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Camera Obscura 「My Maudlin Career」 CD
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| 発売日：2009年04月20日 / ジャンル：ROCK/POP / フォーマット：CD / 構成数：1 / 製造国：輸入 / レーベル：4AD / SKU：652637290721 / 規格品番：CAD 2907CD |
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| Spin (p.85) - "On their fourth album, this Scottish indie-pop band's fondness for woeful heartache and Phil Spector-esque production reaches a poignant peak." Spin (p.102) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Strings and hearts swoon, handclaps and snares pop, and bells and chimes ring out. It might sound formulaic, if it weren't so gorgeous." Billboard (p.29) - "The group's fourth album overflows with the signature mix of sticky-sweet lyrics backed by grandiose pop arrangements." Q (Magazine) (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "MY MAUDLIN CAREER sighs and swells with a shimmering, understated beauty..." Paste (magazine) - "[B]lissed-out orchestral indie pop, enlivened with classic Motownisms and overflowing with silvery tones..." Pitchfork (Website) - "The album feels as if it could have been released any time in the last 50-odd years, but the inspired arrangements -- and, of course, Campbell's indelible voice -- make it sound fresh, too." Record Collector (magazine) (p.80) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Singer Tracyanne Campbell's voice retains its alluring coquettishness on pretty much all of MMC..." Clash (Magazine) (p.108) - "['French Navy'] carries plenty of tinny charisma, bolstered by a brass band and the wholesome clarity of Camera Obscura's unfailing musical consistency." |
| Rovi |
| スコットランドはグラスゴーで1996年に結成された6人組のインディー･ポップバンド。 英BBCラジオの伝説的DJ故ジョン・ピールも大ファンであることを公言していたカメラ・オブスキュラ。2006年にリリースした『Let‘s Get Out Of This Country』から3年ぶりとなる今作は通算4枚目（4AD移籍第一弾）。前作に続いてプロデュースに、スウェーデンのJari Haapalainen氏 (Ed Harcourt, Peter, Bjorn & John, The Concretes)を迎え、バンドをよく知り尽くしている彼だからこそ引き出せるトレーシアンの素晴らしい歌声とバンド全体の絶妙なバランスが反映された作品となっている。 ボーカルのトレーシアン・キャンベルは「新作を聴いた人に、ダークで情熱的な作品だ、ってよく言われた。ある意味そうかもね。前作に比べると作る過程でもっとオープンだったし、もっと勇気を出せた気がする。歌詞を書く上でもこんなに自分に厳しくなったことないし。だいたい歌詞ってよべるのかしら。どっちかというとここ最近の私の人生のドキュメンテーションね。とにかくこの作品は今までの私たちのベストの出来だと信じてるわ」と語る。 |
| タワーレコード（2009/04/08） |
| If Camera Obscura's jump from Merge (and Elefant) to 4AD had you worried, or if you had a nagging suspicion that the switch was some kind of cynical career move and that they might change from being a small band with a knack for creating small moments of transcendent beauty and emotion to bland major-label-styled product (not that 4AD is any more "major label" than Merge in 2009, but they do seem more like big business somehow), well, you can relax now. The only thing that's changed is that the band appears to have hired fancier stylists for their photo shoots. My Maudlin Career is almost an exact copy of their previous album Let's Get Out of This Country, from Jari Haapalainen's echo-ey, layered production to the mix of ballads and uptempo songs to the preponderance of strings and the unflinchingly honest lyrics. And of course, Tracyanne Campbell's beguiling vocals and the note-perfect performances from the band (now down to a five-piece with the departure of trumpeter Nigel Baillie). Both albums lead off with their hookiest song (in this case the extremely lovely "French Navy"), both have moments of Motown-fueled joy ("Honey in the Sun") and quiet country rock ("Forest and Sands"), and both excel at dramatic girl group-influenced ballads (the title track, "The Sweetest Thing"). Like the last album, too, Campbell's words are sad to the point of gloomy. This time out though, she cranks the sadness to 11 as the record unfolds like a travelogue of disappointment, stopping for frozen rivers in Toronto, "half full moons in Mexico," kisses in Spain, California redwoods, and bus trips from Cleveland to Chicago as her relationship unravels. That Campbell had her heart broken is plain, and she isn't shy about giving out details and delving deep into the dark corners of her misery. It's quite brave, and she makes it work by pairing the despair of the verses with easy-to-sing-along-with choruses (and also by writing lovely melodies that band and producer fully flesh out with a light and steady hand). Too many confessional writers seem to forget these vital elements, but she stays on top of it almost without fail. In fact, the only song that on the album that falls a little flat fails in that very regard; "Other Towns & Cities" is a meandering ballad that has unusual rhymes and vocal lines, but not much else going on musically. Still, one not-amazing song doesn't make the album any less of a musical success or a less powerful emotional experience, because it truly is both. And if My Maudlin Career falls a tiny bit short of Let's Get Out of This Country (and it does), it's only because that album was so wonderful. Really, the group could go on remaking it for years with negligible complaints from their fans along with very few diminishing returns. ~ Tim Sendra |
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