The Suburbs is the third album by Montreal rock group Arcade Fire. It follows Funeral, which was released in September of 2004, and Neon Bible, which came out in March of 2007.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arcade-fire-p673409/biography Coming off the success of those two previous albums, The Suburbs peaked at the top of the U.S. Billboard charts upon its release in August 2010. It also achieved the band's first UK number one ranking.http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i829ad7a89f41e337d955bb1f46927457

In December 2010, The Suburbs was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Album. The fellow nominees were Eminem, Katy Perry, Lady Antebellum and Lady Gaga. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2010/12/01/grammys-nominations.html

The members of Arcade Fire are Will Butler, Win Buler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Richard Reed Parry, Sarah Neufeld and Tim Kingsbury.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/magazine/04arcade.t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Review website Metacritic gave The Suburbs an aggregate score of 86, indicating reviewers had showered it with "universal acclaim."http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-suburbs/the-arcade-fire Entertainment Weekly reviewer Leah Greenblatt gave the album an A- minus, calling it "a work of impressively fervent majesty."http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20405910,00.html

Spin Magazine also praised it, giving the album nine out of 10.http://www.spin.com/reviews/arcade-fire-suburbs-merge Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone Magazine gave the album four out of five stars.http://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/17385/182695

Allmusic.com reviewer James Christopher Monger described the album as playing out "like a long lost summer weekend, with the jaunty but melancholy Kinks/Bowie-esque title cut serving as its bookends."http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-suburbs-r1834079/review The Suburbs was inspired by the Butler brothers' upbringing in suburban Houston, Texas.http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-suburbs-r1834079/review

• Win Butler
• Régine Chassagne
• Richard Reed Parry
• Tim Kingsbury
• Will Butlerhttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/arcade-fire-p673409/biography

Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Arcade Fire formed in June of 2003.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arcade-fire-p673409/biography The band gained international acclaim in 2004 with the release of its debut album, Funeral. The 10-song album was a critical success, garnering strong reviews from The Village Voice and given a 10/10 by music website Drowned in Sound.http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2983/reviews/11169- http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-01-25/music/harmonies-and-abysses/

The band's following album, Neon Bible, was a greater commercial success, reaching number two in the UK charts while still impressing reviewers.http://www.metacritic.com/music/neon-bible It was also awarded Canada's top music award, the Juno, for alternative album of the year.http://junoawards.ca/database/yearly-summary/?group_id=1420&category_id=0&from_year=2008&to_year=&winners_only=1 Following the release of Neon Bible in 2009, the band completed a world tour playing shows in Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia.http://www.mergerecords.com/artists/arcade

1. The Suburbs
2. Ready to Start
3. Modern Man
4. Rococo
5. Empty Room
6. City With No Children
7. Half Light I
8. Half Light II (No Celebration)
9. Suburban War
10. Month of May
11. Wasted Hours
12. Deep Blue
13. We Used to Wait
14. Sprawl I (Flatland)
15. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
16. The Suburbs (continued) http://www.arcadefire.com/the-suburbs/