C'est La Vie (Phosphorescent album)

C'est La Vie is the seventh studio album by Phosphorescent. The album was released on Dead Oceans on October 5, 2018.^[11]

C'est La Vie
Studio album by Phosphorescent
Released	October 5, 2018
Studio	Spirit Sounds Studio, Nashville
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop, indie folk, alternative country, psychedelic pop
Length	46:05
Label	Dead Oceans
Phosphorescent chronology
Muchacho (2013) C'est La Vie (2018) Revelator (2024)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	8/10[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Line of Best Fit	8.5/10[5]
Paste	8.2/10[6]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[7]
The Skinny	[8]
Slant Magazine	[9]
Under the Radar	8/10[10]

Release

On July 30, 2018, Matthew Houck - under his stage name Phosphorescent - announced the release of his seventh album, along with the first single "New Birth in New England".^[12]

Critical reception

C'est La Vie was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80 based on 19 reviews.^[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 21 reviews.^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Moon / Silver Waves"	1:16
2.	"C'est La Vie No.2"	3:26
3.	"New Birth in New England"	5:00
4.	"There From Here"	5:21
5.	"Around the Horn"	8:11
6.	"Christmas Down Under"	6:17
7.	"My Beautiful Boy"	5:46
8.	"These Rocks"	4:26
9.	"Black Waves / Silver Moon"	6:22
Total length:		46:05

Charts

Chart performance for C'est La Vie

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14]	37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	89
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16]	130
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[17]	1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18]	16
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19]	12
US Top Folk Albums (Billboard)[20]	16

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic^[21]

Musicians Matthew Houck – primary artist, vocals, producer Ricky Ray Jackson – guitar Luke Reynolds – guitar Christopher Marine – drums Kevin Black – bass Jo Schornikow – accordion, piano Scott Stapleton – piano Dave Roe – bass Rustine Bragaw – bass Alexis Saski – backing vocals Maureen Murphy – backing vocals Kyshona Armstrong – backing vocals Nicole Boggs – backing vocals

Production Richard Dodd – mastering Vance Powell – engineer Andrija Tokic – engineer