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Universal acclaim- based on 625 Ratings
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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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Nov 4, 2013
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Nov 3, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013Just more fabulous music from the fantastic... ARCADE FIRE!!! As Jonathan Ross puts it. This record was something I was awaiting for a long time! The wait was worth it! This is their best album right here!
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Oct 29, 2013Absolutely phenomenal album. The early reviews got it wrong. Any double album this ambitious and this different needs to be experienced at least twice. It's wild, exhilirating change in the same vein as Achtung Baby and maybe even Kid A (time will tell). Fav tracks: Reflektor, Here Comes the Night Time, Afterlife.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013
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Dec 3, 2020
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Nov 14, 2013
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Nov 4, 2013
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Oct 30, 2013I dare you not to dance. A fantastic blend of varied musical style. Each song contains fascinating progressions but retain a pop sensibility. This is good. This is really, really good.
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Oct 30, 2013Fantastic. A gorgeous burner soaked in acid. Hopeful and hopeless, classy and indulgent. Surely a piece that will remain with me until I make my final exit.
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Nov 16, 2013This album is simply remarkable. The range and growth they've showed on this masterpiece is highly under appreciated. Reflektor is perhaps their best album since Funeral. Personally I cant wait to see what they come up with next.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013It may lack the emotion of previous albums, but Arcade Fire did what they do best, and that's great music. I really can't understand why some critics write some reviews after just one listen.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 30, 2013Arcade fire has hit oil with the new album.I would give it 100 out of 100 if i could because it just is that good.Who ever dose not like it is just an stupid snob.
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Nov 1, 2013
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Oct 30, 2013Amazing. Not only Arcade Fire's best album yet, put probably the best album of the last 10 years. Every song is amazing, starting with the dance-rock track Reflektors to the epic 11 minuits song supersymmetry. A must for every indie rock fan.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013This is a breathtaking album One of the best of this decade .This is Arcade Fire's Achtung Baby. Can't undersatnd some silly reviews.Great songs great production .Sound of the future and another direction for this amazing group .Probably they will disappoint some old friends who want all the groups stucked in a specific sound and not follow other ways of expression
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Oct 29, 2013The best summary of modern music in two quite different discs. Various feelings is going to rip you apart while you consume this masterpiece. Hint: listen it at least 3 times before judging
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013One of the best albums ever. Not an exaggeration either. I couldn't tell you the top two songs on this thing because I would have to name like 10 songs. Brilliant.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013In terms of their direction, it is a push towards the unexpected that keeps us coming back for more. The "Ticket-to-Ride" tempo changes, metaphysical lyrics, and the fluorescent instrumentation makes this 76-minute epic a contender for one of the best albums since The Bends.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013Fantastic. Some of the best material they have produced and clearly not made to rehash ground they have already covered. The highs are incredibly high, and even the parts that don't work as well are to be respected for their creativity.
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Oct 30, 2013
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Oct 30, 2013It has been a long time since I have heard a new album that is as creative, exciting, and fun as Reflektor. This is the sound of a band at the top of their game. I don't know how long their run of outstanding albums is going to last, but I for one am going to enjoy the ride.
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Oct 30, 2013
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Oct 30, 2013Great album. I especially love the songs Normal Person, Porno, Reflektor, We Exist and It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus). It has a collection of different sounds, yet familiar. Among the year's best for me.
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Oct 30, 2013I loved this album the moment I first heard it. This is an inmersive experience. Such a good collection of songs. It's so catchy, the two halves sound different yet they still share the same core. The production is just stunning and the music is beautiful.
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Oct 31, 2013
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Nov 1, 2013I you claim to be a Music lover, this is the kind of music you should be listening.
Its a wonderful experience from start to end, its emotional, exiting, its a dream come true, The Great Arcade Fire did it again, and perfectly. -
Nov 1, 2013Sounds very fresh to me this record .Arcade Fire have never been my favourite but their new work surprised me pleasently Highlights Reflektor We exist Awful sound Afterlife and You already know
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Nov 1, 2013
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Nov 5, 2013
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Nov 7, 2013
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Nov 18, 2013Blown away, just blown away.
Watched them on Saturday night at Glasgow Barrowlands this album is amazing it's a beast live, truly.
Been doing gigs for 30 years and clocked AF 4 times live already, that was the best gig i have ever been to
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Apr 13, 2014
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Dec 30, 2013
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Jan 6, 2014
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Nov 20, 2017Один из лучших рок альбомов выпущенных в 2010-х годах.Arcade Fire-это пример того,как группу не испортили различные награды и премии,а лишь наоборот раззадорили их.
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Oct 29, 2013Completely lives up to the hype. A necessary departure for one of the most amazing bands of our time. Love Regine's Haitian influence on this album, especially on Here Comes the Night Time.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013Seems like some critics were really in hurry to knock this one down...could live without tape rewinding but otherwise this is a great album,especially slower and sublime disc 2.
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Nov 1, 2013Good to hear that AF doesn't repeat itself like other artists and each album sounds different! Some of the tracks are longer then usual but it's a good thing when it comes to good songs!
