Arcade Fire ‎– The Suburbs

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There are eight alternate covers that were issued for the CD version of the album.

"The Suburbs" won Album of the Year at the 2011 Grammy Awards, Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards, Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards, and the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album.

Tracklist

The Suburbs 5:14
Ready To Start 4:15
Modern Man 4:39
Rococo 3:56
Empty Room 2:51
City With No Children 3:11
Half Light I 4:15
Half Light II (No Celebration) 4:25
Suburban War 4:45
Month Of May 3:50
Wasted Hours 3:20
Deep Blue 4:28
We Used To Wait 5:01
Sprawl I (Flatland) 2:54
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) 5:25
The Suburbs (continued) 1:27

Versions

Title Label Cat# Country Year
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/A Europe 2010
The Suburbs (16xFile, MP3, Album, VBR) Universal Music International Division none Germany 2010
The Suburbs (16xFile, MP3, VBR) Mercury none Europe 2010
The Suburbs (2xLP, Album) City Slang 2743427 Europe 2010
The Suburbs (2xLP, Album) City Slang 2743427 UK & Ireland 2010
The Suburbs (2xLP, Album, Gat) Merge Records MRG385 US 2010
The Suburbs (2xLP, Album, Gat) Merge Records MRG385 US 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) Universal Music Brasil 60252742629 Brazil 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/B Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/F UK & Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/E Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/C UK & Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) Merge Records MRG385 US 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/G Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/D Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) City Slang 2742629/H Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) Universal Music Group 2742629/A Mexico 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) Merge Records MRG385 US 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album) Merge Records MRG385 US 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album + 7", S/Sided, W/Lbl, Ltd) City Slang 2742629/C Europe 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album, Blu) Merge Records MRG385 US 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album, Ltd) Universal Music UICR-1085 Japan 2010
The Suburbs (CD, Album, The) Merge Records mrg385 Canada 2010
The Suburbs (Deluxe Edition) (18xFile, MP3, Album, 320) Universal Music none Europe 2011
The Suburbs (CD, Album + DVD-V + 2xFile, MP3) Merge Records MRG420 US 2011
The Suburbs (CD, Album + DVD-V + 2xFile, MP3) Universal 2770134 Europe 2011

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Rated 5/5
Gilmania Jan 29, 2012

referencing The Suburbs, 2xLP, Album, Gat, MRG385

There are two versions right? Standard and 180 gram preorder? Is this listing supposed to be the non-preorder one?
Rated 5/5
this_is_a_document Nov 05, 2011

referencing The Suburbs, 2xLP, Album, Gat, MRG385

It's so awesome that side 3 has runout grooves that play music! Is this the first of it's kind or are there others like this? I'd be interested to know.
Review by Crijevo Nov 14, 2010

referencing The Suburbs, CD, Album, MRG385

Up to this point, I haven't really payed much attention to Arcade Fire. Was it the lack of time, the fact there are so many (equally great if not greater) bands, etc. Maybe its the sleeve here that attracted me first, cannot tell. Well, for all of its sleepiness with occasional bursts of energy (and despite the universal acclaim votes that were there probably way before it was actually released), 'The Suburbs' is an altogether pretty enjoyable album - not the one that grabs you at the first listen (or a number of them that follow), but the beauty is it manages to depict the traces it presents in the very title.

Musically, it is a nicely orchestrated collection of songs lost in a number of styles (while the obvious one leans more towards Americana, a phantom presence of Shoegaze, New Wave and Lynch/Badalamenti melancholy is also evident) - adding nice twists to the playlist.

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