2.' Beyond containing the band's best, most efficient songwriting, the album also stands apart from the first three studio albums by projecting a cool punch that is unforced. 1' of 'Love Like a Sunset,' which serves the same purpose as the extended instrumental passages on Roxy Music's Avalon, at least until its rousing conclusion and shift into 'Pt. There is plenty to like beyond that point, including 'Lasso,' which niftily alternates between a tangled rhythm and tight-spiral riffing, and the labyrinthine 'Pt.

The two opening songs, the bopping 'Lisztomania' and the buzzing '1901,' are so immediate and prone to habitual play that the remainder of the album is bound to be neglected. Realigned with Philippe Zdar, the half of Cassius who mixed United, Phoenix make adjustments on the polarizing characteristics of their second and third albums - the pokey and occasionally listless Alphabetical, the jagged and tune-deficient It's Never Been Like That - with some of the most direct and enjoyable songs they've made to date. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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