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同志老爹Gay Dad的领军人物Cliff是一个娱记，这张debut赢得了满堂红。在这张由前Adam And The Ants鼓手Merrick、"Bohemian Rhapsody"录音工程师Gary Langan的处男专辑「Leisure Noise」中，Gay Dad明显地吸纳了70与80年代Punk (Sex Pistols)、Glam Rock (David Bowie、Queen)、Art Rock (Roxy Music)、Trad Rock (The Who)、New Wave (Talk Talk)等经典摇滚元素，以及90年代英国最佳乐团Suede与Supergrass的影响，而带來"Dimstar"、"Joy!"、"My Son Mystic"、"To Earth With Love"、"Dateline"這些丝毫不具昔日Britpop陈腐气息的爽朗吉他流行曲，以及宛如Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under The Bridge"之"Oh Jim"与Moody深沈的"Jesus Christ"这两首动人的慢板作品。更令人惊异的是，专辑中阵阵流竄的电子声乐，竟有着些许德国Teutonic色彩存在。NME、Q、Select杂志均給予8分和四顆星的高评价肯定。但好景不长,后面的专辑都没什么起色，也反映出英国摇滚在上世纪九十年代的黄金岁月已经到了尽头。

同志老爹Gay Dad，曾经被视为99年英国独立摇滚的的希望；不但是被NME音乐周报大力吹捧为「Future Of Rock Music」，The Face断言他们是「The best band since Oasis」，Select杂志更以「It's a miracle! Gay Dad resurrect British Pop」为标题做了长达7頁的大篇幅报道。虽然英国各大杂志报道Gay Dad时常只刊出主唱Cliff Jones (曾是Mojo、The Face的乐评)的照片，不过Gay Dad实际是个五人乐队，其他成员包括了貝斯手Nigel Hoyle、鼓手Baz、键盘手James Riseboro以及唯一的女性成员Charley Stone。97年成军的Gay Dad很幸运在短时间內获得London唱片公司的一纸合约，随后即开始大量的Live Gig演出累积人气；而他们于98年底率先以限量单曲"To Earth With Love"投石问路，并用Gay为乐队命名，順利地吸引了全国传媒的目光，成为99年英国最大的Media Hype。Gay Dad高举复兴摇滚乐荣誉的旗帜，宣称要唤醒人们对摇滚乐的信仰，乐队主唱Cliff Jones一心要向伟大的Queen(皇后)看齐，但他的热情对听着hip-hop、Blur和Take That长大的一代来说犹如对牛弹琴...

英雄的没落让这张专辑有着悲壮并且珍贵的色彩，推荐曲5 black ghost和曲10 jesus christ。

For many pop-music cynics, excess can be neatly summed up in three things: live albums, double-CD's, and Tori Amos records. Damned if To Venus and Back doesn't hit the trifecta. But perhaps Amos is just trying to prove what we've always suspected: that her muse possesses a sly, ironic wit and has been frantically trying to give us a wink while Tori whipped up her heady cocktail of quiet Sturm, desperate Drang, and angst in the panties. There's teasing moments on this double-dose of Tori's love affair with her own melodic and mystical dramaturgy to support that notion, even in the disc of powerful new studio recordings that inaugurates this set. Dubbing a song "Glory of the 80's" is burlesque enough, but yearning to have oneself cloned as Kim Carnes at its climax is simply inspired. Amos is to Kate Bush's distaff mysticism what Mark McGwire was to Roger Maris; she hasn't so much broken the mold as willfully hammered it into her own image. After Bush hit the snooze-bar on her career in the late `80s, Amos boldly stepped into the fray, building a body of work that demanded to be taken seriously, even while the thrift-store chic set were laughing up their tattered sleeves at her ambitious chutzpah. They're not laughing now; in fact, many may find Venus to be a deliciously guilty pleasure. Amos supporters have long maintained that the key to understanding her intrigue lies in her live performances. Disc two boldly states their case as Amos coos, whoops, and warbles through a hit-sprinkled set, her shrewd, sorely undervalued band hanging with every nuance and turn of phrase. Cynics are from Mars; Tori is from Venus--that's just the way her galaxy crumbles. Jerry McCulley

