An ever-changing creation of varying sounds and beats, Arcade Fire’s two disk album “Reflektor” is a work of art. The Montreal band’s album follows its critically acclaimed album “The Suburbs” which won “Album of the Year” at the 2011 Grammy Awards. “Reflektor” is an album to put on the holiday wishlist this year.

Different from the steady cadences that kick off the 2011 hit songs “Ready to Start” and “We Used to Wait,” the title song “Reflektor” puts listeners into an eerie trance. Beginning with a hazy, semi-disco beat that makes the listeners feel as though they are entering some sort of tribal jungle, “Reflektor” murmurs its way into the lyrics. Vocalist Régine Chassagne mystifies listeners with her French librettos. The English translation of her words is, “Between the night, the night and the dawn / Between the kingdom of the living and the dead.” These cryptic lines are goosebump-raising.

The fifth track, “Normal Person” is unlike any other song on the album. In this quasi-rock song, lead singer Win Butler picks up momentum until he is accompanied by a shrill, White Stripe-esque guitar. Butler sings, “Is anything as strange as a normal person? Is anyone as cruel as a normal person? Waiting after school, you want to know if you’re normal, too.” The lyrics seem to criticize kids’ strife to fit in at any cost. They depict the struggle of someone whose goal is be “normal” and, in doing so, conforms to society by being cruel. The song’s rock aura embodies the emotional turmoil intertwined in the words.

Weighted down with sadness, “Porno,” the fourth track on disc two, is not what its title may indicate. An odd, lurching synthetic beat partnered with the subtle sound of fingers snapping provides a quiet accompaniment to the lyrics. The song depicts a man breaking up with his girlfriend. However, Butler analyzes the complexities and emotion of a break up on a deeper level. He sings, “I thought I knew you. You thought you knew me / But now that you do, it’s not so easy now / That I know.” The clarity of the words allows listeners to be immersed into the song and experience it on a deeper level than what most songs reach.

As a whole, “Reflektor” is an enthralling rollercoaster with ups and downs of tempo and intense turns of emotion. Its diversity of sounds is extremely interesting and provides a one of a kind experience. It is an album that should expand the tastes of avid music followers and definitely should be purchased by all music lovers.