Alphabetical (album)

Alphabetical
Studio album by Phoenix
Released 29 March 2004
Recorded 2003–2004
Genre
Length 37:37
Label Source
Producer
Phoenix chronology
United
(2000)		 Alphabetical
(2004)		 Live! Thirty Days Ago
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Dotmusic[2]
Drowned in Sound8/10[3]
Hot Press3/5[4]
Pitchfork6.7/10[5]
Playlouder[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Stylus MagazineB+[8]

Alphabetical is the second studio album by French indie pop band Phoenix, released in 2004. The album has sold 30,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.[9] It has shipped 100,000 copies worldwide.[10] The album has two singles, "Everything Is Everything" and "Run Run Run".

Track listing

All tracks written by Phoenix.

No.TitleLength
1."Everything Is Everything"3:01
2."Run Run Run"3:50
3."I'm an Actor"2:33
4."Love for Granted"4:24
5."Victim of the Crime"4:02
6."(You Can't Blame It On) Anybody"3:33
7."Congratulations"1:12
8."If It's Not with You"3:57
9."Holdin' on Together"3:27
10."Alphabetical"3:24

Personnel

  • Deck D'Arcy – bass guitar, keyboards and backing vocals
  • Laurent Brancowitz – guitar, keyboards and backing vocals
  • Thomas Mars – vocals
  • Christian Mazzalai – guitar and backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Ivan Beck – acoustic guitar on "Love for Granted"
  • Pino Palladino – bass on "Congratulations", "Victim of the Crime" and "Alphabetical"
  • Jm Mery – additional keyboards on "Congratulations", "If It's Not with You" and "Alphabetical"
  • Alex Locascio – drums and percussion on "Everything Is Everything", "I'm an Actor", "Love for Granted" and "Victim of the Crime"

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 46
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 42
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 68
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 265
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 11

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Japan 24 March 2005 Toshiba-EMI CD VJCP 68627
  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
 29 March 2004 Source LP SOURLP095
CD CDSOUR095
France 30 March 2004
Australia 12 April 2004 Virgin 5986350
United States 27 July 2004 7243 5 98635 0 4

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r687295/review
  2. ↑ Gennoe, Dan (1 July 2004). "Phoenix – 'Alphabetical'". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 2 July 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Dobson, Gareth (26 July 2004). "Album Review: Phoenix – Alphabetical". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Healion, Karla (22 March 2004). "Alphabetical". Hot Press. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Leone, Dominique (17 May 2004). "Phoenix: Alphabetical". Pitchfork.
  6. ↑ Moffat, Iain (9 July 2004). "Alphabetical – Phoenix". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 10 August 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Rolling Stone
  8. ↑ "Phoenix – Alphabetical". Stylus Magazine. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Phoenix Rises With New Album, Label". Billboard. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  10. ↑ https://books.google.hr/books?id=WBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=phoenix+alphabetical+100,000+shipped&source=bl&ots=bG1403ZBRj&sig=5fr0P1TbWlYpRTBEV1q8O24ssJk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0tbuJsqHZAhXFkCwKHWyPAIYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=phoenix%20alphabetical%20100%2C000%20shipped&f=false
  11. 1 2 "Ultratop.be – Phoenix – Alphabetical" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Phoenix – Alphabetical" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Phoenix – Alphabetical". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Phoenix – Alphabetical" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  15. ↑ アルファベティカル (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Phoenix – Alphabetical". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  17. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Phoenix – Alphabetical". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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