We (Arcade Fire album)

We
Standard cover
Studio album by
Arcade Fire
ReleasedMay 6, 2022 (2022-05-06)
Recorded2020–2021
StudioRAK Studios (London)
Wack Formula (London)
The Crow's Nest Studios (London)
Boombox Studios (New Orleans, LA)
Marigny Recording Studio (New Orleans, LA)
Dockside Studio (Maurice, LA)
Sonic Ranch Studios (Tornilo, TX)
Genre
Length40:18
LabelColumbia
Producer
Arcade Fire chronology
Her (Original Score)
(2021) 		We
(2022)
Singles from WE
  1. "The Lightning I, II"
    Released: March 17, 2022
  2. "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)"
    Released: April 27, 2022

We is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released through Columbia Records on May 6, 2022. Produced by Nigel Godrich and band members Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, it was recorded in studios in New Orleans; in El Paso, Texas; and on Mount Desert Island in Maine. The album takes its name from the Russian dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.[1] It was the final album by Arcade Fire to feature multi-instrumentalist Will Butler, who departed the band in 2022.

Preceded by the singles "The Lightning I, II" and "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)", We received generally positive reviews from music critics and achieved moderate commercial success. It debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 32,000 album-equivalent units (26,500 of which were sales of the full album) in its first week of release,[2] and went to number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.[3]

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  3. ^ Lee, Taila (November 15, 2022). "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". Grammys.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.