The Serpent's Egg
- 艺人
- Dead Can Dance
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- 4AD
- 发行时间
- 1988年10月24日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
DCD不再仅仅只属于欧洲。
DCD在Perry和 Gerrard的不断实验与改革中不断进步着，在“Spleen and Ideal”的音乐基础上，采用了大量中东地区的民谣，精美的艺术摇滚宛如黑暗里凝神倾听的电影音乐，恍然间让人想起了4AD旗下另一支美学摇滚乐队Bauhaus。
这张专集在DCD的乐史上可谓分量极重（在笔者的心目中绝对不低于之后的Into the Labyrinth），留下了大量的传世之作，像是 Gerrard空前绝后的出色表演的“The Writing on My Father's Hand”和“Song of Sophia ”，浓郁宗教味道的“Ullyses”，有着绝妙管风琴伴奏的In the “Kingdom of the Blind” ，以及后被大量电影选用音乐的“The Host of Seraphim”。（From
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by Ned Raggett
Perry and Gerrard continued to experiment and improve with The Serpent's Egg, as much a leap forward as Spleen and Ideal was some years previously. As with that album, The Serpent's Egg was heralded by an astounding first track, "The Host of Seraphim." Its use in films some years later was no surprise in the slightest -- one can imagine the potential range of epic images the song could call up -- but on its own it's so jaw-droppingly good that almost the only reaction is sheer awe. Beginning with a soft organ drone and buried, echoed percussion, Gerrard then takes flight with a seemingly wordless invocation of power and worship -- her vocal control and multi-octave range, especially towards the end, has to be heard to be believed. Nothing else achieves such heights, but everything gets pretty darn close, a deserved testament to the band's conceptual reach and abilities. Slow plainsong chants such as "Orbis De Ignis" mix with the harpischord and overlaid vocals of "The Writing on My Father's Hand" and the slow build and sweep of "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings." Two of Perry's finest vocal moments occur here. The first, "Severance," is a slow, organ/keyboard led number that showcases his rich, warm vocals exquisitely -- it's no wonder that Bauhaus chose to cover it some years later on its reunion tour. "Ullyses," the album's closing track, makes for a fine ending as much as "The Host of Seraphim" did an opening, Perry's delivery almost like a reading from a holy book, the arrangement of strings and percussion rhythmic, addictive and lovely.
最新简评（共24条）
- @大喵(不要自我设限.....)：☑️☑️☑️
- @拉J儿倒(新浪潮/后朋克 )：我操 跪了
- @指骨底(我的脊背上生出阵阵芒刺般...)：好
- @錳鎷君(Eine kosmisc...)：噢
- @sikkim(一個人的戰爭)：.
- @龐漢榮(暂无签名~)：小众，打call
- @黄色潜水艇(微笑，挥手，再见。)：DCD在Perry和 Gerrard的不断实验与改革中不断进步着，在“Spleen and Ideal”的音乐基础上，采用了大量中东地区的民谣，精美的艺术摇滚宛如黑暗里凝神倾听的电影音乐，恍然间让人想起了4AD旗下另一支美学摇滚乐队Bauhaus。 这张专集在DCD的乐史上可谓分量极重，留下了大量的传世之作，像是 Gerrard空前绝后的出色表演的“The Writing on My Father\'s Hand”和“Song of Sophia ”，浓郁宗教味道的“Ullyses”，有着绝妙管风琴伴奏的In the “Kingdom of the Blind” ，以及后被大量电影选用音乐的“The Host of Seraphim”。
- @Somniloquy(我还没想好要写什么...)：啊 扭转了对DCD的印象~
- @伍：这里都能遇到臭板儿，真是辣眼睛，辣哭了！
- @Tautou(虾米你这个大坏蛋，我恨你)：置身事外