Awake Is the New Sleep (original) (raw)
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Like most musicians who make a splash in their teens, Ben Lee has had a hard time finding his footing in his twenties. First, his American record label, Grand Royal, closed after the release of his 1999 album Breathing Tornados, and then, during the first half of the 2000s, shifting pop trends -- plus a general unspoken consensus that he was no longer a pop wunderkind now tha... (展开全部) Like most musicians who make a splash in their teens, Ben Lee has had a hard time finding his footing in his twenties. First, his American record label, Grand Royal, closed after the release of his 1999 album Breathing Tornados, and then, during the first half of the 2000s, shifting pop trends -- plus a general unspoken consensus that he was no longer a pop wunderkind now that he was in his twenties -- pushed him out of the limelight. He managed to get an album out in his native Australia in 2002, a move that didn't get nearly as much attention in the U.S. as his 2003 breakup with celebrity girlfriend Claire Daines. So, approaching the halfway point of his twenties and the 2000s, Lee was adrift, but he managed to regroup, at least artistically, with his 2005 album Awake Is the New Sleep. Reteaming with renowned indie rock producer Brad Wood, who helmed his 1997 LP Something to Remember Me By, Lee returns to the gently melodic, tentatively introspective indie pop that marked his best work of the '90s, but there is a difference here. Where that record, along with much of his previous work, was marked by a shy innocence, Lee is older now. He's been through the wringer and has had his heart broken, and it's given his music a greater emotional resonance. That alone would have made Awake Is the New Sleep noteworthy, but what makes it stand alongside Something to Remember Me By as his strongest album is that he's written a strong, melodic set of songs and Wood has given them a colorful but unadorned production that gives each tune its own character. It's not a great change -- he's still a gentle, low-key pop singer/songwriter in the vein of Evan Dando -- but the subtle changes in tone and perspective make Awake Is the New Sleep a nice, low-key comeback and an album that proves that Lee is beginning to reach his musical maturation.
曲目 · · · · · ·
- Whatever It Is
- Gamble Everything For Love
- Begin
- Catch My Disease
- Apple Candy
- Ache For You
- Into The dark
- No Right Angles
- Get Gotten
- Close Ive Come
- The Debt Collectors
- We re All In This Together
- Light
- Im Willing
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窃以为此人做出了能让每个人都喜欢到语塞的folk专辑
安静但不温暖，我最讨厌国外那种暖洋洋的所谓的民谣，很没劲(很没意思) http://www.feelfm.com/r/31/r\_60154.htm 旋律还不够好听
一不小心就会被洗脑唉！
Whatever It Is
有几星我就给它几星。忒好听。
寒风中耳机里的一点温暖。
The Debt Collectors
恰好是现在需要的音乐
淘到宝了！豆瓣FM听到哪首已经不记得了，点开封面好惊艳！像低苦艾的《花草树木》如出一辙的风格，终于听完了整张专辑，还想听~虽然歌词不乏各种品牌，有点广告嫌疑，但是还是不妨碍很喜欢的~推荐~
0 有用 Elodie Eye 2023-12-19 17:10:18 江苏
好好听的一张😭//从小胡子男discography的角落里找出这张发现他打了track10/13的鼓…一天不看花边新闻会挂掉
Awake Is the New Sleep的乐评 · · · · · ·( 全部 4 条 )
_Melpo 2012-08-21 15:25:09
【Awake Is the New Sleep】
多少有些停下来静静的聆听音乐的心情了，码字也是一件力气活，Ben Lee的音乐给了人一种力量，忧伤中的微笑，我想他们一定是热爱音乐热爱生活的，我是一个悲观主义者，在听他们的音乐的时候，总觉得 他们也是和我一样的悲观主义者，Ben Lee是一种澳洲阳光的低吟浅唱。 ... (展开)
一枚散仙 2008-01-10 21:41:50
小小太阳的温暖
行走 车上 睡觉 写生 我就听它 也许我比较怪,这种音乐总给我很多灵感.不能让我安静反而总让我有种行走的冲动. 也许是我生性悲观吧,恰好这样的音乐挽救了我.让我感受到小小太阳的温暖. Begin...... (展开)
Par!s 2011-03-24 22:24:49
AllMusic Review
4/5 By Stephen Thomas Erlewine Like most musicians who make a splash in their teens, Ben Lee has had a hard time finding his footing in his twenties. First, his American record label, Grand Royal, closed after the release of his 1999 album Breathing Tornad... (展开)
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