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Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 4:35 pm
by tree_
reflektor and everything now are also great in their own ways.. i can justifiably see any of their albums being someone's favorite
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 4:38 pm
by Farmer John
I do really like a lot of Reflektor.
Normal Person is a great song!
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 4:53 pm
by Ms Harmless
tree_ wrote:reflektor and everything now are also great in their own ways.. i can justifiably see any of their albums being someone's favorite
I listened to Everything Now again yesterday and I liked more of it than I remembered, it's just that the electronic / disco-leaning stuff is my least favourite side of them, and both this and Reflektor go hard in that direction
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 4:56 pm
by Ms Harmless
I don't think AF have a "bad" album, but I loved them so much at one point, I was sad that they dropped off for me so early; I'm hoping for a real course-correction in "We"
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 6:50 pm
by VinylGuy
I need to dive into them again, i barely remember stuff really...the last one...i dont remember it all. I think the main problem with it was that it was boring and they seemed so eager to prove some kind of point it was a little laughable.
Reflektor was alright but again, super long.
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 6:56 pm
by Ms Harmless
yep
my only slight issue with The Suburbs is that it does get a little long, but nowhere near what they did after it; I'm glad they're editing themselves for this one; I love a long album when a band can keep the momentum going, not so much when they taper off
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 7:01 pm
by VinylGuy
i think in both of those releases the band really felt they were doing like an ¨important¨ album.
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 7:03 pm
by tree_
Kinda seems the opposite to me. Like they were being more casual.
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 7:19 pm
by VinylGuy
Reflektor, the song, is awesome
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 7:29 pm
by Ms Harmless
yeah I do like it
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 7:31 pm
by Farmer John
Here Comes the Night Time is great as well
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 9:48 pm
by Ms Harmless
they just streamed a London gig on Twitch, the EN songs went harder than expected
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 10:34 pm
by Ms Harmless
I actually enjoy EN until "Chemistry" shows up, it's kinda bad
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 10:35 pm
by tree_
I like that song. It’s shameless. Reminds me of queen
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 10:46 pm
by Ms Harmless
I kinda don't hate anything on here, but reggae isn't a thing I want from them
why was it so maligned? I don't really find anything emotional on here, or rocky; it's all kinda dancey, is that why?
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 11:31 pm
by tree_
It wasn’t universally maligned, but it was divisive. I enjoy it quite a bit sometimes. Actually listening to we don’t deserve love now. Just came up on a playlist. Pretty great
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Fri April 29, 2022 11:34 pm
by tree_
people had a specific expectation of them at that point and they made a hard left turn. Quality didn’t suffer
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Sat April 30, 2022 12:01 am
by Ms Harmless
yeah that's true
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Sat April 30, 2022 12:02 am
by Ms Harmless
I hear quite a bit of ABBA in their disco stuff
Re: Arcade Fire
Posted: Sat April 30, 2022 12:06 am
by macphisto
tree_ wrote:It wasn’t universally maligned, but it was divisive. I enjoy it quite a bit sometimes. Actually listening to we don’t deserve love now. Just came up on a playlist. Pretty great
Hidden gem.
