| Phoenix | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Xymox |
| Cover: | Clan_Of_Xymox_-_Phoenix.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 46:28 |
| Label: | Wing Records/PolyGram |
| Producer: | Peter Walsh |
| Prev Title: | Twist of Shadows |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Metamorphosis |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Phoenix is the fourth studio album by Dutch dark wave band Xymox, released in 1991 by Wing Records/PolyGram. It was produced by Peter Walsh. Guitarist Michael Brook guested on the tracks "The Shore Down Under" and "Mark the Days". The album charted in the United States at No. 163 on the Billboard 200.[1] The single Phoenix of My Heart peaked at No. 16 on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play chart,[2] as well as reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart[2] [3] and No. 27 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.[3]
The album was perceived as slicker and more pop-minded than Xymox's previous albums. Gavin Report proclaimed the album "a faultless offering of this clan of musicians we call Xymox".[4] Melody Maker said, "They haven't entirely abandoned seamless, panoramic sweeps that characterized their first couple of releases on 4AD, and they still have a firm emotional grip, but now they work in a less gloomy space. Phoenix is full of surprises".[5]
Based on:[6]
Recorded at Jacobs Studios, Surrey.Mixed at Marcus Studios and Ridge Farm Studio.