We Were Here
- 艺人
- Joshua Radin
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Columbia Records
- 发行时间
- 2006年06月13日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
《We Were Here》是Joshua Radin的第一张录音室专辑。它曾在Billboard的“Top Heatseekers”上到达过第34名。这位唱作人也在专辑中翻唱了名曲“Only You”作为Bonus Track。专辑中的单曲“Closer”和“Winter”被用在剧集“My Best Laid Plans”和“My Screw Up”作为插曲。
Oh quick, before it goes away, let's look at another example that shows the interconnectedness (dare we say incest?) of television and popular music: Joshua Radin, who would have never even pursued a songwriting career if it hadn't been for his friendship with Zach Braff, star of Scrubs and introducer of the Shins to the masses. Braff put Radin's song "Winter" on the show, a move that eventually led to a recording contract with Columbia and his debut, We Were Here, much to the excitement of thousands of female fans. Radin plays the role of the quiet, romantic, sensitive guy, obsessed with his own heart and that which surrounds it, and does it all pretty convincingly. His songs are intimate, vaguely postmodern (his frequent references to the entity of a song within the song itself) affairs about love, addressing an unnamed woman and contemplating the state of their relationship over quietly picked acoustic guitars and the occasional bowed accent. His voice is soft and airy, timid and gentle to the point of fragility (it is extremely hard to believe when he sings "I scream that I wanna be anyone but me" in "Amy's Song" that he's not being hyperbolic), and layered as if he were a kind of sickly, half-rate Elliott Smith. The late singer is definitely a huge influence for Radin (he's even thanked in the liner notes), but while Smith was able convey emotion not just through his words but through his voice, Radin is so expressionless (besides the occasional breathy sigh), or at least monotonous in his expression, that even the happier pieces still sound as if they're being sung upon his deathbed. And while he does have some good lines ("There's a hole in my pocket that's about her size," "I keep your picture in my worn-through shoes"), many of his rhymes seem a little forced, almost corny ("Photographs and brightly colored paper/Are your masks you wear in this caper," he whispers in "Closer"), which greatly takes away from the profundity he's apparently trying to reach. Add this to the fact that the songs all have a very similar, redundant quality to them and suddenly We Were Here doesn't distinguish itself much from any other semi-talented male singer/songwriter. Except this one is a friend of Zach Braff's, which has clearly made all the difference.
最新简评（共40条）
- @老董(我还没想好要写什么...)：2010年听的.
- @Mbak(kenapa)：nyaman utk didengar.
- @想飞越的橙子同学(生于白昼，隐与黑夜。)：干净的不染尘。虽然他后续的作品也很精彩，但是一个人的心境不同，唱出的旋律也会不同。第一张专辑太出色了。
- @E(不自由)：封面好棒╭(╯ε╰)╮
- @回不到昨天：第一次听这首歌，是在电影保姆日记里，斯嘉丽约翰逊被男主人性骚扰，独自一个人骑着脚踏车去电话厅，给男主角打电话的场景。当时觉得这首歌很应景，越听越喜欢，尤其一个人走在晚上的路上。
- @half(我还没想好要写什么...)：淡淡的
- @half(我还没想好要写什么...)：Cougar Town SeasonIV 最后那一集里出现的lovely tonight 一下就就被感动的热泪盈眶 后来就开始听Radin 这张专辑里的winter更是百听不厌 画面感很强
- @位(Dust To Dust)：~~~
- @一(一即一切)：心 境不二
- @热波草莓：我记得好像是看斯嘉丽约翰逊的哪部电影开始听他的歌的。