1990s
Flood
Douban
★ 9.5 13 ratings
Herbie Hancock genre: Jazz
release date 1997-11-20 publisher: Import [Generic]
Originally released in 1975 as a double live album, recorded and initially released only in Japan. Flood admirably documents Hancock's Headhunters-period in a concert setting. The tunes are mostly culled from the recommended studio albums Headhunters, Thrust and Man-Child, with an excellent remodeling of 'Maiden Voyage' opening the program.
与天使共枕
Douban
★ 8.9 14 ratings
Neil Young & Crazy Horse genre: Rock
release date 1994-01-01 publisher: Reprise
Though it once again reunites him with Crazy Horse and includes such typical rock workouts as the lengthy "Change Your Mind" and the raucous "Piece of Crap," Sleeps With Angels is more musically varied than most of Neil Young's albums with his erstwhile backup group, ranging from piano-based ballads like the album opener, "My Heart," and closer, "A Dream That Can Last," which might have fit on After the Gold Rush, to the country-folk "Train of Love," which sounds like a leftover from Harvest Moon, and the hard-edged grunge of the title track. The Crazy Horse influence comes in the songs' structural simplicity and the unpolished playing. Though musically diverse, Sleeps With Angels is a song cycle in which Young repeats the same themes and images. To put it simply, the album is about death, presumably primarily the suicide of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, which occurred while it was being recorded. From "My Heart," which declares, "It's not too late" and "Somehow, someone has a dream come true," to "A Dream That Can Last," which declares, "There's a better life for me someday," Young begins and ends with a shaky, uncertain optimism, even though his language is riddled with references to violence, especially gunfire, and desperation. As in the album's title, even the references to sleep and dreams are about death. Young repeats some of the same lines from song to song and sometimes the same music ("Western Hero" and "Train of Love" have the same tune). The album thus has a tired, mournful feel that is both compelling and off-putting. Young had not investigated such forbidding territory since the days of Tonight's the Night and On the Beach, and Sleeps With Angels is on a par with those often harrowing works.
Art of the Japanese Koto, Shakuhachi and Shamisen [#1]
Douban
★ 9.7 6 ratings
Yamato Ensemble
release date 1996-11-05 publisher: Arc Music
大和丝竹乐团,是室内乐形式的日本传统音乐乐团。 主要演奏筝,尺八和三味线的合奏,间或伴随人声吟唱。 大和丝竹特别引人注目的一点, 是由于成员之一,尺八演奏家是一位西洋人士,叫做理查德·斯坦格。 他具有超过20年的尺八学习和表演经验, 最早自学,后因机缘巧合,拜于尺八大师岩本由和的麾下,终成大器。 大和丝竹乐团的音乐清新、明朗, 其曲目既有古典日本音乐的传统,也演奏当代作曲家的民族音乐作品。 在国际上获得诸多好评。
Listened
Dec. 1, 2013
尺八古曲,冲绳民歌,筝尺八三味线合奏就像『西鹤一代女』里田中绢代的唱曲,太棒!
1990s 日本
Glory of Gershwin
Douban
Various Artists / Larry Adler
release date 1994-09-27 publisher: Mercury / Universal
Listened
Nov. 14, 2013
口琴好棒!!群星演唱有点多余啊,Kate Bush的the man i love唱得太差了...
KateBush 1990s Jazz
Candle in the Wind 1997
Douban
release date 2006-10-24
Candle in the Wind 1997《风中之烛》 不是为了消遣,而是为了怀念。这首1997年9月发行、为缅怀戴安娜王妃而改编的单曲,发行一周内的销量就超过350万张。——灰姑娘的童话随着一次车祸戛然而止,就像林花谢了春红,太匆匆。“再见了,英国玫瑰,愿你永远盛开在我们心中”,“我们将永怀你悲悯的呵护,远比你知道的更多”。——用词很大,大而有当,对一位多有义举的平民王妃。 原曲为纪念玛丽莲-梦露(Marilyn Monroe原名:诺玛·琼·培克)而作。
The Red Shoes
Douban
★ 7.8 11 ratings
Kate Bush genre: Pop
release date 1993-11-02 publisher: Sony
Catherine Bush CBE is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. In 1978, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song.
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Sept. 19, 2013
And see your eyes are lifted to God/ With no words, with no song/ I'm gonna dance the dream/ And make the dream come true
UK 1990s KateBush
Nine Objects Of Desire
Douban
★ 8.2 10 ratings
Suzanne Vega genre: Folk
release date 1996-01-01 publisher: A&M
Nine Objects of Desire is Suzanne Vega's fifth studio album, released on September 10, 1996. It peaked at number 92 on the Billboard 200.
