Ti Amo

On their sixth record, we find Phoenix at both their most romantic and irresistibly rakish. <i>Ti Amo</i>’s subjects include—but are not limited to—love, desire, gelato and lost European summers, and might have inspired a career high. “J-Boy” and “Ti Amo” are a 1-2 hit worthy of the “Lisztomania”/”1901” combo that opens <i>Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix</i>. “Fior de Latte” is all twinkling synths and Thomas Mars at his yearnsome best, while the giddy “Fleur de Lys” is so beautifully ‘80s, its video should be shot aboard a yacht with a cameo offered to Simon Le Bon. 2017 has its album of the summer.