Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix studio album

Publication
(s)

May 25, 2009

Label (s) V2 Records , Loyauté

Genre (s)

Alternative rock , indie pop , new wave

Title (number)

10

running time

36 min 23 sec

occupation
  • Singing: Thomas Mars
  • Guitar: Christian Mazzalai
  • Guitar: Laurent Brancowitz
  • Bass: Deck D'Arcy

production

Phoenix , Philippe Zdar

chronology
It's Never Been Like That Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Bankrupt!

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the fourth studio album by the band Phoenix . Like the debut album United, it was mixed by Philippe Zdar .

Emergence

The title 1901 contained on the album was made available on February 23, 2009 as a free download on the band's website.

The first single on the album is called Lisztomania . The writer Heinrich Heine described the enthusiastic reaction of the audience to Franz Liszt's virtuoso piano playing as Lisztomaniac . Lisztomania is also the title of a biography by Ken Russell about the composer from 1975, starring Roger Daltrey . The song title Lisztomania is intended to express that the type of rock star has always existed.

The music video for Lisztomania was shot with reference to the historical title in the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus , a theater from the 19th century where the Bayreuth Festival takes place every year . Another unofficial video made famous by the internet platform Youtube shows dance scenes from the films The Breakfast Club , Pretty in Pink , Footloose and Mannequin, synchronized with the music . Impressed by this, the band called it their best video.

The song 1901 was also used in 2009 in the O₂ advertising for the Palm Pre .

Track list

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  FR 14th 05/30/2009 (80 weeks)
  DE 18th 06/05/2009 (4 weeks)
  AT 66 06/05/2009 (1 week)
  CH 23 06/07/2009 (5 weeks)
  UK 54 05/31/2009 (1 week)
  US 37 05/30/2009 (83 weeks)
Singles
1901
  US 84 December 19, 2009 (13 weeks)
  1. Lisztomania - 4:09
  2. 1901 - 3:18
  3. Fences - 3:50
  4. Love Like a Sunset Part I - 5:38
  5. Love Like a Sunset Part II - 1:56
  6. Lasso - 2:50
  7. Rome - 4:49
  8. Countdown - 4:00
  9. Girlfriend - 3:24
  10. Armistice - 3:06

Charts

In the week of May 25th to 31st, 2009 the album entered the French album charts at number 14.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Phoenix Reveal Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Details Pitchfork Media
  2. ↑ Kiel contributions to film music research (PDF; 3.1 MB)
  3. ↑ It's darn trendy: Interview with Phoenix  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.sputnik.de. Retrieved June 10, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.sputnik.de  
  4. ↑ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6328608.ece
  5. ↑ Chart sources: FR DE ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH US @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix in the Official UK Charts (English)

Web links