The videos are available on the band's website. During the production of the album, the band recorded video of the sessions, which they have released as mini documentaries of their journey to create Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
Co-producer Philippe Zdar hosted the recording of the album from his in home studio in Paris. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix has been described as a pop rock, indie pop, synth-pop, new wave, and sophisti-pop album. It's kind of bratty, especially with me, my mom is German and Mozart is Austrian and in Germany it's like messing with the Pope or something." Writing and composition Of the name, Phoenix, Thomas Mars says, "The album title is almost like a childish thing, like you're unleashing a child into the museum and he draws a mustache on the Mona Lisa or something. The album name plays off of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, using his first and middle name and replacing his last with the band's name "Phoenix". Phoenix produced 10 songs for release on the album in the US and Canada under the Glassnote label. Phillipe Zdar produced and mixed the album and played drums on the song "Fences", with Cult of Luna drummer Thomas Hedlund playing drums on the majority of the album. The album credits Phoenix band members Thomas Mars on vocals, Deck D'Arcy on bass, and Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai on guitar.
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix earned the band a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards held on 31 January 2010. The album received critical acclaim with many publications calling it one of the best albums of 2009. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix continued to gain momentum with the increased exposure of the tour. In the US, Phoenix began a promotional tour including performances on several late night talk shows. While the band's previous work enjoyed a moderate underground following, the release of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix drew the attention of a more mainstream audience. On 2017’s Ti Amo, Phoenix again showed their ability to add a rare effervescence to guitar-driven indie pop by embracing Italo disco and a more electronic sound without losing their breezy appeal.Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the fourth studio album by French indie pop band Phoenix.
with 2009’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, an irresistible collection of songs that brimmed with melody and melancholy yet matched the heady rush of EDM bangers, too. After finding success in Europe with albums like 2004’s winsome Alphabetical, Phoenix broke through in the U.S. Likewise, the Gallic cool and youthful energy of early standouts like “Too Young” and “If I Ever Feel Better” pointed to Phoenix’s affinity with friends in the French scene like Daft Punk and Air: the guys from Daft Punk were in Darlin’, a pre-helmets band, with Phoenix guitarist/keyboardist Laurent Brancowitz, while Air enlisted Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars to sing on their score for The Virgin Suicides, a film directed by Mars’ future wife Sofia Coppola. Indeed, the quartet-who formed in 1997 in Versailles, France-had much less kinship with any grunge, punk, or garage contemporaries than with vanguard ‘70s pop acts like Electric Light Orchestra and 10cc. Living up to their mythic name, Phoenix emerged as a bright, shiny beacon of guitar-pop pleasure amid an otherwise serious-minded era for alternative rock.
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