Victorialand
- 艺人
- Cocteau Twins
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- 4AD
- 发行时间
- 1986年04月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
《Victorialand》是Cocteau Twin的第四张录音室专辑，贝斯Simon当时被邀参与This Mortal Coil的项目创作，专辑削弱了鼓点，更多偏向了氛围化的风格。
by Ned Raggett
With Raymonde taking a break to work on the second This Mortal Coil album, Fraser and Guthrie made up the Cocteaus for the first full-length follow-up to Treasure. Rather than trying for a full-band approach, Fraser and Guthrie instead created a much more simply beautiful effort, with a relaxed air to it. Rhythms are subtler, with bass and drum machine often totally eschewed in favor of Guthrie's delicate guitar filigrees and lush, produced textures. Fraser is, as always, in wonderfully fine voice; her words are quite indecipherable, but the feelings are no less strong for it. "Lazy Calm" starts things perfectly, as deep, heavily-treated guitar strums combine with a heavy flange and guest saxophone from Dif Juz member Richard Thomas. Other songs sparkle with a lovely vivaciousness. Far from being stereotypical arty music to sit around and be gloomy to, two pieces especially shine with a gentle energy: "Fluffy Tufts," with its many-layered ringing strings and Fraser's overdubbed vocals; and the joyful "Little Spacey," with a soft rhythm underlying more sheer electric loveliness. Guthrie adds heavy reverb and overdubbed lines to create the Cocteaus' wash on such songs as "Throughout the Dark Months of April and May" and "Feet Like Fins," the latter again featuring Thomas, this time on tablas. For all the sweet beauty of Victorialand, things end on a quietly dramatic note, but a dramatic one nonetheless. "The Thinner the Air" starts with treated piano and rather spooky guitar leads -- the mysterious soloing is especially wonderful -- while Fraser then sings with a slightly haunted feeling, concluding with slightly nervous wails. It's an unexpected but effective touch for this fine record.
热门评论
- @Qin：这张没有Simon参与的专辑和CT之前的专辑比起来，明显地弱化了旋律和节奏而更强调氛围感，与Robin Guthrie的个人作品十分接近。Liz的声音作为最主要的主音“乐器”，成功地平衡了Robin利用效果器制造的大量回响，使音乐变得张弛有度。我一直觉得Robin其实是需要一个掌控局面的声音的，他自己后期的专辑有时会显得太过于飘渺，美则美矣，却完全成了音效的堆砌，多少有些空洞。
- @SAGA：Addiction of Victorialand,维多利亚之地即臻美悠远之境。唱腔已经明显不同于早期的Post Punk了，缥缈的仙音特质尽现，用音乐气氛构建出臆想世界。
最新简评（共59条）
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