STYX(冥河合唱团1999) -《Brave New World 勇敢新世界》[967k/APE]

专辑名称: Brave New World
发行时间：1999
专辑歌手: Styx
专辑类型：Prog rock
专辑品质：967k/APE

前卫/艺术/硬式摇滚乐坛的超级劲旅
再造艺术摇滚历史最新震撼
专辑由Tommy Shaw、Dennis De Young、及James Young共同製作，Dennis 与Tommy并担任主要的词曲创作要职，“I`ll Be Your Witness”丰富流畅的编曲，穿插着Tommy迷幻浑浊的吉他音效与绵密的提琴音色，鼓手Todd的表现极优，“Brave New World”回到典型的Art-Rock编曲，神祕性与爆发力十足，“While There`s Still Time”、“Fallen Angel”是Dennis最拿手的情歌、“Number One”由平静的前奏导入强悍的硬式摇滚，在录音上共鸣吉他与些许的提琴分段平衡厚重的节奏，是一首编曲用心的杰作，与“What Have They Done To You”一样，鼓手Todd再度发挥他节奏掌握的精湛技巧，“Everything Is Cool”、“Heavy Water”两曲，Tommy Shaw发挥他在Damn Yankees乐团中的创作风格，属畅快淋漓的Straight Rock，而如果你喜欢1983年解散前的『冥河』，请听“High Crimes & Misdeneanors”一曲，“Just Fell In”是『冥河』极少乐的Boogie/Soul风格，最后由Dennis谱写的“Goodbye Roseland”是献给父亲的抒情佳作，忧伤的旋律，真挚的情感，轻易地感染每一位听者的内心深处，整体而言，『冥河』的复出，不仅带给了乐迷满足，也让人有希望他们能继续创作高水准作品的期待。

Apparently, there are more die-hard Styx fans in the late '90s than anyone would have imagined, since Styx quietly went gold with Return to Paradise, their first release for CMC International. Some might say that the success was due to re-recordings that peppered Return, but that's not true -- it never would have sold that much if it didn't have new recordings, since that's what the hardcore fans wanted. Return to Paradise gave them some, but Brave New World presents the first full-fledged collection of new Styx material in nearly a decade. Skeptics would expect the album to be nothing but reconstituted arena rock, but that's not entirely true. True, Brave New World is in that tradition -- after all, Styx was one of the architects of the style -- but they try new things too, such as Tommy Shaw's weird, neutered funk metal on "I Will Be Your Witness" and "Number One," or how James Young's songs push the heaviness quotient, or how the entire album is given a clean, contemporary sound. Ironic, then, that the record is a deeply cynical tirade at the '90s, this Brave New World. A true streak of bitterness runs through the record, culminating in the cringe-inducing assault on hipsters and pundits "High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-cracy)" (there could be an attack on rap and hip-hop in the song, as well -- the title certainly suggests it and maybe the canned drum machine is supposed to recall hip-hop, but it's impossible to tell). As it turns out, Styx are luddites, scared or disgusted at everything the modern world has to offer (except for their biggest fan, Adam Sandler, who is thanked in the notes); there's a genuine distrust for anything new, and deep longing for times passed (whether it's adolescence or the band's glory days, it's impossible to tell) pulsates throughout the album. For the devoted and doubters alike, that bitterness keeps things interesting, but Brave New World ultimately fails because the songs just don't catch hold. Whether they're good or bad, the themes are interesting, and Styx has a different feel for each song, but they have no hooks or melodies to make them memorable. Concept and construction may be enough to justify a spin of Brave New World, but only the hardcore fan will delve into its beliefs, contradictions, and mysteries.

专辑曲目

01. I Will Be Your Witness [0:04:30.30]
02. Brave New World [0:05:13.22]
03. While There's Still Time [0:03:51.35]
04. Number One [0:04:33.32]
05. Best New Face [0:03:36.07]
06. What Have They Done To You [0:04:32.16]
07. Fallen Angel [0:04:49.17]
08. Everything Is Cool [0:05:18.65]
09. Great Expectations [0:04:43.71]
10. Heavy Water [0:04:29.11]
11. High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Crazy) [0:03:25.52]
12. Just Fell In [0:03:25.15]
13. Goodbye Roseland [0:03:47.11]
14. Brave New World (Reprise) [0:03:31.49]

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