[情報] Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel專輯介紹

看板MARIAH作者amo07 (I'm tired of you)時間16年前 (2009/09/24 19:30)推噓7(7推 0噓 6→)

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九月29日超級天后瑪麗亞凱莉將發行她的第十二張錄音室專輯「不完美天使」。從今年一月專輯錄製開始至今，瑪麗亞屢次因為未能如期完成而將發行日期延後又延後。然而，唱片界仍預測瑪麗亞將會藉天時地利人和，創造出超過四十萬張的首週銷量！ Superstar diva Mariah Carey will release her 12th studio album on September 29th by the name of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. Recorded between January and August, Mariah Carey's release date has been pushed back several times due to not finishing the album on time as planned. However, Carey is expected to take advantage of her release date and maximize her sales potential, and if history repeats itself, she will sell more than 400,000 copies in her first week. 開場曲Bercha Gon Know並不是一首參雜了瑪麗亞近年來喜愛的嘻哈、快語的R&B作品。她融合多種元素，而採用一種激憤、滄桑的嗓音來演唱這首歌，完美地為專輯打開序曲。 Opening with "Betcha Gon Know", Mariah's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, the song isn't just an R&B tune filled with her later hip-hop fast paced phrasing. She uses both that and actually sings with her sultry smoky voice, a perfect way to open an album in which she uses the title within the song. 接著是她的首波主打Obsessed，這是她第40支登上告示牌前100名的歌曲，首週衝上了第11名，最高名次目前在第7。 Following is her single "Obsessed" that has given her her 40th Billboard Hot 100 entry, debuting at No. 11 and peaking thus far at No. 7. 在這張專輯當中瑪麗亞使用大量R&B的即興演唱技巧和節奏，包括HATEU這首歌。它是首慢節奏的抒情歌曲，在歌詞當中敘述道她不希望這段愛情不明不白地逝去，然而兩人之間確實是發生了些什麼，感情終究劃下句點。所以她開始恨他、正面反擊、讓他崩潰並報復他，只因為這一切已成定局。她清楚地記得兩人之間的種種，但如今只成追憶而無法挽回。 Mariah Carey's latest album does include many heavy R&B riffs and beats, including "h.a.t.e.u." In a slow tempo, she's not ready to let go of her love not understanding what happened. Somehow they knocked their love out of them. Somehow, she's looking forward to hating him, facing him and breaking him down and getting over it because it's really just a lost cause. She can remember the memories and pause them but can't make them stay. 接著上場的是有著彈指節奏的R&B歌曲Candy Bling和Ribbon。當然，瑪麗亞凱莉的專輯不可能不來個幾首抒情大芭樂。Angels Cry就是最佳代表作。它訴說關於一段逝去的愛情，嘗試要挽回、為之付諸一切。但他們終究得說再見，此時她聽見天使的哭泣，並了解原來真愛是如此地珍貴。 Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel continues with the heavy clicks and pops of R&B music with "Candy Bling" and "Ribbon". However, a Mariah Carey album would not be a Mariah Carey album without some kind of ballad. "Angels Cry" is her signature sound. It tells the story of a lost love, trying to survive and wanting it to rekindle and work things out. She's willing to do whatever it takes and when they said goodbye, she felt the angels cry believing true love is a gift. "Bring it back and we gon' make it right. I'm on the edge just trying to survive. As the angels cry. Baby I miss you," she sings. 瑪麗亞曾經翻唱過多首膾炙人口的老歌。這張專輯中她選了Foreigner的I Want To Know What Love Is。以輕柔的鋼琴作為開頭，瑪麗亞將這首歌演唱得更抒情婉約，極具個人色彩。她用了招牌的氣音吟唱著第一次的副歌，沒有其他襯樂當作背景而饒富R&B風格。儘管這首歌將瑪麗亞的高音和海豚音都展現地淋漓盡致，可惜的是跟原版簡直毫不相干。這首歌說來有些平淡無趣，但對於這張專輯而言是完美的收場歌曲。 Mariah Carey has covered famous rock songs in the past ("Bringing On the Heartbreak") and she's done it again. Covering Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is", Carey gives her own spin on the song with a light piano riff and a more tame ballad like chorus. Using her wispy breaths, she softly sings the chorus "I want to know what love is, I want you to show me." There's no guitars here and takes on an R&B feel and is the second single taken from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. The song showcases her famous high notes and "dolphin squeal" but fails to replicate anything of the original. The cover song is more or less bland, but a wise choice to make it the closer of the album. Carey's album consists of 17 tracks, including several interludes. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel will arrive in stores September 29. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.161.75.149