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Funeral (Arcade Fire album)

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Funeral is the first album by The Arcade Fire. It was released on September 14, 2004 by Merge Records. As the title of the album suggests, much of Funeral is about death, but in a way that is cautiously optimistic rather than gloomy, dark or depressing. The album is noteworthy for the way in which it deals with loss and the eventual passing of time. The album is heavily instrumental and orchestral, with a prominent use of strings throughout. It was given this title because several band members had recently lost members of their families: Régine Chassagne's grandmother died in June 2003, Win Butler's grandfather in March 2004, and Richard Reed Parry's aunt in April 2004. There is a certain irony in the name of the album: in much the same way that a funeral is intended to mark the passing and eventual acceptance of death and the subsequent moving on, Funeral is reminiscent of the emotions felt after a funeral[citation needed].

Preliminary recordings for Funeral were made over a week in August 2003 at the Hotel 2 Tango in Montréal, Quebec, and the recording was completed in the winter of 2004.

Funeral was released to wide critical acclaim and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Alternative Music Album. It made many best of 2004 lists and even some best of the decade.

The song "Rebellion (Lies)" was a minor Modern Rock hit and was a huge hit on college radio.

Track listing

(All songs written by The Arcade Fire)

  1. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" – 4:48
  2. "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)" – 3:32
  3. "Une Année Sans Lumiere" – 3:40
  4. "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" – 5:12
  5. "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)" – 4:49
  6. "Crown Of Love" – 4:42
  7. "Wake Up" – 5:35
  8. "Haiti" – 4:07
  9. "Rebellion (Lies)" – 5:10
  10. "In the Backseat" – 6:20

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