Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

Artist: Phoenix
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Label: Glassnote Records
UPC: 00892038002176
Release Date: 5/26/2009
Buy.com Sku: 211031567
Item#: M4MPFT
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Lisztomania ~ Phoenix (Rock)
2. 1901 ~ Phoenix (Rock)
3. Fences ~ Phoenix (Rock)
4. Love Like a Sunset Pt. 1 ~ Phoenix (Rock)
5. Love Like a Sunset Pt. 2 ~ Phoenix (Rock)
6. Lasso ~ Phoenix (Rock)
7. Rome ~ Phoenix (Rock)
8. Countdown ~ Phoenix (Rock)
9. Girlfriend ~ Phoenix (Rock)
10. Armistice ~ Phoenix (Rock)



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Phoenix: Thomas Mars (vocals); Christian Mazzalai, Laurent Brancowitz (guitar); Deck d'Arcy (bass guitar).
Personnel: Cedric Plancy (flute).
Additional personnel: Thomas Hedlund (drums, sampler).
Audio Mixer: Philippe Zdar.
Audio Remasterer: Mike Marsh.
Photographer: Shoichi Kajino.
The slyly referential MOR-pop of Phoenix has, in part, staked it's effectiveness on the reclaiming of unfashionable music styles of yore. From electro-inflected country & western ditties to airy, synth-heavy soft-rock, the group's giddy embrace of all that's considered schlock--retouching the results to a fine point with crisp, modern production and a hip, young attitude--ascended them to the status of postmodern pop auteurs par excellence. WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX, the band's fourth album, further refines their approach, reining in the scattershot, darts-to-the-wall tactics of the past to reveal some of the most vibrantly melodic and robust songwriting of their career. The album kicks off with the bouncy, feel good rave-up "Lisztomania," a song whose, mostly, nonsense lyrics singer Thomas Mars imbues with convincing stylistic panache. The only song that deviates from the album's revved-up and stylized pop perfection is the plangent, nearly eight-minute, epic "Love Like a Sunset," which explores the shoegazery melodrama of groups like M83.

Producer: Philippe Zdar; Phoenix

Engineer: Julien Delfaud; Cedric Plancy; Julien Delfaud; Julien Naudin; Florent Livet; Fabien Courtois; Cedric Plancy; Philippe Zdar

 
Artist Overview
French pop group Phoenix play an irony-heavy, 1980s brand of breezy soft-rock that's given a crisp, contemporary sheen with an electronic-leaning production style. Though the band plays fairly straightforward rock-influenced pop music, it was born out of the same scene that produced both Daft Punk and Air, two French groups with a more dance/club focus to their sounds. Early in its career the group developed a considerable cult following that included filmmaker Sophia Coppola amongst its ranks. It released its third full-length studio album in 2006.

Artist Influences
ABC | Aztec Camera | Burt Bacharach | Electric Light Orchestra | Fleetwood Mac | Hall & Oates | Quincy Jones | Steely Dan | Stereolab | Todd Rundgren

Artist Contemporaries
Air (2~France) | Aluminum Group | Baby Dayliner | Daft Punk | Mellow | Phantom Planet | Tahiti 80 | The Clientele | The National Trust | Zoot Woman


 
Compilation Appearances
Shallow Hal
Lost In Translation
Six Feet Under, Volume 2-Everything Ends
Latenighttales

 
Associated Artists and Works
Alphabetical ~ Phenix
Phenix
Phenix
Phenix

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 05/26/2009
Original Release Date : 2009
Catalog ID : 010502
Label : Glass Note
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00892038002176

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.72)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "The 10 songs are sleek and clean....'Fences' spikes the electro beat of Daft Punk with an urgent acoustic-guitar breakdown for splendidly danceable melancholy."

Spin (p.94)
- "These arch Frenchmen make precision-tooled pop that somehow retains a sense of urgency and playfulness -- an impressive balancing act..."

Entertainment Weekly (p.62)
- "[T]he Versailles-bred foursome actually possess one of the purest pop aesthetics on either side of the Atlantic....The underlying vibe is both retro and somehow outside of time..." -- Grade: A-

Alternative Press (p.130)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n absolute blast, rich in ringing guitar and euphoric synths....The expansive, two-part 'Love Like A Sunset' evokes strains of '70s prog-disco."

CMJ - "The band's brand of glamorous electronic-tinged pop is mixed with twee plinks here and there, supplemented with airy keys and a futuristic spaceship feel that will be pleasing to both clubbers and concert-goers alike."

Billboard (p.53)
- "The group has polished its '60s-rock-revivalist sound to near perfection, but keeps expanding its aural palette, experimenting with layered rhythms and sonic textures."

Q (Magazine)
(p.130)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "It may be oversimplifying to invoke the spirit of Radiohead, but this could be Phoenix's OK Computer and Kid A rolled into one."

Paste (magazine)
(p.53)
- "Thomas Mars sings with the urgency of Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, and his band plays with a Killers-like accessibility."

Pitchfork (Website)
- "[T]he album's 10 songs are arranged and executed with virtuoso pop-rock precision....Its unflappable sonic sheen gives WOLFGANG some winsome 80s nostalgia..."

  
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