Head First
- 艺人
- Badfinger
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Snapper Music Group / Artisan
- 发行时间
- 2000年11月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Badfinger completed their best album in 1975, then had it pulled from the shelves in a haze of managerial misdeals and contractual screw-ups. They were good soldiers, at least for a while, heading into the studio (without Joey Molland, who bailed at the last minute) to bash out another album for Warner, completing it in two weeks. Warner rejected the effort, lead songwriter Pete Ham committed suicide not long afterward, and the album sat in the vaults until late 2000, when Artisan/Snapper released Head First as a double-disc set (the second disc consisting of demos and outtakes). Head First confirms that Badfinger had settled into a groove with Wish You Were Here, finding an effective middle ground between their pop gifts and hard rock inclinations, with both Ham and Tom Evans contributing equally strong works. That they're equally embittered to the music industry (three of the songs deal directly with their business troubles) is no surprise, yet they manage to make it tough, melodic, and remarkably sympathetic. There are no songs that shine as brilliantly, when isolated, as those on its immediate predecessors, but Head First works as a cohesive album, holding together better than any Badfinger record outside of Wish You Were Here. It's not likely that it would have changed their destiny any if it had been released in 1975, yet it certainly wouldn't have been an embarrassment, and it's now a welcome addition to their catalog; it provides a sense of closure.
最新简评（共3条）
- @Kaitou Kidd：1974年11月录的，因为法律阻止2000年发行，发行时原母带已经损坏一部分了
- @ 废年(我还没想好要写什么...)：前面介绍到华纳兄弟把Badfinger们告上法庭，并且将他们的专辑全部下架。期间他们曾经录制过一张专辑Head First，当然这张专辑因为各种法律纠纷原因，直到2000年才发行。 这时候，他们的薪水就停发了（前面说过他们签的坑爹经纪人协议，他们是发薪水而不是吃版税的，版税都被经纪人吃走了），而 Ham 刚刚在英国买了房子，和女友搞个小孩正快出生。 Pete Ham 多次致电经纪人Polley，电话一直无法打通。4月23号，他接到电话通知，他所有的钱都没有了。当晚，他和乐队的贝斯手、另外一个主创、和Pete一起创作了名曲 Without You 的联合作者、乐队中关系最好的Tom Evan
- @龙柳：同上