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- Summary: The seventh full-length studio release for French indie pop band Phoenix was recorded at The Louvre and features a guest appearance from Ezra Koenig.
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- Record Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Nov 3, 2022All 10 tracks are stacked with hooks, making it as good as their 2009 breakthrough album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. ... Mars’s sophisticated stream-of-consciousness lyrics operate in perfect synchronicity with the album’s sound. Melancholy themes of mortality are balanced by a giddy commitment to seizing the dance floor moment.
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Nov 4, 2022Phoenix's most immediate work since Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and their most varied since United, Alpha Zulu does indeed range from A to Z, but the band are always in control and the results are frequently brilliant.
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Nov 4, 2022Alpha Zulu is a robust addition to their already acclaimed catalogue.
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Nov 4, 2022Alpha Zulu confronts reality with a dreamy neon-lit elegance pulsing with playful vitality, it runs on its nerves but has its feet on the dance floor.
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UncutNov 15, 2022The band continues to elevate themselves into one of the country's finest pop exports. [Jan 2023, p.23]
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Nov 3, 2022Alpha Zulu may not be the best Phoenix album, but it is another reminder of their artistic stability and growth, a genuine triumph for a band with seven albums in tow.
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Nov 3, 2022Alpha Zulu is everything a Phoenix album has been already: slick, silly, maximalist. ... They mine nostalgia for call-backs (Tonight); find comedy in impending doom (Alpha Zulu). But the boys are ageing and, separated initially by lockdown, an emotional core burned a hole in the centre of this new record instead of a six-minute space-bound instrumental.
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Positive: 10 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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Nov 26, 2022Do yourself a favor and give this album a few spins. It's an inspired pop masterpiece from an outstanding band at the top of their game.
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