Closing Time (Remastered)

Closing Time (Remastered)

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时间:1973-03-06

Closing Time (Remastered)-Tom Waits曲目列表

Closing Time (Remastered)-Tom Waits专辑介绍

It starts with a sunrise, it ends with "one star shining," and in between Closing Time contains an honest year's worth (1973, to be exact) of sweet, melodic, vintage Tom Waits--minus some of the vocal growl and thematic grit of his later stuff (but you can see it coming). Waltzes, lullabies, blues, jazz, you name it. Driving songs and drinking songs, even an honest to gosh country tune: "Rosie." There are torchers ("Lonely"), scorchers ("Ice Cream Man"), and back-porch senior citizen love songs ("Martha"): "Those were the days of roses/Poetry and prose, and/Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me." Other standouts are "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" (guess what--he does!) and "Grapefruit Moon," in which Waits croons: "Every time I hear that melody, something breaks inside." Hang on to your hearts and hats, folks. 

Closing Time (Remastered)-Tom Waits热门评论

他的起点太高了,超过很多歌手的终点。

1973年第一张录音室专辑 时长:45:46 销量:100,000[BPI] AllMusic:4.5/5 Rolling Stone:4.5/5 Mojo:4/5 Pitchfork:8.7/10 Robert Christgau:B+

出这张专辑的时候,老汤姆才不到24岁。或者说,小汤姆?

首专是Waits在Asylum时期创作序列的开端。成名前,他自1969年起长期在The Troubadour演出,曲目除翻唱外,已包含“Ice Cream Man”“Virginia Avenue”“Ol’ ’55”等原创。1972年初迁居洛杉矶后,被David Geffen注意,随即签约。 专辑于1972年春录制,十天完成主体,制作与编曲由Jerry Yester完成。Waits希望以钢琴为核心、偏向爵士的取向,Yester则强化民谣结构,风格张力由此形成。音乐以钢琴为轴,低音提琴、小号与弦乐点缀其间。 “Ol’ ’55”以滑音钢琴与和声铺陈清晨公路意象;“Old Shoes”呈三拍华尔兹质地;“Virginia Avenue”“Midnight Lullaby”“Grapefruit Moon”偏向慢板爵士;“Ice Cream Man”是少见的快节奏段落;“Martha”“Lonely”以简约编制突出独白式叙事。 标题曲“Closing Time”为器乐作品,后期加入弦乐,成为全专唯一完整录制的纯音乐段落。歌词多围绕邂逅、迟疑与追忆展开,“Midnight Lullaby”引入传统童谣片段,体现其早期文本拼接方式。 发行后未入榜,但美国评论积极。《滚石》称其为“remarkable debut”,RC给予B+。英国初期宣传有限,后于2004年获银唱片认证,2012年达金唱片。作品影响主要经翻唱扩散:“Martha”被Tim Buckley演绎;“Ol’ ’55”收录于Eagles1974年专辑《On the Border》。多次再版后,《Closing Time》逐渐被视为Waits早期阶段的代表文本。

24岁,他唱成这样。只能说上帝太偏爱他了

当时大暴死的一张,在老汤成名后人们才懂得欣赏

这张专辑听了很多遍,不自觉的加上了很多个人的情绪和揣度。仿佛进到某个繁华深处的深夜酒馆,Tom Waits作为老板,像一个没有脸面的影子,斟着酒说着他亦幻亦真的故事,他沙哑的嗓子让你猜测他不是酗酒过度就是吸烟成瘾。

这张是1974年的专辑,老Tom的第一张专辑。最爱的一张。