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Reflektor
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Reflektor came about between 2011 and 2013, in Montreal, in Jamaica and in Louisiana. The occasion was a trip by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne to Haiti, her family's country, where rara music deeply affected the band. The album was largely recorded on analogue tape. Alongside regular producer Markus Dravs, the band worked with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. There were sixty song ideas and eighteen long tracks, so it became a double album.
The music is art rock and dance rock, with lyrics in English and French. Butler was inspired by the film Black Orpheus and by an essay by Kierkegaard. Here Comes the Night Time and Here Comes the Night Time II are about twilight in Port-au-Prince. Supersymmetry was originally intended for the film Her. The reviews were positive, and in 2014 Pitchfork included the album on a list of the best albums of the decade so far.
Listening
Track list
CD 1
- 1Reflektor7:34Apple Music ↗
- 2We Exist5:44Apple Music ↗
- 3Flashbulb Eyes2:42Apple Music ↗
- 4Here Comes the Night Time6:31Apple Music ↗
- 5Normal Person4:22Apple Music ↗
- 6You Already Know3:59Apple Music ↗
- 7Joan of Arc5:24Apple Music ↗
CD 2
- 1Here Comes the Night Time II2:52Apple Music ↗
- 2Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)6:14Apple Music ↗
- 3It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus)6:43Apple Music ↗
- 4Porno6:03Apple Music ↗
- 5Afterlife5:53Apple Music ↗
- 6Supersymmetry11:17Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