ABOUT THIS ITEM

This special edition double CD includes a bonus remixes disc featuring reworks by Yacht, Friendly Fires, Passion Pit, Turzi, Animal Collective, 2 Door Cinema Club and more. We can all breathe now. The coolest band on the planet are finally back - and how! Phoenix have been firm Piccadilly favourites for a good decade now (eep!) and this album has been eagerly anticipated ever since the incredible "1901" streamed on their homepage a few months ago. You should all know the band's sound by now and, even if you don't, you're in for a real sonic treat. "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" continues the Parisians' effortless ability to carve out achingly-hip sophisticated pop music. Indeed, the polished ambience on this LP actually brings to mind the genius production skills of Steely Dan whilst Thomas' vocals are thankfully sounding less and less cheesy! Worth the price of admission alone is perhaps the centrepiece of the whole album and probably the best and most ambitious song they've ever done: the unimpeachable near-instrumental "Love Like A Sunset Part 1 & 2". Deftly traversing several genres - from the ominous keyboard-heavy opening via hypnotic Carpenter-esque spacey plodding to the lush acoustic finale - and synthesizing them into a steadily building sumptuous whole, this is pure pop for NOW PEOPLE!

Tracklisting
CD 1
1. Lisztomania
2. 1901
3. Fences
4. Love Like A Sunset Part 1
5. Love Like A Sunset Part 2
6. Lasso
7. Rome
8. Countdown
9. Girlfriend
10. Armistice

CD 2 - Remixes
1. Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
2. Fences (The Soft Pack Remix)
3. 1901 Bo Flex'd (Passion Pit Remix)
4. Lasso (2 Door Cinema Club Remix)
5. Fences (25 Hrs a Day Remix)
6. 1901 (L'Aiglon Remix)
7. Love Like a Sunset (Turzi Remix)
8. Fences (Boombass Remix)
9. Lisztomania (25Hrs A Day Remix)
10. Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)
11. Armistice (Yacht Remix)
12. Girlfriend (Young Fathers Remix)
13. Fences (Chairlift Remix)
14. Rome (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart)
15. Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix Deakins Jam)