Listen to Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor' With Our By-the-Numbers Guide
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Following an early leak of their fourth album Reflektor, Arcade Fire tweeted out a YouTube video of the entire album (listen to it above!) paired with footage from the 1959 French-Brazilian film Black Orpheus, which frontman Win Butler said was a big inspiration for the double-disc record.
From the mutant disco of "Reflektor" to the gentle finale "Afterlife," this is a remarkably diverse album, both musically and culturally. So while you delve into Reflektor, here's our by-the-numbers breakdown of Arcade Fire's latest to help you get the most out of the album.
Songs With Religious References: 4
"Reflektor" and "Here Comes the Night Time" speak dismissively of heaven, "Flashbulb Eyes" is about cameras stealing souls and "Afterlife" obviously mentions the afterlife. "We Exist" addresses people "praying that we don't exist" and also references Judas betraying Jesus with the line, "Not the first betrayed by a kiss."
Number of Songs You Can Shake Your Ass To: 4
"Reflketor," "Here Comes the Night Time," "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)" and "Afterlife" all have hip-swinging rhythms we assume producer James Murphy played a strong role in perfecting.
Greek Mythological Figures Referenced: 2
In Greek mythology, Orpheus was a peerless musician whose wife, Eurydice, died on their wedding day. He used his unmatched musical abilities to charm his way into the underworld in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to bring her back to life. Reflektor's cover (inset below) features a sculpture done by Auguste Rodin—a French artist considered the father of modern sculpture—in 1893 about the tragic husband and wife.
46m
Listen and Learn
1h 14m
Our Bodies Our Doctors
22m
Fire On The Floor
1m
Our Bodies Our Doctors - Trailer
1m
The Cast Answers Rapid-Fire Questions
20m
Out With The Old, In With The New
2m
Got to Be in it To Win it: America's Obsession with the Lottery
44m
Fire Hot Fitness
52s
Sprint, Sweat & Pain with The Cadets
45m
Down to the Wire
1m
More Rapid-Fire Questions
20m
Welcome to The 212
46m
Welcome to the Jungle
22m
Hail To The King
The Read With Kid Fury and Crissle
8m
Amanda Cerny Drunkenly Runs With The Bulls
1h 18m
Struck by Lightning
1h 7m
Connected by Coffee
2m
On the Road With G-Thing: Deleted Scene
1h 39m
The Legend of Baron To'a
20m
That Back To The Future Ish
2m
Struck by Lightning - Trailer
1m
The Legend of Baron To'a - Trailer
41m
Wearing Your Shower Curtain to the Club
6m
King Keraun Goes "Back to the Future"
56m
Dr. Dre: Beat by Beat
3m
Hollywood Puppet Sh!tshow: Amanda Cerny's Run-in With the Bulls
1m
What To Expect On Clash of the Corps
6m
How Much Is too Much When It Comes to Sex with Weezy
16m
Where The Hell Do We Go From Here With Amara La Negra
6m
Comedians React to Unbelievably Strange Laws in the US
4m
A Tiddy Bounce Tutorial By Ts Madison
2m
Yesenia Gives Financial Advice To Mia | Clash of The Corps
1m
Clash of The Corps Is Putting DCI Stereotypes To Rest
9m
Steve Aoki Gets Robbed By A Crazed Fan
3m
As Told By Michael Jackson's Glove: Hot Tops
6m
King Keraun Learns How To Make The Perfect At Home Pillow Fort
2m
Is Tossing Your Man's Salad The Way To His Heart: Dear Bambiana
20m
Tech With A Higher Purpose
48s
T-Pain's Encounter With A Roach
1h 45m
The River and the Wall
1h 2m
The Beatles: In the Life
2m
So You Can't Get Pregnant By Smiling at a Boy?
2m
The Best of The Best Clash
1m
The Blue Devils Bring The Parade
9m
The Canvas LA: Spotlight How Rhianna Went From Flea Markets to Her Jewelry Line, Vidakush
6m
Fila Returns with 96s and Ninja Turtles
The 212
1h 21m
The Feels
1h 34m
The Citizen
23m
The Motorcycle
44m
The Decision
45m
The Reunion
21m
The Pilot
20m
The Hustle
1h 20m
The FP
1h 27m
The Exchange
The Canvas
45m
Maid To Order
Filmmakers To Watch
46m
Two to Tango
1h 43m
Toe to Toe
20m
Right To Twerk
23m
License to Breed
21m
Welcome To Hollywood
1h 16m
Care to Laugh
21m
All the Focus is on the Diamonds
1m
The Ladies Play "Fill In The Blanks"
10m
Peder Cho Shows How to DIY A Pair of Jeans into the Ultimate Y2K Mini Skirt
Don't Cancel Me With Amara La Negra
52s
Nya Rehearses With Luis and Leilani: Deleted Scene
2m
The Hilarious Reality of the American Rat Race
1m
The Feels - Trailer
46m
Making the Cut
24m
Who's the Boss?
20m
Missy: The Icon
21m
Meet The Family
1h 23m
The Prison Within
57s
The Read - Trailer
1h 15m
Cassandro, The Exotico!
The Sex Clinic
22m
The North Shore
20m
Create The Future
21m
Mind the Mints
20m
The Glow Up
22m
Surfing the Skies
9m
Free The Robots
59s
The 212 - Trailer
21m
Rock the Bells
1h 22m
The Right Girls
48m
Meet The Jets
1h 3m
The Third Strike
23m
The Great Director
44m
The Winner Is…
22m
Behind The Snow
1h 36m
The All-Americans
21m
Enter the Metaverse
20m
The Vest Guest
21m
Into The Woods
1h 17m
