Arcade Fire的第二张专辑《Neon Bible》超越了所有听众的期盼。在两名乐队成员管弦乐的伴奏下，同名歌曲“Neon Bible”充满了不羁的PUNK演奏错误，严谨流畅的木制管弦乐声，曼陀林声，时而低沉时而高亢的隆隆声。不单此首，整张11首歌曲乐队都对自己十分满意。更棒的亮点包括甜美隆重的民谣“Ocean of Noise”，激进的主键的“Keep the Car Running”和“The Well and the Lighthouse”，贫困潦倒的“(Antichrist Television Blues)”，以及充满Butler热情回忆的“Born To Run”。“No Cars Go”，是Butler和Chassagne相互的心灵写照，也清楚的显现乐队自2004年《Funeral》专辑以来的跨越和蜕变。
Neon Bible is the second album by Canadian rock band Arcade Fire, released in March 2007 on Merge Records. Originally announced on December 16, 2006 through the band's website, the majority of the album was recorded at 1 Strawberry Green, Ellesmere Port, under the supervision of producer Kieran Linford (who also co-wrote the album's final track, "My Body Is A Cage"). The album is the first to feature drummer Jeremy Gara, and the first to include violinist Sarah Neufeld among the band's core line-up.
Neon Bible became Arcade Fire's highest charting album at the time, debuting on the Billboard 200 at number two, selling 92,000 copies in its first week and more than 400,000 to date. Being released within a month of similarly successful releases by The Shins (Wincing the Night Away) and Modest Mouse (We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank), Neon Bible was cited as an example of the popularization of indie rock. Critics offered the self-produced Neon Bible mostly favorable reviews, although with division over the album's sound. Publications like NME and IGN praised the album for its grandiose nature, while Rolling Stone and Uncut said that it resulted in a distant and overblown sound.