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Funeral (Arcade Fire album)

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Funeral is the highly critically-acclaimed debut album by 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 and William Butler's grandfather (swing musician Alvino Rey) in February 2004, and Richard Reed Parry's aunt in April 2004.

Preliminary recordings for Funeral were made over a week in August 2003 at the Hotel2Tango 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.

Track listing

All songs written by Arcade Fire.

  1. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" – 4:48
  2. "Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)" – 3:32
  3. "Une Année Sans Lumière" – 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. "Haïti" – 4:07
  9. "Rebellion (Lies)" – 5:10
  10. "In the Backseat" – 6:20

Credits

Awards

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