The Suburbs is a sprawling, ambitious album that captures a specific, often melancholic, vision of suburban adolescence and the transition to adulthood.
- The album was recorded over two years in various studios, including Pontiac, Michigan, and Austin, Texas, with producers Markus Dravs, Victor Van Vugt, and the band.
- The Suburbs debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, and at number two on the US Billboard 200.
- The album won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2011, and was nominated for Album of the Year.
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