Alphabetical (album)

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Alphabetical
PhoenixAlphabeticalalbumcover.jpg
Studio album by
Released29 March 2004
Recorded2003–2004
Genre
Length37:37
Label Source
Producer
Phoenix chronology
United
(2000)
Alphabetical
(2004)
Live! Thirty Days Ago
(2004)
Singles from Alphabetical
  1. "Everything Is Everything"
    Released: 22 March 2004
  2. "Run Run Run"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin B− [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Alphabetical is the second studio album by French indie pop band Phoenix, released in 2004. The album has two singles, "Everything Is Everything" and "Run Run Run".

Contents

Commercial performance

The album has sold 30,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. [12] Overall it has shipped 170,000 copies worldwide [13] with 65,000 shipped units in continental Europe and Japan, 20,000 of those were in France. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Phoenix

Alphabetical track listing
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
11."Congratulations (Revisited)" (iTunes bonus track)1:08

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart performance for Alphabetical
Chart (2004)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 46
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] 42
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 68
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [19] 265
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [20] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 11

Release history

Release history and formats for Alphabetical
CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan24 March 2005 Toshiba-EMI CD VJCP 68627
  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
29 March 2004 Source LP SOURLP095
CDCDSOUR095
France30 March 2004
Australia12 April 2004 Virgin 5986350
United States27 July 2004
7243 5 98635 0 4

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