Neon Bible Arcade Fire. 2007 • 11 songs • Rock • Indie / Alternative • Slag Records. When Montreal's Arcade Fire released Funeral in 2004, it. Neon Bible is the second studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on March 5, 2007 (UK) and March 6, 2007 (US) on Merge Records. Download the Arcade Fire - Neon Bible [2007][CD+SkidVid+Cov]192Kbps Torrent or choose other Arcade Fire - Neon Bible [2007][CD+SkidVid+Cov]192Kbps torrent downloads.

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Neon Bible1 is the The Arcade Fire's second full length album, due for release on March 5, 2007 in Europe and March 6, 2007 in North America. The second album from Montreal's Arcade Fire exceeds all expectations.

With string and orchestral arrangements by two of the band members, 'Neon Bible' is full of both half-assed punk rock mistakes and meticulously orchestrated woodwinds. Processed strings and mandolin. Quiet rumbles and loud rumbles. But mostly just eleven songs that the band thinks are really good. The deluxe CD version is packaged in a hinged box with two 32-page flip books designed by the band.

The LP is double 180-gram audiophile quality with three sides of music and an etching on the fourth side. The LP also includes a coupon for a free MP3 download of 'Neon Bible'. Arcade Fire's 2004 debut 'Funeral' has scanned over 300,000 copies and is certified platinum in Canada SPECS: style - indie year - 2007 quality - 160 kb/s site - Track Listings: 1.

Black Mirror 2. Keep The Car Running 3. Neon Bible 4. Intervention 5. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations 6. Ocean Of Noise 7.

Well & The Lighthouse, The 8. Antichrist Television Blues 9. Windowsill 10. No Cars Go 11. My Boby Is A Cage.

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' Released: August 6, 2007 Neon Bible is the second studio album by the Canadian band, released on March 5, 2007 (UK) and March 6, 2007 (US) on. Originally announced on December 16, 2006 through the band's website, the majority of the album was recorded at a church the band bought and renovated in,. The album is the first to feature drummer, and the first to include violinist among the band's core line-up.

Neon Bible became Arcade Fire's highest-charting album at the time, debuting on the at number two, selling 92,000 copies in its first week and more than 400,000 to date. Being released within a month of similarly successful releases by ( ) and ( ), Neon Bible was cited as an example of the popularization of indie rock. Critics gave the self-produced Neon Bible mostly favorable reviews, although with division over the album's sound.

Publications like and praised the album for its grandiose nature, while and said that it resulted in a distant and overblown sound. —, Interview, These ideas are reflected in the arrangement and composition of the album, which lead to a sound of dread and dissonance. The band used a number of less common instruments to achieve this sound; in addition to the orchestra and choir, Neon Bible features a, and.

Win Butler has said that in conceiving the album he hoped for a more stripped-down sound but the songs demanded further instrumentation. Artwork The artwork for the album is a photograph of a six-foot neon sign that the band commissioned for use while on tour. In the photograph used for the cover, the lighted is caught in mid-flicker.

Rolling Stone named the artwork one of the five best of the year. Cited the cover as an example of an artist 'keeping artwork alive.' The artwork would go on to win Tracy Maurice and the for best. Frontman Win Butler stated in an interview that the album title is derived from him being particularly attracted to the image, not from the novel. Promotion Largely due to band member 's ancestry, the band has tried to raise support and awareness for the socio-economic problems in Haiti throughout their career. The people had 15,000 dollars donated to them on November 5, 2005. On December 26, 2006, they supported Haitian charity organization by releasing the song ' on and donating the proceeds.

However, they accidentally uploaded 'Black Wave/Bad Vibrations', the track after 'Intervention' on Neon Bible. While the song was quickly removed once the problem was discovered, file sharers quickly circulated it on various networks.

On his blog, quipped, 'I guess it is sort of charming that we can send the wrong song to the whole world with a click of a mouse. On December 28, 2006, the band allowed listeners to listen to their first single, 'Black Mirror', by calling the number (866) NEON-BIBLE, extension number 7777. The song was also streamed on the band's website beginning on January 6, 2007. The following day, the band revealed a variety of information about the album through a YouTube video. The video, which played a number of sound clips from the upcoming album and featured '-winning guitarist ', gave the album's track listing, release date, and record label. On February 2, 2007, all the lyrics to Neon Bible were released on the band's website.

Also included was the text and an audio clip of a child reading 'The Wolf and the Fox', a French fable allegedly written by 17th century French poet, an allusion to 'The Well and the Lighthouse', which is loosely based around the fable. This was followed on February 5, 2007 with the band releasing a promotional pamphlet as a image on their website that included album-related imagery and much of the French and English text from 'The Wolf and the Fox'. In October 2007, Arcade Fire created a website at beonlineb.com with the date October 6 displayed on it.

