Arcade FireNeon Bible

Label:

Merge Records – MRG285

Format:

CD , Album , Cardboard Slipcase

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Indie Rock

Tracklist

1 Black Mirror 4:13
2 Keep The Car Running 3:29
3 Neon Bible 2:16
4 Intervention 4:19
5 Black Wave / Bad Vibrations 3:57
6 Ocean Of Noise
BrassMartin Wenk
4:53
7 The Well And The Lighthouse 3:56
8 (Antichrist Television Blues) 5:10
9 Windowsill 4:16
10 No Cars Go 5:43
11 My Body Is A Cage 4:47

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtSt. James Anglican Church, Bedford, Québec
  • Recorded AtÉglise St. Jean Baptiste, Montréal
  • Mixed AtOlympic Studios
  • Mastered AtMetropolis Studios
  • Recorded AtHungarian National Radio Studios
  • Glass Mastered AtSonopress Arvato – 52179967

Credits

  • Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements]Régine Chassagne (tracks: 1, 2, 10)
  • Artwork, Design [Packaging Design]Tracy Maurice
  • BrassPietro Amato
  • CelloMélanie Auclair
  • Conductor [Choir Conducted By]Peter Drucker
  • Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By]István Silló*
  • Contractor [Orchestra]Csaba Lokös*
  • Coordinator [Gospel Singers... Thanks... For Your Assistance In Coordinating These Sessions]Katherine Cram (tracks: 8, 11)
  • Coordinator [Orchestra And Choir... Session Coordination], Edited By [Orchestra And Choir... Session... Editing]Michael Paert
  • Copyist [Orchestra And Choir Sessions]Daryl Griffith
  • Costume Designer [Album Cover Shoot: Costumes]Renata Morales
  • Director Of Photography [Album Cover Shoot]François Miron
  • Effects [Treatments]Hadji Bakara (tracks: 1, 3, 11)
  • Engineer [Orchestra And Choir Sessions... Recording Engineer]Denes Redly*
  • Film Director [Album Cover Shoot Directed By]Tracy Maurice
  • Film Producer [Album Cover Shoot: Production Assistance]Jean-Luc Della Montagna
  • HarpLiza Rey (tracks: 1, 7)
  • Layout [Assistance]Morgan Charles
  • Mastered ByFrank Arkwright
  • Mixed ByNick Launay (tracks: 2, 4, 6 to 9, 11)
  • Other [Album Cover Shoot: Thank You To: For Set-up Coordination And Assistance]Paul McKee
  • Other [Album Cover Shoot: Thank You To:]Chloe Vice, Elle Nunnerley-Paquette, Jenny Craig, McGill Synchronized Swim Team, Michelle Adelman
  • Other [Website By]Olivier Groulx, Vincent Morisset
  • Performer [The Arcade Fire Are]Win Butler
  • Photography By [Album Cover Shoot: Still Photographer]Christophe Collette
  • Recorded ByScott Colburn
  • Recorded By [... Assisted By]Tom Hough
  • ViolaMarika Anthony-Shaw
  • ViolinOwen Pallett
  • Vocals [Gospel Singer]Tasha Gero (tracks: 8, 11)
  • Written-By, Producer [Produced], Arranged By, Performer [Performed By]The Arcade Fire*

Notes

Printed notes:
Recorded and mixed during 2006 at "the church" in Québec.
Additional recording was done at Win and Régine's house, the St. James Anglican Church in Bedford, Québec, the Église St. Jean Baptiste in Montréal, as well as in New York and Budapest. Additional mixing was done at Olympic Studios in London.

Mastered... at Metropolis Studios, London.

Orchestra and Choir Sessions recorded at the Hungarian National Radio Studios, Budapest.

The name Neon Bible, from a novel by John Kennedy Toole, is used with permission of Grove Press, Inc. c/o Macintosh & Otis Inc.

Some copies have got a sticker on the front side of the slipcase with the names of the band and the album.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (On sticker): 602517233881
  • Barcode (On sticker, text): 6 02517 23388 1
  • Matrix / Runout: 52179967/06025 172338-8 21
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI LB 50
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 07105
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0784
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0790
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 0760

Other Versions (5 of 47)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Neon Bible (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Deep Cardboard Box) Merge Records 955 000-1, MRG300 2007
Recently Edited
Neon Bible (All Media, Album, Gatefold, LP, LP, Single Sided, Etched) City Slang 955 000-2 2007
Neon Bible (CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Clamshell Box) Merge Records MRG300 USA & Canada 2007
Neon Bible (LP, LP, Single Sided, Etched, All Media, Album, Gatefold) Merge Records MRG285 US 2007
Neon Bible (LP, LP, Single Sided, Etched, Special Cut, All Media, Album, Gatefold) Sonovox Records 1724447 UK 2007

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Reviews

  • jamser40's avatar
    jamser40
    was in love with this album for about a year and now im more sick of it, but ocean of noise is one of the most emotionally charged tracks ive ever heard. love it
    • beechlander's avatar
      beechlander
      Good album. Hearing elements of Echo & The Bunnymen. Standout tracks - Windowsill, Black Mirror and No Cars Go.
      • natgale's avatar
        natgale
        Had a few listens, it's ok but nothing grabs me. I know a lot of people love Arcade Fire, I just can't see what makes them great. The album is just OK.

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