Australian pop duo Savage Garden formed in Brisbane at the end of 1996, their name inspired by fantasy author Anne Rice's term for the savage and isolated world of vampires. Within nine months of formation they had attained two domestic hit singles ("I Want You" and "Halfway To The Moon"). This achievement came without the benefit of any live performances or even promotional interviews. Their sudden popularity became a global phenomenon when "I Want You", officially the biggest-selling Australian single of 1996, became an international bestseller later in the year.
The duo, singer Darren Hayes and multi-instrumentalist Englishman Daniel Jones, met while playing in bar bands in Queensland in 1994. However, they elected to form a band more suited to their personal tastes - an amalgamation of influences including XTC and Peter Gabriel. A demo was sent to veteran manager John Woodruff (associated with Australian success stories including the Angels, Baby Animals and Diesel). He immediately signed them to his JDM record label.
Their self-titled debut album was recorded in Sydney in June 1996, with Hoodoo Gurus and Air Supply producer Charles Fischer at the helm. "I Want You" climbed to US number 4 in May 1997, and they enjoyed a huge transatlantic hit during the early months of 1998 with "Truly Madly Deeply", the single topping the US charts and spending several weeks in the UK Top 10. On the back of their singles success, Savage Garden rose to number 3 on the US album chart in April. The follow-up single, "To The Moon And Back", peaked at US number 24 in August 1998, but climbed to number 3 in the UK chart. The song had originally stalled at number 55 in February. The duo's follow-up, Affirmation, was recorded in the luxurious studios of San Francisco, and included the huge US chart-topper, "I Knew I Loved You".

卡百利乐队继三张白金唱片后再起风潮。爱尔兰乐队独有的音乐天分与气质，别出心裁的旋律和Dolores极赋弹性的高音，又是一张不可多得的精品专辑。

这个德国哥特黑潮乐队L'Ame Immortelle走的是比较特别的风格，看到女主唱是长相迷人的红发美女，大家自然而然就会把这个乐队联想为Nightwish般的哥特风格，但是这个乐队却不“老老实实”的走老路子。
他们在歌曲中经常使用强烈的电子节奏，加之清透的钢琴和合成器制造气氛，久而久之也就成了乐队的独特风格。
也有人说他们的专辑风格一成不变，到底怎么样，当然是仁者见仁了。
不过如果你没听过他们的歌还是应该试一试的，而且单凭他们每张CD都极其出色的外观设计你都要听听他们的专辑。

The pride of Troms°, Norway, Lene Marlin's 1999 debut features stunning vocal work in the vein of Natalie Imbruglia and Sheryl Crow. Features her first two singles, 'Sitting Down Here' & 'Unforgivable Sinner' plus 'Way We Are', 'Maybe I'll Go' & an acoustic version of 'Way We Are' that was not included on the original pressing.

《海上钢琴师》叙述了一位诞生于海上的音乐奇才，精彩不凡且极富争议的一生。为《海上钢琴师》操刀配乐的是世界电影界着名和资深的意大利最具风格的作曲家埃尼奥.莫里康内(Ennio Morricone)，从处女作《法西斯分子》到去年的《西西里的美丽传说》，这位大师参与制作的各国电影配乐已不下400部了，故被音乐界冠以最多产的作曲家美誉。现时已经是70多岁高龄的他，仍拥有丰富的创作灵感和素材，在《海上钢琴师》里，大师以钢琴为主配合适当的管弦乐和室内乐创作出音色醉人、旋律优美和风格隽永的迷人乐章。 在《海上钢琴师》里，大师以钢琴为主配合适当的管弦乐和室内乐创作出音色醉人、旋律优美和风格隽永的迷人乐章。其中随性的爵士音符随处可见，出彩的配乐表现出这张大碟决不流俗的态度。同时这张原声大碟还请来Amedeo Tommasi、Gilda Butta等钢琴独奏家，演绎Jelly Roll Morton及Scott Joplin等散拍乐名家的代表作品。原声大碟中，1900在滑动的钢琴的上弹奏、与爵士乐大师斗法机巧跳脱，精妙无比，尤其是他透过舷窗看到暗恋情人即兴创作的那一曲“playing love”，更是温婉细腻如喁喁私语，被公推为全片最动人乐章。全专辑最具吸引力的当属颜尼欧�莫瑞克奈与前Pink Floyd乐队大将Rogers Waters以及重摇滚乐队Van Helen的当家吉他手Edward Van Helen，三巨头首度合作的电影主题曲《Lost Boy Calling》（失去的呼唤），悠远飘渺，增添几许传奇深度。世纪末回首世纪初叶最动人的海洋传奇巨作已经诞生。