What Would the Community Think
- 艺人
- Cat Power
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Matador
- 发行时间
- 1996年09月10日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
历经前两张专辑的试炼，《What Would The Community Think》为Cat Power于'96年在纽约另类名厂Matador旗下发表的首张唱片，这张专辑除了承袭过往的lo-fi / folk / rega-jazz基调外，在声线表现和音乐内容上都有很大的突破与增进。
她那彷若癌症末期病患的深沉唱腔，总在超乎自由的空间中回荡，时而无奈呢喃，时而歇斯底里，满佈玄疑隽永；在沉缓简约的吉他和絃裡，吟唱世间的风霜沧桑；在浓烈厚实的鼓击中，深掘生活的苦痛质感；在如流星滑走的钢琴衬底下，渲染情爱的悲切氛围。从最能阐释Marshall个人意念的歌词中，可以看出她对这世界的感触以及置身其中的个体角色，将何如在此中安身立命。
Cat Power这位被英国LIST杂志赞为「美国PJ Harvey」的年轻歌手，破除了传统民谣必需婉约细緻的粉饰虚伪，唱出了属于现实生活中直接了当的真摰感受。套句Bob Dylan「Like A Rolling Stone」中的一句歌词--"When You Got Nothing,You Got Nothing To Lose"，她就是这么一个人。(HirschXie)
by Heather Phares
What Would the Community Think was the second album Chan Marshall released in 1996, but its richness suggests a longer period of evolution. From the first warm notes of "In this Hole," it's clear that Marshall's voice -- as a singer and a songwriter -- is not only stronger and more focused, but more empathetic as well. Where her previous works were dense and cathartic, What Would the Community Think gives her voice and lyrics space to unfurl and involve the listener; the title track alone holds an album's worth of eloquence in Marshall's hushed, clear vocals, backed by guitar, feedback and an eerie, echoing piano. Fortunately, that leaves Marshall 11 other tracks with which to forge a fine balance between angular, angst-ridden punk and her gentler, folk-country tendencies. Different combinations of these extremes make Cat Power's sound more diverse but also more cohesive. Tense, tight songs like "Good Clean Fun" and "Nude as the News" retain the reflective, thoughtful nature of quieter numbers like "King Rides By" and "Water and Air," which turn the power of the album's louder moments into slow-building, implosive tension. Two of What Would the Community Think's finest moments, "They Tell Me" and "Taking People," are unabashedly blues and country-inflected, revealing Marshall not just as a cathartic vocalist, but as a true soul singer. Similarly, her covers of Peter Jefferies' "Fate of the Human Carbine" and Smog's "Bathysphere" show off Marshall's ability to make any song a Cat Power song. An intimate, personal album, What Would the Community Think makes imperfection beautiful and turns vulnerability into musical strength.
最新简评（共10条）
- @Pierrotfield(。)：
- @克劳蒂(so far so go...)：我天封面好惊悚
- @二才子(눈_눈)：-
- @huayao：我最爱的专辑！Good Clean Fun, Nude as News 带感，想看这两个现场。
- @hox( )：.
- @翼想天开：Nude as the News
- @情迷哈瓦那：Cat Power的音乐具有“空虚”或极少主义的特质，有时被归类于哥特布鲁斯
- @dachongzi：最爱
- @谢妮斯：一样的
- @0_0v( )：黑物质佳品