Arcade Fire’s album “Funeral” lands on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list
Canadians are slowly but surely infiltrating the ranks of Rolling Stone magazine history.
Joining a group of iconic albums like The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" and Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," Arcade Fire's debut album, "Funeral," has earned a spot on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.
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Building on a list that was originally compiled in 2000 and updated in 2003 and 2005, "Funeral" entered at number 151, and according to the National Post, was the only Canadian band to do so this year.
The recent 30 new additions to the list also included Jay-Z's "The Black Album," the late Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black," two Radiohead albums and three Kanye West albums, among which holds the highest debut at number 118 for "Late Registration."
It is assumed that the Montreal-based band displaced the 2003 resident of spot 151, Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town," and will be joining the company of other Canadian albums by Leonard Cohen, The Band, Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.
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Among the aforementioned Canadian artists, Arcade Fire comes in as the youngest band to make the list and "Funeral" joins beloved albums like Cohen's "Songs of Love and Hate," Mitchell's "Blue," The Band's "Music From Big Pink," Young's "After the Gold Rush," and Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill."
The orchestral indie rock band formed back in 2003 and features husband-and-wife duo Win Butler and Regine Chassagne. In addition to Win's brother, William Butler, members include Richard Reed Parry, Jeremy Gara, Sarah Neufeld and Tim Kingsbury.
"Funeral" was released in 2004 and is considered to be the band's first full-length debut album. It has produced singles like "Neighbourhood 1 (Tunnels)," "Rebellion (Lies)," and "Wake Up." It also has a spot on Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the '00s" list, coming in at number six.
Giving the album four out of five stars, Rolling Stone dubbed the record an "exceptional debut" and praised it for its themes of "loss, love, forced coming-of-age and fragile generational hope."
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According to Reuters, the final "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list has been published in "bookazine" format and will be available on newsstands in the United States until July 25. The "bookazine" will also include, "several new recording histories based on first-hand accounts."
Canadian artists that are noticeably missing from the current list posted on RollingStone.com include Sarah McLachlan, Gordon Lightfoot and bands like Rush and The Guess Who.
Check out one of "Funeral's" most popular tracks, "Rebellion (Lies)," featured below.
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