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The Suburbs (album)

The Suburbs
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs.jpg
Studio album by Arcade Fire
Released 2 August 2010 (2010-08-02)
Recorded 2008–10
Studio
Genre
Length 63:55
Label
Producer
Arcade Fire chronology
Neon Bible
(2007)
The Suburbs
(2010)
Reflektor
(2013)
Singles from The Suburbs
  1. "The Suburbs"/"Month of May"
    Released: June 1, 2010
  2. "We Used to Wait"
    Released: August 1, 2010
  3. "Ready to Start"
    Released: October 3, 2010
  4. "City with No Children"
    Released: March 14, 2011
  5. "Speaking in Tongues "
    Released: June 27, 2011
  6. "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
    Released: April 21, 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 87/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club A−
Entertainment Weekly A−
The Guardian 4/5 stars
The Independent 5/5 stars
MSN Music A−
NME 9/10
Pitchfork 8.6/10
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
Spin 9/10

The Suburbs is the third studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released in August 2010. Coinciding with the announcement the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing two tracks from the album, "The Suburbs" and "Month of May". The album debuted at No. 1 on the Irish Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200 chart, and the Canadian Albums Chart. It 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. Two weeks after winning Grammy's Album of the Year, the album jumped from No. 52 to No. 12 on the Billboard 200, the album's highest ranking since August 2010.

Arcade Fire released a deluxe edition CD/DVD of The Suburbs on June 27, 2011 (everywhere except the U.S. and Canada). The American and Canadian versions were released on August 2, 2011, to coincide with the original album's anniversary. The new version included two brand new tracks recorded during The Suburbs album sessions ("Culture War" and "Speaking in Tongues" featuring David Byrne), an extended version of album track "Wasted Hours", Spike Jonze's short film, Scenes from the Suburbs, and an 80-page booklet as well as other exclusive content.

The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter from the suburbs". The album was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, with some parts being recorded at the band's studio in Quebec and in New York City. Win Butler describes the overall sound of The Suburbs as "a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young", stating that he wanted the album to sound like "the bands that I heard when I was very young, and wondered what those crazy noises were". It was released by Merge Records in North America and by Mercury Records in the United Kingdom.


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