20分钟的歌曲再加上 "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" 所组成的这部专辑依旧是根系于他们早期的 "Atom Heart Mother Suite" 和 "Echoes" 等这些作品，但我们宁愿看到另一种 Pink Floyd 的音乐风格。"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" 的歌词完全是在赞美与称颂 Barrett 的聪明以及作为对其后来的隐退发出的一曲挽歌。整首歌曲由9段组成，而专辑选用了前面的5首片段作为整部专辑的开篇。对于该曲你往往最先可能被 Gilmour 忧伤的吉他主奏所打动，不过贯穿全曲的确是 Wright 有史以来最出色的键盘演奏，当然萨克斯演奏家 Dick Parry 如同在 Dark Side 中一样做了精彩的表演；而后面的4首片段则作为专辑的结束曲，伴随着风声以及David Gilmour 吉他的咆哮声和他的呐喊声中开始，并最终在波涛汹涌般的键盘声中逐渐结束整部专辑。本来该曲是作为一个整体演出的，但在1975年却被一分为二了。毫无疑问的是，这首歌曲就是针对并间接地回顾了 Pink Floyd 音乐历程上的第一个变故 —— 乐团创史人 Syd Barrett 中途离开乐队。1975年7月5日，当乐队录制完毕而进行混音制作阶段工作的时候，有一个陌生人来到录音室外面默默地看着里面工作的乐队成员，他就是 Syd Barrett。可惜当时他并不知道这部专辑就是题献给他的，在匆忙一瞥后，人们从此再也没在公共场合见到他。 在 VSC3 合成器极富规律的伴奏下，伴随着重复回声的组合引出了 "Welcome To The Machine" 开头的那部分音节，由此开始了一个针对当时音乐圈中广泛存在的“对金钱的追逐超过了对音乐制作创新的追求”现象的辛辣的讽刺，而将歌手 Roy Harper 引入并演唱 "Have A Cigar" 则似乎是 Waters 的耻辱，但当时在录制此曲的时候，本应担任主唱的 Waters 嗓子出了问题而无法正常演唱，刚巧他的朋友 Roy Harper 也同期在同一录音室录制别的作品，于是 Waters 便请他的朋友演唱了这首对唱片录音工业辛辣讽刺的歌曲，不过后来 Waters 对这个决定也无不抱怨说“not because he did it badly...it just isn't us anymore”。歌曲里面有一句歌词“Which one's Pink?”其实来自于一位对他们一无所知的美国唱片公司董事询问乐队时愚蠢的提问，后来在演唱会上，Waters 将这句话印到自己的T恤上。 唱片的标题曲 WISH YOU WERE HERE 同样也是针对 Syd Barrett，但也是 Roger Waters 对于徘徊在乐队成功的四周围的贪婪所进行的斗争中所感受到的紧张感，而根植于贯穿 Wish You Were Here 专辑中所体现出来的那种觉醒的主题不断的滋生发展并最终在后来的 The Wall 中萌发壮大。古典/爵士小提琴手 Stephane Grapelli 参加了该曲的录制，也就是全曲结束时那几个小节的风声的合成音响效果的录音。而歌曲的管弦乐片段其实是截取于 Tchaikovsky 的第四交响曲的录音。本曲以后成为乐队巡回演唱会上的保留曲目，即使是 Waters 离开乐队后，无论乐团还是他依旧喜欢在各自的演出中演唱它。 WISH YOU WERE HERE 专辑于75年9月27日进入美国排行榜并名列12位，并于10月4日升至榜首。而在英国，发行后第一周便荣登榜首，不过这要感谢提前预售的25万张唱片的功劳。Wish 专辑也是在他们离开了与之合作多年的 Capitol 唱片公司，并自组 Pink Floyd Music 公司后制作的第一部作品，另外他们将其作品改委由 Columbia 唱片公司发行而不是老东家EMI公司了。或许是因为上一张作品反映太好，它多少显得这张专辑有些失色，乐评家的评论甚至也仅以“了无长进”一笔带过。现在回过头来看这张唱片，虽然具有一定程度的商业化倾向的表现，但在音乐创作的本质上，它仍然够资格称得上是一张质量均佳的好作品。 这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第209位。

