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| 笑容背後 After Laughter | ||||
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| 帕拉摩爾樂團的录音室专辑 | ||||
| 发行日期 | 2017年5月12日 | |||
| 录制时间 | 2016年6月—2016年11月 | |||
| 录音室 | RCA錄音室B（田納西納許維爾） | |||
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| 时长 | 42:31 | |||
| 唱片公司 | 拉麵工坊 | |||
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| 帕拉摩爾樂團专辑年表 | ||||
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| 收錄於《After Laughter》的單曲 | ||||
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《笑容背後》[1]（英語：After Laughter）是美國搖滾樂團帕拉摩爾樂團的第5張錄音室專輯，由拉麵工坊於2017年5月12日發行，樂團前張專輯為2013年的同名專輯。《笑容背後》由吉他手泰勒·約克和先前的合作者賈斯汀·梅達爾-約翰森森共同製作。該專輯是自扎克·法羅回歸（他與哥哥喬什於2010年離開樂團）和前貝斯手傑里米·戴維斯2015年離開樂團以來的首張專輯[2][3]。《笑容背後》完全異於樂團此前的流行龐克和另類搖滾風格，並在歡快和活潑的聲音下，探討疲憊、抑鬱和焦慮等主題。
《笑容背後》獲樂評人廣泛讚譽，並讚揚樂團新的音樂方向、專輯的1980年代新浪潮和合成器流行風格。多家出版物，如《告示牌》和《滾石》，將該專輯列入其年終榜單。2019年，Pitchfork將該專輯列入最佳專輯十年榜第169名[4]。
《笑容背後》有5首單曲。〈Hard Times〉於2017年4月19日發行；〈Told You So〉於2017年5月3日發行；〈Fake Happy〉於2017年8月29日發行；〈Rose-Colored Boy〉於2018年3月2日發行；〈Caught in the Middle〉於2018年6月26日發行。該專輯發行首週以67,000張专辑等价单位在美國《告示牌》二百大專輯榜獲第6名，為樂團第3張在榜單獲前10名的專輯[5]。
詞曲
[编辑]The album's lyrical content predominantly touches upon themes of exhaustion, depression, and anxiety.[6] NME said the album is a "pop triumph", highlighting the contrast between the "serious sadness" of the lyrics "underneath all the bangers".[7] Similarly, The Guardian called the album a "vibrant record, a contrast to its lyrical themes, which cover masking misery, spiralling depression and the anxiety of ageing, only with a knowing wink."[8] Newsday called the album "a collection of songs about remaining upbeat in the face of adversity that bounce around with."[9] Billboard said "Williams sings about the act of crying on no less than five songs, and there are numerous moments where she could be addressing the unfriendly exit and subsequent legal entanglements of former bassist Jeremy Davis."[10] Spin said the album "observes a different aspect of the subject of survival: the emptiness and pointlessness, and how often it fails to alter the indifferent universe that surrounds and requires it."[6] The Line of Best Fit said "despite all its sunny hooks, After Laughter is a deep album with plenty to say. It's easily the most honest and mature Paramore have sounded yet."[11]
歌曲與內容
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Tracks 1–6
[编辑]After Laughter opens with "Hard Times", a synth-heavy, disco-tinged new wave song about the feeling of going through hard times, and being useless in achieving one's goals.[12][13][14] "Rose-Colored Boy" is a synth-pop song that Rolling Stone compared to Cupid & Psyche 85 by pop group Scritti Politti.[15] "Told You So" is a song that has been described as funk-pop,[16][17] as well as new wave, indie pop and electropop.[18][19][20] "Forgiveness" is a "dreamy power ballad" which features "sassy handclaps and hairflicks", which has been compared to pop rock bands Heart, Fleetwood Mac and Haim.[7][10] NPR said the song is "the band's take on Haim's chiming California soft-rock revival."[21] Spin called it one of the band's best songs, "their gentlest and most buoyant kiss-off".[6] "Fake Happy" starts out as an acoustic dirge that transforms into an "ambitious, funky anthem about everyone masking their sadness."[9] "26" is a string-laden ballad that "sighs into its lush strings". It has been compared to the songs "Misguided Ghosts" and "The Only Exception" from their 2009 album, Brand New Eyes.[7][6][15]
Tracks 7–12
[编辑]The seventh track "Pool", described as "aqueous" and "bouncy", is a new wave song that "bathes Williams' voice in crystalline distortion" and "shimmers like a mirage on a blazing day."[7][15][10] "Grudges" is "a sweet reflection of Williams' repaired relationship with both Farro brothers", with Zac Farro harmonizing on the track.[21] It has been compared by NME to The Bangles' work, whereas AllMusic compared it to The Cure's "Friday I'm in Love".[12][7] "Caught in the Middle" is a "ska-inflected" song of persistence and goal setting.[7][22] According to NME, it is one of the album's nods to their punk past, which they also compared to No Doubt's earlier music.[7] "Idle Worship" is a commentary about fame, with Williams' voice providing even more of a contrast to the stunning acridity of lyrics.[15] York revealed that he sampled wind howling through a building in the UK, then played the sample on a keyboard in the song.