Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

Everyone raves about their debut but this is my favorite Arcade Fire LP. Sounds great on vinyl.

I have the CD and even though the dynamic range numbers may not be impressive, it sounds really good and full of life on my system. I am an even 50/50 CD/Vinyl collector but feel like I keep reading iffy reviews on vinyl releases that cost 2x or sometimes 3x more than the CD release which actually do not sound bad at all. I know CDs aren’t fun or cool but don’t sleep on them if your goal is to find a nice sound.

Christmas gift, never heard of them. My brother-in-law has an ear for bands of this genre and I'm glad he thought of me when getting an extra copy. I've come to accept the variants in the way vinyls play versus their digital counterpart, and I'm happy with the sound quality of this record. It's not muffled, the vocals are clear and the physical appearance has evenly cut grooves. This is just great. I may have modern man on repeat for the next few days lol

I was checking out these reviews because I am revisiting this album 10 years on now after listening to Digital or CD primarily over the years in the car or at work etc. The LP has been on my shelf at home most of the time since its release. Anyway, this vinyl version seemed to lack bass and I was somewhat weirded out. After checking others' reviews here, I've revisited the album for a more critical listen. It seems to be true, this version is indeed mixed differently vs. digital formats and I guess that's what I'm detecting. It's more forward in some ways, but also has this airiness that digital doesn't. The bass does not 'kick' either but to the benefit of everything else sonically. This Merge copy is dead silent and a nice physical product.

One of the best sounding vinyls I own. Record is absolutely silent, sound is full and nuanced. Packaging is gorgeous and the album is damn near flawless. Highly recommended.

Quality control on this release is terrible. Took three copies to get one without surface noise and with only a moderate warp. Awful.

Excellent pressing of a great album. Rich, clean, full sound compared to CD/digital format. Highly recommended.

I thought that this album sounded kind of flat, but then I compared it with a digital version, and the vinyl is actually better. Maybe it's just designed to sound better on headphones or something.

I was extremely surprised at how much I liked the vinyl over the cd. It is rare for my aged ears to hear a strong difference between formats, but this is one of the few were I felt it was a different record altogether. I owned the CD since it came out, but was disappointed at the monotonous chugging along sound that plodded through the whole piece. I found the LP at a used shop that didn't normally have vinyl and bought it to resell. After listening to it for grading purposes, I started noticing the unique aspects of each of the songs. It appears that they had an engineer who knew how to mix for vinyl. I have completely changed my thoughts on a disappointing album and would highly recommend a replay on a good LP setup.

There are two versions right? Standard and 180 gram preorder? Is this listing supposed to be the non-preorder one?