Neon Bible

For other uses, see Neon Bible (disambiguation).

Neon Bible
Studio album by
Arcade Fire
ReleasedMarch 5, 2007
Recorded2006
Studio
Additional recording:
Genre
Length46:59
LabelMerge
ProducerArcade Fire
Arcade Fire chronology
Funeral
(2004) 		Neon Bible
(2007) 		The Suburbs
(2010)
Singles from Neon Bible
  1. "Black Mirror"
    Released: January 22, 2007
  2. "Keep the Car Running"
    Released: 2007
  3. "Intervention"
    Released: 2007
  4. "No Cars Go"
    Released: 2007

Neon Bible is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It was first released on March 5, 2007, in Europe and a day later in North America by Merge Records. Originally announced on December 16, 2006, through the band's website,[4] the majority of the album was recorded at a church the band bought and renovated in Farnham, Quebec.[5] The album is the first to feature drummer Jeremy Gara, and the first to include violinist Sarah Neufeld among the band's core line-up.

Neon Bible became Arcade Fire's highest-charting album at the time, debuting on the Billboard 200 at number two, selling 92,000 copies in its first week and more than 400,000 to date.[6] Being released within a month of similarly successful releases by The Shins (Wincing the Night Away) and Modest Mouse (We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank), Neon Bible was cited as an example of the popularization of indie rock.[7] Neon Bible received widespread critical acclaim. Publications like NME and IGN praised the album for its grandiose nature,[8][9] while Rolling Stone and Uncut opined that it resulted in a distant and overblown sound.[10][11]

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  9. ^ D., Spence (March 6, 2007). "The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible". IGN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
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  11. ^ "Neon Bible". Uncut. April 2007. Retrieved April 1, 2008.