Arcade Fire

 

Artist:  Arcade Fire
Origin:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre:  Indie Rock, Art Rock, Dance Rock, Alternative Rock

Original line-up:

Win Butler:  Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Mandolin
Josh Deu:  Guitar
Tim Kyle:  Guitar
Regine Chassagne:  Lead & Backing Vocals
Alan Lavian:  Bass
Dane Mills:  Bass, Drums, Percussion
Brenda Reed:  Drums, Percussion, Tap Dancing

Arcade Fire are a Canadian Indie Rock Band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 2001 by friends and classmates Win Butler (Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Mandolin), and Josh Deu (Guitar), along with Tim Kyle (Guitar), Regine Chassagne (Vocals), Alan Lavian (Bass), Dane Mills (Bass, Drums, Percussion), and Brenda Reed (Drums, Percussion, Tap Dancing).  Their third studio album, The Suburbs, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim and commercial success, and received many awards, including the 2011 Grammy For Album Of The Year, the 2011 Juno Award For Album Of The Year and the 2011 Brit Award For Best International Album.

Title:  WE (2022)

Genre:  Indie Rock, Art Rock, Dance Rock, Alternative Rock

Label:  Columbia Records

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

 1.  Age Of Anxiety I (5:27)

 2.  Age Of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole) (6:41)

 3.  Prelude (0:30)

 4.  End Of The Empire I-II (5:23)

 5.  End Of The Empire IV (Sagittarius A) (3:54)

 6.  The Lighting I (3:01)

 7.  The Lighting II (2:34)

 8.  Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) (4:33)

 9.  Unconditional II (Race And Religion) (4:20)

10. WE (3:51)

Personnel:

Regine Chassagne:  Keyboards, Piano, Accordion, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals

Win Butler:  Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Piano, Percussion

Richard Reed Parry:  Electric Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals

Tim Kingsbury:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals

Jeremy Gara:  Drums, Percussion

Will Butler:  Keyboards, Bass, Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:

Andre Michot:  Accordion on Tracks:  2-8

Liza Rey:  Harp on Tracks:  4, 5, 10

Charlie Gabriel:  Saxophone on Tracks:  4, 5

Mark Braud:  Trumpet on Tracks:  4, 5

Wendell Brunious:  Trumpet  on Tracks:  4, 5

Louis Michot:  Fiddle on Tracks:  6-8

Orlando Primo:  Congas, Djembe on Tracks;  8, 9

Peter Gabriel:  Additional Vocals on Track 9

Willonson Duprate:  Congas on Track 9

Romeo Bougere:  Agogo Bell on Track 9

Geoff Barrow:  Granular Synthesis on Track 2

Michael Brun:  Additional Synthesis on Track 9

Edwin Farnham Butler IV:  Whispers on Track 3

Paul Beabrun:  Sound Effects on Tracks:  3-5

WE is the sixth studio album by Arcade Fire, released on May 6, 2022 by Columbia Records, featuring two singles "The Lightning I II" and "Unconditional (Lookout Kid)".   The album reached No. 1 on US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) Chart/US Top Alternative Albums Chart/UK Albums  Chart/Scottish Albums Chart/Portuguese Albums Chart/Irish Albums Chart/Dutch Albums Chart.