Kala
- 艺人
- M.I.A.
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- XL Recordings
- 发行时间
- 2007年08月20日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
Kala and Arular are similar in that they are both wildly vigorous and wholly enjoyable albums, generous with blunt-force beats, flurries of percussion, riotous vocals (with largely inconsequential lyrics), and fearless stylistic syntheses that seem to view music from half of the planet's countries as potential source material. But Kala nearly makes Arular seem tame in comparison, magnifying most of its predecessor's qualities as it remains bracingly adventurous. While it certainly sounds like a second M.I.A. album, nothing about it is stagnant. Made in piecemeal fashion while located in several countries, Kala involves a few co-producers: U.K. "dirty house" producer Switch is the primary collaborator, while Baltimore club don Blaqstarr, Diplo, and Timbaland assist M.I.A. on one or a couple tracks each. Further variety is added vocally, not only through M.I.A.'s numerous modes, but also through feature spots from Nigerian MC Afrikan Boy and a crew of young Aborigine rappers. Roughly half the album -- including the opening three-track sequence, which incorporates Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner," samples from two Tamil-language film soundtracks, squawking chickens, (what sounds like) yelping children, and clustered rhythmic devices that boom, stab, clap, rattle, twitter, and sometimes even prance -- is more intense than anything on Arular. The tracks are so full of chaos and jagged noise that it is disarming to reach the relatively relaxed material, especially the two tracks that resemble actual songs. "Jimmy" is a rather faithful cover, willfully chintzy strings and all, of a flirtatiously lovelorn neo-disco number from the '80s Bollywood film Disco Dancer. "Paper Planes" has a sing-songy float to it, aided by the Clash's "Straight to Hell," though it also appropriates Wreckx-N-Effect's "Rump Shaker" while replacing "zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom" and "boom-boom" with sounds from shotguns and cash registers. Like the remainder of the album's best moments, it recalls the late Lizzy Mercier Descloux, another artist who made thrilling music by mixing cultures with respectful irreverence. Perhaps some of Arular's detractors knew M.I.A. was capable of this all along.by Andy Kellman
热门评论
- @十诫无我：Paper Planes 的确百听不厌，尤其枪声妙~。我喜欢听她自己说MIA时的声音~哈哈
- @Don Diablo：带劲得合不拢腿
- @沸腾的小蚂蚁：注意：除盘2的7和8，其他全是真无损，7和8不知道哪个版本的，找不到无损，我下载mp3转的无损，大家看清楚。同时劳驾资源贡献者们，你找不到的版本无损音源，就别放进去了，不然后边的人根本传不上去，只有剑走偏锋了，毕竟保持正常版本和加歌是真无损。
最新简评（共86条）
- @No Savior(Wanna Feel.)：神砖啊
- @不醉不归(힙합. RNB)：오
- @echoblue( )：当年也是震惊业界的一张专啊
- @Gloomy Van(沉浸在自己编织的孤寂世界)：对我来说，稍微有点吵，我更喜欢发电站那种电子乐
- @painbirds( )：听了10年的神专最近还买了原版CD。
- @恩啊( )：虾米有加歌！！！
- @電気鹿(信宗教不如信哲学)：神专
- @小刀音乐：M.I.A, 1
- @穿西装的龙猫(探戈走错了可以重来，人生...)：好歌君在此一举