Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- 艺人
- Ray Charles / Betty Carter / Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong / Dinah Shore / Frank Sinatra
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- ABC-Paramount
- 发行时间
- 1962年04月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
Ray Charles，著名的“灵魂乐之父”。他似乎永远都戴着墨镜，但这并不是为了摆酷，而是因为他从小就失去了光明。然而这位天才以惊人的毅力和悟性学会了用盲文读谱，并且精通了多种乐器，他把当时被斥为低俗的黑人蓝调和被奉为圣灵的教堂福音唱腔划时代地完美结合在一起，开创了灵魂乐这一音乐流派，这是无数明眼人连想都不敢想的伟大成就。
当Ray Charles决定要出一张乡村音乐风格的专辑的时候，几乎所有人的反应都是“你疯了吗”或者“这个绝对不会流行”，但Ray Charles坚持自己的想法，于是推出了这张Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music。专辑一经发行即造成轰动，很快飙升到Billboard排行榜的榜首，并停留了12周之久。专辑中的"I Can't Stop Loving You", "Born to Lose" 和 "You Don't Know Me" 成为 R&B 10大金曲，并且让Charles赢得了葛莱美最佳R&B男歌手大奖。
这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第104位。
Less modern for its country-R&B blend (Elvis Presley and company did it in 1955) and lushly produced C&W tone (the Nashville sound cropped up in the late '50s) than for its place as a high-profile crossover hit, Modern Sounds in Country and Western fit right in with Ray Charles' expansive musical ways while on the Atlantic label in the '50s. In need of even more room to explore, Charles signed with ABC Paramount and eventually took full advantage of his contract's "full artistic freedom clause" with this collection of revamped country classics. Covering a period from 1939 to the early '60s, the 12 tracks here touch on old-timey fare (Floyd Tillman's "It Makes No Difference to Me Now"), honky tonk (three Hank Williams songs), and early countrypolitan (Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You"). Along with a Top Ten go at Eddy Arnold's "You Don't Know Me," the Gibson cover helped the album remain at the top of the pop charts for nearly three months and brought Charles international fame. Above a mix of swinging big band charts by Gerald Wilson and strings and choir backdrops from Marty Paich, Charles' intones the sleepy-blue nuances of country crooners while still giving the songs a needed kick with his gospel outbursts. No pedal steel or fiddles here, just a fine store of inimitable interpretations.
最新简评（共25条）
- @爱乐就爱了(心之所向，素履以往)：灵魂歌王
- @爱笑的大碗：这专辑歌都是瞎排的？
- @AFei-K•(♬♩♫♪♡)：ᵕ᷄≀ ̠˘᷅
- @大仁大侠(愛真善美 审视欲望 ...)：《 R&B 谱系：格莱美 R&B 类奖项作品》歌单学习曲 · [奸笑] [示爱] [外星] · 5（1963）
- @总在灵魂深处藏了一些喜悲(行到水穷我才开始害怕，夕...)：嗯哼
- @Deadline(窝列大窝列大哟)：(ಡωಡ)
- @双节棍：很喜欢这张专辑
- @toddler：这张专辑挺美的。灵魂乐之父。
- @jeep5042(永远向前进)：《有生之年非听不可的1001张唱片》推荐第31张唱片 COLMA ( ) 2017-08-02 22:23 也是从这个过来的 来自iPhone客户端
- @微微(英洋歌姬)：滚石杂志评出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第104位