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		<title>Travis - Ode To J. Smith</title>
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    <td class="alt">Red Telephone Box Records</td>
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<td>Chinese Blues</td>
<td>3:42</td>
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<td class="alt">3:03</td>
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<td>3:18</td>
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<p>前几天还翻出他们的“The Boy With No Name”来听。想不到新专辑这么快就出来了，好像还不到一年半吧，这是他们的第六张录音室专辑了。上一张的水准非常之高，3 Times And You Lose，Closer等几首歌都被我听烂了。所以这新专辑还是抱以很高的期望的，但是就听完第一轮来说，失望大于希望。记得以前在第一次听完“The Boy With No Name”之后，好几首歌都留下了很深的印象，但是新专辑我还没有强烈感觉到哪首是特别出色的。当然我还需要去听第二遍第三遍，有些歌不用心听是听不出它的内涵的。</p>
<p>大概我的内涵和鉴赏能力有限，我最终还是认为新专辑比上一张专辑要差，至少总体水平跟上一张专辑比差了半个等级以上。当然Fran Healy的声音还是那么的销魂，但是却缺少了“The Boy With No Name”中的那种温情，可以说新专辑的曲风跟上一张很不同，既找不到“Closer”这样轻柔抒情的歌曲，也找不到“Selfish Jean”这种节奏简单清爽的歌曲。整张专辑感觉很复古很车库。</p>
<p><strong>Chinese Blues</strong>这个歌名很内涵，因为我完全不知道是什么意思，就算是看过歌词后也完全没有头绪。不过作为专辑的第一首歌曲，还是不错的，特别是低音吉他跟鼓点的结合效果很好，而中后段那鼓跟钢琴的配合更为出色。<br />
第二首<strong>J.Smith</strong>跟专辑名呼应。歌曲里面说的那个人应该就是这个J.Smith，但是这个名字有什么典故就不知道了。然后歌曲后面来了一段哥特式（误的不知道是什么语的东西：<br />
Labor tuus nunc ad terminum<br />
Sed per deos, vade retro<br />
Nomen nusquan video<br />
Carbo in culo in aeternitatem<br />
Placet satanae te vedere<br />
不过这首歌是整张专辑中最出色的其中一首。特别是歌曲的编排很有意思。<br />
<strong>Something Anything</strong>在之前的EP已经推出过了，恰到好处的节奏入耳的旋律，还有那不长不短的歌曲长度，使它成为这种专辑中我比较喜欢的一首。<br />
<strong>Broken Mirror</strong>是另外一首我喜欢的歌曲。歌曲营造出一种沉重诡异的气氛。Bass，Drum，以及两把Guitar还有Fran的歌声配合的非常完美。<br />
<strong>Last Words，Quite Free</strong>细心听听其实也还不错。<br />
不知道为什么，我觉得<strong>Friends</strong>这首还不错，感觉很复古。<br />
<strong>Song To Self</strong>暂时来说是我最喜欢的一首，因为这首让我有听上一张专辑的感觉。<br />
其实听下来，这张专辑也还不错，不过比起“The Boy With No Name”，我只能说抱歉了，我还是继续听前面那张吧……</p>
<p>----by icyfire 2008.09.29</p>
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