Funeral (album)
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| Studio album by Arcade Fire | |||||
| Released | September 14, 2004 | ||||
| Recorded | August 2003 – early 2004 at the Hotel2Tango | ||||
| Genre | Indie rock | ||||
| Length | 48:12 | ||||
| Label | Merge | ||||
| Producer | Arcade Fire | ||||
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Funeral is the debut album by Canadian rock band Arcade Fire, released on September 14, 2004 on Merge Records. It was given its title because several band members had recently lost members of their families: Régine Chassagne's grandmother died in June 2003, Win and William Butler's grandfather (swing musician Alvino Rey) in February 2004, and Richard Reed Parry's aunt in April 2004.
Preliminary recordings for Funeral were made during the course of a week in August 2003 at the Hotel2Tango in Montreal, Quebec, and the recording was completed later that year.
The album received wide critical acclaim and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Alternative Music Album. It was ranked eighth in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Arcade Fire.
- "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" – 4:48
- "Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)" – 3:31
- "Une Année Sans Lumière" – 3:40
- "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" – 5:12
- "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)" – 4:49
- "Crown of Love" – 4:42
- "Wake Up" – 5:35
- "Haïti" – 4:07
- "Rebellion (Lies)" – 5:10
- "In the Backseat" – 6:20
Bonus disc (Japan only)
- "My Buddy" (Alvino Rey Orchestra)
- "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (August Session)
- "Brazil"
- "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (Live at the Great American Music Hall)
[edit] Personnel
- Win Butler – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass
- Régine Chassagne – vocals, drums, synthesizer, piano, accordion, xylophone, recorder, percussion
- Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, synthesizer, organ, piano, accordion, xylophone, percussion, double bass, engineer, recording
- Timothy Kingsbury – bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Howard Bilerman – drums, guitar, engineer, recording
- William Butler – bass, xylophone, synthesizer, percussion
- Sarah Neufeld – violin, string arrangements
- Owen Pallett – violin, string arrangements
- Michael Olsen – cello
- Pietro Amato – horn
- Anita Fust – harp
- Sophie Trudeau – violin on "Wake Up"
- Jessica Moss – violin on "Wake Up"
- Gen Heistek – viola on "Wake Up"
- Arlen Thompson – drums on "Wake Up"
- Arcade Fire – producer, string arrangements, engineer, recording
- Ryan Morey – mastering
- Tracy Maurice – cover art
- Hilary Treadwell – photography, insert
[edit] Awards
- #35 – Amazon.com's Top 100 Editors' Picks of 2004[citation needed]
- #1 – Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2004
- #45 – Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of 2000-2004
- #6 – Village Voice's 2004 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll: Top Albums of 2004
- #11 – Stylus: Top 50 Albums of 2000-2005
- #10 - Stylus: Top 40 Albums of 2004
- #1 – Rate Your Music: Top 100 Albums of 2004
- #9 – Rate Your Music: Top 100 Albums of 2000-2008
- #8 – Planet Sound's 2005 Albums of the Year[citation needed]
- #2 – NME's 2005 Albums of the Year[citation needed]
- - Unranked list, The Ticket's best album of 2004[citation needed]
- #1 - Uncut's #1 Album of the Year[citation needed]
- #6 - Blender Magazine: 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever
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