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Alphabetical is the second album

Album

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by the French

France

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rock band

Rock Band

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Phoenix

Phoenix (band)

Phoenix is a Grammy Award winning French indie rock band from Versailles, founded by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.-Formation and early years:...

, released in 2004. The album has sold 30,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan

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. The album has two singles; "Everything Is Everything" and "Run Run Run".

Track listing

All tracks written by Phoenix
Phoenix (band)
Phoenix is a Grammy Award winning French indie rock band from Versailles, founded by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.-Formation and early years:...

.

"Everything Is Everything" – 3:01
"Run Run Run" – 3:50
"I'm an Actor" – 2:33
"Love for Granted" – 4:24
"Victim of the Crime" – 4:02
"(You Can't Blame It On) Anybody" – 3:33
"Congratulations" – 1:12
"If It's Not with You" – 3:57
"Holdin' on Together" – 3:27
"Alphabetical" – 7:34

Line-up

Deck D'Arcy - Bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, Keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

& Backing vocals
Singing
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Laurent Brancowitz
Laurent Brancowitz
Laurent Brancowitz is a musician best known for being one of the guitarists from the French alternative rock band Phoenix.- Darlin' :...

- Guitar
Guitar
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, Keyboards & Backing Vocals
Thomas Mars - Vocals
Christian Mazzalai - Guitar & Backing Vocals

Additional musicians

Ivan Beck - Acoustic Guitar on "Love for Granted"
Pino Palladino - Bass on "Congratulations", "Victim of the Crime" & "Alphabetical"
Jm Mery - Additional Keyboards on "Congratulations", "If It's Not With You", & "Alphabetical"
Alex Locascio - drums
Drum kit
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and Percussion
Percussion instrument
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on "Everything Is Everything", "I'm An Actor", "Love For Granted", & "Victim of the Crime"

Release details

The album was released in various countries.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	March 24, 2005	Toshiba-EMI Toshiba-EMI (formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	VJCP 68627
Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... , United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	March 29, 2004	Source Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...	LP	SOURLP095
			CD	CDSOUR095
France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	March 30, 2004	Source	CD
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	April 12, 2004	Virgin Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...	CD	5986350
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	July 27, 2004	Astralwerks Astralwerks Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States.... , Source	CD	7243 5 98635 0 4

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