arcade fire

[kit]

this is apropos of nothing but i've been polling my friends & acquaintances about their favorite Arcade Fire album lately, and their answers have fascinated me. i'd love to hear your favorites (and your reasoning). i believe Owen's is Neon Bible?

mine is Reflektor, which i think isn't a super popular opinion. so many of the songs are just (for lack of a better word) epic, with these amazing sonic builds and cathartic moments of beauty and emotion. it feels like well realized high art, and it kinda touches on every imaginable emotion: bright and confident, devastated and depressed and longing... also fucking david bowie on backup vox? come on. 

[Owen from Final Fantasy]

The Suburbs is my favourite!

[xfs_xth]

i'm ...with Owen.

also i thought Everything Now a little underrated, "Put Your Money on Me" easily among my favs

[eamas]

The Suburbs is also my favorite. I was 12 years old in 2010; I have distinct memories of riding my bike around my cul de sac and thinking "wow, this guy gets me."

I actually haven't listened to their discography (just misc songs and The Suburbs) since around that time. I wonder what album I should start with if I wanted to do so now? Your description of Reflektor sounds beautiful.

[kit]

I think their first album is a great place to start, but I really love Reflektor (especially the second half). The Suburbs is definitely close second for me. Weirdly, I wasn't incredibly into it until I heard Father John Misty's cover of the title track.

[Owen from Final Fantasy]

My favourite albums of theirs are The Suburbs, s/t and Funeral. From the other albums, I really like "Antichrist Television Blues", "Here Comes The Nighttime", "It's Never Over" and "Electric Blue".