Two Steps From the Blues
- 艺人
- Bobby "Blue" Bland
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Duke
- 发行时间
- 1961年07月25日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
这是位早期的蓝调大师，由于地位显赫，所以他更经常被称为Bobby &Blue& Bland，在1992年获得葛莱美终生成就奖，被认为是“一位极其多才多艺的歌手和艺术家，他的热情奔放与对悦耳音乐的天生亲合使得他创造了一种独一无二的音乐风格，这种风格混合了蓝调、摇摆、民谣、乡村、福音歌曲的诸多元素”。
这张专辑可以看为Bobby Bland的一生缩影，虽然年代久远（首发于1961年），但听来毫无过时之感，确实唱的非常棒。
本专辑在滚石杂志评出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第215位。
Without a doubt, Two Steps From the Blues is the definitive Bobby &Blue& Bland album and one of the great records in electric blues and soul-blues. In fact, it's one of the key albums in modern blues, marking a turning point when juke joint blues were seamlessly blended with gospel and Southern soul, creating a distinctly Southern sound where all of these styles blended so thoroughly it was impossible to tell where one began and one ended. Given his Memphis background, Bobby &Blue& Bland was perfectly suited for this kind of amalgam as envisioned by producer/arranger Joe Scott, who crafted these wailing horn arrangements that sounded as impassioned as Bland's full-throated, anguished vocals. It helped, of course, that the songs were uniformly brilliant. Primarily from the pen of Deadric Malone, along with Duke head Don Robey and Scott (among others), these are the tunes that form the core of Bobby &Blue& Bland's legend and the foundation of soul-blues: &Two Steps From the Blues,& &I Don't Want No Woman,& &Cry, Cry, Cry,& &I'm Not Ashamed,& &Lead Me On,& &Little Boy Blue& -- songs so good they overshadow standards like &St. James Infirmary.& These are songs that blur the division between Ray Charles soul and Chess blues, opening the doors for numerous soul and blues sounds, from Muscle Shoals and Stax through the modern-day soul-bluesman. Since this, like many blues albums from the late '50s/early '60s, was a collection of singles, it's possible to find the key tracks, even the entire album, on the numerous Bobby &Blue& Bland collections released over the years, but this remains an excellent, essential blues album on its own terms -- one of the greatest ever released.
最新简评（共12条）
- @阿Ken(阿Ken)：215
- @东湖声音：比预想的好听，挺现代的。
- @Libido( )：封面逗
- @Gloomy Van(沉浸在自己编织的孤寂世界)：也就st james infirmary 有些印象
- @drop science(10 13号暗的光还魂散...)：听着好舒服
- @长青(榕树长青)：经典之作
- @微微(英洋歌姬)：本专辑在滚石杂志评出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第215位。
- @未知生物(New Porsche ...)：Blues
- @悠扬无音：随性就好
- @黄色潜水艇(微笑，挥手，再见。)：Bobby“Blue”Bland是一位极其多才多艺的歌手和艺术家，他的热情奔放与对悦耳音乐的天生亲合使得他创造了一种独一无二的音乐风格，这种风格混合了蓝调、摇摆、民谣、乡村、福音歌曲的诸多元素。他是1997年格莱美终身成就奖的得主。1961年发行的这张Two Steps From The Blues是电声布鲁斯和灵魂布鲁斯音乐的经典专辑之一。