2. Arcade Fire

2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

I could not wait for this album to come out. I am incredibly fond of Arcade Fire and love, love, love this album. It was a close race between this and numero uno. My top three albums were simply listened to over and over and over again and again. The band is from Montreal and consists of Win Butler (vocals, guitar, piano), Régine Chassagne (vocals, accordion, keyboards, hurdy gurdy, drums), Richard Reed Parry (bass, guitar), William Butler (keyboards, guitar), Tim Kingsbury (bass), Sarah Neufeld (violin), and Jeremy Gara (drums). Arcade Fire have been musical trend setters. I love their tribute to David Bowie's entire catalog in this album, and the Olivia Newton John throw back with Regine's song Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains). They released two amazing videos with the album, the first is below and it was directed by Spike Jonze and the second is this beautiful piece of interactive art utilizing google maps and you can experience that genius here.

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