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1 |
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輸入 |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2015年09月18日 |
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規格品番 |
4739400 |
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SKU |
602547394002 |
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:57:58
Audio Mixers: Steve Jordan ; Dave O'Donnell ; Keith Richards. Liner Note Author: Anthony DeCurtis. Recording information: Germano Studios; One East Recording, Brooklyn Recording; Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, TN. Photographer: Jane Rose. Keith Richards took his time to complete Crosseyed Heart. It arrives 23 years after Main Offender, his last solo studio album, but also 11 years after A Bigger Bang, the last official Rolling Stones record, but Richards hasn't exactly been quiet in all those years. He helped Mick Jagger flesh out the leftover demos for expanded editions of Exile on Main St. and Some Girls -- conspiracists argued some of the writing happened in the new millennium -- and toured with the Stones on various anniversaries, but the feather in his cap was Life, the 2010 memoir that established Keith as a razor-sharp raconteur for the masses that may never have paid attention to Talk Is Cheap. When compared to that publication date, Crosseyed Heart arrives a mere five years later, so that's not such a long wait. Certainly, Crosseyed Heart hardly feels like it was labored over; it's not the work of a perfectionist hoping every element lands in its right place. It sounds like it was knocked out in a week, which is about the highest compliment that can be paid to a record as casual as this. Main Offender felt like the result of endless hours of expensive studio jams, but Crosseyed Heart feels like it fell into place, with its songs arising out of jams with a drummer instead of being excuses for jams. Bookended by acoustic numbers -- the first is the charmingly tossed-off title track, a song that feels clipped in its conclusion, the last a version of Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene," with the lyrics slightly modified -- the album does indeed bear the suggestion of a construction, a record that slides from obsession to obsession without calling attention to transitions. Nothing here is surprising, not the overdriven Chess boogie of "Blues in the Morning" or the ska shuffle of "Love Overdue," but that familiarity is an asset, because Keith luxuriates in his detours so much he winds up synthesizing his affections into a signature, a move highlighted by the soulful crawl of the Norah Jones duet "Illusion," a song where both singers seem seduced by the slow groove. "Illusion" mildly recalls "Make No Mistake," but where that Talk Is Cheap number underlined its Stax connections, Crosseyed Heart isn't so edgy: Keith no longer has to prove what he has to contribute to either the Stones or the culture at large, so he settles into his favorite sounds, loving to play the blues, rock & roll, country, and folk he's always savored, then sliding into the open-chord boogie that's unmistakably his. He may not forcibly claim this ground here but that's the appeal of Crosseyed Heart: it's a winningly low-key record, where the atmosphere matters more than the songs, yet Richards doesn't neglect writing tunes this time around. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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1.Crosseyed Heart
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2.Heartstopper
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3.Amnesia
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4.Robbed Blind
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5.Trouble
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6.Love Overdue
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7.Nothing On Me
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8.Suspicious
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9.Blues In The Morning
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10.Something For Nothing
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11.Illusion
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12.Just A Gift
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13.Goodnight Irene
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14.Substantial Damage
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15.Lover's Plea
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23年ぶりのソロ3作目ということは、前作を20歳で聴いた青年が43歳のオッサンになっているわけである。なのにキースの変わらなさは何なんだ!? 知らない人に〈3年ぶり〉と言ったら信じるんじゃないか!? ロックンロールとカントリーとレゲエとブルースと、あとソウルとフォーク──ずっとやってきたこと、ずっと好きでい続けた音楽を、気の合う仲間とここでまたやっている、それだけの作品。にもかかわらずこの豊潤さ、響きの新鮮さ、曲の輝きはいったい何だろう!? バック・メンバーについては省くが、〈ただのロックンロール〉を〈だけどそいつが大好きなんだ〉とばかりに鳴らした"Blues In The Morning"で、ボビー・キーズが完全に生きていてオレ興奮。ストーンズを知らなくても聴くべき大傑作!
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