Serious Fun [Remaster]

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:06:38
The Knack: Doug Feiger (vocals, guitar); Berton Averre (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Prescott Niles (bass); Bruce Gary (drums). Recorded at Oceanway Records and Hollywood Sound, Hollywood and Record Two, Compshe, California. Originally released on Charisma (91607). Includes liner notes by Scott Schinder. Personnel: Berton Averre (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Doug Fieger (vocals, guitar); Todd Brody (panpipes); Prescott Niles (bass guitar); Billy Ward , Pat Torpey (drums). Audio Mixers: Mike Fraser; Doug Fieger; Louie Demitri; Chad Munsey; Martin Schmelzle; Richard Bosworth. Audio Remasterers: Doug Fieger; Ron McMaster. Liner Note Authors: Doug Fieger; Scott Schinder; Berton Averre. Recording information: Hollywood Sound Recorders, Inc., Hollywood, CA (??/1988-09/1989); Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, CA (??/1988-09/1989); Ocean Way Recorders (??/1988-09/1989); Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (??/1988-09/1989); Oceanway Recorders (??/1988-09/1989); Record Two, Compshe, CA (??/1988-09/1989). Photographers: Kenneth B. Hertz; Karen Filter; Randee Saint Nicholas. Only half of this album title is factually correct, and it's a good thing: a "serious" Knack would be a big mistake. As for the "fun" part, that's right on the money; Serious Fun is an utterly unpretentious slab of power pop that has the emotional depth and artistic merit of a Little Lulu comic book. (One caveat: hearing Doug Fieger's vocals is one thing, but reading the lyrics in the CD booklet and seeing how ridiculously trite they are out of context is another; some bands should never ever print their lyrics.) Musically, the songs are neat little packages of appropriately crunchy guitar hooks and harmonies, with all the Beatlesque elements that make the knack so beloved by their fans and hated by their detractors. The production, by Fieger's old high-school buddy Don Was, is terrific, adding some sorely needed oomph to Prescott Niles' bass and Billy Ward's drums and giving the whole thing a more vibrant presence than any of the Knack's first three albums had managed. The one problem, and it's a biggie, is that over half of these 12 songs break the four-minute mark, when they could easily be shortened by a minute or more, and would gain a lot in the process. As a result of the occasionally tiresome vamping, Serious Fun doesn't manage to be quite as much fun as it could be. ~ Stewart Mason
エディション : Remaster
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)