Now production is good songwriting also breathe new life. The associated with AF referred (to my amazement) repeatedly U2 sounded but often only thanks to their different producers, most notably Brian Eno. Secretly, I wished with cooperation between AF and Eno. Either way, disco sound alone can not take their qualities Arcade Fire, also older numbers were yet danceable. The Disco question is incidental.
And indeed, after second hearing sounds really good reflector. The stomping beat has once anchored in the brain, is the song full of dynamism and excitement. Regine's vocals are also for the first time, in my opinion, great in the music mix to. For all my criticism of James Murphy, I'll admit that my favorite was among the AF albums, Funeral, no masterpiece of production. Reflector sounding more determined and consistent.
One strength however has suffered from the new production. The songs run as if on rails. Sudden bursts and change as Laika, Rebellion Lies and Kettles are not expected, they were already on Suburbs barely. That is the real weakness of the album.
With reflector, We Exist, Joan of Arc and Supersymmetry, however, has the album, I think, a couple of strong numbers, mostly danceable, but not cheap or chumming. One problem I have with the Latin / Dub sound of Here Comes The Night Time. That sounds sometimes by Beach Club in Lloret de Mar. Arcade Fire is just no Latin band and in total it is perhaps too much of a new on reflector.
I admit, James Murphy has not changed Arcade Fire, but represented the band in a different way. Here and there he has too much LCD Soundsystem added, especially in otherwise good normal person and in It's Never Over. Why a double album was necessary, is beyond me. The second CD does not have the voltage of the first and lost some time. That's one of the reasons my point deduction: too long, too much and too little Murphy surprise. Otherwise, a strong board with great songs that are both danceable and sophisticated.
