Joy by Phish

Joy, Phish's twelfth studio album, came out on September 8, 2009, on the band's own JEMP Records, and it's a homecoming in more ways than one. It was their first studio record since Undermind in 2004 and their first since reuniting in March 2009, and it brought back producer Steve Lillywhite, who hadn't worked with them since Billy Breathes in 1996.

Trey Anastasio's guitar, Mike Gordon's bass, Jon Fishman's drums and Page McConnell's keyboards lock back together like the band never left, and the songs are tighter and more direct than the sprawling jams that built their devoted following, with a warm, grateful glow. "Backwards Down the Number Line", the second single, is the sunny heart of it, and it climbed to #9 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart in October 2009.

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