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Track Listings
| 1. Everything Is Everything |
| 2. Run Run Run |
| 3. I'm An Actor |
| 4. Love For Granted |
| 5. Victim Of The Crime |
| 6. (You Can't Blame It On) Anybody |
| 7. Congratulations |
| 8. If It's Not With You |
| 9. Holdin' On Together |
| 10. Alphabetical |
Editorial Reviews
Phoenix (Fr) Alphabetical UK CD album
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By B Bozarth
Format:Audio CD
I just got this album and have been listening to it non-stop. I enjoyed United a great deal thanks to Lost in Translation of course, but Alphabetical is a superb album in many respects. It's happy feel-good music that makes you want to dance! After I play it - I need to play Everything Is Everything and Holdin' It Together one more time. Those are my favorite tracks - then I need to play the whole thing again and again.
I haven't heard anything quite like this group. Each track has a number of different, unique grooves and I love how the lyrics kind of roll with it and play with different styles. It takes a lot of disco, some eighties, and electronica then spins it into a new thing all its' own. Pop at its' finest. This album should be making some waves.
The album is quite good as a whole and much more cohesive. Maybe nothing as memorable as Too Young - United has some super stand out tracks but a couple were off the wall. It's very rare for a second to top the first - to continue the sound but yet take it to new levels. Usually I am disappointed. If you liked the debut, then get this album!!!
I haven't heard anything quite like this group. Each track has a number of different, unique grooves and I love how the lyrics kind of roll with it and play with different styles. It takes a lot of disco, some eighties, and electronica then spins it into a new thing all its' own. Pop at its' finest. This album should be making some waves.
The album is quite good as a whole and much more cohesive. Maybe nothing as memorable as Too Young - United has some super stand out tracks but a couple were off the wall. It's very rare for a second to top the first - to continue the sound but yet take it to new levels. Usually I am disappointed. If you liked the debut, then get this album!!!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By joe larkin
Format:Audio CD
Before Air became America's favorite French duo, Phoenix were their backing band. So when the former indie punks from the Paris suburbs debuted with 2000's United, the surprise was that they sounded neither particularly electronic nor French - singer Thomas Mars, who might have hailed from L.A. or London, had the uncanny ability to sing feverishly and tenderly in English. Alphabetical, coming after the quartet's dazzling single "Too Young" fired the karaoke scene in Lost in Translation, extends the band's blurring of '70s pop-rock intimacy and warm rhythms. From "Everything Is Everything" - which jumps with the acoustic sparkle of AM radio - to more contemplative ballads such as "(You Can't Blame It On) Anybody," these songs create a series of vivid but minimal soundscapes.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the revival of seventies brilliant popmusic, remembering Steely Dan, now in a modern french glance of crispy arrangments standing on a stable rockground with wonderful melodies. Goes 8 hours a day. Strongly recommended!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
delicious music in a seemingly retro style. grows on you. subtle....
at first, if you don't listen carefully, you might think this is some retro band stuck in an old style, but then, on a more careful listen, you realize this is really WELL-crafted... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Jiminy Cricket
4.0 out of 5 stars
A More Laid-Back Approach
Compared to their other albums this record is more laid-back and relaxed, which may be one reason why it doesn't immediately grab you the way their other records do. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lunar Boulevard
4.0 out of 5 stars
Gran disco
Como todo lo de phoenix. Me gustó mucho, la musica esta buena para cualquier ocasion. Es divertido y lo recomiendo
Published 1 month ago by Gina Montańo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Album
If you've heard a track by Phoenix before and liked it, then you will really enjoy this album. Smooth transitions on the playlist and something for any mood. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Rodems
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
My favorite song on this album is "Everything is Everything" and that was the beginning of my infatuation with Phoenix. Read more
Published 8 months ago by rockinrollita
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it
If you like Phoenix and have not listened to this album, then download it right now! This early album contains a number of hidden gems featuring unexpected instrumentals and... Read more
Published on August 21, 2010 by Evelyn Luciano
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVE this album!
I bought this album because I like their new album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and I love this album. Its a little bit different sound but I wasn't disappointed.
Published on June 22, 2010 by Andrea M. Spihlman
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid Album
Toned down compared to their latest album. Just saw them in concert last night. Amazing performance. Read more
Published on April 27, 2010 by Mark Villapando
4.0 out of 5 stars
It definitely grew on me
Really good album. At first, I thought it was a little cheesy, but then I realized that this album was recorded all old school seventies style. Read more
Published on March 9, 2010 by Paul Powell
3.0 out of 5 stars
No edge....Not a huge problem
A bit down the page one user remarked how this album is missing that ever elusive "edge". I'm not so sure that Pheonix are aiming for any edge, I would venture to say that they are... Read more
Published on March 19, 2007 by Marvin Galdwich
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