《ActionPact》

《ActionPact》是Sloan創作的一部英文專輯，於2003年在美國發行。

專輯信息

中文名稱：Action Pact
資源類型：MP3!
發行時間：2003年
專輯歌手：Sloan
地區：美國
語言：英語

專輯介紹

《ActionPact》

Sloan的作品過往吹無定向風，但綜觀最近3張專輯：1997年之One Chord to Another；1998年之Navy Blues及剛推出的全新專輯，他們似乎已經定性，儘管幾張大碟不是緊密呼應，起碼有明顯的共性。在處女大碟Smeared，他們大概以為自已是幾隊樂隊的化身，風格一時一樣。直至Between the Bridges，由於他們已經花了太多時間團團轉，於是實行"六神合一"，當正自己是半打樂隊/樂手的承繼人(也不管人家是否尚在人世)：Beatles、Elton John、ELO、the Posies、Velvet Crush及 Ben Folds Five。將這張專輯編入搖滾樂大事年紀當中，恐怕要把過去三十載的年份大兜亂，然後交匯重迭，好讓每一個歷史性時刻同時出現。 Sloan仿佛有特異功能，同時成長於60年代、70年代、80年代及90年代，充份吸收40年的音樂精華。這隊來自Nova蘇格蘭的4人組，在全新專輯之中結合Navy Blues的70年代懷舊氣息及One Chords Leads to Another的精彩旋律，揮灑令人艷羨的才華，譜寫一首又一首流行樂極品。Friendship一曲完全是Beatles嫡系旋律，舊日情懷滿瀉；The Marquee and the Moon以鋼琴為主，一派含蓄動人。美妙之處，猶如映在臉上的冬日晚霞，令人恍然大悟，原來世上仍有如斯卓越非凡的好音樂。12首作品風格貫徹，Sloan今次將心思花於他們擅長的多部和聲及強勁吉他，令每一首樂曲綻放異采。假如想再次體會一曲直中臟腑的震撼感覺，細聽以假音演繹的 Take Good Care of The Poor Boy，那一遍又一遍的醉人副歌，令人巴不得即時將CD據為己有！不要讓你的聽覺麻木，是時候刺激一下音樂神經，Between the Bridges是你的救星，它無疑是90年代最被低估及忽視的其中一隊出色組合。

One thing that no one can deny about Sloan is that they can't be ignored as a band always willing to bring out the fun and the rock & roll. They always wear the hearts of their influences proudly on their record sleeves, but never succumb to loss of originality for the sake of trying too hard to impress upon the listener the validity of their roots. Action Pact expands upon Sloan's muscular leanings, due primarily to the band's decision to hire a producer for the first time in its history. Under the direction of Tom Rothrock (producer of artists as diverse as R.L. Burnside, Beck, and Elliott Smith), the songs gel like on no previous Sloan release. The band really plays to its strengths on Action Pact, showcasing remarkably tight vocals, the power of drummer Andrew Scott, and the arena-rocking, bouncy, handclapper songs that defined part of Sloan's post-Navy Blues career. The only noticeable disappointment of this release comes in the decision not to include any compositions by Scott, whose songs have adorned every previous outing by these proud Canadians, but this doesn't really hold back the power and depth of Action Pact; it just seems a bit dishonest to the legacy Sloan have built. Nonetheless, Action Pact is a streamlined album, recorded with minimal overdubs (read no keyboards), which opens in the classic Sloan one-two punch with "Gimme That" and "Live On" by songwriters Chris Murphy and Patrick Pentland respectively. It's on the fifth track, the Jay Ferguson-penned "False Alarm," where the band starts to really stretch out into fresh territory that never lets up the intensity through the rest of the album. The brilliant pop of Pentland's "I Was Wrong," the jerky tension of "Who Loves Life More," and the elliptical "Reach Out" are all magnified by the obvious inspiration Sloan have found while the lovely "Fade Away," which, even with crunchy guitars, manages to hold onto the delicacy Ferguson always brings to the table and provides a perfect album closer. Lyrically, the members of Sloan continue down the more thoughtful path they first explored liberally on Pretty Together, tackling subjects from the troublesome dichotomy the touring musician faces when a hint of desire to settle down emerges to the defensive argument against the critics who charge the band with treading too close to its heroes. Action Pact is another step ahead for Sloan, which is an achievement they should be proud of considering the superb quality they've shown for the better part of a decade.

專輯曲目

1. Gimme That
2. Live On
3. Backstabbin'
4. Rest of My Life
5. False Alarm
6. Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore
7. Hollow Head
8. Ready for You
9. I Was Wrong
10. Who Loves Life More?
11. Reach Out
12. Fade Away