Friday, July 8, 2011

List Madness: Arcade Fire Songs Ranked

In yet another installment of my continuing endeavor to list songs by artists according to my liking, I present my rankings of Arcade Fire's LP songs from top to bottom. Arcade Fire is an independent/alternative rock band that has captured much critical and popular acclaim for their their three albums Funeral (2004), Neon Bible (2007), and The Suburbs (2010). The Suburbs was so good that it won the best overall album award at the Grammys last year. Their music has an epic, grandiose, and urgent quality to it, with each individual song they do demanding the listener's undivided attention, as if the fate of the entire world hinged on its message. So yes, they're a bit on the dramatic side! There is also a good mix of male and female vocals on the songs, something I appreciate. Look them up on Wikipedia or their own site to find out more information about the members. Oh, one more thing: I like ALL of their songs, even my least favorite! (Note: they made an EP in 2003 titled Arcade Fire, but I'm not yet familiar with its songs.)

Here's my list, with the albums they belong to indicated by these abbreviations: Funeral [f], Neon Bible [nb], and The Suburbs [s].

1 Neon Bible [nb]
2 Rebellion (Lies) [f]
3 Windowsill [nb]
4 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) [s]
5 Suburban War [s]
6 Black Mirror [nb]
7 Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels) [f]
8 We Used to Wait [s]
9 Neighborhood 3 (Power Out) [f]
10 Rococo [s]
11 Neighborhood 2 (Laika) [f]
12 Intervention [nb]
13 Modern Man [s]
14 The Suburbs [s]
15 Antichrist Television Blues [nb]
16 Wake Up [f]
17 City With No Children [s]
18 Black Wave/Bad Vibrations [nb]
19 No Cars Go [nb]
20 Empty Room [s]
21 Deep Blue [s]
22 Neighborhood 4 (7 Kettles) [f]
23 The Well and the Lighthouse [nb]
24 Haïti [f]
25 Half Light I [s]
26 Month of May [s]
27 Keep the Car Running [nb]
28 The Suburbs (Continued) [s]
29 Lenin [Dark Was the Night compilation]
30 Une Anneé Sans Lumière [f]
31 Ready to Start [s]
32 Half Light II (No Celebration) [s]
33 Ocean of Noise [nb]
34 Wasted Hours [s]
35 In the Backseat [f]
36 Sprawl I (Flatland) [s]
37 Crown of Love [f]
38 My Body is a Cage [nb]

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