[23] The "moody" and "marauding" eleventh track "No Friend" has been described as post-hardcore.[21] It is the only Paramore song to not feature Williams on the vocals. Instead, Aaron Weiss from MewithoutYou is on the vocals, delivering a spoken word monologue buried in a cacophony of York and Farro's dark inversions of the "Idle Worship" riff. The lyrics add metrical detail to the sentiments of "Idle Worship", a song about interpersonal expectations, and the vast distance between one's self-conception and the idea of oneself that exists in the minds of others,[6][15] Many of its lyrics also make references to past Paramore songs.[21] Several publications referred to it as "the strangest song that's ever made it to a Paramore album."[10][13][24] The album closes with "Tell Me How", a tender piano ballad which features a "vaguely tropical pulse and warily confessional words" that allows Williams' voice to curl around and into expressions of anxiety that sound impossible to quiet.[10][13][15] It's been characterized as "a soft R&B exploration disguised as a piano ballad" by NPR, who compared it to works by Drake and The Weeknd.[21]
標題與封面
[编辑]Regarding the album's title, Williams told iHeartRadio that "After Laughter is about the look on people's faces when they're done laughing. If you watch somebody long enough, there's always this look that comes across their face when they're done smiling, and I always find it really fascinating to wonder what it is that brought them back to reality. So, that's what After Laughter is."[25]
The artwork of After Laughter, which features an impossible trident optical illusion, was designed by Los Angeles–based designer Scott Cleary. It reflects a new sound and direction for the band. Cleary stated:[26]
The band came to me when they were recording the album in LA. We've been friends for a while so we were spending a lot of time together while they were in town from Nashville. They asked me if I'd be interested in doing the album artwork and band re-brand, to which I jumped at the chance. They had some ideas around the 80s vibes of the record, and a few visual references they were feeling. I did the usual "listen to the record, write/draw a bunch of stuff" and came up with the idea of a landscape where colors, shapes and textures would represent sounds and moments on the record...Sonically, the record is very "real" and I wanted the imagery details to have that finishing touch as well.
According to Cleary, his artwork was "the first piece of visual material that accompanied the new record and the band wanted a super-cohesive roll-out", therefore the music video for the lead single "Hard Times" was "very much influenced by the artwork."[26]
專業評價
[编辑]Matt Collar at AllMusic commented that "much credit here goes to York, who co-wrote all of the songs and whose deft guitar and keyboard make up much of the album's distinct aural character. But of course, Williams still beats at the center of everything, her voice providing the album's warm, exuberant core."[12] Brice Ezell of Consequence stated "Colorful instrumentation and insistent hooks overpower the uneven parts of the band's fifth studio outing".[27] Joe Goggins writing for Drowned in Sound described the band as being as "Musically...free as they've ever sounded [on this album]."[28] In a positive review, Harriet Gibsone at The Guardian said the album is "candy-coated bitterness at its best – may steer them away from the Kerrang! crowd, but one thing remains consistent to Paramore's emo roots – the theatrical mellifluence of internal angst."[8] Dannii Leivers of The Line of Best Fit called it a "deep album with plenty to say" and "one of the best pop albums [of the] year."[11]
Writing for Newsday, Glenn Gamboa praised the album, stating that "the closer Paramore gets to breaking up, the better it gets at finding reasons to stick together," adding that the album "is packed with potential pop hits that only Paramore could deliver. And that's the perfect reason for the group to keep going."[9] Leonie Cooper from Jon Caramanica from The New York Times noted that Paramore are "single-minded again, but not of the same mind as it once was. Ms. Williams and her bandmates, Zac Farro and Taylor York have remade themselves into a 1980s pop-rock outfit: tinny digital percussion, synthesizers and mostly constrained, saccharine singing from Ms. Williams."[29] NME gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing: "Catharsis is never usually this joyous, but sometimes smiling through the pain works better than crying."[7] Laura Snapes of 'The Observer called the album "one of the year's best pop albums."[30]
