Through the Looking Glass
- 艺人
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Polydor Records
- 发行时间
- 1987年03月02日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
★时代杂志推崇：「在后庞克的黄金年代中，最为大胆且不妥协的音乐冒险家」
★由英国史上首位连续4年提名葛莱美奖製作人、获颁全英音乐奖的Mike Hedges（*U2、Dido）和团员们联手製作
★原发行于1987年的翻唱专辑，2014全新数位重製版特别加收4首曲目
在庞克音乐崛起的70年代成军，精彩混入80年代新浪潮电子声响，加上冰冷诡谲的歌德式摇滚，让来自英国伦敦独树一格的Siouxsie And The Banshees迅速走红国际。女主唱Siouxsie Sioux被知名音乐网站AllMusic讚誉为「在摇滚黄金年代中影响甚钜的英国歌手」，她不仅为Female-Fronted Band风潮铺路，华丽派装扮也是聚焦的一大特色。1978-1995年共计推出11张录音室专辑，全数进佔英国金榜TOP 35，缔造多达18首英国流行榜TOP 40单曲。
原于1987年发行的【Through The Looking Glass】是张翻唱专辑，重新诠释Bob Dylan、Billie Holiday、Iggy Pop、The Doors、Roxy Music…等歌手/乐团作品，由英国史上首位连续4年提名葛莱美奖製作人、获颁全英音乐奖的Mike Hedges（*U2、Dido、Manic Street Preachers）和团员们联手製作，站上英国金榜第15名。专辑中翻唱自民谣大师Bob Dylan的作品“This Wheel's On Fire”，一举拿下英国流行榜TOP 14。此为2014年全新数位重製版，特别加值多收4首歌曲。
Following Tinderbox's success but still not working as well with John Valentine Carruthers as they could have, Siouxsie and the Banshees kept him on for one further album -- a covers collection, much in the vein of band inspiration David Bowie's Pin-Ups. Through the Looking Glass is more than a time killer but less than a total success -- if anything it's seen more now as a chance for the band to refocus before ditching Carruthers and creating the stunning Peepshow. But there have been far worse efforts from other performers in this vein, and there's a cool, giddy fun at work throughout that makes it a fine listen. The inspired range of covers reaches from glam-era landmarks (Roxy Music's &Sea Breezes,& John Cale's &Gun&) to Billie Holiday's sorrowful touchstone &Strange Fruit& to, in one of the best such efforts ever (and a year before Hal Willner's Stay Awake project), a Disney classic -- namely the slinky &Trust in Me,& originally from The Jungle Book and given a spare, mostly-Budgie backing that could almost be a sparkling Creatures outtake. Some takes are more or less direct clones without much to add -- Sparks' &This Town Isn't Big Enough for Both of Us& misses the sheer hysteria that Russell Mael brought to the original, but Iggy Pop's &The Passenger& adds a bit of horn-section punch and lets Siouxsie demonstrate her ability with calm, dismissive cool. Turning Kraftwerk's empty, haunted &Hall of Mirrors& into a much more propulsive, Morricone guitar-tinged number makes for a fine reinvention, though, while Bob Dylan-via-Julie Driscoll's &This Wheel's on Fire& made for an enjoyable, string-touched single from the album. And if anyone needed proof that the Banshees were obsessive fan types when they started, the concluding cover of Television's debut obscurity &Little Johnny Jewel& would provide it.
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