- alternative
- 56 min
- 14 tracks
- Parlophone France
It's Never Been Like That is the third studio album by French band Phoenix, released on 15 May 2006 through Virgin Records and EMI internationally and Astralwerks in the United States. The album was preceded by the release of the singles "Long Distance Call" and "Consolation Prizes". The album was later re-released in Mexico as a tour edition with four bonus tracks recorded live in Oslo on 20 April 2006.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 72/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- NME6/10
- The Observer4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4/5 ★
- Spin3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Napoleon Says3:13
- 2Consolation Prizes3:16
- 3Rally3:16
- 4Long Distance Call3:06
- 5One Time Too Many3:40
- 6Lost and Found2:56
- 7Courtesy Laughs3:14
- 8North5:01
- 9Sometimes in the Fall5:49
- 10Second to None3:25
- 11Napoleon Says (live)3:25
- 12Rally (live)3:18
- 13Sometimes in the Fall (live)6:08
- 14Second to None (live)6:29
14 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Phoenix
- Label
- Parlophone France
- Released
- May 15, 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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