Starfish
- 艺人
- The Church
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Arista Nashville
- 发行时间
- 1988年02月16日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Ned Raggett
Signing to Arista might have seemed an unusual move to start with, getting produced by L.A. studio types like Waddy Wachtel even more so. But for the Church the rewards were great -- if sometimes too clean around the corners in comparison to the song-for-song masterpiece Heyday, Starfish set up the band's well-deserved breakthrough in the States. The reason was &Under the Milky Way,& still one of the most haunting and elegant songs ever to make the Top 40. As Kilbey details a lyric of emotional distance and atmosphere, the band executes a quietly beautiful -- and as is so often the case with the Church, astonishingly well-arranged -- song, with mock bagpipes swirling through the mix for extra effect. That wasn't the only strong point on an album with more than a few; the lead-off track &Destination& was as strong an album opener as &Myrrh,& if slower paced and much more mysterious, piano blending through the song's steady pace. The rest of the first side has its share of highlights, such as the quietly threatening edge of &Blood Money& and the confident, restrained charge of &North, South, East and West.& Willson-Piper gets to lead off the second side with &Spark,& a vicious, tight rocker that captures some of the best '60s rock edge and gives it a smart update. Equally strong is Kilbey's &Reptile,& with an appropriately snaky guitar line and rhythm punch offset against weirdly soothing keyboards. Koppes has an okay vocal to his credit on &A New Season,& but the stronger tracks are Kilbey's other contributions, the strong guitar waltz of &Antenna& (with great guest mandolin from David Lindley) and the closing charge (and very Church-like title) of &Hotel Womb.& Performances throughout are at the least fine and at the most fantastic.
最新简评（共5条）
- @kairoscleros(.)：✔
- @Alexwxh：高度成熟的作品。
- @Strays(有些事你听了才能明白)：Reptile里的吉他效果好好听
- @jian(mizfit)：holy
- @Rainmaker(Inspire me.)：又是我喜欢的低沉性感的声音，under the milky way，经典的歌。“微微闪烁在黑夜里的暗色荧光物质”，又是这样的意象。