Phrazes for the Young

The album was previewed in its entirety on August 31, 2009, at the Duo Music Exchange in Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.juliancasablancas.com/ |title=julian casablancas |publisher=julian casablancas |date= |accessdate=2012-03-05}} To celebrate the release, Casablancas played a special series of shows every Friday night in November in Los Angeles.{{cite news|last1=Breihan|first1=Tom|title=Julian Casablancas Announces Los Angeles Concert Residency|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/36862-julian-casablancas-announces-los-angeles-concert-residency/|accessdate=7 November 2015|work=Pitchfork|date=20 October 2009}} The first track released from the album, "11th Dimension", had its first airing on the Radio 1 Zane Lowe Show on September 17, and was marked as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record. The single was released on October 2, 2009, in the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PZI7XA|title=11th Dimension|publisher=|accessdate=19 September 2016|via=Amazon}}

Casablancas performed "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" (based on a Saturday Night Live skit) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on December 21, 2009. "Left & Right in the Dark", "Out of the Blue", "Ludlow St" and "11th Dimension" are featured in the Gossip Girl episode "The Lady Vanished"; "Out of the Blue" was featured in the trailer of The Kids Are All Right; and "11th Dimension" was featured in the opening of the 2015 comedy Vacation.

A deluxe box set including B-sides and home recordings was made available after the album's release. It comes with a vinyl recording of the album and is housed within an antique style box.

Phrazes for the Young received mostly positive reviews upon release. NME awarded the album four stars out of five calling it "a little short, but oh so sweet."{{cite news |last=Mackay |first=Emily |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-julian-casablancas-10925-318290NME |title=Album review: Julian Casablancas – 'Phrazes For The Young' |work=NME |date=2009-10-26 |accessdate=2024-08-06 }} Pitchfork accused Casablancas of making "the classic rookie solo mistake of stuffing his songs with everything in the studio," while praising the "endearing silliness" of '11th Dimension' and the "gorgeous electro ballad" 'Glass.' They were less effusive of other aspects of the record comparing it to a "plexiglass-covered museum piece." They continued: "at this rate, this one-time wunderkind risks becoming little more than an emblem of the past if he can't figure out how to harness the present once again."{{cite news |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13666-phrazes-for-the-young/ |title=Phrazes for the Young |work=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2009-11-05 |accessdate=2024-08-05 }} Alexis Petridis writing in The Guardian was broadly positive about the record saying that when Casablancas "concentrates on making pop music...Phrazes for the Young is a blast."{{cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/29/julian-casablancas-cd-review |title=Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young |work=Guardian |publisher=Guardian |date=2009-10-29 |accessdate=2024-08-06 }} The Quietus called it "more of a vanity than a solo project."{{cite news |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/julian-casablancas-phrazes-for-the-young-album-review/ |title=Julian Casablancas Phrazes For The Young |work=The Quietus |publisher=The Quietus |date=2009-11-09 |accessdate=2024-08-06 }} In the years following its release, "Phrazes for the Young" was viewed more positively and is now viewed as something of a cult record.

{{track listing

| headline = Phrazes for the Young track listing

| all_writing = Julian Casablancas, except where noted

| total_length = 40:08

| title1 = Out of the Blue

| length1 = 4:43

| title2 = Left & Right in the Dark

| length2 = 4:58

| title3 = 11th Dimension

| length3 = 4:05

| title4 = 4 Chords of the Apocalypse

| note4 = chorus chord progression by Casablancas, Fabrizio Moretti, Nick Valensi

| length4 = 5:02

| title5 = Ludlow St.

| length5 = 5:45

| title6 = River of Brakelights

| length6 = 5:13

| title7 = Glass

| length7 = 5:20

| title8 = Tourist

| note8 = chorus melody by Casablancas, JP Bowersock

| length8 = 5:02

}}

{{track listing

| headline = iTunes / Amazon bonus tracks

| total_length = 51:23

| title9 = Old Hollywood

| length9 = 4:33

| title10 = 30 Minute Boyfriend

| length10 = 3:31

| title11 = Christmas Treat

| length11 = 3:11

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Luxury Edition Deluxe Set bonus disc

| title1 = Ludlow St.

| length1 = 5:42

| note1 = demo

| title2 = Left & Right in the Dark

| length2 = 3:31

| note2 = demo

| title3 = 30 Minute Boyfriend

| length3 = 3:42

| note3 = demo

| title4 = Tourist

| length4 = 6:22

| note4 = demo

| title5 = Glass

| length5 = 2:16

| note5 = demo

| title6 = Long Island Blues

| length6 = 5:40

| title7 = Old Hollywood

| length7 = 4:33

| title8 = I Wish It Was Christmas Today

| length8 = 3:11

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Acoustically Remembering DVD

| total_length = 34:35

| title1 = 11th Dimension (Take 2)

| length1 = 5:31

| title2 = Glass

| length2 = 2:15

| title3 = Left & Right in the Dark

| length3 = 5:38

| title4 = 4 Chords of the Apocalypse

| length4 = 6:05

| title5 = Taxi Brakelights

| length5 = 5:45

| title6 = Thank You

| length6 = 0:43

| title7 = Original Screentest (River of Brakelights)

| length7 = 3:23

| title8 = 11th Dimension (Take 1)

| length8 = 5:17

}}

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• Julian Casablancas – vocals, all instruments, songwriting
• Jason Lader – all instruments, production

Additional musicians

• Jen Turner – guitar on "Glass"
• Lenny Castro – additional percussion on "Ludlow St." intro; shaker on "11th Dimension"; sleigh bell on "Glass"; tambourine on "Out of the Blue"
• Nate Walcott – horns on "Tourist"; additional horns on "Ludlow St."
• Adam MacDougall – organs on "4 Chords of the Apocalypse"
• Blake Mills – guitar on "4 Chords of the Apocalypse", "Ludlow St." and "11th Dimension"
• Mike Mogis – guitar on "Tourist"

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Technical personnel

• Jason Lader – production
• Mike Mogis – additional production
• Ray Aldaco – additional engineering
• Brian Sperber – mixing engineering
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Steve Falone – mastering

Design

• Julian Casablancas and Warren Fu – art direction and concept
• Marc Burckhardt – dinosaur painting
• Warren Fu – art designer
• Williams + Hirakawa – photography

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