than its predecessor--mainly, there seems to be less of an emphasis on choruses. [Apr 2007, p.182]