Album Of The Day: The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Album Art of Arcade Fire's The Suburbs album - In the foreground of this color photo, a grey/brown sedan is pictured from the back of the car, just above the license plate. The car is empty, and in front of the car and above it we can see a house with brick walls, windows, and a sided area under a sloped roof. There's a palm tree in front of the house on the left and a bush on the right, and the bush area has a red tint for some reason. There's a bit of grass on the ground, but also patches of dirt. In the top right, the band's name is written in white in all caps, with the 'F' of the second word behind the 'E' of the first word.

"Now our lives are changing fast / Hope that something pure can last." Released 15 years ago yesterday, this is the third album from indie rock band Arcade Fire and probably their most popular album to this day. It won the GRAMMY Award for Album Of The Year. At 64 minutes long and 16 tracks, it's a long, sprawling album like the suburbs that seem to just go on and on in most American metros. It seems like the subject matter is the two brothers in the band growing up in the suburbs of Houston in the '80s and '90s, and musically inspired by the music of the '70s and '80s, from Depeche Mode to Neil Young. So it's a fun mix of rock and dance to lyrics about the sameness of the suburbs and how the world has changed since we were kids. It's very well-crafted and definitely worth a listen, though it's only my second-favorite album about the suburbs released on that day in 2010. (That's sure a weird coincidence!)

Release Year: 2010
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