Bankrupt!

by Phoenix

Bankrupt! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 April 2013
  • Label: Glassnote
  • Country: France
  • Length: 40:37
  • Community rating: 3.19/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Cameron Kennedy, Steph Mudford, Thomas Hedlund, Laurent d'Herb茅court, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Michael Askill, Philippe Zdar

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following up their massive international breakthrough, the French indie pop band recorded partially using the original mixing console from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. The album leans heavily into shimmering, layered synthesizer arrangements and incredibly dense, pristine pop production.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, synthesizers, accessible, polished, dance

Tracklist

  1. Entertainment (3:39)
  2. The Real Thing (3:22)
  3. S.O.S In Bel Air (3:43)
  4. Trying To Be Cool (3:48)
  5. Bankrupt! (6:57)
  6. Drakkar Noir (3:22)
  7. Chloroform (4:04)
  8. Don't (3:16)
  9. Bourgeois (4:53)
  10. Oblique City (3:29)

Credits

  • Christian Mazzalai - band [phoenix are]
  • Deck D'Arcy - band [phoenix are]
  • Thomas Mars - band [phoenix are]
  • Ben Garvie - cover, illustration
  • Thomas Hedlund - drums, other [drums sampled from]
  • Erik Mikalsen - effects [custom effects unit]
  • George Jarvis - effects [custom effects unit]
  • Cameron Kennedy - mallets, percussion

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