《Uncut》“150張最佳”特刊
21世紀的第1個10年就要過去了,世界文明並沒有如科幻電影《2001太空漫遊》所描繪的那般受到天啟而飛速進化,唱片工業反而受到網際網路的衝擊顯得前所未有的“疲軟”。但在另一方面,這個10年恐怕也是有史以來人們聽到最多新聲音的10年。我們從沒有如此接近距離地接觸到歐美音樂文化,不再依賴落後的傳統媒體和打口帶,現在我們的音樂欣賞完全能夠和大洋彼岸同步。還記得10年來你到底聽過多少新鮮的聲音嗎?要回答這個問題其實真的很難。
Robert Plant和Alison Krauss
最近一期的《Uncut》雜誌選出了21世紀第1個10年中150張最佳專輯。其中來自英國的專輯不在少數。《Uncut》雜誌是一本來自倫敦的月刊,在英語世界國家中非常流行。這本雜誌專門報道音樂,但也有關於電影的部分。我們來看看有哪些英國專輯入選了這10年來最值得一聽的專輯。
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》説:“年輕、活躍、多變,並且通過Alex Turner非同尋常而精妙的詞作才華,Arctic Monkeys雖然情緒多變,但仍恰如其分地繼承了The Jam、The Smiths和The Libertines的偉大傳統。”
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》將其描述為:“一張脆弱、誘人和大膽的憂鬱唱片。”
Blur
《Think Tank》封套
Blur的《Think Tank》(EMI,2003)排在第22。《Uncut》説:“一張優雅和成熟的唱片,從‘Caravan’溫暖的阿拉伯情調到悅耳的流行曲‘Out Of Time’無一不是精彩之作”。
Amy Winehouse
《Back To Black》封套
Amy Winehouse的《Back To Black》(Island,2006)排名20。《Uncut》説:“突如其來的溫馨和危險的自白,感覺就像是釋放了一個經典的瞬間。”
Kate Bush
《Aerial》封套
第18名是Kate Bush的《Aerial》(EMI,2005)。《Uncut》的解釋是:“這就是Kate Bush,某些片段聽起來極為荒謬,但儘管這樣它們也被組織得相當漂亮。”
Radiohead
《In Rainbows》封套
Radiohead的獨立發行的《In Rainbows》(2007)排在榜上的第15位。《Uncut》説:“這也是迄今為止樂隊對技術的偏執和巴洛克式的現場搖滾最充分的體現。”
Primal Scream
《XTRMNTR》封套
第14名,Primal Scream的《XTRMNTR》(Creation,2002)。《Uncut》説:“一支樂隊的第6張專輯被認為是他們最好的一張,這種情況極為罕見,但有了《XTRMNTR》,Primal Scream便開創了一片新天地。”
Portishead
《Third》封套
第12名,Portishead的《Third》《Island,2008》。《Uncut》説:“一場《啟示錄》般充滿德國搖滾樂、民謠、電子樂,甚至高科技音樂的不妥協碰撞,這種不祥的預感仿佛就是世界崩潰的原聲帶。”
《Raising Sand》封套
第6名是來自老將Robert Plant和Alison Krauss合作的《Raising Sand》(Rounder,2007)。《Uncut》對這張專輯評價道:“一場對美國根源音樂多樣性的華麗慶典。”
《Uncut》把第1名的桂冠給了美國樂隊The White Stripes的《White Blood Cells》(2001)。
《Kid A》封套
此外,Radiohead的《Kid A》(Parlophone,2000)被這本英國雜誌只排到了第25位,《Uncut》將其描述為“逃離樂隊之前通過《OK Computer》建立的複雜的搖滾音樂監獄之路”。相反據“時代線上”網站近日評選的21世紀第1個10年100張最佳專輯卻將其排在第1名。“時代線上”做出的解釋是:在發行差不多10年之後,Radiohead的第4張專輯很容易讓人忘記當初在它出現之時是多麼地讓人目瞪口呆。《OK Computer》獲得了歌迷和樂評家一致的推崇,將其看作是有史以來最棒的專輯,於是樂隊的下一個挑戰就應該是保持他們的聽眾群,而不是變成他們自己崇拜的樂隊。因為這樣的話,他們會功成名就,全身而退。據説Thom Yorke和Jonny Greenwood是樂隊中的筆記型電腦操作者,其他成員甚至疑惑他們是否還被需要。不管怎樣,他們的所作所為實際上是重新定義了新世紀搖滾專輯的概念。“Everything In Its Right Place”和“Morning Bell”的氛圍仿佛是為強迫症定制的,“The National Anthem”和“Idioteque”則充滿了夜晚的恐怖。而縱觀全局——最顯而易見的要數“How To Disappear Completely”和“Optimistic”——Radiohead仍然留有時間讓我們想起儘管他們變得面目全非,他們激動人心的現場協同仍然完好無損。上一支主流搖滾樂隊發表這樣的實驗唱片同時還保持其商業成績,就必須追溯到1968年的《The White Album》了。而這才是《Kid A》所達到的成就。
《Uncut》21世紀第1個10年的150張最佳專輯完整名單:
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
資料來源:
http://www.uncut.co.uk
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
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