In Memory/Dreaming Neon Black - Nevermore

Advantages: Original
Disadvantages: Not for everyone

...I only bought Arcade Fire's new album because I'm going to see them at Leeds Festival in August so I wasn't exactly expecting a lot but when I listened I was pleasantly surprised. By no means is this the type of music you could recommend for everybody but it is a very original and well put together album. The band consists of over 7 members I think and there is a collection of instruments such as violins and and organ which is put to good use. This album is definitely a very unique style of music which is nice to see getting popular in today's usually quite boring mainstream music scene. The track listing is as follows: 1. Black Mirror 2. Keep The Car Running 3. Neon Bible 4. Intervention 5. Black Wave/ Bad Vibrations 6. Ocean of Noise 7. The Well and the Lighthouse 8. (Anti-Christ Television Blues 9. Windowsill 10. No Cars... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant lyrics, very different, sound is brilliant
Disadvantages: Not enough tracks

...Potentially the best album of 2007, The best tracks are OCeans of noise which starts with music from the ocean e.g. waves. No cars go is a very nice tune which is very catchy but can be a bit repepetitive. Windowsill and Intervention are tracks which display a powerful message with very meaningful lyrics. Windowsill is the best track on the album and has a very good meaning. The worst tracks are Black mirror and Neon Bible but that doesnt mean there not very good. Buy this album as soon as you can if you want to hear something different. It has a bit of everything and there are many differnet instruments that you can hear. In Intervention there use church instruments to give the song a strong sound.... Read review

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Advantages: Just an incredible album
Disadvantages: take a few listens

...I really really like this album, but i do feel it's album you need time for, you need to listen to it more than once to appreciate it fully. Again, it seems to be one of those albums which doesn't live up to the first (Funeral), on first listening, on second listening it comes out of it's shell and amazes. It's a quite a dark album and tends to verge on depressing at points. The songs: My body is a cage- easily my favourite song on the album. It's different from many other songs out at the moment and the lyrics "my body is a cage that keeps me from dancing with the one i love but my mind hold the key" are lyrics most can relate to. Black Mirror- a whirl of guitar and violin, which shows its true colours after a couple of listens and has a delicacy which is rare today. Neon Bible and Intervention- 2 political songs the latter... Read review

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