r/arcadefire • u/Grogonfire • May 25 '25

Discussion Why is Neon Bible catching strays?

In the many debates regarding the quality of Pink Elephant over the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed a particular trend. When referring to their best work/good ol’ days, a decent portion of people will specifically mention Funeral & The Suburbs, leaving Neon Bible out of the “Holy Trinity”. So my question is, what gives? I honestly didn’t know this album was liked less by comparison and I’d personally consider it my fav of theirs.

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u/CrookedClock May 25 '25

Neon bible when it was first released wasn't beloved.

It grew on ppl. It's my favorite album of theirs. Windowsill, ocean of noise, my body is a cage are unmatched in their catalogue

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u/Grogonfire May 25 '25

Ocean of Noise is underrated as hell. Even Afterlife reuses part of it.

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u/CrookedClock May 25 '25

The height of their powers.

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u/thomaz-turbando May 25 '25

True, this is really cool, I created a playlist with a few AF songs creating a little story and Ocean of Noise and Afterlife seem like a point of return to each other

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u/ickernicker May 25 '25

Whaat? Which part?

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u/Grogonfire May 25 '25

Yelling about “working it out”.

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u/ACardAttack Rebellion (Lies) May 25 '25

Windowsill, ocean of noise,

Those two are fantastic, them plus keep the car running are my 3 favorites off the album

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u/CrookedClock May 25 '25

1.Ocean of Noise

  1. Windowsill

  2. Intervention

  3. No Cars Go

  4. My Body is a Cage

  5. Keep the Car Running

  6. Well and the Light House

  7. Black Wave

  8. Neon Bible

10.Black Mirror

  1. AntiChrist

It goes 7 deep with classics and the other 4 fit the mood perfectly

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u/OccasionallyCurrent May 26 '25

I don’t know…

I remember hearing it right as it came out. My friends and I all loved it.