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Punisher

4.8 out of 5 stars (2,685)

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MP3 Music, 18 June 2020
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Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t write love songs as much as songs about the impact love can have on our lives, personalities, and priorities. Punisher, her fourth release and second solo album, is concerned with that subject. To say she writes about heartbreak is to undersell her blue wisdom, to say she writes about pain erases all the strange joy her music emanates. The arrival of Punisher cements Phoebe Bridgers as one of the most clever, tender and prolific songwriters of our era. Bridgers is the rare artist with enough humor to deconstruct her own meteoric rise. Repeatedly praised by publications like The New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, Pitchfork, The Fader, The Los Angeles Times and countless others, Bridgers herself is more interested in discussing topics on Twitter, deadpanning meditations on the humiliating process of being a person, she presents a sweetly funny flipside to the strikingly sad songs she writes. Fittingly, Punisher is fascinated with, and driven by, that kind of impossible tension. Whether it’s writing tweets or songs, Bridgers’s singular talent lies in bringing fierce curiosity to slimy and painful things, interrogating them until they yield up answers that are beautiful and absurd, or faithfully reporting the reality that, sometimes, they are neither. Bridgers pulls together a formidable crew of guests, including the Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson and Conor Oberst as well as Nathaniel Walcott (of Bright Eyes), Nick Zinner (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Jenny Lee Lindberg (of Warpaint), Blake Mills and Jim Keltner as well as her longtime bandmates Marshall Vore (drums), Harrison Whitford (guitar), Emily Retsas (bass) and Nick White (keys). The album was mixed by Mike Mogis, who also mixed Stranger In The Alps. On the album’s epic, freewheeling closer, I Know The End, Bridgers orchestrates wails and horns, drums and electric guitar into a sumptuous doomsday swirl, culminating in her own final whispered roar. This is Punisher in a nutshell: devastating elegance punctuated by a moment of deeply campy self-awareness.

Product details

  • Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 31.75 x 31.39 x 0.97 cm; 480.81 Grams
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ DEAD OCEANS
  • Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ PIA0113
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2020
  • Label ‏ : ‎ DEAD OCEANS
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086XZW1S7
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Best Sellers Rank: 1,944 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars (2,685)

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4.8 out of 5 stars
2,685 global ratings
perfect album
5 out of 5 stars
perfect album
the record came in perfect condition! no warping at all. The little art booklet that comes with it makes the experience all the much better. Amazing songs, cheap price and is a staple for record collectors. No complaints.
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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    perfect album
    Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2024
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    the record came in perfect condition! no warping at all. The little art booklet that comes with it makes the experience all the much better. Amazing songs, cheap price and is a staple for record collectors. No complaints.

    perfect album
    5 out of 5 stars
    perfect album
    Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2024

    the record came in perfect condition! no warping at all. The little art booklet that comes with it makes the experience all the much better. Amazing songs, cheap price and is a staple for record collectors. No complaints.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    Great vinyl version.
    Reviewed in Australia on 24 May 2023
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    Great price and a dead flat pressing with very good sound quality that is comfortably better than the CD.

    Included with the album is a very nice 12 inch booklet with intriguing artwork that has the lyrics beautifully printed so one doesn’t need a microscope to read them.

    I’m sure most people reading this will know the music already, but worth a chance if you are unfamiliar as Phoebe is a major talent.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    A Japan release?
    Reviewed in Australia on 24 June 2023
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    Bough in Australia. Weirdly this is a Japan release without the obi strip. Other than that no issues.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    Good pressing. Great record.
    Reviewed in Australia on 18 August 2020
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    Good pressing. Very quiet. Great record. Highly recommended.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    PHARBS RISE UP
    Reviewed in Australia on 30 January 2021
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    i hate amazon but ill do anything for phoebe

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  • 1 out of 5 stars
    Never arrived
    Reviewed in Australia on 6 July 2023
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    Wonderful album, unfortunately it never arrived. I’m in Victoria, tracking info said it was delivered, but the latest update was somewhere in Sydney (not even the right State)

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  • 2 out of 5 stars
    Minor, but many damages
    Reviewed in Australia on 24 December 2021
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    Vinyl looks amazing, however, there were some very clear knicks and dents on both the packaging, and the sleeve. The vinyl it’s self was also noticeably warped, which resulted in a lot of skipping, and sounding slightly out of time. Given I paid over $200 for this I am frankly appalled at the terrible condition.

    Minor, but many damages
    Minor, but many damages
    Minor, but many damages
    2 out of 5 stars
    Minor, but many damages
    Reviewed in Australia on 24 December 2021

    Vinyl looks amazing, however, there were some very clear knicks and dents on both the packaging, and the sleeve. The vinyl it’s self was also noticeably warped, which resulted in a lot of skipping, and sounding slightly out of time. Given I paid over $200 for this I am frankly appalled at the terrible condition.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    Works as it should
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on 6 May 2026
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    Good music and plays as it should.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    Excellent
    Reviewed in France on 20 December 2025
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    Très bien protégé pour la livraison et délais respecté

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    Nice find, very pleasant album
    Reviewed in Singapore on 16 March 2023
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    Easy listening album that I chanced upon on my amazon feed. Guess the label didn't really do a good job marketing her internationally. Recommended if you like easy-listening, modern indie folk music.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    a remarkable piece of art
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2021
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    if you don’t like this album, can you even hear? in fact can you see or hear? because this album had enough content lyrically to cure both the blind and deaf, cancer, climate change and global hunger. phoebes crisp and delicate vocals are sharp as wire, and could cut like a knife. it’s heartbreakingly brutal with its simplicity. she’s sick and twisted for this.

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  • 5 out of 5 stars
    Strepitosa Phoebe Bridgers
    Reviewed in Italy on 31 May 2023
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    Quest'artista è entrata rapidamente nel mio cuore. Dopo il successo dell'album d'esordio "Stranger in the Alps", Phoebe Bridgers ci regala un altro capolavoro con "Punisher". La sua voce molto particolare e vellutata fa vivere sensazioni tra la realtà e il sogno. Tante le tracce degne di nota, una menzione particolare va a Savior Complex, che penso sia la più bella di tutta la sua discografia finora. Phoebe ha una capacità unica di scrivere i testi e la reputo una delle migliori cantautrici della nostra epoca. Raccomando a tutti questo album, ve ne innamorerete.

    Strepitosa Phoebe Bridgers
    5 out of 5 stars
    Strepitosa Phoebe Bridgers
    Reviewed in Italy on 31 May 2023

    Quest'artista è entrata rapidamente nel mio cuore. Dopo il successo dell'album d'esordio "Stranger in the Alps", Phoebe Bridgers ci regala un altro capolavoro con "Punisher". La sua voce molto particolare e vellutata fa vivere sensazioni tra la realtà e il sogno. Tante le tracce degne di nota, una menzione particolare va a Savior Complex, che penso sia la più bella di tutta la sua discografia finora. Phoebe ha una capacità unica di scrivere i testi e la reputo una delle migliori cantautrici della nostra epoca. Raccomando a tutti questo album, ve ne innamorerete.

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