Reflektor

by Arcade Fire

Overview

After stunning the mainstream pop machine into a state of huffy, new school e-disbelief by beating out Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry for the 2011 Album of the year Grammy, Arcade Fire seemed poised for a U2-style international coup, but the Suburbs, despite its stadium-ready sonic grandiosity, was far too homespun and idiosyncratic to infect the masses in the same way as the Joshua Tree or Achtung Baby. Reflektor, the collective's much anticipated fourth long-player and first double-album, moves the group even further from pop culture sanctification with a seismic 13-track set that guts the building but leaves the roof intact. Going big was never going to be a problem, especially for a band so well versed in the art of anthem husbandry, and they're still capable of shaking the rafters, as evidenced by the cool and circuitous, Roxy Music-forged, David Bowie-assisted title cut, the lush, Regine Chassagne-led "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)," and the impossibly dense and meaty "We Exist." ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/05/2021
Label:	Sony Cmg / Sony Music
UPC:	0190758744018
Rank:	5284

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Reflektor
2. Flashbulb Eyes
3. Here Comes the Night Time
4. We Exist
5. Normal Person
6. You Already Know
7. Joan of Arc

Disc 2

8. Here Comes the Night Time, Pt. 2
9. Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)
10. It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus)
11. Porno
12. Afterlife
13. Supersymmetry

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Arcade Fire   Primary Artist
Linton Kwesi Johnson   Primary Artist
Owen Pallett   Strings
Sarah Neufeld   Strings
Colin Stetson   Saxophone
Kid Koala   Sampling
Richard Reed Parry   Strings
Stuart Bogie   Saxophone
Markia Anthony Shaw   Strings
Baptiste Jean Nazaire   Percussion
Dieuveut Marc Thelus   Percussion
Verrieux Zile   Percussion
Willinson Duprate   Percussion

Technical Credits

Mark Lawson   Mixing,Engineer,Additional Production
Ted Jensen   Mastering
Craig Silvey   Mixing
William Butler   Composer
James Murphy   Mixing,Producer,Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Arcade Fire   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Horn Arrangements
Markus Dravs   Engineer,Producer
Linton Kwesi Johnson   Composer
Owen Pallett   Orchestral Arrangements
Colin Stetson   Horn Arrangements
David Farrell   Assistant Engineer
Jeremy Gara   Composer,Group Member
Richard Reed Parry   Composer,Group Member
Win Butler   Composer,Group Member
Regine Chassagne   Composer,Group Member
Tom Elmhirst   Mixing,Engineer
Pascal Shefteshy   Engineer
Damian Taylor   Engineer
Eduardo De La Paz   Assistant
Matt Shaw   Assistant
Tim Kingsbury   Composer,Group Member
Will Butler   Composer,Group Member
Korey Richey   Engineer,Assistant,Photography
Eric Heigle   Assistant Engineer
Caroline Robert   Artwork,Photography
Ben Baptie   Assistant
Dennis Stainken   Marketing
Joe Visciano   Assistant