The Suburbs

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

The Suburbs is Arcade Fire's third album and was released on 3 August 2010 on Merge Records. The producer was Markus Dravs. The lyrics go back to the childhood of Win and William Butler in The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston, Texas. According to Win Butler, the album is neither a love letter to the suburbs nor an indictment, but a letter from the suburbs. It was recorded in the home of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne in Montreal, partly also in Quebec and New York. He described the sound as a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young.

The band first pressed each song onto a 12-inch lacquer and then recorded it again for the digital master. The album received glowing reviews and topped the charts in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, among others. In 2011 it won the Grammy for Album of the Year, a Juno Award and the Polaris Music Prize.

Listening

Track list

1. 1The Suburbs5:15Apple Music ↗
2. 2Ready to Start4:16Apple Music ↗
3. 3Modern Man4:40Apple Music ↗
4. 4Rococo3:57Apple Music ↗
5. 5Empty Room2:52Apple Music ↗
6. 6City With No Children3:12Apple Music ↗
7. 7Half Light I4:14Apple Music ↗
8. 8Half Light II (No Celebration)4:27Apple Music ↗
9. 9Suburban War4:45Apple Music ↗
10. 10Month of May3:51Apple Music ↗
11. 11Wasted Hours3:21Apple Music ↗
12. 12Deep Blue4:28Apple Music ↗
13. 13We Used to Wait5:01Apple Music ↗
14. 14Sprawl I (Flatland)2:54Apple Music ↗
15. 15Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)5:26Apple Music ↗
16. 16The Suburbs (Continued)1:28Apple Music ↗

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