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Devil's Halo

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発売日 2009年10月02日
国内/輸入 輸入
レーベルDowntown Records
構成数 1
パッケージ仕様 デジパック
規格品番 DWTO701122
SKU 878037011227

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:36:48
Audio Mixer: Bob Power. Photographer: Mark Seliger. On three of her last four recordings, Me'Shell Ndegeocello has showcased her aesthetic restlessness, expanding her musical horizons to jazz, hip-hop, and the far-flung reaches of rock as well as funk and soul. On DEVIL'S HALO, she focuses her vision deliberately on a dozen soulish, near-pop, rock tunes. Recorded by S. Husky Hoskulds, it's stark compared to her last three albums. Ndegeocello plays bass and sings backed by guitarist Chris Bruce, drummer Deantoni Parks, and keyboardist Keith Ciancia, with guest appearances by Oren Bloedow and Lisa Germano. Desire haunts all the songs on DEVIL'S HALO, beginning with "Slaughter," its opening track. Ndegeocello sings slowly, softly, deliberately, without a hint of irony: "She said she loved me/I ran away/ Don't say you love me/I'll run away..." "Mass Transit" is funkier, a bit more aggressive from the outset with Bruce's guitar leading the way, though Ndegeocello's bassline offers an alternate read on both melody and rhythmic pulse. "White Girl" may be the straightest pop song Ndegeocello's ever written, but its bassline is strictly dubwise. The vocals are smoky and elliptical, they create their own chorus in reverb and in the singer's deliberately stretched-out phrase, all around a very simple, hooky melody. The title track is a nearly ambient instrumental, with Ndegeocello playing harmonics on her bass in the mix just underneath a snare and kick drum barely outlining the time signature. Ndegeocello can always quite literally articulate her musical vision, but she hasn't been so nakedly vulnerable and brazenly honest on record as she is here. She remains musically mercurial and virtually unclassifiable, even if she is at her most accessible on DEVIL'S HALO

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    1. 1.
      Slaughter
    2. 2.
      Tie One On
    3. 3.
      Lola
    4. 4.
      Hair of the Dog
    5. 5.
      Mass Transit
    6. 6.
      White Girl
    7. 7.
      Love You Down
    8. 8.
      Devil's Halo
    9. 9.
      Bright Shiny Morning
    10. 10.
      Blood on the Curb
    11. 11.
      Die Young
    12. 12.
      Crying in Your Beer

作品の情報

メイン
アーティスト: Meshell Ndegeocello

その他
エンジニア: Eric Elterman

オリジナル発売日:2009年

商品の紹介

Uncut (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Her best album for many years illustrates her uniqueness....Ndegeocello is as uncompromising and eclectic as ever." Billboard (p.32) - "DEVIL'S HERO neatly straddles a line between challenging and accessible, with some of the tightest and catchiest compositions she's yet brought forth."
Rovi

スタイルを変え続け、どんどん〈わかりやすい黒さ〉からかけ離れていくその才気。エクスペリメンタルな感触が際立っていた前作を経て、〈悪魔の後光〉なる表題の新作で提示するのは……などと構えて聴けば、生バンド・サウンドを基調にした内容に戸惑うか。基本は前作を踏襲し、ロックの文脈で語られるべき楽曲も多いものの、初期作に見られたロウなファンクネスや濃密なヴォーカル・アルバムとしての感触もある。
bounce (C)池谷昌之
タワーレコード(vol.316(2009年11月25日発行号)掲載)

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