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It's Never Been Like That

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Released
  
May 15, 2006

Length
  
36:54

Artist
  
Phoenix

Label
  
EMI Music Japan

Recorded
  
August–November 2005

Producer
  
Phoenix

Release date
  
10 May 2006

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It's Never Been Like That (2006)
  
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Indie pop

Similar
  
Phoenix albums, Indie pop albums

It's Never Been Like That is the third studio album by French indie pop band Phoenix. It was released 15 May 2006 in the European Union. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Long Distance Call" on 8 May 2006 (see 2006 in British music and 2006 in music).

Contents

The album was later re-released in Mexico as a tour edition with four bonus tracks recorded live in Oslo the 20 April 2006.

It's Never Been Like That was rated number 13 in Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2006 and 38 in their Top Albums of the 2000s. The album has sold 36,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Track listing

All tracks written by Phoenix.

Notes

  • This edition of the album is referred to as the "New Edition". It was released in France and on tour in Mexico back in 2006, but is now being sold as a 2009 release in the US.
  • The live tracks were recorded in Oslo on April 20, 2006.

    • Release history

    The album was released in various countries:

    Songs

    1Napoleon Says3:14
    2Consolation Prizes3:16
    3Rally3:17

    References

    It's Never Been Like That Wikipedia
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