Elliott Smith

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艺人: Elliott Smith
语种: 英语
厂牌: Kill Rock Stars
发行时间: 1995年06月21日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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Elliott Smith的第二张同名专辑。是他在Kill Rock Stars发行的第一张专辑同时也是他第一次对自己的艺术风格所做出的宣言。这张专辑的音乐与《Roman Candle》的非常相似——主要由Smith的歌声和他温柔的吉他声构成，再用一些鼓声，和音和另外一些奇怪的乐器装饰起来。这张专辑与前面专辑主要的不同之处在于Smith的旋律和歌词释放了他们更强大的力量和强烈的主题——不仅仅是因为Smith细腻而广阔的表达，还因为他那似是而非的不和谐的旋律，这些旋律总是令人难以捕捉直到聆听者多次的回味以至于能够理解以及知道这些旋律的走向。人们常常拿Smith和Paul Simon或者Beatles做比较，但是或许当时的最重要的人物是Nick Drake……虽然Smith的语言相对于Drake绕梁三日的诗歌式语言来说要更加的原始与难懂，但是Smith的歌曲同样表达了一种压抑和孤独的心情，这种压抑和孤独在音乐上赤裸裸的表现是非常令人不安的。Smith音乐中安静的元素可以使人忽略歌曲中黑暗和尖锐的部分，虽然他的一些歌词在没有配乐的时候读上去更像是一种愤怒的、挑衅的朋克式的咆哮，但是Smith歌曲中很多痛苦的元素都是针对一些不正常的社会关系或者是通过对现实的讥讽表现出来的。Smith赋予这张专辑以有血有肉的生命，这张专辑同时包含了他对于未来所设计的蓝图，而且更加重要的是，这张专辑已经踏出完成Smith的蓝图的第一步。（转自

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by Steve Huey

Elliott Smith's self-titled second album was his first for the Kill Rock Stars label and also his first major artistic statement. Its sound is fairly similar to that of Roman Candle -- it's mostly just Smith and his gently fingerpicked acoustic guitar, embellished a bit more often with drums, harmony vocals, and the odd additional instrument. The main difference here is that Smith's melodies and lyrics reveal their greater strength and substance with repeated listens. And make no mistake, the songs do require repeated listens -- not just because of Smith's often whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery, but also because of his deceptively angular melodies and chord progressions, which threaten to float away until the listener hears them enough to latch on and know where they're going. Smith is often compared to Paul Simon or the Beatles in their softer moments, but perhaps the best touchstone for this early sound is Nick Drake's even more minimalistic Pink Moon; while Smith's language is rawer and tougher than Drake's haunting poetics, his songs also deal with depression and loneliness, creating an almost uncomfortable intimacy with their bare-bones arrangements. The quiet prettiness of Smith's sound can make it easy to overlook the darker, edgier side of his songs -- many of Smith's embittered characters cope with their dysfunctional relationships or breakups through substance abuse, while some of the lyrics read more like angry, defiant punk rants when separated from the music. Smith would flesh out his sound with the albums to come, but Elliott Smith contains the blueprint for his later successes, and more importantly, it's a fully realized work itself.

Elliott Smith

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