Summary:The fifth full-length studio release for the Canadian indie rock band was co-produced with Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter, Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Markus Dravs, and Pulp's Steve Mackey.
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Record Label:Columbia
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
Departures in sound are often unwelcome when we're already so happy with where a beloved band are, but, in this case, their experiments are a complete success.
While there is still plenty to love here, Everything Now feels like Arcade Fire's first non-essential album which is a serious matter given their illustrious back-catalogue.
Butler’s commitment to the detached frontman where singing occurs barely or not at all robs songs of their emotional largesse, that basic thing we licensed to Arcade Fire and upon which their entire identity relies. What saving grace there is on Everything Now is scattered throughout its mercifully short 47 minutes.
Everything Now isn’t so much a misstep as a faceplant, hitting every wrong note with the same precision they hit every right one on Funeral. It’s a compositional mess, somehow both gratuitously moralising and morally repugnant, duller than watching already-dry paint.
You may not like it.
You may think it's a departure from everything they've done.
The funk is real, the disco influence is real, the rock isYou may not like it.
You may think it's a departure from everything they've done.
The funk is real, the disco influence is real, the rock is real.
Arcade Fire has set out to make THE dance rock album, and they've soared.…Expand
It's just a different direction from their usual sound. They experimented a bit with Reflektor and it was brilliant but with this theyIt's just a different direction from their usual sound. They experimented a bit with Reflektor and it was brilliant but with this they explored the genre of dance music a bit more with dark themes in the lyrics' subject matter. This may be the weakest album in Arcade Fire discography but definitely a strong record on its own.…Expand
While Everything Now isn't as perfect as their previous albums, it still has a majority of enjoyable songs; Everything Now, Signs of Life,While Everything Now isn't as perfect as their previous albums, it still has a majority of enjoyable songs; Everything Now, Signs of Life, Creature Comfort, the Infinite Content songs, Electric Blue, Good God Damn, and Put Your Money on Me are all great, however, this album also comes with some of their most weak songs yet, such as: Chemistry and Peter Pan. I really enojoy this album and think there are is much more good than bad in this album, so it's a shame to see it seem so controversial.…Expand
This album may not be their best, but they still know how to deliver. Songs such as Everything Now, Creature Comfort, and Blue Electric areThis album may not be their best, but they still know how to deliver. Songs such as Everything Now, Creature Comfort, and Blue Electric are very beautiful, with Creature Comfort even bringing me to tears. The thing that bothers me most are how some of the songs feel repetitive with its lyrics; such as Peter Pan, Chemistry, and Infinite Content.…Expand
The album fails to deliver interesting new sound with its spicy take, some influences from less mainstream genres like Ska couldnt make thisThe album fails to deliver interesting new sound with its spicy take, some influences from less mainstream genres like Ska couldnt make this album sound special. Creature Comfort is a balls to the walls statement about modern culture with amazing sound, the album shouldve kept that level of fun, instead we got just a very dull synth-pop experience.…Expand
I don't know where to start. It's a sad day on which I have to admit that Arcade Fire did not make exactly a 'good' record. The whole conceptI don't know where to start. It's a sad day on which I have to admit that Arcade Fire did not make exactly a 'good' record. The whole concept of 'Everything Now' seems meaningless, and sonically the album is all over the place (they didn't know if they wanted to make a pop, rock, classical, or electro album, so they made it all of the above (?)), and for the most part underwhelming.
The lyrics come across as shallow at several places (hearing them reciting the days of the week in the 3rd verse of 'Signs of Life' made me cringe), and can get very repetitive (how many times can one say the word "chemistry" in one song, which is also called.. you guessed it! 'Chemistry'). Smart lyrics like "We can live/ I don't feel like dying" can't save the song 'Peter Pan' when the actual chorus starts with a line as idiotically-simple as "Be my Wendy/ I'll be your Peten Pan".
Another annoying thing was the two 'Infinite Content' tracks right there at the middle of the album: they just chose to have the same track twice, the first one being a rock version, and the second a slowed-down acoustic one. WHY?!?!?!
On a more positive note, tracks like 'Everything Now', 'Creature Comfort', and 'Electric Blue', though dispersed (you wouldn't imagine these three songs are on the same record), make for enjoyable listens and are worthy of a couple of plays. Also, the way the record feels like it's on a loop, ending right where it started, is a nice touch on the concept of the EVERYTHING NOW.
In conclusion, this album is definitely the worst one Arcade Fire have ever done, and when lead-singer Win asks us in 'Good God Damn' to "put your favourite record on", we will not blast "Everything Now".…Expand
Decepcionante, Arcade Fire se desviou do seu caminho que era mostrar arte para seu público, e eles acabaram engolidos pela própriaDecepcionante, Arcade Fire se desviou do seu caminho que era mostrar arte para seu público, e eles acabaram engolidos pela própria auto-ironia, ironizar a si mesmo é algo muito perigoso que poucas bandas conseguiram com sucesso vender sua proposta, o U2 com o álbum POP conseguiu, mas fora bastante criticado na época, no entanto, o álbum é muito maior que e tinham músicas artisticamente lindas, diferente de Everything Now que só gerou músicas esquecíveis, salvo a exceção da música de abertura.…Expand