Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

DoctorSoft · 02-13-2011, 11:15 PM

At first I HATED this album. I only liked We Used to Wait and The Suburbs, everything else was just a generic mess. Then after a week of listening I "got it" a little more. I started appreciating the little hooks in all the songs. The problem was I didn't LOVE any of the songs like I did on Funeral or Neon Bible. They were all pretty good, but there weren't any real highlights on the album. This went on for about 3 months. Then today I had somewhat of a revelation with it. The lyrics painted perfect scenery in my head and I fell in love with every track. I totally got what they were going for, the boredom of subrbia, waiting to move out to bigger and better things. I even teared up at one point, which I'm not ashamed to admit. I could finally RELATE to it, and that's the important thing. I absolutely love this album, and to me, it's the best album they've made so far. It's also my favourite of 2010. Just fantastic.

This album is basically the definition of a grower for me. It took FOREVER to "get", but once I got it I absolutely fell in love.

View Poll Results: What do you think of The Suburbs?
Brilliant	41	41.41%
Good	31	31.31%
Average	12	12.12%
Poor	8	8.08%
Terrible	7	7.07%
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02-13-2011, 11:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	At first I HATED this album. I only liked We Used to Wait and The Suburbs, everything else was just a generic mess. Then after a week of listening I "got it" a little more. I started appreciating the little hooks in all the songs. The problem was I didn't LOVE any of the songs like I did on Funeral or Neon Bible. They were all pretty good, but there weren't any real highlights on the album. This went on for about 3 months. Then today I had somewhat of a revelation with it. The lyrics painted perfect scenery in my head and I fell in love with every track. I totally got what they were going for, the boredom of subrbia, waiting to move out to bigger and better things. I even teared up at one point, which I'm not ashamed to admit. I could finally RELATE to it, and that's the important thing. I absolutely love this album, and to me, it's the best album they've made so far. It's also my favourite of 2010. Just fantastic. This album is basically the definition of a grower for me. It took FOREVER to "get", but once I got it I absolutely fell in love.