21-year-old pop singer Conan Gray has accrued a dedicated fan base even before the release of his debut album. And it’s not hard to see why. Tracks like his newly-released “The Story” showcase Gray’s knack for honest songwriting supported by his velvety vocal delivery. “The Story” particularly highlights Gray’s impressive vocals. Backed by only guitar and a modest piano, Gray sings a ballad of painful love and loss that comes with growing up. Along with the honest track, Gray announces his debut record, Kid Krow. On his new single, Gray tells “The Story” of difficulties experienced by those around him in High School. “Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works / It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet,” Gray croons over his gentle guitar picking. “Wrote this song about me and my friends’ childhoods,” Conan wrote in a statement. “There were times growing up that I thought life would never get better. That life would always be that painful. But I promise, it’s never the end of the story.” Along with “The Story,” Gray announced his forthcoming debut record, Kid Krow. “I say more on this album than I’ve ever said in my life, and I can’t wait to tell you all of my secrets,” he wrote on Twitter. About the record, Gray said it’s an honest portrayal of how he sees the world. “The record is a study of how I perceive the world,” he said in a statement. “I talk a lot about my friends and people I’ve met touring over the past year. It’s me. I’m not the coolest person, but the album is me accepting the fact I’m weird and I don’t need to be anybody else. It’s also a chance to encourage others to embrace who they are and be unapologetic about it.”

★美國《搖滾名人殿堂》和英國《音樂名人堂》的至尊榮耀 搖滾傳奇平克佛洛伊德Pink Floyd，1971年第六張錄音室專輯 ★英國流行專輯榜No.3，平克佛洛伊德樂團的首張概念專輯 「平克佛洛伊德Pink Floyd」整合迷幻和太空搖滾，將實驗、敘事性豐富的前衛搖滾，以及運用哲學性的詞藻，摸索出前衛搖滾的未來，進而造就了流行音樂史上最偉大的傳奇，每一個世代的樂迷不斷地從他們的音樂作品中，體驗到跨越時空的聽覺驚喜；每一個世代的樂團持續在他們的音樂作品中，思考著搖滾樂所能創造的想像空間與情感共鳴。自1967年組隊以來至2014年底的最後一張專輯《The Endless River》，47年以來，平克佛洛伊德歷年專輯的全球累積銷售量超過二億張，其中加總停留美國告示牌881週的傳世經典《The Dark Side of the Moon》、史上最偉大的概念專輯《The Wall》，都是影響後輩的膜拜聖碟。分別入籍美國《搖滾名人殿堂》和英國《音樂名人堂》的至尊榮耀、滾石雜誌和VH1頻道的《史上百組經典藝人》、Q雜誌《史上最偉大的樂團》名單，留給後世無數搖滾樂迷，一篇跨越半世紀，定義完美經典的搖滾史記。 1971年10月發行的《Meddle》是平克佛洛伊德樂團的首張概念專輯，專輯製作期間，鍵盤手Richard Wright運用聲波頻率原理組裝，可以發出特殊聲音效果的Leslie Speaker放大器，來製作了一個近似潛水艇的聲納裝置，再利用此裝置所發出的聲波寫出一段旋律，這段旋律隨後在經過其他團員加進不同的樂器的即興彈奏，最終蛻變成《Meddle》專輯中，深獲矚目的23分鐘實驗搖滾大作〈Echoes〉。專輯中也有在歌曲末段融入利物浦足球隊，球迷現場加油團演唱，沿用自音樂劇【旋轉木馬】的隊歌〈You`ll Never Walk Alone〉的現場錄音之慢板搖滾曲〈Fearless〉，更有樂團少見的搖滾情歌小品〈A Pillow of Winds〉。