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Feb 15, 2014http://bit.ly/NOJ7H1 Arcade Fire have easily, delivered one of the most ambitious and interesting records of the year. The songwriting and performance skills we have come to expect from the band are better than ever. While some of the songs running times are unnecessarily long it doesn't detract too much from this quality release from this quality band.
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Nov 5, 2013
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Dec 25, 2021This is definitely a slow burn to me. I wasn't much of a fan of it at first but over time, I have grown to really enjoy it as much as I have their previous 3 albums. The only reason I don't give it a 10/10 is that there are a couple of songs (Flashbulb Eyes, Supersymmetry) that I really didn't like.
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Nov 26, 2013
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Nov 16, 2013
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Nov 24, 2013
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Oct 31, 2013So many good songs. Are these capable of making a bad song? They get spirit into their music. It is greatly needed. Another instant classic from an amazing band.
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Feb 21, 2014
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Oct 29, 2013This isn't seventies disco, it's the dark dance of the eighties, and it has never been represented better than here on Reflektor. I find myself being infected with the rhythms throughout the entire day. well executed, and brilliantly composed as a whole.
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Oct 29, 2013They took chances on this album, they didn't want to remain stale, and the succeed an everything they set out to do, I believe. This album is amazing. Can't wait to see them live again and see how these songs carry through an arena.
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Aug 20, 2018Mixing Ramones, The Clash, Smiths, Bowie, Joy Division, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears and Depeche Mode you got the most versatile Arcade Fire's album.
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Oct 31, 2013
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Nov 1, 2013this album is awesome. after listening to it like 20+ times it's really good, musically and thematically. yeah!!!!!!!!!!! maybe it's not so good as the first album with one or two skippable songs but ya
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Nov 3, 2013Like everything they've done before, another tour de force from an amazing band. Like others have said, needs multiple listens before you fall head over heels. Incredible stuff.
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Nov 7, 2013Totally unlike their first three albums and brilliant for it. Funeral, Neon Bible and The Suburbs are some of my favourite albums of all time but it takes real balls to take such a left turn and takes real genius to make it as good as this.
First listen will probably leave you a bit dazed and confused but give it two or three before passing judgement. -
Nov 22, 2013
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May 9, 2014Personally Arcade Fire keeps on hitting these notes and lyrics and it shows with yet another beautiful album possibly one of the best of the year. Reflektor the titled track is a great way to use David Bowie's talents to turn into one of the best songs of 2013, Afterlife and Supersymmetry are stand out tracks to yet another glorious Arcade Fire album.
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Feb 18, 2014
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Apr 5, 2014
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Mar 11, 2015
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Jul 2, 2017Una vez mas Arcade Fire me sorprende con un disco que se disfruta de principio a fin. Esta banda conformada por talentosos musicos reflejan una vez mas lo apasionado que son haciendo musica. La produccion y las liricas son muy agradables al odio.
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Oct 30, 2013
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Nov 10, 2013
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Nov 25, 2013
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Aug 27, 2014
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Oct 31, 2013
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Nov 16, 2013
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Nov 1, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013
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Nov 5, 2013
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Dec 29, 2013
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Dec 13, 2013While this album is certainly no "Funeral" or "The Suburbs", this is still a solid addition to the already-impressive Arcade Fire canon. It flows between discs and tracks with different styles and themes, This, like all Arcade Fire albums, can't simply be listened to once and then reviewed. You have to listen to it multiple teams, each time more ready to sink into everything than the last.
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Oct 29, 2013
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Nov 1, 2013
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Nov 4, 2013
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Jul 25, 2021A double album I'd definitely like more as a single album.
Ah well. Still a lotta good stuff here, even if Arcade Fire left their most unique aspect (new wave music played with "folk-y" instrumentation) behind long ago. -
Feb 2, 2014
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Apr 15, 2014Simply sounds like some kind of greatest hits compilation. Reflektor's title track is overly long, and waiting for it to finish will be a true achievement. But after that massive mistake, you won't regret staying the night for more Arcade Fire.
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Apr 16, 2014
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Dec 4, 2014
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Mar 16, 2017
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Aug 18, 2021Experimental and *almost* done well. Quite good at giving me rapid emotions. When I was eight I would listen the hell out of the first disc which was ripped to my Xbox 360. When I discovered streaming I listened to the second half and was pleasantly surprised. The "live" performances feel quite odd, but for a sequel to 2010's Album of the Year it almost seems underrated for Arcade Fire standards.
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Nov 1, 2013
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Dec 20, 2013
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May 28, 2014It quite lacks the depth that made the first three AF albums quite memorable and the music is changing here, but the change is good. AF is one of the best bands in the world. :))))))))))
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May 15, 2014
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Apr 7, 2017Reflektor has without a doubt, some of my favorite Arcade Fire tracks that they have released to date. Unfortunately it also contains some of their most questionable.
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May 6, 2022Apesar de algumas das melhores composições da banda estarem aqui ('Afterlife' ou 'Reflektor'), o álbum peca pela duração excessiva, e pela falta de coesão temática. Tantas coisas sendo ditas ao mesmo tempo, tudo difuso demais. É uma pena, sinceramente.
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Nov 4, 2013
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May 27, 2014
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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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Oct 31, 2013
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").