Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007) V0

Neon Bible is the second album by Canadian rock band Arcade Fire, released in March 2007 on Merge Records. Originally announced on December 16, 2006 through the band's website,[1] the majority of the album was recorded at 1 Strawberry Green, Ellesmere Port, under the supervision of producer Kieran Linford (who also co-wrote the album's final track, "My Body Is A Cage").[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] Critics offered the self-produced Neon Bible mostly favorable reviews, although with division over the album's sound. Publications like NME and IGN praised the album for its grandiose nature,[5][6] while Rolling Stone and Uncut said that it resulted in a distant and overblown sound.[7][8]