Arcade Fire have released their new album WE. Nigel Godrich produced the LP alongside bandleaders Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. The record also features a noteworthy roster of collaborators: Josh Tillman (aka Father John Misty), Portishead and Beak>’s Geoff Barrow, composer Owen Pallett, and more contributed to the band’s sixth full-length. Listen to WE and check out the full album credits below.
WE follows Arcade Fire’s 2017 LP Everything Now. The band recorded the new album in New Orleans, El Paso, and Mount Desert Island. Their studio lineup included Régine Chassagne, Win Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Will Butler, although, following the announcement of the new album, Will Butler revealed that he had left the band after recording was complete.
The 40-minute, seven-track WE is split into two sides. The initial three-song stretch, “I,” is about isolation, while the four songs comprising the second side, “WE,” touch on reconnection. Arcade Fire recently debuted songs from the record live at Coachella 2022. On Saturday (May 7), the group will return to Saturday Night Live to perform as musical guests for the fifth time.
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ARCADE FIRE presents
“WE”
RÉGINE CHASSAGNE
WIN BUTLER
RICHARD REED PARRY
TIM KINGSBURY
JEREMY GARA
WILL BUTLER
01 Age of Anxiety I
Producer: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Composer/Lyricist: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Co-producer: Eric Heigle
Additional Production: Josh Tillman
Stomps & Breaths: Josh Tillman
Pre-Production: Steve Mackey
Recorded By: Heigle, Emily Eck, Mikko Gordon
Recording Assisted By: Jerry Ordonez, Marco Ramirez, Justin Tocket, Matt Aguiluz, Nathanael Graham, Francesca Edwards, Joy Stacey, Pablo Godin, Felipe Gutierrez
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixer: Dani Bennett Spragg
Rabbit Hole Mixer: Nigel Godrich
Assistant Rabbit Hole Mixer: Mikko Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
02 Age of Anxiety II
Producer: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Composer/Lyricist: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Co-producer: Eric Heigle
Additional Production: Josh Tillman, Geoff Barrow
Additional Recording: Suvi-Eeva Äikäs, Julia Simpson
Conductor & Additional Arrangements: Sally Herbert
Granular Synthesis: Geoff Barrow
Pre-Production: Steve Mackey
Recorded By: Heigle, Emily Eck, Mikko Gordon
Recording Assisted By: Jerry Ordonez, Marco Ramirez, Justin Tocket, Matt Aguiluz, Nathanael Graham, Francesca Edwards, Joy Stacey, Pablo Godin, Felipe Gutierrez
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixer: Dani Bennett Spragg
Rabbit Hole Mixer: Nigel Godrich
Assistant Rabbit Hole Mixer: Mikko Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
03 End of the Empire I-IV
Producer: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Composer/Lyricist: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Additional Production: Mikko Gordon
Conductor & Additional Arrangements: Sally Herbert
Strings: Owen Pallett, Helen Gillet, Harry Hardin, Matt Rhody
Harp: Liza Rey
Saxophone: Charlie Gabriel
Trumpet: Mark Braud, Wendell Brunious
Accordion: Andre Michot
Sound FX: Paul Beaubrun
Whispers: Eddie
Pre-Production: Steve Mackey
Recorded By: Heigle, Emily Eck, Mikko Gordon
Recording Assisted By: Jerry Ordonez, Marco Ramirez, Justin Tocket, Matt Aguiluz, Nathanael Graham, Francesca Edwards, Joy Stacey, Pablo Godin, Felipe Gutierrez
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixer: Dani Bennett Spragg
Rabbit Hole Mixer: Nigel Godrich
Assistant Rabbit Hole Mixer: Mikko Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
04 The Lightning I, II
Producer: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Composer/Lyricist: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Additional Production: Mikko Gordon
Additional Recording: Owen Pallett, James Seymour
Strings: Owen Pallett, Sarah Neufeld
Accordion: Andre Michot
Fiddle: Louis Michot
Recorded By: Heigle, Emily Eck, Mikko Gordon
Recording Assisted By: Jerry Ordonez, Marco Ramirez, Justin Tocket, Matt Aguiluz, Nathanael Graham, Francesca Edwards, Joy Stacey, Pablo Godin, Felipe Gutierrez
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixer: Dani Bennett Spragg
Rabbit Hole Mixer: Nigel Godrich
Assistant Rabbit Hole Mixer: Mikko Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
05 Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
Producer: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Composer/Lyricist: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Co-producer: Eric Heigle
Strings: Owen Pallett, Helen Gillet, Harry Hardin, Matt Rhody
Accordion: Andre Michot
Fiddle: Louis Michot
Congas & Djembe: Orlando Primo
Recorded By: Heigle, Emily Eck, Mikko Gordon
Recording Assisted By: Jerry Ordonez, Marco Ramirez, Justin Tocket, Matt Aguiluz, Nathanael Graham, Francesca Edwards, Joy Stacey, Pablo Godin, Felipe Gutierrez
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixer: Dani Bennett Spragg
Rabbit Hole Mixer: Nigel Godrich
Assistant Rabbit Hole Mixer: Mikko Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
06 Unconditional II (Race and Religion) [ft. Peter Gabriel]
Producer: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Composer/Lyricist: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Additional Writing: Will Butler
Co-producer: Eric Heigle
Additional Recording: Mark Lawson
Congas & Djembe: Orlando Primo
Congas: Willonson Duprate
Agogô Bell: Romeo Bougere
Additional Synthesis: Michael Brun
Recorded By: Heigle, Emily Eck, Mikko Gordon
Recording Assisted By: Jerry Ordonez, Marco Ramirez, Justin Tocket, Matt Aguiluz, Nathanael Graham, Francesca Edwards, Joy Stacey, Pablo Godin, Felipe Gutierrez
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixer: Dani Bennett Spragg
Rabbit Hole Mixer: Nigel Godrich
Assistant Rabbit Hole Mixer: Mikko Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
07 WE
Producer: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Composer/Lyricist: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
Conductor & Additional Arrangements: Sally Herbert
Harp: Liza Rey
Recorded By: Heigle, Emily Eck, Mikko Gordon
Recording Assisted By: Jerry Ordonez, Marco Ramirez, Justin Tocket, Matt Aguiluz, Nathanael Graham, Francesca Edwards, Joy Stacey, Pablo Godin, Felipe Gutierrez
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixer: Dani Bennett Spragg
Rabbit Hole Mixer: Nigel Godrich
Assistant Rabbit Hole Mixer: Mikko Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
Orchestral Arrangements by Régine Chassagne & Owen Pallett
