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Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Reviews
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Reviews
| 104 of 113 people found the following review helpful  Brilliant synth-rock Europop - Phoenix's best yet, By This review is from: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (MP3 Download) Phoenix are one of the greatest bands to come out of France in the last 15 years (along with Daft Punk and Air, two of my great musical loves, and several other bands that formed around the same time), and they are finally receiving some well-deserved attention. Phoenix just keep getting better, and they know it -- they love it, they exploit it, they bathe in its glory. Seriously, who else would have the "couilles" to title their fourth album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix? But it's justified. This album is pure shining genius from a band with a unique and creative sound, a gift that the American public is starved for in these vapid, manufactured Disney-pop times. I've been hooked on Phoenix since the moment I saw their "If I Ever Feel Better" video in 2001 while living in Paris. Over the past decade, Phoenix have continually reinvented their sound -- with undeniable cohesion and hat-tips to previous albums -- and WAP, their pièce de résistance, is no exception... Read more 26 of 27 people found the following review helpful Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 9/10, By This review is from: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Audio CD) Phoenix has been chugging along dutifully for years ever since their taste-making role in Lost in Translation's soundtrack, but fame has continued to elude the French foursome. Lost in Translation wasn't Garden State, and Phoenix certainly isn't the Shins, but despite Phoenix's ability to churn out irresistibly catchy pop singles, those same singles have never managed to translate into pop success. Maybe something was lost in translation over the Atlantic (sorry, I had to), but Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, their 4th major label effort, offers more than enough quirky synth-rock to finally give the band a hit on American shores.The one-two punch of first single "Lisztomania" and "1901" that opens the record is the kind of combo that could prevent the rest of the album from being heard. Both are bouncy slices of indie rock guaranteed to get feet tapping: "Lisztomania" rides a jittery beat and vocalist Thomas Mars' oscillating vocals to a chorus perfectly memorable and perfectly... Read more 23 of 25 people found the following review helpful  Infectious, charming and accomplished., By This review is from: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Audio CD) "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" is the fourth album from French indie-rockers Phoenix.Phoenix are really rather brilliant, it's just a shame more people don't know it. Criminally underrated for most of their career, the French quartet return with this fourth effort, which, cringey title aside, is by far their most accomplished and infectious album to date. Nine years on from their debut, it's certainly not as if Phoenix have radically altered their musical approach. Speaking about the record, which the band describe as "fast and intense", the group suggested it captured the spirit of their 2000 debut 'United' with a more guitar-led sound. From the brisk, jaunty, adorable opener "Lisztomania" onwards this is an album that respects its listener, shunning sonic stunts and attention-seeking in favour of deft, accomplished musicianship and the kind of playful, kittenish charm that sneaks up on you slowly but surely. It delivers no surprises. It's yet another Phoenix... Read more |
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