Bankrupt!
by Phoenix

Bankrupt! by Phoenix
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-04-19
Overall rank: 3,409th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 264 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (70th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (590th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,409th)

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Phoenix bestography

Bankrupt! is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Phoenix on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Phoenix is Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix which is ranked number 442 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,795.

Phoenix album bestography « Higher ranked (442nd)
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
This album (3,409th)
Bankrupt!
Lower ranked (3,765th) »
It's Never Been Like That

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Bankrupt! rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,409th | 2010s rank: 590th | 2013 rank: 70th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 264 votes)
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From dihansse 03/12/2017 20:41 in My discoveries per year
And the last batch of albums of 2013 I have listened to: - (nr 41 on the overall BEA top chart of 2013): Electronic morose stuff just like one the other albums I've already heard of them. - (nr 42): also not really my taste - (nr 43): Forever and The Wire are not bad but the rest is just plain…
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75/100
From 09/12/2015 03:41 | #149535
I'd say the previous two were both better, but this definitely isn't a dissapointment.
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55/100
From 01/31/2015 11:54 | #133259
Bof , bof .. Les frenchies sont en baisse.. Je préfère 100000 fois le remix fait par Dinosaur Junior du titre "Entertainment"
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From 11/01/2014 20:04 | #125975
A gem here and there makes the lacking production of the album worth it.
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80/100
Okay, after a review this is what I think:

First of all, this is a great album, stands as one of my favorites. However, there were a lot of expectations after Phoenix's previous work. Everyone expected for a new Wolfgang, the problem is that Phoenix haven't made a new Wolfgang, they made a new album. Which is maybe not as good as Wolfgang but it still great.
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Rating:  
80/100
Underrated. It's not WAP, but there are quite few tracks that make it an album worth listening to, specially the beginning. Entertainment is a fantastic song that has nothing to envy to any song in the previous album; Trying to Be Cool is excellent; The Real Thing, SOS in Bel Air, Bourgeois are all pretty good, and the rest isn't bad at all (just not very memorable).

It doesn't reach the magnificence of Wolfgang, but on it's own it's a good album with some songs that really showcase how good Phoenix can be
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