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構成数 |
1 |
国内/輸入 |
輸入 |
パッケージ仕様 |
デジパック |
発売日 |
2014年06月02日 |
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規格品番 |
NV831112 |
レーベル |
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SKU |
3298498311129 |
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:46:17
Personnel: Chris Bruce (guitar); Jebin Bruni (keyboards, programming); Earl Harvin (drums, percussion). Audio Mixer: Pete Min. Photographer: Jason Rodgers. Comet, Come to Me, like Devil's Halo, involves a cover of a hit released during Meshell Ndegeocello's teenage years. Having ignited Ready for the World's 1985 slow jam "Love You Down," placed in the middle of her 2009 album, she boldly begins here with a cold-blooded update of Whodini's "Friends" that swirls and pierces. It sets the tone for 11 originals that are largely subdued but fraught with assorted forms of heartache and internal discomfort -- unresolved grievances, somber resolutions, candid confrontations. Backed mostly by superhuman drummer Earl Harvin and long-term keyboardist Jebin Bruni, with less frequent contributions from Chris Bruce, My Brightest Diamond, Amp Fiddler, and Doyle Bramhall, among others, the album plays out like a continuation of Devil's Halo and 2011's Weather, with well-defined and uncluttered songs that have subtle and artful touches and twists. Lyrically, this is Ndegeocello at her rawest. In the hushed desert blues of "Good Day Bad," she reveals, "I am haunted late at night and no one cares to ask me how I feel/My only friend's my flask," then notes "Wish I knew my momma, wish I could forgive my dad." Not even the three songs anchored in throbbing reggae rhythms -- "Forget My Name," the title track, and "Modern Time" -- evoke emotional ease, as Ndegeocello's verses hinge on words like slaughter, pretending, and thrashing. During the album's latter half, a pair of career highlights are set back to back. The rolling "Conviction" is a dismissal delivered casually, almost sweetly, while "Folie a Deux," accented with a soft vibraphone refrain, opens with an offhanded "Don't be sentimental, call me hateful and cold/I just don't love you no more." Somewhat benevolently, "American Rhapsody" acts as a relatively restful finale. While listeners will have to wait a little longer for a break in the clouds, Ndegeocello and her associates have soundtracked yet another emotional storm in vivid, enthralling fashion. ~ Andy Kellman
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1.[CD]
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1.Friends
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2.Tom
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3.Good Day Bad
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4.Forget My Name
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5.And Yet It Moves
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6.Comet, Come to Me
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7.Continuous Performance
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8.Shopping for Jazz
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9.Conviction
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10.Folie a Deux
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11.Choices
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12.Modern Time
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13.American Rhapsody
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2年ぶりの新作には特にコンセプトはないようで、馴染みのミュージシャンと気の向くままに音楽を紡いだ印象だ。ラップ風にも歌うフーディーニ“Friends”のカヴァー、という意表を突かれる冒頭も、その換骨奪胎ぶりと大きくうねる生音はンデゲ節としか言いようがないし、レゲエ~ダブ調の3曲では彼女らしく重たいベースを聴かせる。詩情に溢れた温かい歌声の包容力は過去最高で、気負いなく生んだ傑作といった趣だ。
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