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1 |
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輸入 (ヨーロッパ盤) |
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発売日 |
2019年03月01日 |
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規格品番 |
9362490227 |
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093624902270 |
テキサスはオースティン出身、スティーヴィー・レイ・ヴォーンの兄ジミー・ヴォーンからギターの手ほどきを受け、エリック・クラプトンにフックアップされ、世界中のフェスの常連となり、更には映画「シェフ」にも出演したりと活躍の幅をガンガン拡げているゲイリー・クラークJr.の5作目。現代アメリカに生きるアフリカン・アメリカンとしての思いを爆発させた気骨の1枚。スティーヴィー・レイ・ヴォーンは勿論、ジミヘン、プリンス、ウディ・ガスリーなどなど先達からの影響を消化した21世紀型ブルース・ロックはかっこ良いの一言。ファルセットを交えつつファンクに攻める(8)などしびれます。
(C)吉祥寺店:狩野 卓永
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 01:12:26
Audio Mixer: Jacob Sciba. Recording information: Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX. Photographer: Frank Maddocks. "F*ck you, I'm America's son/This is where I come from." Gary Clark, Jr. spits out that line with all the venom he can muster on the opening track of 2019's This Land, and while he's specifically challenging a racist neighbor who doesn't believe he can afford the Texas ranch he calls home, it also sounds like he's shouting down anyone who has dared to question his creative ambitions or tried to pigeonhole him as just another bluesman. Since making his major-label debut with 2012's Blak and Blu, Clark has steadily been widening his boundaries as a musician, and This Land is his toughest and most ambitious work to date, a bold and often ferocious set of songs that serves as a polyglot of African-American musical idioms and sharply articulate thoughts about American life in the midst of the Trump era. As on his previous albums, Clark frequently demonstrates he's a gifted and forceful guitarist, but on This Land, the songs are ultimately more important than the solos, and the rich, densely packed production, the melodic diversity of material, and the undiluted passion of the lyrics (and the way Clark delivers them) is what truly makes this album succeed. From the raw, funky rock of the title cut, the Chuck Berry on speed punkability of "Gotta Get Into Something," the proto-reggae menace of "Feeling Like a Million," the hard rock thunder of "What About Us," the slinky but robust R&B mood of "Don't Wait Til Tomorrow," and the Prince-meets-Hendrix groove of "Feed the Babies," This Land is stylistically fearless as Clark explores nearly every musical option that crosses his mind, and remarkably enough, all of it works, fitting together like distinct, individual pieces that make a larger and unified whole. While several of the tracks on This Land were built around samples and Clark reveals a deep knowledge of the history of African-American music, his vision is strong enough that This Land sounds fresh and compelling at every turn. Clark and co-producer Jacob Sciba have given it a potent sound that makes these songs sound as muscular and uncompromising as required. And while Clark plays most of the instruments himself on these sessions, bassist Mike Elizondo and drummer Brannen Temple generate grooves that are as big and as expressive as Clark's guitar. This Land is not an album many were expecting Gary Clark, Jr. to make when he burst into nationwide recognition at the start of the 2010s, and that's one of its greatest strengths -- it frequently upends expectations while confirming Clark's broad talent and imagination, and if this doesn't convince you he's a major artist, nothing will. ~ Mark Deming
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1.[CD]
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1.This Land
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2.What About Us
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3.I Got My Eyes On You (Locked & Loaded)
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4.I Walk Alone
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5.Feelin' Like a Million
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6.Gotta Get Into Something
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7.Got to Get Up
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8.Feed the Babies
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9.Pearl Cadillac
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10.When I'm Gone
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11.The Guitar Man
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12.Low Down Rolling Stone
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13.The Governor
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14.Don't Wait Til Tomorrow
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15.Dirty Dishes Blues
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16.Highway 71 (ボーナストラック)
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17.Did Dat (ボーナストラック)
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ゲイリー・クラークJrは、ロック、ファンク、ヒップホップ、R&Bを咀嚼した新世代のブルースマンで、まだまだ若い35歳! 本作はライヴ盤を挿んで約3年半ぶりとなるスタジオ・アルバムだ。その間に映画「ジャスティス・リーグ」で使われた"Come Together"のヒットもあった影響か、R&B寄りでやるせなさが滲み出た前作『The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim』に比べるとグッとロック・モード。ラモーンズみたいな曲まであったりする。個人的には前作の世界観にもハマったが、ハードなギターを求める人にはこっちのほうが断然ウケそう。ポテンシャルの高さを存分に見せつけてくれる。
bounce (C)小出斉タワーレコード (vol.425(2019年3月25日発行号)掲載)
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