Days of Open Hand
Douban
★ 7.2 6 ratings
Suzanne Vega genre: Folk
release date 1990-04-06 publisher: A&M
蘇珊娜·薇佳是美國的歌曲創作家和歌手。她的歌曲以高度的文學化的歌詞和民謠曲風著稱。來自她的第二盤專輯《孤獨矗立》的兩首歌Luka和Tom's Diner曾進入許多國家的排行榜前十。
99.9 F
Douban Spotify
★ 8.0 11 ratings
Suzanne Vega genre: Folk
release date 1992-01-01 publisher: A&M
Import pressing of her 1992 album that is out-of-print domestically. Suzanne Vega makes it clear from the cover inwards that she's up to something different on 99.9 F. Her fiery red and yellow photo-manipulated hair and bandaged finger stand in stark contrast to the orderly mysticism conveyed on the front of her previous release, DAYS OF OPEN HAND. Producer MitchellFroom surrounds her strong songs with surprises in instrumentation, arrangement, and mix. The set opens smartly with a couple of selections that stand in stark contrast to the more traditional folk bearing of her previous output. By the third song, "In Liverpool", things break open to reveal a lushand popish heart. The title song is a dazzling groove of fuzzy and staccato guitar chords cast over layered percussion and her lilting vocal. An array of superb players, includingdrummer Jerry Marotta, guitarists David Hidalgo and RichardThompson, and bass player Bruce Thomas accompany her. While it represented a bit of an unexpected turn at the time of its release in 1992, 99.9 F is one of Vega's finest albums. Universal.
Six
Douban
★ 9.3 50 ratings
Mansun genre: Pop
release date 1998-09-07 publisher: Parlophone
After Mansun's first album, drenched in synthesizers and covered in the sheen of heavy production, many would have expected them to do the same but even bigger: bigger orchestra, cleaner, more 'pop'. However the market had caught up since 'Attack Of the Grey Lantern', and an album of such would not be considered as particuarly innovative or classy as the first was - still as their style became more mainstream at least it would be more commercially viable. However the band took the important and clever decision to change direction with their second attempt, replacing studio gloss for a full CD of live mayhem mixed out of control. Six takes its title from two references: a book by AA Milne and a character in TV series 'The Prisoner'. Both favourites of the band, the influences are indictive of the subject matter - personal issues replace the imaginery characters of their first album. Songs about tramps sleeping in doorways and having an AIDS test lie alongside songs about eastern philosophy and western religion. Musically though, influences are fairly absent - Paul's idols Bowie and De Voto do seem to have helped tailor the sound, but really 'Six' is pretty unique - there is no sound like it. This is because although there is only 13 tracks on the album there are hundreds of tunes, and only a few choruses. The structures are revolutionary, and that is not the only originality. The band, fed up with the music industry supporting more britpop rock have made guitars sound un-like guitars, with the use of many effects pedals and under-used mixing techniques. And yet the album was still based on Mansun playing live, so even though the album would be impossible to play live as it is, there is a feeling of natural aggresion and ad-libbing fuelled creativity. (from mansunheaven) Vol.2 - SIX十周年纪念刊在线阅读(2008.9):
Debut
Douban
★ 8.6 61 ratings
Björk genre: Electronic
release date 1993-07-13 publisher: Elektra / Wea
Japanese pressing of her debut album includes the UK bonus track, 'Play Dead' along with the Japanese only bonus track, 'Atlantic'. 13 tracks in all, including lyrics to all tracks . 1994 release.
Screamadelica
MusicBrainz Douban Eggplant.place
★ 8.9 57 ratings
Primal Scream genre: alternative rock / 90s / alternative/indie rock / brit pop / acid house …
release date 1991-10-08 publisher: Sire Records / Warner Bros. Records
Primal Scream are a Scottish rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie. The band's current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Martin Duffy, Simone Butler, and Darrin Mooney.
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May 13, 2013
如果上礼拜五听的是这个现场post gig depression绝对秒康复
PrimalScream 1990s UK
Loveless
MusicBrainz Douban Discogs Eggplant.place
★ 9.0 214 ratings
My Bloody Valentine genre: Rock
release date 1991-11-04 publisher: Sire / Warner Bros Records …
在80年代末至90年代,英国出现了纯粹以吉他噪音实验为目标的乐队与风格,并且获得了相当大的成功,在英国独立摇滚中可谓独树一帜。敏感的乐评人称这一类音乐风格为“自赏摇滚”(Shoe-gazing)。“自赏摇滚”这一名称很是贴切,既包涵了乐队的音乐风格,又暗示了乐队特立独行的生活态度。 My Bloody Valentine就是这类摇滚的代表人物,Loveless是该乐队的第三张专辑,被公认为是该乐队最成功的代表作,在世界范围内都有巨大影响,这张专辑和乐队名称甚至一起出现在了经典游戏Final FantasyVII的片头CG里。
Harvest Moon
Douban
★ 9.4 24 ratings
Neil Young genre: Rock
release date 1992-10-27 publisher: Reprise
Harvest Moon is the 19th studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on November 2, 1992. Many of the musicians appearing on it also appeared on his 1972 album Harvest.
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Oct. 8, 2012
the same thing that makes you live can kill you in the end
1990s Canada NeilYoung
Unplugged
Douban
★ 9.7 7 ratings
Neil Young genre: Folk
release date 1993-06-15 publisher: Reprise / Wea
Neil Percival Young OC OM is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others.