Yola
- 艺人
- Eleanor McEvoy
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Blue Dandelion
- 发行时间
- 2001年01月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Evan Cater
Yola was Eleanor McEvoy's follow-up to the lavishly produced pop record Snapshots, but the two records could hardly be farther apart in instrumentation. Recorded semi-live, set entirely in sparse piano-guitar-and-drum arrangements, and conceptually centered around McEvoy's partnership with classically trained pianist Brian Connor, Yola seems to find its guiding principle in its final song, which celebrates &something so wonderful, something so pure.& The purity of the arrangements is indeed wonderful. McEvoy sings &Seasoned Love& in a piano-only performance that sounds like a number from a Stephen Sondheim musical, and goes a step sparser on &Isn't It a Little Late?,& which is backed only by drums. But despite the vast change in instrumentation, very little separates McEvoy's songwriting on Yola from her Snapshots work. Most of these songs could easily be padded with strings, electric guitar, and synthesizers and hold up well on the earlier album. The minimal settings on Yola demonstrate what so many other barebones efforts have shown: that good songs are still good when stripped to their essentials, that less is often more, and that complexity isn't always an improvement. But then, neither is simplicity. Simple arrangements showcase an artist's fundamental strengths -- in McEvoy's case, her beautifully and skillfully crafted melodies and evocative vocals -- but they can also reveal an artist's weaknesses. Snapshots seemed an attempt to cast McEvoy as a new Sarah McLachlan, but the former lacks the latter's proficiency as a guitarist and intricacy of lyrical expression. McEvoy seems to write about only two subjects, lost love and found love, and she tends to rely on well-worn clichés like rain as a symbol for hardship and &me and you& as a central rhyme. Still, those weaknesses only contribute to the directness and purity of the recordings, and McEvoy's melodies are easily strong enough to stand on their own.
最新简评（共7条）
- @꧁和꧂(音乐美化生活)：伊莉诺·麦伊芙歌声绝美，传递着一股柔美又坚强的能量，欧美民谣味极重，歌曲中爱尔兰交错的乐风和多种乐器彰显其对音乐的全面理解和诠释，都是我喜欢的。
- @漫長の告別˚(夏天)：
- @天下(路，还是那条路，只是每天...)：不错
- @likove(今夕何夕。)：悦心悦耳。
- @驼背的风：老兄这专辑发的。。。歌名和歌曲都对不上啊！全弄错了！
- @发条鱼鱼：这样干净的声音
- @小电情调：这张专辑录音也比较出色，没有浓郁的后期再创作，听起来清新自然，听McEvoy的歌，如同听朋友讲往事一样平静而舒坦。