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Universal acclaim- based on 918 Ratings
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Positive: 819 out of 918
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Mixed: 71 out of 918
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Negative: 28 out of 918
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PaulCMar 3, 2007This album is phenomenal. I'd almost go so far as to say its better than Funeral. Almost.
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tiffanybApr 2, 2007i love this band and there music
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mattaMar 2, 2007
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Kelly'1'Mar 9, 2007I finally understand the term 'art-rock'; and that term is not pretentious here. The most cohesive album since OK Computer
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SIApr 2, 2007'Intervention' is a theatrical god send. The entire record is blasphemously grand.
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AaronNApr 7, 2007
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markbMar 10, 2007I agree with one of the reviews that said this was much more "goth." It sounds a lot like Echo and the Bunnymen, but Echo and the Bunnymen's Ocean Songs is better. Good stuff, but more derivative than Funeral.
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DecepticonPomMar 12, 2007Wow - I think this has provoked the most polarised user comments of any album on Metacritic! Personally, not nearly as good as the flawless Funeral, but still gut wrenchingly honest and melancholly. A wonderful experience.
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JAMar 10, 2007The music is magnificent, feels like an expansion of their debut sound, a lot darker, richer, and with much improved production. However, the lyrics are pretty bad in some songs. Some of the rhymes make me cringe, my least favorite existing in the title track. An improvement in some ways, a detraction in others. Still one of the greater releases so far this year.
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CrabsodyInBlueMar 10, 2007Some people in this forum select 10 or 9 rating very easily. It's a very good album but it is not masterpiece. Which should be the rating for albums as The dark side of the moon, Highway to Hell, Ok Computer etc. etc then? 1000? 2000?
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PeterLMar 1, 2007Better? Worst? Simply different and as good as.
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t0nySMar 2, 2007imo, not as good as funeral, but then again, funeral took awhile for me to like it. At first listen i enjoyed it alot, hopefully as the listens build up it follows suite, much like funeral. I give it an 8, check it out!
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MårtenMar 2, 2007If this is not a 10, I dont know what it! Its not Funeral, its better.
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ForrealMar 2, 2007Woah! ALbum of the year???
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TomNMar 2, 2007I loved Arcade Fire's Funeral album and their EP. But, if I had rated Neon Bible two weeks ago on my first listen I would have only rated it an 8. However, I have found myself listening to this album almost exclusively since then and would now rate it an easy perfect 10. It takes a little while to sink in but this album is ultimately one of my favorite albums of all time.
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DamianMMar 2, 2007Funeral will be album of the decade. Neon Bible may just have to settle for album of the year :)
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SamCMar 2, 2007So Great!! Have fun singing along to all the great tracks!!!
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ajprimoMar 2, 2007
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ChrisMar 2, 2007Killer album, grows on you like funeral. However, it also takes the band in a slightly different direction, the lyrics are much more rooted in politics and whats happening in the world right now. I'd agree with others who've posted, this pretty much solidifies Arcade Fire as one of the first truly great bands of the decade, and the best Canadian Indie band ever.
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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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ChuckSMar 4, 2007even though it's cool to slag off the arcade fire now, i just can't do it! this album is great!
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SinderVMar 4, 2007One of the best albums of the 2000's. Whatever its excesses may be, they are easily justified.
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MichaelDMar 4, 2007Two of the biggest mistakes seen in most sophmore albums are that they sound exactly the same and/or lack the musical talent that was seen in its predecessor. The Arcade Fire has created something that equals, or even improves, on their previous musical effort. Not only that, they have taken a new direction altogether... and they pulled it off.
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KellyMar 5, 2007If anything this album is under-hyped.
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reyMar 5, 2007I feel bad for the arcade fire because they set the bar so freakin high with "Funeral" that it is really hard, for me at least, to listen to "Neon Bible" "objectively". i don't think that this album will get the respect it deserves it. nevertheless, it is a worthy follow-up. songs like "ocean of noise"", "no cars go", and "keep the car running" are top-notch.
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NaveenPMar 7, 2007As strong, if not stronger than Funeral
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ChrisGMar 7, 2007Absolutely brilliant. Those who diss or don't get it are either not listening closely enough or don't enjoy the band for what it is.
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JohnKMar 7, 2007It took a couple listens but I am hooked. I think it is just as good as Funeral.
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SimonOMar 7, 2007i like it. however there arent enough stand out tracks for me. its very much an album album, like pitchfork said u can only really access it from one point and thats the opening track and then it takes u on a dense, moody, glorious journey from there on in
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MikePMar 9, 2007Not as great as Funeral, but still up there. The scope of the music and lyrics has expanded, and thankfully, on the whole, the songs havent been lost under the need to make a 'new' sound. The one let down for me is that one of the best tracks - No Cars Go - is a revamped version of a 3 year old song from their original EP, and i prefer the old mix!
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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]