Born This Way is the second studio album and third major release by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released on May 23, 2011 by Interscope Records as a follow up to her internationally successful, The Fame (2008) and the extended play The Fame Monster (2009). Born This Way is notably different from The Fame and The Fame Monster as it incorporates a broader range of elements of several musical genres such as opera, heavy metal, disco, and rock and roll, and fuses those elements with sounds of electropop and dance. The album also is heavily inspired by synthpop and electronic music from the 1980s and 90s. In the album, the central themes include those of religion, sexuality, and feminism. On the record, Gaga worked with several producers, including RedOne, the only hold over for her previous work. With Born This Way, Gaga took more control of her musical direction and the album composition. Production first took place in early 2010, with recording sessions for the album took place at various recording studios around the world. The title was revealed in September at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards after Gaga's win of the Video of the Year Award for "Bad Romance". Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to copyright violations. Three singles and one promotional single were released for the album. "Born This Way", the lead single, topped the charts in over eighteen countries including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It would become the fastest selling single in iTunes history, having sold over 1 million copies within its first five days. "Judas" was the second single for Born This Way. The song peaked on the top ten in nineteen countries. "The Edge of Glory", originally released as one of two proposed promotional singles, was shortly made as the third single of the album. The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Brazil and South Korea. The promotional single for the album, "Hair", peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and chart on the musical charts in sixteen different countries. The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. However, the repetitive use of the word "Jesus", in addition to the employment of church bells and monk voices in many of the album's tracks including "Marry the Night," "Bloody Mary" and "Electric Chapel" have all resulted in negative reactions from some Christian societies, including those in Lebanon, where Born This Way was temporarily banned. Despite such strife, Born This Way topped the charts in twenty-three countries. It debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies. Over 430,000 of these sales were at a special price of US$ 0.99, which Amazon.com offered for two days during the album's first week of release.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Lady Gaga announced today that she will release The Fame Monster, a re-package of her 4 million-selling album The Fame. The album will include the entire breakthrough album The Fame, along with eight entirely new songs. The Fame Monster (Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope Records), deals with the seamier side of fame, as experienced by Gaga over the course of her last history-making year. The new version will be released on November 24, 2009. Says Lady Gaga, "On my re-release The Fame Monster, I wrote about everything I didn't write on The Fame. While traveling the world for two years, I've encountered several monsters, each represented by a different song on the new record: my 'Fear of Sex Monster,' my 'Fear of Alcohol Monster,' my 'Fear of Love Monster,' my 'Fear of Death Monster,' my 'Fear of Loneliness Monster,' etc." "I spent a lot of nights in Eastern Europe, and this album is a pop experimentation with industrial/Goth beats, 90's dance melodies, an obsession with the lyrical genius of 80's melancholic pop, and the runway. I wrote while watching muted fashion shows and I am compelled to say my music was scored for them. I also composed a ballad for the album, 'Speechless,' a song for my father, and it's my favorite work of all. I wrote every piece on the road - no songs about money, no songs about fame. I wrote it for my fans, so I wrote everything in between." The first club-banging single, the RedOne-produced "Bad Romance," will be released in early November. Other collaborators on the new tracks include Teddy Riley, Rodney Jerkins, Ron Fair and Fernando Garibay. Lady Gaga is also in the process of planning her next tour after her co-headlining tour with Kanye West was canceled last week.

Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (born September 25, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, musician, and DJ. He performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino and as a DJ under the name mcDJ.

The Weeknd release their fourth album album, 'After Hours.' The Weeknd is the alias of alternative Canadian R&B enigma-turned-pop star A bel Tesfaye, whose aching accounts of emotionally and physically toxic indulgences have translated into mass recognition. The singer and songwriter made his early-2010s breakthrough with morose ballads that seemed to have no designs on mainstream appeal. Within a few years, however, he was at the top of the charts and the rest is history. Fourteen tracks total, Including 'Heartless', 'Blinding Lights' and 'After Hours'.