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共13首歌曲
by Mary Grady
Jack Nitzsche had one brush with greatness early in his career, apart from his job as Phil Spector's arranger -- &The Lonely Surfer,& a classic of the surf music genre. This album attempted to extend his solo career beyond that of a one-hit wonder, with mixed success. The best cuts are songs that are in the same surfer mold: &Puerto Vallarta,& &Baja,& and &Beyond the Surf.& Nitzsche had a gift for melodramatic, ascending arrangements that rose to dramatic crescendos, underpinned by rumbling basslines and clanging percussion. Less successful are a super-slow take on &Da Doo Ron Ron& and remakes of easy listening and soundtrack hits such as &Ebb Tide& and &More,& which are given a precious sheen of strings. The one exception is a rather rocking version of Elmer Bernstein's &Magnificent Seven,& which sounds like it was made for dancing. This is a pleasant, if not exceptional, set of music for fans of surf instrumentals.