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Universal acclaim- based on 189 Ratings
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Positive: 176 out of 189
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Mixed: 9 out of 189
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Negative: 4 out of 189
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Oct 9, 2022This may be an obvious statement but Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is Phoenix's best album. This incredible alt-rock album has so many great songs, like Lisztomania, 1901, and Armistice.
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May 3, 2018If you could describe this album in one word, that word would be "catchy", one of the most chilled back indie pop-rock albums ever made, a mile stone for the french group Phoenix. Believe me, you'll catch listzomania from this album.
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Mar 11, 2018Almost ten years later, this album still feels as fresh as it did when we first heart 1901 for the first time. This is Phoenix at their most consistent, lyrically sharp and sonically beautiful. The production is bright, the lyrics are descriptive and as a whole, it is essential to any decade.
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Oct 13, 2014Guys, calm down. WAP is not the masterpiece everyone says it is. The first two tracks, being Lisztomania and 1901 are awesome, but the rest are just standard, relatively uninteresting, and poorly executed pop songs. This is just average.
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Aug 5, 2014Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is Phoenix's best album and my personal favourite.
It's sweet and soft, with catchy hooks and great melodies. The sound is incredibly accurate, precise, crafted lovingly. There's no bad tracks here, every song deserves its place on the tracklist.
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Apr 25, 2012Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is a peppy albums with upbeat tracks like "1901" and "Armistice". However, I find that the songs lack the complexity to really remain interesting over dozens of hearings. They're great the first couple of times through, but they lose their charm later.
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Jul 14, 2011Fantastic album; lives up to all the hype it received. There is not a bad track on it, and it such a dramatic evolution of Phoenix's previous work that it is hard to believe the same band made this and crappy Euro-pop albums like United.
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Aug 19, 2010Phoenix has masterfully created an artistic and insightful album.
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JakeWFeb 2, 2010Am I the only person who doesn't get this album? I really want to like it, everyone else seems to, but I just find it... dull?
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OliverF.Dec 31, 2009Sort of a summer record. You can put it on without bumming your friends out, or yourself. However, if you listen to it on your own, there is dreadful sense of every vocal line sounding the same. Let's face it, it is pretty samey.
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GeorgieP.Dec 11, 2009Inspiring ! Creative ! In a category of its own ! Phoenix has created a unique sound that's just so pleasing to the ear that words just don't do it justice. You need to listen to the quality of this band to truly understand. Wolfgang Amadeus is what I've been waiting for since i got sucked into "United". Don't miss out on this band, they've got some talent.
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BobS.Oct 21, 2009Excellent, is all you can say about the songs Lisztomania and 1901. But some songs just revert to dullness, like Girlfriend. Bleugh. That song is awful. But why are they singing in English if they're french?
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KateH.Oct 12, 2009Love it! Great style and great charm.
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PaulMSep 24, 2009The CD is great, however I fell in love with them after seeing them live. Love Like a Sunset (instrumental song) was amazing and Rome was up there with all time live songs I've heard. Seeing them live will put this CD into a new light.
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GriffTAug 19, 2009Good mix of their old style, and the direction they're headed. Very well done.
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MSAug 13, 2009A good pop album for the summer from a solid band. Continues the Justice/ Daft punk French 'thang' but mixes it with Coldplay-style pop songs. Probably be forgotten by the time the leaves start to drop in Autumn.
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AliCJul 24, 2009Can't stop listening to this album...highly addictive, but you'll still be listening to it obsessively 8 weeks later.
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IanMJul 23, 2009I had never even heard of Phoenix until I found this album, but once I listened to WAP once, I could not stop listening to it! This album is like a breath of satisfyingly fresh air. I have almost all of their albums now, but this is the best one by far! Awesome...that is about all else I can say.
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TobyH.Jul 15, 2009
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rozzysJul 3, 2009
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Ollie!Jul 2, 2009This is one of those rare albums that I like every song on, and will probably never get bored of. I can and do listen to it on repeat for most of the work day. My wife also feels the same way, so it's not just me. :) Album of the year!
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ReclaimerJul 2, 2009Energetic, fun and one that does not wear thin quickly. This is one you can enjoy for quite a while.
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MehMehJun 30, 2009A fun album, but the audio equivalent of a beach novel. Basically sounds like _Is This It_ with a bit more polish and pop. Not worthy of the hype, but worth the $7 I got it for at Target.
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SimonSJun 28, 2009So catchy and so uplifting. I think I've literally listened to the entire album, from start to finish, 20 times. Favorite song= Big Sun.
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PDXVIASTLJun 23, 2009
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WeezyBreezyJun 4, 2009
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TomPMay 31, 2009Very, very, similar in sound to Of Montreal, only slightly more accessible, but that's a good thing, especially considering Of Montreal's last CD was a mess. Consider this to be your amazing substitute.
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matthewaMay 29, 2009
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MycroftW.May 28, 2009Like all your favourite pop-albums rolled into one and the result is frankly better than the sum of the parts. Bloody good!
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ZacariasYMay 28, 2009One of the bests albums of the year.
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AaronHMay 28, 2009Excellent, Great Production Value has a great vibe that keeps you grooving and beats out all the Pop crap out there.
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MyclesMay 28, 2009not just great music -- an incredible hopeful feeling permeates this record. it's an album that wooses by with its own unique sound while still making you recall the best of a thousand bands along the way. true, if you tune in to certain parts of the lyrics, they can sound pretty silly, but then sometimes sincere too.
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MarylinYMay 28, 2009A great album from the french rock band, reminds me the strokes, they are genius!!
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CharlesDuckworthMay 28, 2009A fine, fun filled pop album. No great departure from their previous work, expect more of same high energy pop-rock we have come to expect from Poenix.
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GabrielCMay 28, 2009They are the new strokes, what a wonderful album, Lisztomania, Fences are 1901 and Countdown are the standout tracks.
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BeeManMay 27, 2009I've listened to this album at least a dozen times since it leaked a while back. It's very catchy throughout, although the first half of the album is much stronger than the second. Still one of my favorites from this year so far.
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AndyMay 27, 2009Incredibly infectious pop-rock. You're not having any fun if you can't enjoy this album.
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NicholasSMay 27, 2009
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Awards & Rankings
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It’s an approximation of what perfection might mean, which is: precise, lean, deliberate. There’s not a wasted moment here, and not one moment overstays it’s welcome, which from a bunch of aristocrats (I get) is pretty frickin’ rich.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is a slender, fat-free affair, all Gallic swerve and subtle swagger. This may well be the album to broaden their fan-base wider then the fashionable glitterati.
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The real star of the show isn’t the often-bloodless figure of Thomas Mars, it’s the brilliantly detailed production, centred around the dovetailing drum and guitar chops, best heard via headphones for the full stroboscopic effect.