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艺人

The Young Gods

语种

英语

厂牌

Play It Again Sam

发行时间

1991年02月07日

专辑类别

录音室专辑

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专辑介绍

by Ned Raggett

In a conscious shift of aesthetics, the very European Gods turned their eyes on America with the band's fourth album, producing its most 'rock' record to date, a consistently strong smash. Opening with &Our House,& it all seems (powerful) business as usual - odd sonic loops, rhythm patterns suddenly exploding into mass drum/riff combinations. But the difference here lies with the lyrics - discounting earlier covers, Treichler for the first time sings in English here and throughout, a conscious audience targeting which he addressed in contemporaneous interviews. &Gasoline Man& turns out to be the big shift, revamping what sounds like an old ZZ Top riff into as classic an American rock song as any - blues lyrical structure, loving the road and the motor - yet with the Gods' unique sonic signature present, revamping and restitching the past into a cleaner, newer form that avoids sounding just like another bar band. Underground hit single &Skinflowers& marries a powerful pulse and razor-sharp feedback stabs with a perversely catchy lyric; other tracks like &TV Sky& and the wickedly Guns n' Roses-quoting &The Night Dance& pile on the sound and space in equally gripping measure. &Summer Eyes,& an intentional Doors tribute done after numerous Jim Morrison/Treichler comparisons in the past, even has a mid-song Manzarek-style organ break, but ends the album on a disturbing note, slow riff trudge samples fading out under Treichler's dark, sly take on America. In sum, a wonderful album that never got its proper due.