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}} ''The Suburbs'' is the third studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released in August 2010. Coinciding with the announcement the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing two tracks from the album, "The Suburbs" and "Month of May".〔(“Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs to be released August 3” ). Nationalpost.com. Retrieved May 27, 2010.〕〔(“Hear Two New Arcade Fire Songs and an Interview” ). NPR's All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talked to Arcade Fire's Win and Will Butler about the record, while also offering a special preview of the songs “Month of May” and “The Suburbs.” Retrieved May 27, 2010.〕 The album debuted at No. 1 on the Irish Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Billboard 200 – Week of August 21, 2010 )〕 and the Canadian Albums Chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Arcade Fire heats up charts )〕 It won Album of the Year at the 2011 Grammy Awards, Best International Album at the 2011 BRIT Awards, Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards, and the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album. Two weeks after winning Grammy's Album of the Year, the album jumped from No. 52 to No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the album's highest ranking since August 2010. Arcade Fire released a deluxe edition CD/DVD of ''The Suburbs'' on June 27, 2011 (everywhere except the U.S. and Canada). The American and Canadian versions were released on August 2, 2011, to coincide with the original album's anniversary. The new version included two brand new tracks recorded during ''The Suburbs'' album sessions ("Culture War" and "Speaking in Tongues" featuring David Byrne), an extended version of album track "Wasted Hours", Spike Jonze's short film, ''Scenes From The Suburbs'', and an 80-page booklet as well as other exclusive content. ==Background== The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston.〔(“Arcade Fire reveal meaning behind 'The Suburbs' album title” ) (May 27, 2010)〕 According to Win Butler, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a letter ''from'' the suburbs".〔NME Magazine, July 31, 2010, pg. 24〕 The album was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, with some parts being recorded at the band's studio in Quebec and in New York City.〔 Win Butler describes the overall sound of ''The Suburbs'' as "a mix of Depeche Mode and Neil Young", stating that he wanted the album to sound like "the bands that I heard when I was very young, and wondered what those crazy noises were".〔NME Magazine, July 31, 2010, pg. 25〕 It was released by Merge Records in North America and by Mercury Records in the United Kingdom. The band pressed each completed song to a 12″ lacquer, then recorded it back for the digital master of the album. There are eight alternative covers for the CD version of the album. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Suburbs (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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