Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Occupation

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

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

The titles included on the album " 1901 " was provided on 23 February 2009 free download on the band's own website ..

The first single from the album is called " Lisztomania ". As lisztomanisch the writer Heinrich Heine described the enthusiastic response of the audience to Franz Liszt's virtuosic piano playing .. Lisztomania is also the title of a film biography of Ken Russell about the composer from 1975 with Roger Daltrey in the title role. As a song title is " Lisztomania " to express that the type of rock stars have always existed ..

The music video for Lisztomania was with respect to the historic title in the Richard -Wagner- Festspielhaus, held each year and a theater from the 19th century in which the Bayreuth Festival turned. In another unofficial video that was known by the Internet platform YouTube, are synchronized with the music dance scenes from the movies The Breakfast Club to see Pretty in Pink, Footloose and Mannequin. From this impressed the band called it her best video.

The song " 1901 " is also O used in the current (2009) ₂ advertising for the Palm Pre.

Track list

Charts

In the week from 25 to 31 May 2009, the album debuted at number 14 in the French album charts.