Hogyssey
- 艺人
- Spacehog
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Artemis
- 发行时间
- 2008年02月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by John Duffy
For their third full-length effort, Spacehog stayed close to the Bowie/T. Rex sound that made their 1996 debut Resident Alien such a hit. But if hopes were that a single as catchy as that album's out-of-the-gate hit &In the Meantime& was to be found, sadly there is not. That's not to say The Hogyssey doesn't have its moments. The lead single, &I Want to Live,& displays all the fuzz and falsetto that made &Meantime& so popular (and with a line like &soar like an angel, ride like a whore,& how could it go wrong?), and the accusatory &A Real Waste of Food& goes for a Diamond Dogs vibe and gets chunky with Wurlitzer and horns. &Perpetual Drag,& &At Least I Got Laid,& and &Jupiter's Moon& sport some truly inspired guitar riffs and powerful playing, but the corny rearrangement of Richard Strauss' &Also Sprach Zarathustra& (better known as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) is just downright ill-advised. An attempt to get back to the vibe of Resident Alien may have been a good idea, but now, in addition to drawing liberally from Bowie and glam rock, the Hog are already revisiting their own work. Crunchy guitars aside, perhaps Hogyssey is a misstep for Langdon and company.