Arcade Fire – Funeral

Funeral is the debut album from Arcade Fire, a collective of Montreal-based indie rockers, led by Texan brothers Win and William Butler and Montrealer Régine Chassagne. It was nominated as the Best Alternative Album at both the Juno Awards and Grammy Awards in 2005.

Funeral met with worldwide critical acclaim, garnering glowing reviews and earning a place on many year-end lists, best of the decade lists, and all time lists:

• AllMusic gave it a perfect 5 stars
• CBC named it the 4th greatest Canadian album of all-time in 2013
• Chart magazine named it the 17th best Canadian album of all-time in 2005
• Robert Christgau graded it an A-
• Bob Mersereau ranked it 8th in his The Top 100 Canadian Albums book
• NME ranked it 7th in The Top 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade
• Paste placed it 3rd in The 50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)
• Pitchfork gave it a 9.7 out of 10
• Q ranked it 19th in 250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime
• Rolling Stone named it the 15th best debut album of all time and the 151st greatest album of all time
• Rolling Stone Album Guide gave it 4 stars out of 5
• Spin ranked it the 66th in 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years

The album spawned five singles, four of which were hits in the UK: "Neighbourhood #2 (Laika)" (#30), "Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)" (#26), "Rebellion (Lies)" (#19) and "Wake Up" (#29). "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" was the one single that didn't make the UK charts.

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Track Listing

1. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman, Josh Deu) – 4:48
2. "Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 3:33
3. "Une année sans lumière" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman, Josh Deu) – 3:40
4. "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 5:12
5. "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 4:49
6. "Crown of Love" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 4:42
7. "Wake Up" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 5:39
8. "Haiti" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 4:07
9. "Rebellion (Lies)" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 5:10
10. "In the Backseat" (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Perry, William Butler, Timothy Kingsbury, Howard Bilerman) – 6:21

Personnel

• Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (album)
• Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (album)
• Arcade Fire – Wake Up (song)