World Waits

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共10首歌曲

艺人: Jeremy Enigk
语种: 英语
厂牌: Reincarnate
发行时间: 2006年10月16日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Marisa Brown

A decade passed since Jeremy Enigk, lead singer of Sunny Day Real Estate and the Fire Theft, released his last solo album, Return of the Frog Queen. And in ten years it's natural, expected, desired even, that one will mature, that one's musical tastes and influences may expand or change, so it's not so strange that Enigk's sophomore record is not an exact copy of his debut. What is strange, however, is how different it actually is. While Return of the Frog Queen was chamber pop and struck acoustic chords, World Waits is soft arpeggioed electric guitars, sweeping violins, and droning keyboards. It doesn't exactly work. Enigk sounds like a mixture of Peter Gabriel, U2, Sarah McLachlan, and a little bit of Elf Power, and tries too hard to be profound and meaningful. The closer, &Burn,& which seems as if it's about to turn into a cover of &Red Rain& and has him singing, &In lines made perfect/One chance to run away/Angel wings, marmalade,& is overly poignant to the point of saccharinity, especially the strings -- which, along with an orchestra, added a nice element of whimsy on his first record, but only succeed here in making the album sound MOR and cheesy. &Dare a Smile& finds the singer doing his best John Lennon impression, and while it's not a bad song, there's nothing about it that makes it noteworthy, either, and &Been There Before,& even with its brief pipe organ break, is nothing more than uninspiringly pretty. The biggest mistake on the album, however, is the Bono-inspired &City Tonight,& which hardly improves after the whispered opening line, &Am I late to the kingdom of love?& almost turning into a dance song, synths and cheesy beats included. Worst is that Enigk doesn't sing here in the high, nasally voice that made both his solo and group work so enjoyable and even quirky. It's not abandoned completely (&Canons,& for example, showcases it nicely), but it is limited as he aims for a more &serious& presentation. But in doing so he just becomes more formulaic, maturing perhaps but losing the very things that made him so great in the first place. A misstep to say the least; hopefully another ten years will bring back the Enigk we once knew.