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ARCADE FIRE   

We

RELEASED
2022
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
indie rock, indie pop rock
TRACKS
01, Age Of Anxiety I  (5:27)
02, Age Of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)  (6:41)
03, Prelude  (0:30)
04, End Of The Empire I–III  (5:23)
05, End Of The Empire IV (Sagittarius A)  (3:54)
06, The Lightning I  (3:01)
07, The Lightning II  (2:34)
08, Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)  (4:33)
09, Unconditional II (Race And Religion) (Feat. Peter Gabriel)
      (4:20)
10, We  (3:51)
DURATION
40:18
MUSICIANS
RÉGINE CHASSAGNE -lead vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion,
      backing vocals
WIN BUTLER -lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, bass,
      percussion, backing vocals
RICHARD REED PARRY -guitars, bass, backing vocals
TIM KINGSBURY -guitars, acoustic guitars, bass, backing vocals
WILL BUTLER -keyboards, bass, backing vocals
JEREMY GARA -drums, percussion
JOSH TILLMAN -stomps box (1), voice (1)
GEOFF BARROW -synthetizers (2)
MICHAEL BRUN -synthetizers (9)
PAUL BEAUBRUN -sound effects (3÷5)
ANDRE MICHOT -accordion (tracks 4÷8)
LIZA REY -harp (4,5,10)
CHARLIE GABRIEL -saxophone (4,5)
MARK NRAUD -trumpet (4,5)
WENDELL BRUNIOUS -trumpet (4,5)
LOUIS MICHOT -fiddle (6÷8)
ORLANDO PRIMO -congas (8,9), djembe (8,9)
WILLONSON DUPRATE -congas (9)
PETER GABRIEL -additional vocals (9)
ROMEO BOUGERE -agogo bell (9)
SALLY HERBERT -conducted strings (2,4,5,10)
OWEN PALLETT -strings (4÷8)
HELEN GILLET -strings (4,5,8)
HARRY HARDIN -strings (4,5,8)
MATT RHODY -strings (4,5,8)
SARAH NEUFELD -strings (6,7)
EVERTON NELSON -strings (2,4,5)
NATALIA BONNER -strings (2,4,5)
IAN BURDGE -strings (2,4,5)
LOUISA GEORGE -additional strings
RICHARD GEORGE -strings (2,4,5)
MARIANNE HAYNES -strings (2,4,5)
OLI LANGFORD -strings (2,4,5)
JOHN METCALFE -strings (2,4,5)
TOM PIGGOTT SMITH -strings (2,4,5)
RACHEL ROBSON -strings (2,4,5)
LUCY WILKINS -additional strings (2,4,5)
CHRIS WORSEY -strings
LOUISA FULLER -strings (2,4,5)
EDWIN FARNHAM BUTLER IV -whispers
PRODUCED BY
WIN BUTLER
RÉGINE CHASSAGNE
NIGEL GODRICH
REVIEW
Na šestém albu "We" jsou kompozice rozděleny do dvou celků "já" a "my", z nichž každý vyjadřuje trochu jiná témata. Jestliže první evokuje a ztělesňuje naši schovávanou úzkost a nedostatek fyzického spojení, druhý zachycuje naději z nových možností a povznášející vzrušení ze společenské a osobní oddanosti jeden druhému. Celkově epos pojednává o silách, které se nás snaží odtáhnout od lidí, které milujeme.