Neon Bible (2007)
Probably one of the best albums I`ve had the pleasure to hear in a long time. It is only exceeded by its 2004 predecessor “Funeral”. Neon Bible was released March 5, 2007 and unlike Funeral it had great commercial success which put them on the spot of the music business. Neon Bible received good reviews from specialized musical critics which place the album as one of the best ones of 2007 so far. This Canadian indie rock band formed primarily by husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne created amazing arrangements and beautiful musicianship using a wide range of excellently-played instrumentation which include a pipe organ, a hurdy gurdy, a military choir, and a full Hungarian orchestra. Other Band members include Richard Reed Parry William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara. Arcade fire assembles beautiful melodies and lyrics into this album and they differentiate themselves from any other band nowadays in the music world. Songs like Neon Bible, Intervention, No Cars Go and personal favorite My Body is a Cage depicts the originality and excellence displayed in their albums. Arcade Fire was once tagged as the best-unknown band in the world; now we must say they are the best band we all should know. 4,5 out of 5 stars.
Songs for the Deaf (2002)
Songs for the Deaf is without a doubt the best hard rock album of this decade so far. There is not another album that could match this amazing piece of work. Not even QOTSA following albums Lullabies to Paralyze and Era Vulgaris, are at the level of Songs for the Deaf. This album gathered great musicians that collaborated on the album. This is the case of Former Nirvana Drummer and Lead singer of Foo Fighters Dave Grohl. He collaborated in all the songs as the drummer. Also, Mark Lanegan did the vocals in three of the album songs. Lead singer and songwriter Josh Homme wrote most of the lyrics and the theme of the album was the fruit of their experience in California. Former band bassist Nick Oliveri had a great influence on the album since he co-wrote many of the songs and sang a few tracks in the album. Unfortunately, he was fired from the band and I think that’s one of the reasons why the following jobs of QOTSA haven`t been as good. The powerfulness of the all songs and how catchy they are make you play them again and again. Most of the albums had about five or six good tracks, but not this one. Every single song is ridiculously great. It`s an album to listen to from beginning to end, without stopping. Another characteristic of the album is that all the tracks are united by several radio audio-tracks creating the effect that you are listening to a radio station. Songs like “No One Knows”, “Songs for the Dead”, “Go with the Flow”, “Another Love Song”, and “Mosquito Song” show us how perfection in rock can be achieved. 5 stars out of 5.
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