On May 6, 2022, “Columbia” label released “WE”, the sixth Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “RAK Studios”, “Wack Formula” and “The Crow’s Nest Studios” in London, “Boombox Studios” and “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, “Dockside Studio” in Los Angeles, “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornilo, Texas, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.
Personnel:
- Régine Chassagne – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion, orchestral arrangements
- Win Butler – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, percussion
- Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tim Kingsbury – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Will Butler – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jeremy Gara – drums, percussion
- Peter Gabriel – additional vocal
- Andre Michot – accordion
- Geoff Barrow – granular synthesis, additional production
- Orlando Primo – congas, djembe
- Willonson Duprate – congas
- Louis Michot – fiddle
- Charlie Gabriel – saxophone
- Mark Braud – trumpet
- Wendell Brunious – trumpet
- Liza Rey – harp
- Paul Beaubrun – sound effects
- Owen Pallett – orchestral arrangements, strings
- Sally Herbert – conductor, additional arrangements
- Helen Gillet – strings
- Harry Hardin – strings
- Matt Rhody – strings
- Sarah Neufeld – strings
- Edwin Farnham Butler IV – whispers
- Josh Tillman – stomps and breaths, additional production
- Romeo Bougere – agogô bell
- Michael Brun – additional synthesis
- Emily Eck – recording
- Eric Heigle – recording, co-producer
- Mikko Gordon – recording, mixing assistant, additional production
- Suvi-Eeva Äikäs – additional recording
- Julia Simpson – additional recording
- Owen Pallett – additional recording
- James Seymour – additional recording
- Mark Lawson – additional recording
- Jerry Ordonez – recording assistant
- Marco Ramirez – recording assistant
- Justin Tocket – recording assistant
- Matt Aguiluz – recording assistant
- Nathanael Graham – recording assistant
- Francesca Edwards – recording assistant
- Joy Stacey – recording assistant
- Pablo Godin – recording assistant
- Felipe Gutierrez – recording assistant
- Craig Silvey – mixing
- Nigel Godrich – mixing
- Dani Bennett Spragg – mixing assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Steve Fallone – mastering
- Ryan Smith – vinyl mastering
- Steve Mackey – pre-production
- JR – cover image, WE poster image, additional eye photography
- Terry Pastor – airbrush color tinting
- Ping Pong Ping – album graphic design
- Julia Simpson – album creative production
- Alison Green – center image, Polaroids
- IV – “I Guy” Character, handwriting
- Camille Pajot – studio art director
- Rick Rose – digitech
- Fabien Barrau – cover image photo post-production
- Chroma Center – photo printing, post-production
- EHT Collaboration – “Black Hole” image
- Danny Clinch – David Bowie photograph
- Pneuhaus – “Giant Eye”
- Maria Jose Govea – additional photography
- JF Lalonde – additional photography
- Wes Winship – “Acropolis Is Burning” poster
- Don Hertzfeldt – still from World of Tomorrow: Episode 2
- Gift Horst Tintypes – WE poster photo development
Track listing:
All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, except where noted.
- Age of Anxiety I
- Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
- Prelude
- End of the Empire I-III
- End of Empire IV (Sagittarius A)
- The Lightning I
- The Lightning II
- Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
- Unconditional II (Race and Religion) – additional writing by Will Butler
- We
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