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Cd 4/4-

Studio album by Arcade Fire
Released September 14, 2004
Recorded August 2003 – early 2004
Studio Hotel2Tango (Montreal, QC)
Genre
Indie rock[1][2][3]chamber pop[4]art rock[4]baroque pop[3]symphonic rock[5]
Length 48:02
Language
EnglishFrench
Label Merge
Rough Trade (UK)
Producer Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire chronology
Arcade Fire
(2003) Funeral
(2004) Neon Bible
(2007)

Funeral is the debut studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on September 14, 2004 by Merge Records. Preliminary recordings for Funeral were made during the course of a week in August 2003 at the Hotel2Tango in Montreal, Quebec, and the recording was completed later that year all in an analogue recording format.

The album produced five singles, with `Rebellion (Lies)` being the most successful, having peaked at #19 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Alternative Music Album. It received widespread critical acclaim and topped many year-end and decade-end lists, now being often considered one of the greatest albums of all time.[6] According to the website Metacritic, the album had the second most appearances on end-of-decade Top 10 lists, only behind Radiohead`s Kid A.[7] In the 2020 updated version of Rolling Stone`s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, it was ranked at number 500.[5]

Background
Funeral was largely recorded over the course of a week at the Hotel2Tango in Montreal, Quebec in August 2003. Additional recording also took place at Régine Chassagne and Win Butler`s apartment, and the album was completed in 2004.[8] The production cost of the album was estimated to be around $10,000.[9]

The album was given its title because several band members had recently lost members of their families; Régine Chassagne`s grandmother died in June 2003, Win and William Butler`s grandfather (swing musician Alvino Rey) in February 2004, and Richard Reed Parry`s aunts in April 2004.[10]

Artwork
The artwork for Funeral was designed by artist and photographer Tracy Maurice, depicting a scrawling quill with foliage growing from its feathers, painted onto a piece of a wooden planter.[11] Maurice, then a Montreal-based artist, had been introduced by a mutual friend to Win Butler, who was looking for the artwork of the band`s debut album. Chassagne and Butler took a liking to Maurice`s drawings and commissioned her for the task.[12] The design was inspired by Maurice`s own collection of antique photographs and early 20th-century illustrated books, as well as the aesthetics of Japanese woodblock prints and Donovan`s album

Track listing
All tracks are written by Arcade Fire (Will Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry), unless otherwise noted. Writing credits retrieved from ASCAP

Funeral
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. `Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)`
Will ButlerWin ButlerChassagneJoshua DeuKingsburyParry
Butler 4:48
2. `Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)` Butler, Chassagne 3:33
3. `Une année sans lumière` Butler, Chassagne 3:40
4. `Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)`
Will ButlerWin ButlerChassagneDeuKingsburyParry
Butler 5:12
5. `Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)` Butler 4:49
6. `Crown of Love` Butler 4:42
7. `Wake Up` Butler, Chassagne 5:39
8. `Haiti` Chassagne 4:07
9. `Rebellion (Lies)`
Howard BilermanWin ButlerChassagneDeuKingsburyParry
Butler 5:10
10. `In the Backseat` Chassagne 6:21
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Funeral.[55]

Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire – production, string arrangements, engineering, recording
Win Butler – vocals, 12 string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass
Régine Chassagne – vocals, drums, synthesizer, piano, accordion, xylophone, recorders, percussion
Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, synthesizer, organ, piano, accordion, xylophone, percussion, double bass, engineering, recording
Tim Kingsbury – bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Howard Bilerman – drums, guitar, engineer, recording
William Butler – bass, xylophone, synthesizer, percussion
Additional personnel

Sarah Neufeld – violin, string arrangements
Owen Pallett – violin, string arrangements
Michael Olsen – cello
Pietro Amato – horn
Anita Fust – harp
Sophie Trudeau – violin (track 7)
Jessica Moss – violin (track 7)
Gen Heistek – viola (track 7)
Arlen Thompson – drums (track 7)
Mark Lawson – engineering, recording
Thierry Amar – recording assistance
Ryan Morey – mastering
Hilary Treadwell – photography, artwork
Tracy Maurice – cover art