2006年至今,英國傳奇廠牌4AD經歷一場令人驚喜的復興,旗下TV On The Radio的「
Return to Cookie Mountain」、 Beirut的「The Gulag Orkestar」、Scott Walker的
「The Drift」」都獲得極高評價,而這波復興的最高潮,就是紐約樂隊Blonde
Redhead的「23」。
Blonde Redhead由日籍女主唱Kazu Makino(吉他手/主唱)、義大利孿生兄弟Amedeo
Pace(吉他手/主唱)與Simone Pace(鼓手)組成,1993年受Sonic Youth鼓手Steve
Shelley賞識,納入Smells Like Records廠牌發行首張專輯「La Mia Vita Violenta」
,幾經波折,在芝加哥獨立廠牌Touch And Go發表了代表作品『Melody Of Certain
Damaged Lemons」(2000),再簽入4AD旗下,推出令人迷醉的傑作「Misery Is A
Butterfly」(2003)至今,已整整過了十四個年頭,這段歲月,已足夠讓蹣跚學步的嬰孩
出落成楚楚動人的少女,從深受Sonic Youth影響的扭曲實驗噪音,逐步蛻變為旋律流暢
、清幽美麗的迷幻之聲,相較於之前的作品,他們變得更容易接近了,「23」已是
Blonde Redhead的第七張專輯,4AD廠提供了最堅強的後勤支援,製作班底可謂一時之選
,錄音工程師Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs、 TV On The Radio) ,混音師Alan
Moulder (My Bloody Valentine、Killers、Nine Inch Nails) 和Rich Costey (
Franz Ferdinand、Muse、Bloc Party),整張專輯沒有低點,每首歌曲都有作為單曲發
行的品質,一氣呵成聽下來,令人回想起九0年代shoegaze與Britpop輝煌年代,那初次
遇見My Bloody Valentine、Radiohead時,內心被撞開,情感被釋放的強烈感動。
Melodie Citronique - 2000
1. "En Particulier" – 4:08
2. "Odiata per le Sue Virt?" – 4:44
3. "Chi ? e Non ?" – 3:38
4. "Slogan" – 3:52
5. "Four Damaged Lemons" – 5:11
Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons - 2000
1. "Equally Damaged" – 0:40
2. "In Particular" – 6:05
3. "Melody of Certain Three" – 3:53
4. "Hated Because of Great Qualities" – 4:42
5. "Loved Despite of Great Faults" – 4:12
6. "Ballad of Lemons" – 1:54
7. "This Is Not" – 4:50
8. "A Cure" – 5:23
9. "For the Damaged" – 3:02
10. "Mother" – 2:08
11. "For the Damaged Coda" – 2:37 (this track is not listed on the back
cover, but appears in the liner notes with an asterisk)
In An Expression Of The Inexpressible - 1998
1. "Luv Machine" – 3:39
2. "10" – 3:59
3. "Distilled"– 3:29
4. "Missile ++" – 3:13
5. "Futurism vs. Pass?ism Part 2" – 4:04
6. "Speed x Distance = Time" – 3:54
7. "In an Expression of the Inexpressible" – 6:09
8. "Suimasen" – 3:14
9. "Led Zep" – 5:15
10. "This Is for Me and I Know Everyone Knows" – 2:59
11. "Justin Joyous" – 2:53
Fake Can Be Just As Good - 1997
1. "Kazuality" – 4:26
2. "Symphony of Treble" – 4:10
3. "Water"– 4:41
4. "Ego Maniac Kid" – 4:12
5. "Bipolar" – 5:02
6. "Pier Paolo" – 5:37
7. "Oh James" – 3:33
8. "Futurism vs. Pass?ism" – 5:06
La Mia Vita Violenta - 1995
1. "(I Am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off" – 3:40
2. "Violent Life" – 3:51
3. "U.F.O." – 5:38
4. "I Am There While You Choke on Me" – 1:56
5. "Harmony" – 5:16
6. "Down Under" – 4:09
7. "Bean" – 4:37
8. "Young Neil" – 1:12
9. "10 Feet High" – 4:38
10. "Jewel" – 3:22