专辑英文名: The Resistance
歌手: Muse
音乐风格: 摇滚
资源格式: FLAC
发行时间: 2009年09月11日
地区: 美国
语言: 英语
简介:

专辑简介:
自2006年那张科幻主题的摇滚大作Black Holes & Revelations之后,Muse开始了07年的巡演,同时表示已经有了第五张录音室专辑的想法,于是谣言鹊起,大多都是称新的专辑将有一首长大15分钟的Space Rock,此外还有传言说Muse甚至不打算继续发专辑而是准备好了一系列的单曲,EP。不过08年5月,nme的报道澄清了这些流言,因为Muse当时已经开始写歌了,引用主唱马修·贝拉米(Matthew Bellamy)的话来说,“其实接下去会变成什么样,我们也不知道,也许是一张专辑,也许是一系列的单曲,又或者是一个50分钟长的摇滚交响,谁知道呢?”
至于那个15分钟的Space Rock Solo,在08年晚些时候,贝拉米解释道,“将由三个部分构成,不过交响的部分占的更多一点。这首曲子我已经构思了好几年了。”
最终,华纳宣布这张新专辑将于09年9月发行,随后就将开始巡演。09年3月,有报道称专辑已经完成了大半,贝拉米也称,专辑含有很重的古典元素,并玩笑道:“我们正要敲开Classic FM的大门。”
而到了5月22日,专辑的名称定了下来,The Resistance,第一首公布的曲目是United States of Eurasia。6月16日专辑定下了发行日期,一个月后定下了曲目的清单,以及首单Uprising。9月9日,苹果公司宣布这张专辑将作为首批发行的iTunes LP(代号‘鸡尾酒’Cocktail的数字唱片格式)以数字专辑格式发行。
随着万众期待的Muse新砖的发布时间日益临近,之前Muse在Twitter上每小时发布一首曲目列表,更是吊足了胃口。新砖的首单Uprising原计划7月20日晚7点在BBC首播,并在MTV Video Music大奖上首演,不过最后播出的是United States of Eurasia。首单Uprising改在8月3日在BBC Radio1上播出。
首个被播出的单曲United States of Eurasia马上有了RadioRip版,不过第二天该曲目就有了数字下载,3:44的曲目过后是一个名为“Collateral Damage”的钢琴奏鸣曲,是根据肖邦长音降E大调Op.9 No.2的夜曲改编。
在8月预发行的音乐杂志Mojo上,主唱兼吉他手Matthew Bellamy透露道,这首曲子是受到布热津斯基(Zbigniew Brzezinski)一本名为《大棋局》(The Grand Chessboard)的书的启发。“Brzezinski明确提出亚欧大陆是最重要的地缘政治中心的观点,认为欧亚大陆需要在山姆大叔的控制下才能保障原油的稳定供应。”Bellamy接着还暗示这首歌同样受到乔治·奥威尔的政治讽刺小说《1984》的影响,这点从歌词中也不难看出。
NME7月预发行的杂志称,USE作为专辑的亮点之一,“具有Queen巅峰时期的水准。”而Muselive这个歌迷站点早在7月8日就称鉴于这首歌的一份拷贝已经被丹麦的电台弄到,估计将于20日做首播。第二天法国的一份评论称这首歌是Queen的Bohemian Rhapsody,1962年电影Lawrence of Arabia中Maurice Jarre的原声带以及肖邦作品的混合,“一次悠长的,影片级的古典摇滚之旅。”
尽管该单曲被认为是首播主打,可是Muse却称Uprising才是,而USE是作为一个“寻宝”活动的奖励,并设立了一个网页“Ununited States of Eurasia”,而到了20日这首歌被分成的6个片段都被歌迷们解锁了,这个网站马上就把标题从“Ununited”改为了“United”,并恶搞了一个横幅“USE已经得到USA的承认。”
首单Uprising计划在9月7日发行,也是专辑The Resistance的开场曲目。预先发行的音乐杂志Mojo称这首曲子里,乐队成员们如同高唱足球队歌那样伴随着鼓点喊着“加油”("Oi"),Matthew Bellamy称这是在对信贷危机表示不满。而预发行的发过杂志JudeBox描述道,“Matt的声音比以往来得低沉。而歌词还是一如既往的Muse风格:充满了隐喻。Matt在曲中宣布道“They will not control us, we will be the victorious。”,配合上伴随这句副歌的电子合成效果,显得十分有力。歌曲的整体架构十分清晰。”
交响摇滚Exogenesis
在预发行的NME杂志的评论中,Exogenesis作为专辑的亮点,被高度评价为“Muse最高调的,超过之前所有的作品。”同时透露该曲目将由Bellamy演奏古典钢琴,并且有完整的管弦乐团做支持。法国的JudeBox将Bellamy和Radiohead的Thom Yorke的唱功做了一番比较,并指出这首摇滚交响作品是受到肖邦(Frédéric Chopin)以及李斯特(Franz Liszt)的影响。Mojo则称Muse的该曲目动用了40人的管弦乐团。
这首歌将由3个部分构成,分别题为“序曲”(Overtrue)“Cross Pollination”以及“Redemption”。
引用
Talk of a follow-up to Muse's 2006 album Black Holes & Revelations began in 2007, during touring and promotion for the said record. In October, music magazine NME reported that Muse were "planning [an] 'electronic' album" and that the band "[had] 'loads of ideas' for their fifth record already." As touring came to a close, ideas and rumours began circulating more frequently – common themes were the inclusion of a "15-minute space-rock solo" song, the rejection of the 'conventional' album format and a possible series of singles; on 22 May 2008, NME reported that the band had begun writing songs for the new album, quoting frontman, vocalist, guitarist and pianist Matthew Bellamy as saying "What will come out of that is impossible to say [...] It may just be albums, but it may be a stream of singles, or it may just be one 50-minute symphony, do you know what I mean? Who knows?"
The previously mentioned "15-minute space-rock solo" was discussed further late in the year, as Bellamy explained, "There is a new song in three parts, more of a symphony than a song, which I have been working on sporadically for many years."
The news of the possibility of a three-part 15-minute song also came with the revelation that the band had begun recording and were loosely aiming for a late-2009 release. In 2009, an "insider close to [...] Warners" revealed that Muse would release their new album in September and begin touring shortly afterwards. In March it was reported that the record was "about halfway there," with Bellamy describing it as "A symphonic album" and joking that "We'll be knocking on Classic FM's door, you know?"
The title of the album was revealed as The Resistance on the band's Twitter page on May 22, while the first song was officially announced as "United States of Eurasia" on the official band website. On 16 June 2009 it was confirmed on the band's official website that the album would be released on 14 September 2009. On 9 September 2009, it was announced that The Resistance would be released on iTunes as one of the first iTunes LPs. It will contain the album, and added extras such as animated artwork and behind the scenes videos
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