Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire lives in the middle ground — 36 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 1 quiet anchor and 20 songs where they let go completely.

7.2
Avg Intensity
57
Songs Decoded
0
Fan Stories

The songs that hit hardest

Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2004
Rebellion (Lies) intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2004
Wake Up intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2004
Antichrist Television Blues intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2007
Black Mirror intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2007
Intervention intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2007
Keep the Car Running intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2007
My Body Is a Cage intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2007
Neon Bible intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2007
No Cars Go intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 2007
Empty Room intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2010
Month of May intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2010
Rococo intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2010
Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice) intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 2013
Here Comes the Night Time intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2013
Normal Person intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2013
Reflektor intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 2013
Xen intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 2014
Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole) intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2022
End of the Empire I-III intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2022

The controlled burn

Crown of Love moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2004
Haiti moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2004
In the Backseat moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2004
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2004
Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2004
Une Année Sans Lumière moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 6 · 2004
Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2005
Ocean of Noise moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2007
The Well and the Lighthouse moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2007
City with No Children moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
Half Light I moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2010
Half Light II (No Celebration) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
Modern Man moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2010
Ready to Start moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2010
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
Suburban War moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
The Suburbs moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
We Used to Wait moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2010
Afterlife moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2013
It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus) moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2013
Joan of Arc moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2013
Porno moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2013
Put Your Money on Me moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2013
Supersymmetry moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2013
We Exist moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2013
Creature Comfort moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2017
Electric Blue moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
Everything Now moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2017
Good God Damn moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2017
Infinite Content moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
Signs of Life moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
We Don't Deserve Love moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2017
Age of Anxiety I moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2022
The Lightning I moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2022
The Lightning I, II moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2022
Unconditional II (Race and Religion) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2022

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