(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)
Artist: Arcade Fire
Album Title: Funeral
Year released: 2004
Details: black vinyl, 180 gram, embossed gatefold sleeve, “funeral pamphlet”
The skinny: The debut album by Montreal’s indie rock collective led by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. It’s dark and uplifting, big and bombastic, informed by post-punk but with a voice all its own.
Standout track: “Rebellion (lies)”
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9 replies on “Vinyl love: Arcade Fire “Funeral””
Haven’t really listened to this in a while, but it’s a damn fine album. I also have Neon Bible, but beyond that I haven’t bothered much.
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Don’t have Neon Bible but it’s on my radar to get. The next post in this series will be The Suburbs, also a very fine record.
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I didn’t really enjoy The Suburbs, but I’ve been considering revisiting it. I think at the time I just didn’t have the patience for it.
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You should definitely revisit if you kind find the patience. 🙂
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That was the standout track for me too!
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Fantastic album JP, words can’t describe my love for this band.
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That’s a pretty set. I had this on CD for a while, and it never worked for me. Still, cool beans!
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Yeah. I especially get a kick out of the pamphlet that comes with it that looks a funeral programme. Sorry to hear this album never worked for you. Did you like any of Arcade Fire’s other work?
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[…] fine albums since and still touring regularly to appreciative audiences. This album, along with Arcade Fire’s “Funeral”, was a big part of the reason that the world turned their collective ears to Canada and we had an […]
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