C'est La Vie (Phosphorescent album)
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ReleasedOctober 5, 2018
StudioSpirit Sounds Studio, Nashville
Length46:05
| C'est La Vie | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 5, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Spirit Sounds Studio, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie pop, indie folk, alternative country, psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 46:05 | |||
| Label | Dead Oceans | |||
| Phosphorescent chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8.5/10[5] |
| Paste | 8.2/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[7] |
| The Skinny | [8] |
| Slant Magazine | [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]
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. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |