Spiritual People
- 艺人
- Speech
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Vagabond
- 发行时间
- 2002年09月10日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by John Bush
Speech's third album, an ambitious knockout of sprawling, invigorating music influenced by hip-hop, soul, ragga, alternative, and folk, was released in Asia just one year after 1999's Hoopla (though it waited two years for a bulked-up American release). It begins with a vigorous polemic on the state of music (from what sounds like a sampled Baptist sermon), but Spiritual People is no less enjoyable for the scattered &message& songs present. &Brought to You By...(Music & Life)& offers a few apologies for his extravagant lifestyle (still no match for Tommy Lee no doubt), then delivers a fantastic hook that deserves a slot in the Top Ten at least. &Cruisin' in My Super Beetle& is a super pop throwaway oddly reminiscent of Matchbox 20 (though it, too, offers a few hints about the fine line between relaxation and taking things for granted). Unsurprisingly, Arrested Development fans will find a lot to love here, much more than on his previous solo albums: excellent songs with clear, positive messages like &The Simple Love of Life& and &Always in Love,& the latter an earnest, string-laden anthem with the lyric &I really love you, I want children with you/be with you always, always in love.& &Livin' in the Real World& is postmodern folk with an alternative bent, while &Jungle Man& and &Y-O& meet jazzy hip-hop halfway to A Tribe Called Quest. &Burning Rage Inside,& a halfway apologetic anthem to jealousy, has a smooth AOR production sounding like latter-day Steely Dan, even while Speech lets it all hang out. Fortunately, the songwriting's tough enough to stand up to such a varied sound, while Speech's delivery and musical personality prove so strong that he ties it all together easily. Just like Stevie Wonder, one of his prime influences, the subtleties of Speech's music don't suffer when tied to universal themes, the type of songs most contemporary artists wouldn't touch.
最新简评（共8条）
- @淼爷(说我想说 做我想做)：666
- @悒悒123：日版的总共22首歌，这个版本怎么少了这么多
- @livogrild(听到喜欢的歌 身体不跟着...)：神经 这么好听
- @livogrild(听到喜欢的歌 身体不跟着...)：-
- @tlmgt(松任谷由实的迷弟)：做得特别顶尖的Alternative Hip-Hop专辑，一张张专辑就像一个个异
- @tlmgt(松任谷由实的迷弟)：@清谈 @Smoky @诗人二胖子（腐烂） @哇咧喵叔叔
- @nilufarim(ㅤ )：❌
- @2nd-Rave(我还没想好要写什么...)：浓浓的雷鬼味道，Rap部分也被大大的削弱。