Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, released in 2009 is a 10-song indie pop album released by the four-piece band Phoenix. This is the band’s fourth album release.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is a lighthearted album comprised of radio-friendly hits, lyrics reminiscent to love songs, and well-crafted motifs and hooks that make it the band’s best-selling album to date. According to Genius, the album has “received critical acclaim from both music publications and the Grammy’s, and the lead singles ‘1901’ and ‘Lisztomania’ have been played over 125 million times combined on Spotify.

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The title of Phoenix’s latest album obviously references composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the song title “Lisztomania” describes the old-school Beatlemania that surrounded 19th-century. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the fourth and breakthrough album of French band Phoenix. The synth-infused indie pop tunes featured catchy hooks and romance-inspired lyrics and earned the band a.

TRACK LINEUP

Lisztomania

Kicking off the album with one of its greatest hits, Lisztomania is an upbeat indie rock track with a very interesting metaphor. “Lisztomania” is a witty reference to “Beatlemania,” a craze in the 1960 revolving around British rock band, The Beatles. In The Virtuoso Liszt, it is explained that classical composer Franz Liszt had his own period of mania, yet it was much more controlled. During Beatlemania, The Beatles actually had to stop touring due to the amount of disruptive screaming during performances, suggesting that fans only liked the band because of their status as an icon, as opposed to their actual music. Lead singer Thomas Mars sings about how conflicted he is. During performances, fans held their applause until the end, and the scene was much more “high-class”. While Mars prefers the sense of respect that came from the classical period, it is attached to several societal norms and expectations that are seen as burdens in the modern day. The chorus encapsulates this feeling very well, and how corrupted love is a byproduct of these unhealthy social norms. At its peak, the song reached #4 on Billboard’s US Alternative chart. A video of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her college friends dancing to the song even went viral recently, as an attempt to smear her term in Congress backfired. Lisztomania is a cute and joyful hit, and possibly one of the most approachable songs on the album.

1901

Another track released to high praise, 1901 is another indie rock track with touches of synths. When it comes to the lyrics, it’s a bit ambiguous. According to Genius, the song is about the flourishing of 19th to 20th century Paris. “The peace and prosperity in Paris allowed the arts to flourish, and many masterpieces of literature, music, theater, and visual art gained recognition.” Phoenix, being made up of French members has a strong attachment to the region. Mars says, “It’s a song about Paris. Paris in 1901 was better than what it is now. It’s still nice, but 1901 was better. This is a fantasy about Paris.“ Other than the viewpoints of band members, the lyrics really don’t have any other hints within them. It’s odd – with this track being one of the best sounding and popular tracks according to many, you would think the lyrics would support the positive sentiments. What I’ve found, is that there is a common theme with this album – where many songs’ composition carries the track, while the lyrics remain enigmatic. 1901 is a great sounding track, but is undeniably puzzling as well.

Fences

With this track, the theme continues. Fences, is quite literally about lovers building “fences,” or walls, distancing themselves and hurting others in the process. The language used in this track is really basic, and all of the lyrics have bare-bones meanings. Again, the instrumentals are good, with an especially impressive bass line. But the lyrics simply don’t cut it. The simple chorus consists of: “Fences, in a row. Fences, in a row. Wired and protected, in a row.” Later on, the song even says that the woman in question “would rather mess with me than get going,” going as far to suggest that it’s the woman’s fault for not escalating the relationship, characterizing the entire song as extremely predatory, almost forcing a woman to comply with her boyfriend’s desires because he claims that she is simply “fencing people off”. The entire thing just comes off to me as uncomfortable, even in its good parts, and it’s a shame.

Love Like a Sunset, Part I

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This track is entirely instrumental. It begins with a high pitched synth melody, with other synth effects, resembling a soft engine, or a vehicle speeding by. The synth melody augments, and an acoustic guitar enters, with a darker sound appearing. A xylophone repeats a pedal tone, as the synths and guitar switch moods with chords. Finally, the electric guitars enter, playing motifs from other tracks on the album such as Armistice, which will come back later. The synths escalate, until everything stops for a split second. The engine returns, with a much more tonal sound, like an electric amp. The future motif returns, and the drums enter. The motif takes center stage, with an impressive guitar line. More synth effects layer on as the instruments crescendo. The track has an impressive buildup to a B minor ending, but the instruments fall and fade first, with the engine noises malfunctioning into silence. I think this is an excellent instrumental track, as far as instrumental tracks go. There are obviously no shallow lyrics to groan over, and the motifs displayed return in future songs on the album, giving this track an artful reasoning for existing in the first place. It’s obviously more of a synth track than a rock track, and it’s 5 minutes and 39 seconds long, which may be a bit of a stretch for some. My only huge gripe I have is the title, which I will get into on…

Love Like a Sunset, Part II

This track isn’t entirely instrumental, but the instrumentals definitely take center stage here. In comparison to Part I, this track is only 1 minute and 57 seconds, leaving me a bit confused as to why this wasn’t just one longer track. The engine sound returns, albeit weakly. The electric guitars enter with a more upbeat mood, in Bb Major. This key difference is very jarring, having the tonic be only a half step from Part I’s key. The only lyrics are “Acres, a visible horizon. Right where it starts, it ends. Oh, when did we start the end? Acres, a visible illusion. Oh, where it starts it ends. Love like a sunset.” I think this is a boring metaphor that can basically be watered down to “love is big.” This part has no relevant motifs to display, nor interesting lyrics. There’s honestly not much to get excited about here.

Lasso

Jumping back into tracks with lyrics, Lasso represents dreams of being a free spirit. It starts out with a catchy drum track and guitar riff, and Mars jumps in with the lyrics. The melody is much more interesting this time around, and the relationship between the instruments is very harmonious. The drums in particular are super impressive. For the bridge there is a laid back guitar solo, before the final outro. The track is 2 minutes and 48 seconds, which is definitely on the shorter side. Once again, the problems start to appear when you dissect the lyrics. They are about the relationship of a man and a woman who go back and forth shutting each other out, due to commitment issues and societal expectations. But the actual words are so garbled and confusing that simply listening to the track would not suggest that at all. “Wear your real eyes. No, you don’t realize what you say yes to but you say yes too.” It just doesn’t make sense, and these lines are so phonetically similar that it is nearly impossible to hear them unless you look up the lyrics online while you listen, just like I did. While the instrumentals an