Artist: Phoenix
Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Released: May 2009
Label: Glass Note Records
Genre: indie pop
Purchased: 27 January 2010
Purchased from: iTunes
The fourth album of this French alt-pop quartet is a whole lot of fun. The music is upbeat, accessible, and very radio-friendly. It's a very bright and cheerful album, and is more pop-oriented than a rock album. The standout track is "1901." Another darling of of the rock critics, this album deserved all the praise it got. Like other of my top picks, this album really stands up to repeated plays. It works less as a deep listen album (you know-- put on your best headphones and turn off the lights), than an album you can put on and cheerily do something else while bopping your head to the rhythm.
Rating: A
(not available from eMusic as of this writing)
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