Made in England
- 艺人
- Elton John
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Rocket
- 发行时间
- 1995年03月21日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by William Ruhlmann
Made in England could as easily be the follow-up to Elton John's self-titled 1970 album as his first recording since the success of his songs for the Lion King soundtrack. John has brought back some of his old associates, including percussionist Ray Cooper, guitarist Davey Johnstone, and, particularly, orchestrator Paul Buckmaster, who gave the Elton John album its distinctive sound 25 years ago and contributes four string charts here. John remains a musical jukebox: &Please& has a twangy guitar riff that sounds like the Searchers, circa 1965, while guest organist Paul Carrack brings a soulful Booker T.-like feel to &Man.& As usual, though, John's main vocal influence remains John Lennon, especially on the album's first single, &Believe,& the lyrics to which also echo the tone of several of Lennon's solo ballads. Lyricist Bernie Taupin is unusually personal, writing mostly in short, simple, declarative sentences and giving his songs one-word titles (&House,& &Cold,& &Pain,& etc.). His overall theme posits a positive conclusion (&Blessed&) eventually triumphing over adversity (&Lies&). John never works up much feeling for this concept, though he does come off alternately angry and solemn as the lyrics seem to require, though without ever upsetting the melodic flow. It sounds, in other words, as if Taupin had a lot to get off his chest this time around, but his mouthpiece, as usual, was more interested in the sound of the words than in their meaning. Which, given the predictability of the message, seems to have been just as well.
最新简评（共11条）
- @Askatam飞鸟谈：听了二十多年的经典
- @albert(暂无签名~)：听了20多年，今天听来依然感动。朴实却又大气磅礴，浑厚却又精致细腻。曲曲动听，最爱的专辑！
- @dong：这个专辑封面很正常。
- @享受生活918：20年了物是人非
- @四季更迭：超牛的专辑！
- @Smoky(½)：午夜寻声，寻很久很久以前的，已经忘了的
- @Ray：以鋼琴為基礎的音樂創作，在這張專輯里體現得淋漓盡致。所有的歌曲風格，信條般的曲名，歌詞內容，乃至唱片裝禎都沒有甚麼他慣有的花哨意味，和擁有近似完美的整體性。Made in England。作品如其名。驕傲，穩重，嚴肅。大氣，足以代表世人心中之英國。
- @壮壮爸(一个人游游荡荡)：hao
- @刘怡康：Elton John的歌，很喜欢。但我接触不算多，最熟悉的是这张专辑。因为当初买了这盘带子，放在随身听里反复地听。每一首歌都熟悉。希望你也喜欢。
- @刘怡康：我听外文歌儿不算多，也不求甚解。那是高中的时候吧，买了这盘带子，爱上了这里边的每一首曲子。17年过去了，再回首，还是喜欢，却明显感到如今的我没有高中时那么沉静了，浮躁了很多。或许这盘带子是剂良药，安抚我浮躁的心情。