After speculation over what the website was about, including rumors of new material or a live streaming of a concert, it was eventually revealed to be a video for 'Neon Bible', featuring Win Butler's face and hands, which the viewer can interact with during the song. ('Beonlineb' is an anagram of 'Neon Bible.' ) 'Neon Bible' was the first song on the album to have a music video. Arcade Fire performing in support of Neon Bible at the on May 7, 2007 Tour Arcade Fire began their tour in support of the album in January and February 2007, playing a series of concerts at churches and other small venues in Ottawa, Montreal, London and New York.

This was followed by a 23 date European tour in March and early April, though the last 9 dates of this were cancelled due to illness. The first North American leg of the tour began April 26 in and April 28 at and contained 26 dates.

This leg contained openings by, and. The band then began an 11-date European leg at on June 22 before returning to North America for 10 more -supported dates beginning September 15.

The Neon Bible tour continued with 14 more dates in Europe between October 25 and November 19, and six dates beginning January 18, 2008 in Australia and New Zealand as part of the festival. The tour then ended after three more shows from February 7 in Japan. Reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating 87/100 Review scores Source Rating A A− A+ 9/10 8.4/10 Compared to the band's debut, Neon Bible has experienced breakthrough commercial success. During its first week, it debuted at number one in both Canada and, and number two in the United States, the United Kingdom and Portugal. Neon Bible was out-charted only by 's in the U.S. And the 's in the UK.

It was certified gold by the in Canada in March 2007. Upon release, Neon Bible garnered universal acclaim, receiving an 87—the seventh highest score of 2007—from. Reviewer Mark Beaumont commented the album 'is a climactic monolith of a record in the grand tradition of melodic transatlantic clamour rock.' Reviewer Kyle Ryan interpreted the album as a commentary on the American world, saying that 'the band is seemingly sending a beacon to other reasonable people forced underground by the world's insanity.' Contributor Derek Miller saw the album in similar terms, saying that while the album touches on 'violence, paranoia, the falsity of simple labor, the war-call of organized religion—a what's what of indie turmoil after 2003' the band go further to the point where its 'thematic threads bind the songs.' Gave the album a 'A+' grade, saying that Butler and co. 'thud rather than thunder.

But what a loud and joyous thud it is.' , in giving the album 8.9 out of 10, said 'the playing overall seems tighter and more cohesive' and that the album is a 'grandiose project, one teeming with jubilant enthusiasm and reverent abundance.' Other publications agreed, but felt such was a negative.

Reviewer David Fricke wrote that he was surprised such a large band could 'sound so distant here so often,' saying that 'the result is a huge sound that only sparkles on the edges, leaving Butler alone in the middle.' However, Rolling Stone also named it the fourth best album of the year. 's three-star review of the album said that 'at its overblown worst Neon Bible is one of those records that takes itself too seriously to be taken seriously.'

Neon Bible was a finalist for the 2007. Neon Bible was nominated for for the. It was #4 in albums of the year, fourth in 's list of albums of the year and album of the year in in December 2007.

The album won the 2008 for. Accolades Publication Accolade Rank Staff Consensus 2007 Albums of the Year 2 2007 Albums of the Year 2 2007 Albums of the Year 4 2007 Albums of the Year 27 Staff Consensus 2007 Albums of the Year 1 2007 Albums of the Year 1 2007 Albums of the Year 4 2007 Albums of the Year 2: 2007 Albums of the Year 5 250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime 74 Editions Neon Bible was released in three versions. They included:. A traditional in a. A deluxe compact disc packaged in a paperboard clamshell box with a front cover and accompanied by two 32-page designed by Tracy Maurice using material shot in 16mm film by filmmaker. A double that featured the album on three sides of the at 180-gram quality and an etching on the fourth side. This release also came with a code to allow purchasers to download the entire album in format.

Due to manufacturing delays, this release came out more than two months after the previous versions, on May 8, 2007. In popular culture. 'My Body is a Cage' was featured in a TV spot for the 2008 film. Peter Gabriel's cover of 'My Body is a Cage' was featured in the episode ', was part of the soundtrack for the video game and appeared in the trailer for. Track listing All songs written by Arcade Fire.

' – 4:13. ' – 3:29. 'Neon Bible' – 2:16. ' – 4:19.

'Black Wave/Bad Vibrations' – 3:56. 'Ocean of Noise' – 4:53. 'The Well and the Lighthouse' – 3:57. '(Antichrist Television Blues)' – 5:10. 'Windowsill' – 4:16. ' – 5:43.

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