Iiana Kaplan of Paste said After Laughter is "an undeniably hooky record that strays from its grunge-rock roots and finds the band in a place where they've found the fun in their craft once again." Kaplan also stated that the Williams people love is still around, while noting "Once immersed in the pop-heavy album that is After Laughter, it becomes clear that the less angsty outlook of Paramore is something only surface-level. If you look beneath, it shows Williams battling with herself to make amends ("Forgiveness", "Caught In The Middle") and put on a front to the public ("Fake Happy")."[31] Pitchfork writer Ryan Dombal described it as the band's most "fizzy" album, adding that it "highlights Williams' most existentially despondent musings to date."[13] Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone was positive towards the writing stating, "[the] lyrics evince a weariness that makes [the brightness of the album] seem garishly empty and called the album a "gorgeously produced, hook-studded record."[15] Sputnikmusic staff writer Sowing described the album as the "fresh start" that the self-titled album was meant to be, adding "After Laughter is the first post-2010 Paramore record to truly break form," mentioning "No Friend" and "26" as discography highlights.[24] Patrick Ryan writing for USA Today noted that "Paramore is clearly aiming for more radio-friendly music here, but their deceptively moving lyrics and audacious fusing of genres is what makes it such a rewarding listen."[32]
In a fifth anniversary retrospective review of the album, Yasmine Summan from Alternative Press considered it to be a "saving grace" for the band, and stated "Right now there might not be a Paramore as we know it, but with Zac's return, York's incredible talents and Williams having a place to confront her emotions, this album not only earns its acclaim for its chart-topping successes but is as crucial to the band's growth as Riot! or brand new eyes."[33]
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[编辑]- ^ 笑容背後(歐洲進口盤). 五大唱片. [2024-07-18] （中文（臺灣））.
- ^ Lindner, Emilee. Paramore Announces 'Painful' Split With Bassist Jeremy Davis. MTV. 2015-12-15 [2023-01-01]. （原始内容存档于2022-12-26）.
- ^ Sharp, Tyler. Paramore part ways with bassist Jeremy Davis. Alternative Press. 2015-12-15 [2023-01-01]. （原始内容存档于2017-04-15）.
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- ^ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Johnston, Maura. Review: Paramore's 'After Laughter' Triumphs Via Shiny Pop, Moody Lyrics. Rolling Stone. 2017-05-12 [2023-01-01]. （原始内容存档于2017-12-06）.
- ^ Reed, Ryan. Hear Paramore's Funky, Sleek New Song 'Told You So'. Rolling Stone. 2017-05-03 [2023-01-01]. （原始内容存档于2017-10-11）.
- ^ Corcoran, Nina. Paramore's Video for "Told You So" is Retro Noir Candy. Nerdist. 2017-05-03 [2017-05-12]. （原始内容存档于2017-08-16）.
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Told You So 1的参考文献提供内容 - ^ Trageser, Stephen. Paramore Makes a Getaway in 'Told You So,' Reportedly Playing Exit/In [Fresh Vid]. Nashville Scene. 2017-05-03 [2017-05-12].
- ^ Paramore Premiere 'Told You So,' Another Shimmery Indie-Pop Gem from their New Record 'After Laughter'. Rock Cellar Magazine. [2017-05-12]. （原始内容存档于2017-05-04）.
- ^ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Sherman, Maria. Paramore's 'After Laughter' Is Something New, Built From Pieces Of The Past. NPR. 2017-05-20 [2023-01-01].
- ^ Manders, Hayden. Paramore Usher In A New Era Of Pop-Punk With 'After Laughter'. Nylon. 2017-05-12 [2017-05-13].
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- ^ Mastrogiannis, Nicole. Interview: Paramore Talks 'Hard Times' & Reveals 'After Laughter' Meaning. iHeartRadio. 2017-04-20 [2017-04-25]. （原始内容存档于2017-04-25）.
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Drowned in Sound rev的参考文献提供内容 - ^ Caramanica, Jon. Paramore Tries to Find Itself in the '80s on 'After Laughter'. The New York Times. 2017-05-11 [2017-05-12]. （原始内容存档于2017-05-13）.
- ^ Snapes, Laura. Paramore: After Laughter review – one of the year's best pop albums?. The Observer. 2017-05-14 [2018-10-02].
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Paste的参考文献提供内容 - ^ 引用错误：没有为名为
USA Today Rev的参考文献提供内容 - ^ Summan, Yasmine. How 'After Laughter' became Paramore's saving grace. Alternative Press. 2022-05-12 [2022-05-23].