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乐队名称:Augustana(
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专辑名称:Can't Love, Can't Hurt
发行日期:2008年4月29日
发行厂牌:Epic
音乐风格:American Trad Rock | Adult Alternative Pop/ Rock
Allmusic评分:3.5/5
曲目列表:
1 Hey Now
2 I Still Ain't Over You
3 Sweet and Low
4 Twenty Years
5 Meet You There
6 Fire
7 Either Way, I'll Break Your Heart Someday
8 Dust
9 Rest, Shame, Love
10 Where Love Went Wrong
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乐评:引用:
All the Stars and Boulevards, Augustana's 2005 debut, sat idly on record store shelves for a year a half before finally cracking the Billboard Top 40. The album's linchpin was "Boston," a ballad whose slow crescendos and heartrending lyrics made it perfect fodder for television, where it received some much-needed attention during episodes of Scrubs and One Tree Hill. Augustana flourished under that exposure, and Can't Love, Can't Hurt attempts to keep the buzz alive by offering another batch of appealingly sentimental songcraft. The bandmates play their cards wisely this time around, refusing to load the album with the pale "Boston" imitations that would secure more TV coverage but diminish the group's credibility. Instead, Augustana deliver a pleasant mix of traditional, vaguely rootsy pop/rock songs, with Dan Layus' affable vocals at the forefront. "Hey Now" and "I Still Ain't Over You" set the stage within the album's first nine minutes — inspired but not grandiose, they deliver a sort of grounded uplift for those who prefer their Fray albums with a side of Limbeck's twangy pop and sweet harmonies. There are several semi-ballads here, too, including the leadoff single, "Sweet and Low," but Layus' somber piano arpeggios (which once played the bulk of the band's hooks) now share the spotlight with his bandmates' guitar riffs. Accordingly, Can't Love, Can't Hurt is more aligned with Counting Crows than Coldplay — even when the piano dominates the instrumentation, it does so with the same dusty, alt-rock reverence as Adam Duritz's delivery on "A Long December." Those looking to slow-dance and/or hoist their lighters will find a friend in "Fire," the album's closet cousin to "Boston," but this sophomore effort has much more to offer.
Augustana的2005年首张专辑《All the Stars and Boulevards》在专辑货架上闲置了一年半后终于荣登了Billboard Top 40专辑排行榜。那张专辑的关键单曲是“Boston”,这首情歌的音乐舒缓动听,歌词颇为感伤,恰好能配合某些电视节目。这首歌在电视剧“Scrubs”与“One Tree Hill”中播出之后,获得了公众的广泛关注,而乐队也确实需要这样。Augustana在那次曝光之后开始渐入佳境,而其新专辑《Can't Love, Can't Hurt》也试图继续这种感人乐风来维持乐队的知名度。同时乐队成员更进一步,拒绝在专辑中单纯重复“Boston”的调调。虽然重复过去能够保证乐队在电视上的曝光度,但是这样做会影响乐队的音乐质量。乐队的新专辑很好地融合了传统的怀旧流行摇滚曲风,而主唱Dan Layus的嗓音依然亲切。“Hey Now”与“I Still Ain't Over You”在专辑的开头九分钟就奠定了基调,歌曲灵感十足却不夸大,这让那些喜欢Fray乐队以及Limbeck乐队略带鼻音的甜美和声的人们非常满意。专辑中还有一些准情歌,包括主打单曲“Sweet and Low”,不过这次主唱Layus忧郁的钢琴声(过去主导乐队的主旋律)与乐队成员的吉他演奏交相辉映。因此,专辑《Can't Love, Can't Hurt》更像Counting Crows乐队的风格,而不是Coldplay式风格。即使当钢琴主宰着器乐旋律之时,其音乐仍是强烈的Alt-Rock风格,就如Counting Crows主唱Adam Duritz在“A Long December”中传达的那样。那些寻觅舒缓舞步或是举着打火机的人们可能会在歌曲“Fire”中找到知音,这是专辑中最像“Boston”的一首歌,不过却要传达更多的东西。
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