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構成数 |
1 |
国内/輸入 |
輸入 |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2009年09月12日 |
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規格品番 |
256468743 |
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SKU |
825646874347 |
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構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:54:13
Personnel: Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Chris Wolstenholme (vocals); Edoardo de Angelis (violin); Enrico Gabrielli (bass clarinet); Dominic Howard (synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming); Paul Reeve (sound effects). Audio Mixer: Mark "Spike" Stent. Photographer: Danny Clinch. With its titanic guitar solos, symphonic suites, and multi-layered melodies, Muse's fifth album operates under the assumption that bigger is better. This is the very definition of a super-sized album, an album that takes its cues from Queen, its lyrics from science fiction novels, and its delivery from rock opera. It's also the first time that Muse has truly sounded like Muse, as few bands since Queen have so readily explored the intersection of bombast and extravagance. THE RESISTANCE is most certainly extravagant -- there are snatches of classical piano entwined throughout, not to mention bilingual lyrics, concert hall percussion, coronet solos, and song titles like "Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 2 (Cross-Pollination)" -- but it's also quite beautiful, capable of moving between prog rock choruses and excerpts from Chopin's "Nocturne in E Flat Major" within the same song. Presiding over the mix is frontman Matthew Bellamy, a man who seemingly aspires to be both Brian May and Freddie Mercury. He plays guitar, pounds the piano, and composes the album's orchestral parts, but his strongest asset is his voice, a sky-scraping tenor dripping with so much emotion that it's almost lewd. He croons, whispers, annunciates, and belts with confidence, a combination that makes him one of England's most dazzling singers in recent memory. And since a virtual mountain of voices is better than a single voice (remember: bigger is better), Bellamy also multi-tracks himself, creating towering stacks of harmonies during songs like "Resistance," "Undisclosed Desires," and the colossal "United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)."
録音 | ステレオ (Studio)
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1.[CD]
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1.Uprising
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2.Resistance
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3.Undisclosed Desires
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4.United States of Eurasia/Collateral Damage
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5.Guiding Light
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6.Unnatural Selection
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7.MK Ultra
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8.I Belong to You/Mon Coeur S'Ouvre a Ta Voix
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9.Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 1: Overture
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10.Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 2: Cross-Pollination
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11.Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 3: Redemption
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過剰な美意識が行き着くところまで行った(!?)、約3年ぶり5枚目となるニュー・アルバム。かねてからベルリオーズをフェイヴァリットに挙げるなど、クラシック音楽への憧憬を露わにしてきたフロントマンのマシュー・ベラミーだが、セルフ・プロデュースとなる今作ではついにフル・オーケストラのアレンジまでをもみずからが担当。実父(ジョー・ミークがプロデュースしたトルネードスのギタリスト)の遺伝子を受け継いだ〈宇宙までブッ飛び系〉の壮大な楽曲が目立つ前作に比べると、序盤の均整の取れたサウンドには若干モジモジしてしまうものの、中盤以降にクイーンを彷彿とさせるゴージャスなオペラ調のロックが覆い被さってきやがった。ス、スゴイ! ただただ感嘆の声を漏らすのみである。
bounce (C)平塚望タワーレコード (vol.314(2009年09月25日発行号)掲載)
My Best Track 01. Uprising " Bliss at 35 seconds of 03 minutes " " Divine, Celestial Music " " A Jacket Is Also Splendid "