Neon Bible

~ Release by Arcade Fire (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

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Venue Information

Recorded and mixed: "the church", Québec, Canada
Additional recording: Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's house; St. James Anglican Church, Bedford, Québec, Canada; Église St. Jean Baptist Church, Montreal, Canada; Unknown location, New York, NY; Hungarian National Radio Studios, Budapest, Hungary (Orchestra and Choir)
Additional mixing: Olympic Studios, London, UK
Mastering: Metropolis Studios, London, UK

Orchestra and Choir sessions:

Session coordination and editing: Michael Pärt
Orchestra contractor: Csaba Lokos
Copyist: Daryl Griffith
Gospel singers (tracks 8 & 11) session coordinator: Katherine Cram
Thanks: Ven. Dr. Brian A. Evans, Archdeacon of Bedford (assistance during St. James Anglican Church recording); Église St. Jean Baptist Church, Montreal, Canada (use of organ)

Album cover shoot:

Production assistance: Jean-Luc Della Montagna for NúFilms
Director of photography: François Miron
Costumes: Renata Morales
Thanks: McGill Synchronized Swim Team; Jenny Craig; Elle Nunnerley-Paquette; Chloe Vice; Michelle Adelman

Miscellaneous

Website: Vincent Morisset; Olivier Groulx
General thanks: Scott Rogers (Quest Management); Liza Shaw (friendship love)
Name Neon Bible from novel by John Kennedy Toole, used with permission of Grove Press Inc. c/o Macintosh & Otis Ltd.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#	Title	Length
1	Black Mirror recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs programming: Hadji Bakara producer: Arcade Fire additional mixer: Arcade Fire mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent guest harp: Liza Rey arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: Black Mirror orchestrator: Régine Chassagne and Owen Pallett lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	4:11
2	Keep the Car Running recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Nick Launay arranger: Arcade Fire part of: Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 13) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 79) recording of: Keep the Car Running orchestrator: Régine Chassagne and Owen Pallett writer: Will Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Timothy Kingsbury and Richard Reed Parry	3:29
3	Neon Bible recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs programming: Hadji Bakara producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Markus Dravs arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: Neon Bible lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	2:16
4	Intervention recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Nick Launay arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: Intervention lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	4:19
5	Black Wave/Bad Vibrations recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Markus Dravs arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: Black Wave/Bad Vibrations lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	3:57
6	Ocean of Noise recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Nick Launay guest brass: Jacob Valenzuela and Martin Wenk arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: Ocean of Noise lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	4:53
7	The Well and the Lighthouse recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Nick Launay guest harp: Liza Rey arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: The Well and the Lighthouse lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	3:56
8	(Antichrist Television Blues) recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Nick Launay guest choir vocals: Shauna Callender, Joanne Degand, Chantel Gero, Tasha Gero and Jean Sherwood arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: (Antichrist Television Blues) lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	5:10
9	Windowsill recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Nick Launay arranger: Arcade Fire recording of: Windowsill lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	4:16
10	No Cars Go recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs producer: Arcade Fire additional mixer: Arcade Fire mixer: Mark “Spike” Stent arranger: Arcade Fire part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 329) recording of: No Cars Go orchestrator: Régine Chassagne and Owen Pallett lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	5:43
11	My Body Is a Cage recording engineer: Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs programming: Hadji Bakara producer: Arcade Fire mixer: Arcade Fire and Nick Launay guest choir vocals: Shauna Callender, Joanne Degand, Chantel Gero, Tasha Gero and Jean Sherwood arranger: Arcade Fire phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 2021) recording of: My Body Is a Cage lyricist and composer: Arcade Fire	4:47

Credits

Release

art direction and design/illustration:	Tracy Maurice
additional design/illustration:	Morgan Charles Maggie Fost
photography:	Christophe Collette
additional recording engineer:	François Chevallier Alex Dromgoole Dave Emery Michael Feuerstack Tom Hough Sharon Levinson James Ogilvie
recording engineer:	Dénes Rédly
mastering:	Frank Arkwright
guest brass:	Pietro Amato Edith Gruber Margaret Gundara Jake Henry Laurent Ménard Geoffrey Shoesmith Colin Stetson Andreas Stolzfus
guest cello:	Mélanie Auclair
guest viola:	Marika Anthony-Shaw
guest violin:	Owen Pallett
conductor:	István Silló
chorus master:	Peter Drucker

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1337937 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B000MMLOE2 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Black Mirror Intervention Keep the Car Running / Broken Window No Cars Go
covers:	Neon Bible by A Giant Dog

part of:	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (order: 3) Polaris Music Prize nominees (number: 2007 – Short List / Courte liste) (order: 16) Shortlist Music Prize Nominees (number: 2007) (order: 60) Juno Awards: Alternative Album of the Year (number: 2008: winner) (order: 71) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: pub_2011-07-18 (number: 75) (order: 75) Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 2008) (order: 88) Music Canada Certified Gold Albums (order: 353)

part of:

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (order: 3)
Polaris Music Prize nominees (number: 2007 – Short List / Courte liste) (order: 16)
Shortlist Music Prize Nominees (number: 2007) (order: 60)
Juno Awards: Alternative Album of the Year (number: 2008: winner) (order: 71)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: pub_2011-07-18 (number: 75) (order: 75)
Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 2008) (order: 88)
Music Canada Certified Gold Albums (order: 353)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/5410 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Arcade-fire/Neon-bible [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/x6cz [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/arcade_fire/neon_bible/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000562187 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1630983 [info]

Neon Bible

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