《Uncut》“150张最佳”特刊
21世纪的第1个10年就要过去了,世界文明并没有如科幻电影《2001太空漫游》所描绘的那般受到天启而飞速进化,唱片工业反而受到互联网的冲击显得前所未有的“疲软”。但在另一方面,这个10年恐怕也是有史以来人们听到最多新声音的10年。我们从没有如此接近距离地接触到欧美音乐文化,不再依赖落后的传统媒体和打口带,现在我们的音乐欣赏完全能够和大洋彼岸同步。还记得10年来你到底听过多少新鲜的声音吗?要回答这个问题其实真的很难。
Robert Plant和Alison Krauss
最近一期的《Uncut》杂志选出了21世纪第1个10年中150张最佳专辑。其中来自英国的专辑不在少数。《Uncut》杂志是一本来自伦敦的月刊,在英语世界国家中非常流行。这本杂志专门报道音乐,但也有关于电影的部分。我们来看看有哪些英国专辑入选了这10年来最值得一听的专辑。
Arctic Monkeys
《Whatever People Say I Am,That’s What I’m Not》封套
排在第24位的是Arctic Monkeys的《Whatever People Say I Am,That’s What I’m Not》(Domino,2006)。《Uncut》说:“年轻、活跃、多变,并且通过Alex Turner非同寻常而精妙的词作才华,Arctic Monkeys虽然情绪多变,但仍恰如其分地继承了The Jam、The Smiths和The Libertines的伟大传统。”
Beth Gibbons和Rustin Man
《Out Of Season》封套
排名第23位的是Beth Gibbons和Rustin Man合作的《Out Of Season》(Go!,2002)。《Uncut》将其描述为:“一张脆弱、诱人和大胆的忧郁唱片。”
Blur
《Think Tank》封套
Blur的《Think Tank》(EMI,2003)排在第22。《Uncut》说:“一张优雅和成熟的唱片,从‘Caravan’温暖的阿拉伯情调到悦耳的流行曲‘Out Of Time’无一不是精彩之作”。
Amy Winehouse
《Back To Black》封套
Amy Winehouse的《Back To Black》(Island,2006)排名20。《Uncut》说:“突如其来的温馨和危险的自白,感觉就像是释放了一个经典的瞬间。”
Kate Bush
《Aerial》封套
第18名是Kate Bush的《Aerial》(EMI,2005)。《Uncut》的解释是:“这就是Kate Bush,某些片段听起来极为荒谬,但尽管这样它们也被组织得相当漂亮。”
Radiohead
《In Rainbows》封套
Radiohead的独立发行的《In Rainbows》(2007)排在榜上的第15位。《Uncut》说:“这也是迄今为止乐队对技术的偏执和巴洛克式的现场摇滚最充分的体现。”
Primal Scream
《XTRMNTR》封套
第14名,Primal Scream的《XTRMNTR》(Creation,2002)。《Uncut》说:“一支乐队的第6张专辑被认为是他们最好的一张,这种情况极为罕见,但有了《XTRMNTR》,Primal Scream便开创了一片新天地。”
Portishead
《Third》封套
第12名,Portishead的《Third》《Island,2008》。《Uncut》说:“一场《启示录》般充满德国摇滚乐、民谣、电子乐,甚至高科技音乐的不妥协碰撞,这种不祥的预感仿佛就是世界崩溃的原声带。”
《Raising Sand》封套
第6名是来自老将Robert Plant和Alison Krauss合作的《Raising Sand》(Rounder,2007)。《Uncut》对这张专辑评价道:“一场对美国根源音乐多样性的华丽庆典。”
《Uncut》把第1名的桂冠给了美国乐队The White Stripes的《White Blood Cells》(2001)。
《Kid A》封套
此外,Radiohead的《Kid A》(Parlophone,2000)被这本英国杂志只排到了第25位,《Uncut》将其描述为“逃离乐队之前通过《OK Computer》建立的复杂的摇滚音乐监狱之路”。相反据“时代在线”网站近日评选的21世纪第1个10年100张最佳专辑却将其排在第1名。“时代在线”做出的解释是:在发行差不多10年之后,Radiohead的第4张专辑很容易让人忘记当初在它出现之时是多么地让人目瞪口呆。《OK Computer》获得了歌迷和乐评家一致的推崇,将其看作是有史以来最棒的专辑,于是乐队的下一个挑战就应该是保持他们的听众群,而不是变成他们自己崇拜的乐队。因为这样的话,他们会功成名就,全身而退。据说Thom Yorke和Jonny Greenwood是乐队中的笔记本电脑操作者,其他成员甚至疑惑他们是否还被需要。不管怎样,他们的所作所为实际上是重新定义了新世纪摇滚专辑的概念。“Everything In Its Right Place”和“Morning Bell”的氛围仿佛是为强迫症定制的,“The National Anthem”和“Idioteque”则充满了夜晚的恐怖。而纵观全局——最显而易见的要数“How To Disappear Completely”和“Optimistic”——Radiohead仍然留有时间让我们想起尽管他们变得面目全非,他们激动人心的现场协同仍然完好无损。上一支主流摇滚乐队发表这样的实验唱片同时还保持其商业成绩,就必须追溯到1968年的《The White Album》了。而这才是《Kid A》所达到的成就。
《Uncut》21世纪第1个10年的150张最佳专辑完整名单:
1. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
2. Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
3. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
4. Brian Wilson – Smile
5. The Strokes – Is This It
6. Robert Plant And Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
7. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
8. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
9. Ryan Adams –Heartbreaker
10. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
11. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
12. Portishead – Third
13. Gillian Welsh – Time (The Revelator)
14. Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
15. Radiohead – In Rainbows
16. LCD Sound System – Sound Of Silver
17. The White Stripes – Elephant
18. Kate Bush – Aerial
19. Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
20. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
21. Joanna Newsom – Ys
22. Blur – Think Tank
23. Beth Gibbons And Rustin Man – Out Of Season
24. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
25. Radiohead – Kid A
26. Lambchop – Nixon
27. The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America
28. Queens Of The Stoneage – Songs For The Deaf
29. Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II
30. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
31. My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves
32. Calexico – Feast Of Wire
33. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
34. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
35. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
36. Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around
37. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
38. Ryan Adams – Gold
39. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
40. Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi
41. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
42. Richmond Fontaine – Post To Wire
43. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
44. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
45. Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
46. Drive By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
47. The National – Alligator
48. Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine
49. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
50. Cat Power – The Greatest
51. Warren Zevon – The Wind
52. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
53. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
54. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
55. Bjork – Vespertine
56. Sonic Youth – Murry Street
57. Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland
58. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
59. The White Stripes – De Stijl
60. Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose
61. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Lyre Of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues
62. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
63. The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
64. Lift To Experience – The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads
65. Rufus Wainwright – Poses
66. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
67. Midlake – The Trials Of Van Occupanther
68. D’angelo – Voodoo
69. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
70. The Good The Bad The Queen – The Good The Bad The Queen
71. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
72. Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
73. Elliott Smith – Figure Eight
74. Elbow – Asleep At The Back
75. Gorillaz – Demon Days
76. Beck – Seachange
77. Kanye West – The College Dropout
78. Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man
79. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
80. Levon Helm – Electric Dirt
81. Okkervil – The Stage Names
82. Drive By Truckers – The Dirty South
83. Outkast – Stankonia
84. David Bowie – Heathen
85. MIA – Arular
86. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
87. Queens Of The Stonage – Rated R
88. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
89. Neil Young – Living With War
90. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
91. John Cale – Hobo Sapiens
92. Tom Waits – Real Gone
93. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
94. Devendra Banheart – Oh Me Oh My, The Way The Day Goes By….
95. Granddaddy – The Sophtware Slump
96. Rufus Wainwright – Want One
97. Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
98. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
99. Babyshambles – Down In Albion
100. Jim O’rourke – Insignificance
101. Neko Case - Blacklisted
102. Felice Brothers – Felice Brothers
103. Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott – Miss E…So Addictive
104. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
105. Steely Dan – Two Against Nature
106. The Go Betweens – The Friends Of Rachel Worth
107. Paul Westerberg – Come Feel Me Tremble
108. Comets On Fire – Avatar
109. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
110. Steely Dan – Everything Must Go
111. Jenny Lewis &The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
112. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
113. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
114. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
115. Stephen Malkmus &The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
116. Sufjan Stevens – Michigan
117. At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command
118. Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
119. Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer
120. Mgmt – Oracular Spectacular
121. Hot Chip – The Warning
122. Donald Fagen – Morph The Cat
123. Doves – The Last Broadcast
124. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light
125. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
126. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
127. The Handsome Family – In The Air
128. Antony And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
129. Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
130. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig!!, Lazarus, Dig!!!
131. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
132. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
133. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
134. Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
135. Willard Grant Conspiracy – Regard The End
136. The Strokes – Room On Fire
137. Elliott Smith – From A Basement To A Hill
138. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
139. Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
140. Espers – Espers II
141. Rachel Unthank &The Winterset – The Bairns
142. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
143. Leonard Cohen – Ten New Songs
144. Robbery Wyatt – Comicopera
145. Iron &Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
146. Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
147. The Acorn – Glory Hope Mountain
148. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
149. Ray Lamontagne – Trouble
150. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
资料来源:
http://www.uncut.co.uk
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
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