Music Is Better Than Words

美国福斯电视网怪咖动画片“Family Guy”创作者初试啼声专辑

晋升全美公告牌爵士专辑榜亚军，重现50年代歌唱风华的听觉体验

格莱美奖女歌手Norah Jones、加州才女歌手Sara Bareilles跨刀合唱

美国福斯电视网怪咖动画片“Family Guy”的创作者Seth MacFarlane称得上是说学逗唱样样通的全方位娱乐创作达人，他在这部4度入围艾美奖最佳动画节目、同时获得“最佳喜剧类电视剧”提名的作品中身兼执行制作/编导/歌曲创作与配音演出，还曾经勇夺艾美奖中的歌曲创作与配音演出奖项。在“Family Guy”堂堂迈入第10播映季，同时参与“American Dad!”、“The Cleverland Show”等动画片创作的忙碌工作排程中，Seth McFarlane还在2011年站到麦克风前面，发行首张专辑【Music Is Better Than Words】。

Seth MacFarlane接受过曾担任法兰克辛纳屈的歌唱教师Sally Sweetland的训练，长年在“Family Guy”"American Dad!”“The Cleverland Show”等电视剧中展露钢琴、作曲与弦乐制作的才华，也在纽约的卡内基厅与伦敦的皇家亚伯特厅举行过演唱会。2011年春季，他邀请"American Dad!”的音乐创作伙伴、拥有20年电影音乐历练的Joel McNeely担任专辑制作人，展开【Music Is Better Than Words】专辑的录制，Seth决定在专辑中重现凝聚词曲创作名匠、才华洋溢的歌唱家与弦乐编曲家才艺的1950年代流行音乐风华。他踏进座落于好莱坞，法兰克辛纳屈御用的Capitol唱片公司录音室，使用辛纳屈灌录唱片时所使用的麦克风，情商录音师採用类比母带进行录制，然后在Joel McNeely所编写的优雅弦乐乐声中，以近乎现场录制收音，不做后制修饰地录下Seth MacFarlane泰然自若的歌唱风采，Seth同时邀请格莱美奖女歌手Norah Jones、加州才女歌手Sara Bareilles在"Two Sleepy People"、"Love Won`t Let You Get Away"等歌曲中合唱，一起沉浸在宛如半世纪前的音乐盛世之中。

Music Is Better Than Words is a traditional big-band album from Seth MacFarlane, the wise-ass behind Family Guy. MacFarlane plays it straight throughout Music Is Better Than Words, hiring American Dad composer Joel McNeely to create approximations of Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, and Billy May's arrangements for Frank Sinatra's deathless, mid-century records for Capitol. These classic concept albums are clearly the blueprint for Music Is Better Than Words which was, after all, recorded at Capitol Records' legendary studio with MacFarlane singing into the very same microphone Sinatra used all those years ago, and there is a bit of a concept to this 2011 LP, too, with the cartoonist selecting songs never recorded by any member of the Rat Pack -- along with a couple recent tunes like “She’s Wonderful Too,” which McNeely originally wrote for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles -- for his tribute to that ring-a-ding-ding swing. MacFarlane and McNeely don’t attempt to ape the pizzazz of Frank’s Reprise years, nor do they spend much time with May’s snazzy snap, they stick with Riddle and Jenkins, keeping things sentimental and lush even when the words crackle with wit.