No Deeper Blue
- 艺人
- Townes Van Zandt
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Sugar Hill
- 发行时间
- 1995年02月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by William Ruhlmann
Van Zandt's subject matter had not changed much in the seven years between recordings, as was apparent only a few lines into the leadoff track, &A Song For,& when Van Zandt spoke-sang, &I'm weak and I'm weary of sorrow.& In fact, he wasn't weary of enumerating the causes of sorrow, as was proven especially in &Marie,& sung in the voice of a derelict whose life gets worse and worse until his pregnant girlfriend dies. Songs like that were typical of Van Zandt, but this time he also displayed an unusual range, from the scary, calypso-like song of temptation &The Hole& to the weird tall tale of &Billy, Boney and Ma& in which a man and a skeleton turn to a life of crime, demonstrating Van Zandt's humorous side. Van Zandt even found room for two lullabies. Musically, the album, which was recorded in Ireland and produced by Philip Donnelly, who also played guitar, benefited from an unusually varied group of styles, from the Chicago blues of &Goin' Down to Memphis& to the Memphis rockabilly of &Gone Too Long,& with a strong complement of Irish-flavored tunes played on such traditional instruments as uilleann pipes and tin whistle. The diverse musical styles made the album Van Zandt's most listenable, even when the lyrics were at their most desperate. By 1994, after a stream of live re-recordings of his older material, Van Zandt had begun to seem like a songwriter whose best songs, good as they were, were behind him. No Deeper Blue demonstrated that the muse was still with him.
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- @未知生物：
- @Nathaniel：95年，Townes发行了自己最后一张录音室专辑《No Deeper Blue》，其中有翻唱《Goin' Down to Memphis》这样同年代人的老作品，也有翻唱《Cowboy Junkies Lament》此歌包含对后辈的认可。专辑中大量的作品都在展示自己当时混乱可怜的状态，不似当年的真切动人，但一切已在第一首歌《A Song For》作了解释。也许他真的已经预料到了。97年的第一天，Townes静静地走了。