Phoenix is another band who is in my soul for a long time now and I have the same admiration for them I usually am inspired by bands who manage to play excelent music over long periods of time, despite of the trends and mainstreams that change next to them. So, as soon as I spotted the Baba Novak album – which they released back in the end of 2005, it’s a shame I only managed to see it now – I grabbed it to listen and see how they sound like nowadays
Phoenix managed to release another good album, maybe not as good as their old ones or maybe I am not that keen on this kind of music now and I see it with different eyes. Still, it is a rich music, with complex instrumental parts, with quite the same type of lyrics and a general feeling that inspires.
Quite a surprise for me was to hear them play 2 tracks in English on this album. Maybe it is part of their “quest” to also gain some popularity outside the Romanian borders, although I think they have enough now.
Definetely recomend you to buy it – it really has an affordable price -, and here you are a sample. The first track on the album, called “Zori de Zi“.
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well, you’re right. Phoenix is one of those bands that simply made history with their past albums, and then channel their creative resources on that singular path. can’t blame them, it’s difficult for artists to re-invent themselves at a certain point.
all in all, it’s a good album, but not sheer genius.
however, I’d like to remind you that they had tracks in English on their previous albums as well. no need to be surprised :)
Yes, they did, but only a few, specially on the albums they released in Germany, not in Romania. As far as I know, on their initial albums (until 1990 or so) they were not playing in English at all…and in my opinion those were the albums that represent Phoenix the most.
It was kind of a surprise to hear them with 2 tracks in English (one partially in Spanish) on a single album released in Romania…even more as they were not just originally-romanian songs played / translated in English, but tracks of their own.
Yes, I agree, a nice album but not very genius, still, they deserve a significant “+” for playing so well after so much time.
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