Songs for Silverman
- 艺人
- Ben Folds
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Sony Music
- 发行时间
- 2005年04月26日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by James Christopher Monger
Ben Folds is at his best when he melds the acerbic with the heartfelt, a balancing act that he's honed to perfection on the warm and ballad-heavy Songs for Silverman . Opening track "Bastard," with a fuzzed-out bassline right out of 1995, kick-starts a record that plays like a show in reverse. The meat's all upfront, so those expecting a show-stopping encore will just have to listen to it backward, as this is Ben Folds the family man, not the embittered youth who joined the "Army" on 1999's Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner . While there is a warm undercurrent of tenderness that runs through Silverman , it's never cloying or clichéd; rather, Folds can take the simplest notion, insert a gorgeous piano motif, and hit that one line in falsetto that gives you goose bumps -- the lovely "Time" is a perfect example -- without breaking a sweat. On a song for his daughter ("Gracie") he teases, fawns, and pontificates without ever seeming overbearing -- a line like "you can't fool me/I saw you when you came out/You've got your mama's taste but you got my mouth" makes even the most spawn-fearing post-hipster reconsider the prospect of parenthood. However, Folds' brand of wry observation is most effective when it's applied to an antagonist like on the aforementioned "Bastard" ("You get smaller as the world gets big/'The Whiz Man' will never fit you like 'The Whiz Kid' did"), and while his barbs have taken on more of a nostalgic bent, soaring tracks like "Jesusland," "You to Thank," and "Late" -- the latter is a stark, simple, blue-collar ode to Elliott Smith -- confirm what many already knew, that Ben Folds is in this for the long haul, and you the consumer are luckier for it. [ Songs for Silverman is also available in a "special package" edition that boasts a 40-page booklet and a DVD, as well as on limited-edition vinyl with the bonus track "Bitches Ain't S**t."]
最新简评（共7条）
- @Astray Joy(V: Jsong108 ...)：这张的钢琴伴奏很纯 超棒！
- @mydecember(paradox)：第一次听他的歌就是该专辑中的LANDED~赞
- @Desperado(Let it go, l...)：这张专辑确实是Ben Folds写给他妻子的，包括他上一张专辑的名曲the luckiest。这张专辑中的Gracie和上张专辑的Still Fighting It这两首歌分别写给他的龙凤胎女儿和儿子的。很幸福的家庭，对吧？但是！不小心看了一条八卦新闻，在2006年他们离婚了。而且，ben folds貌似已经经历了三次失败的婚姻了。 我说了这么一大段，我的point是，听歌就听歌，真的别轻易去看八卦新闻，不然心绪皆乱，这些歌曲的意义和味道，也许就全变了。我不知道现在该如何理解The Luckiest里面的那些深情歌词了。“一切都不是永恒的”，Ben Folds在06年的《Still》里面确实这么写到。 但是，既然事情已经发生了，我不得不说一句，这个Ben Folds一定在感情处理上有缺陷，不然不会夸张到这样的程度吧。一个人在音乐艺术上的才华，也许真需要在其他方面做出一些牺牲？Maybe... 就这样吧。当什么事都没发生过，继续若无其事地听。Ben folds的歌仍然很能引起我的共鸣，不管是The Luckiest，还是Still。
- @深蓝：喜欢，简单的歌，大段大段的钢琴伴奏。
- @Desperado(Let it go, l...)：Ben Folds献给老婆的一张专辑~ RESKE (噢噢噢噢噢噢噢噢) 2012-02-20 14:32 不是给他女儿的吗。。。 Desperado (Let it go, l...) 2012-02-20 16:04 RESKE说： 呃。。。是LP吧？