Reflektor

2013 double studio album by Arcade Fire

Reflektor is the fourth album by Arcade Fire. It was released on October 28, 2013. The album has two discs. The first disc has seven songs. The second disc has six songs. It got good reviews from music critics. Pitchfork gave it a score of 9.2 out of 10.[2] The first single from the album, "Reflektor", was released on September 9, 2013. The album was number one in several countries including the United States,[3] Canada[4] and the United Kingdom.[5]

Reflektor
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2013 (2013-10-28)
Recorded2011–2013
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 1:25:01 (Digital and vinyl)
  • 1:51:41 (CD)
Language
  • English
  • French
Label
Producer
Arcade Fire chronology
The Suburbs
(2010)
Reflektor
(2013)
Everything Now
(2017)
Singles from Reflektor
  1. "Reflektor"
    Released: September 9, 2013
  2. "Afterlife"
    Released: September 28, 2013
  3. "We Exist"
    Released: May 26, 2014
  4. "You Already Know"
    Released: August 22, 2014
  5. "Get Right"
    Released: September 25, 2015

Track listing change

Disc one
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Reflektor"   7:34
2. "We Exist"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
  • Dravs
5:43
3. "Flashbulb Eyes"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Lawson[a]
2:42
4. "Here Comes the Night Time"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
  • Dravs
  • Lawson[a]
6:30
5. "Normal Person"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
  • Dravs
4:22
6. "You Already Know"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
  • Dravs
3:59
7. "Joan of Arc"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
  • Dravs
5:24
Total length:
46:05
Disc two
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Here Comes the Night Time II"  Arcade Fire 2:51
2. "Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
  • Dravs
6:13
3. "It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus)"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
6:42
4. "Porno"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
6:02
5. "Afterlife"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
  • Dravs
5:52
6. "Supersymmetry"  
  • Arcade Fire
  • Murphy
11:16
Total length:
38:56

Notes

  • ^[a] means there is an extra producer on the track
  • "We Exist" is the second track of the album on CD and digital releases, but the fourth on the vinyl version (as the first song of Side B, or 1:4[6]).
  • On CD, "Joan of Arc" ends with 30 additional seconds of the room tone that also opens "Here Comes the Night Time II".
  • "Reflektive Age" is a hidden track in the pregap of the CD release, consisting of sections of the other tracks on the album played in reverse.

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Reflektor (album liner notes). Arcade Fire. Merge Records / Sonovox Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "Arcade Fire: Reflektor". Pitchfork.
  3. "Arcade Fire - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  4. "Arcade Fire - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  6. "Arcade Fire – Reflektor". Discogs. Retrieved November 30, 2013.