C'est La Vie (Phosphorescent album)

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C'est La Vie
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Studio album by
Phosphorescent
ReleasedOctober 5, 2018
StudioSpirit Sounds Studio, Nashville
Genre Indie rock, indie pop, indie folk, alternative country, psychedelic pop
Length46:05
Label Dead Oceans
Phosphorescent chronology
Muchacho
(2013)		C'est La Vie
(2018)		 Revelator
(2024)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [5]
Paste 8.2/10 [6]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [7]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Under the Radar 8/10 [10]

C'est La Vie is the seventh studio album by Phosphorescent. The album was released on Dead Oceans on October 5, 2018. [11]

Contents

Release

On July 30, 2018, Matthew Houck - under his stage name Phosphorescent - announced the release of his seventh album, along with the first single "New Birth in New England". [12]

Critical reception

C'est La Vie was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80 based on 19 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 21 reviews. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Black Moon / Silver Waves"1:16
2."C'est La Vie No.2"3:26
3."New Birth in New England"5:00
4."There From Here"5:21
5."Around the Horn"8:11
6."Christmas Down Under"6:17
7."My Beautiful Boy"5:46
8."These Rocks"4:26
9."Black Waves / Silver Moon"6:22
Total length:46:05

Charts

Chart performance for C'est La Vie
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 89
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 130
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [17] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [18] 16
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [19]
12
US Top Folk Albums ( Billboard ) [20]
16

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic [21]

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