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Universal acclaim- based on 625 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 571 out of 625
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Mixed: 41 out of 625
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Negative: 13 out of 625
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Oct 24, 2014i would much like to know how many times did you hear this album compared with the previous ones, is not a bad album, is Arcade Fire so it cant be bad but i can only grasp 3 songs to keep it on play-list along with almost every song of past albums.
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May 27, 2014
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Dec 5, 2013
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Nov 14, 2013
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Nov 12, 2013After reading endless hype about this album, I decided to give it a try. Does it completely live up to all the pre-release press? Not really. It's not bad by any means, but I was not blown away either. The title track and Joan of Arc are amazing songs. I gave it multiple listeners and it did grow on me, but it was a very slow process.
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Nov 11, 2013Unluckily Arcade Fire seemed to have focused on a form rather than on a substance. I'm not saying that the first is bad, I'm saying that the latter is lacking. I miss catchy and though nontrivial songs they used to develop with *childish* ease.
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Nov 7, 2013
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Nov 4, 2013
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Nov 2, 2013Falling short (ironic since most tracks are too long) of the 3 previous albums. It definitely doesn't measure up to all the hype and viral promotions.
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Oct 31, 2013
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Oct 30, 2013
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Oct 30, 2013Warning: This album is disco! Love the bands previous work, but this album is horrible! It spends half the time just screwing around with random noises, and the other half studiously avoiding melody.
Awards & Rankings
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MagnetDec 18, 2013The double-disc, dual volume album that results is one that finds the Canadian seven-piece sounding liberated, from stylistic and budgetary constraints both. [No. 105, p.52]
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Dec 16, 2013As it stands, Reflektor is Arcade Fire’s most diverse and sonically interesting work to date.
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Nov 21, 2013As a whole, there are throwaway tracks ("Porno") and overstayed welcomes (ambiguous anthem "We Exist"), Butler playing roulette with themes: the pains of indie rock ("Normal Person"), star-crossed Greek mythology ("Awful Sound [Oh Eurydice]," "It's Never Over [Oh Orpheus]"), and existential despair ("Afterlife").