Deeper Still

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共12首歌曲

艺人: Beth Nielsen Chapman
语种: 英语
厂牌: Artemis
发行时间: 2002年03月26日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Robert L. Doerschuk

Biblical imagery mixes with down-home poetics on Deeper Still. With a sound stripped of studio tinsel, Chapman delivers her material in earnest understatement over crisp, if antiseptic, accompaniment. When supporting her own vocals on piano during tracks like &Every December Sky,& she achieves a special intimacy; the band's entry, though discrete, somewhat dilutes the effect. No such diminution mars her performance of the Celtic-flavored &Feathers Bones and Shells,& largely a piano and vocal piece with touches of cello, or &Deeper Still,& on which the absence of drums allows Chapman to ride a delicate rubato, with a subtle but electrifying acceleration when Vince Gill enters with harmony on the chorus. On up-tempo numbers she allows herself less elasticity in both phrasing and writing; &Shake My Soul,& with beat pumping and Bonnie Raitt joining in on backup vocals, locks the lyric into a choppy pattern that emphasizes rhythm more than shaded meaning (&Gonna shake my soul/And release my hold/Givin' up control/And let the rest unfold&). At its best moments, Deeper Still displays a strong confessional perspective, plenty of sensitive arrangement, and the occasional surprise; there are moments in &All Comes Down to Love& that even recall the Beatles, from the pinched production in one short segment to a &yeah, yeah, yeah& riff on the fade. On every cut she maintains the high level of craftsmanship that has long made her a hometown heroine in Nashville; her match of lyric to rhythm in &World of Hurt& has an especially Music Row resonance. Nothing, however, seriously challenges any commercial conventions. Deeper Still is in fact more broad than deep, polished and pleasing but a step shy of profound.