評論一下Charli XCX的《Sucker》?

01-02

Charli XCX最早出現在樂壇應該是在Icona Pop的I Love It中。被大家熟知，並且有點紅的時候應該是在唱《星運里的錯》插曲Boom Calp之後。然後趁熱打鐵發行了新專輯《Sucker》有些人就說只有Boom Clap入耳，有些人覺得很棒。滾石雜誌評選出的《2014最佳流行專輯》，Sucker既然得第一，甚至超過了紅遍全世界的1989。這張專輯到底如何呢？

Sucker was named the best pop album of 2014 by Rolling
Stone and the second by Billboard.Additionally, it was named the sixth best
album of 2014 by Rolling Stone and Spin.

滾石2014年榜最佳流行專輯，總排名年榜第六

公告牌2014年榜第二佳流行專輯

Spin 2014總排名年榜第六

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of
100 to reviews from mainstreamcritics, Sucker
received an average score of 76, based on 25 reviews. In rating the release
four stars for Rolling Stone, Will Hermes claims "Sucker is no
retro gesture: Charli runs the album"s rock roll guitars and attitude
through enough distressed digital production and thumb type vernacular to make
this the first fully updated iteration of punk pop in ages... Like so many of
the pop pleasures here, it"s a sentiment that just never gets old." Miles
Raymer writing for Entertainment
Weekly in an A- review, suggests "SUCKER is pop-punk, radically
redefined and dragged, middle fingers waving, into the future."A three out
of four star review came from USA Today by Brian Mansfield, where he pens "On Sucker,
XCX doesn"t just tweak the ear-candy pop template, she blows it up, then pries
the shiniest bits from the asphalt. It"s still sweet once she"s finished
sticking it back together, but it"s got a bit of crunch, too." In a four
star review for AllMusic, Heather Phares says
"Sucker"s mix of youth and sophistication is more than a little volatile,
and sometimes it feels like XCX is still figuring out what really works for her
music... Nevertheless, it succeeds as an introduction to Charli XCX the Pop
Star while retaining her whip-smart songwriting and attitude."

Dan Weiss writing for Spin, presented the album with an eight
out of ten, suggests "Sucker is just an exceptionally good pop album...
Those are rare enough as it is." A four star review came from Slant, where James Rainis believes
"Charli"s sophomore effort, Sucker, is the sound of a long-incubating star
emerging so fully formed on an international stage that it"s difficult to
figure that an artist gifted with so much sneering bravado was ever thought of
as an underdog... Someone needed to author the aural equivalent of the body
shot, and Charli XCX has provided the platonic ideal of just that: a party
album charged equally with punkish rebellion, hip-hop cool, and pop
universality." Jamieson Cox for Pitchfork, who granted the release a 7.6
out of ten, comments "Sucker isn"t an endpoint for Charli—she"s already
talking about her next record, inspired by J-pop and "intensely weird and
childlike"—and it"s not her finest work, but it"s plenty good enough to rope a
cohort of new fans into what"s promising to be one hell of a creative ride."
Jon Pareles, reviewing positively for The New York Times,
emphasizes ""Sucker" is far more direct; it"s smart, loud, cheeky,
gimmick-loving pop, intent on making every song go bang... The ambition and
calculation on "Sucker" are overt but not a deal-breaker. It"s a brittle,
professional album full of sonic treats."

In doling out a four and a half star review for Billboard,
Jem Aswad opines "Perhaps more than any other young hitmaker, Charli has a
sound that is distinctively her own, despite the murderers" row of
producer-songwriters onboard... Sucker is likely to confirm that she"s one of
pop"s biggest new stars -- and biggest personalities." Joe Rivers for Clash, who bestowed an eight out of ten
upon the release, notes ""Sucker" finds that same, singular performer
rewriting the rules entirely, never mind breaking any, and beating pop at its
own game." Ian Gormely of Exclaim! wrote that
the record "feels like a brick in the small of pop music"s back,"
making "the Charli XCX of "Sucker" is a far more magnetic character, one
who"s as vulnerable as she is determined to have things her own way." Kevin
Ritchie rating the album four N"s for Now, ascertains "Finally, a top 40
album that attempts to capture the restless energy of recent times and spit it
out in a way that doesn"t just feel good, but honest, too." In a three
star review for The New York
Daily News, Jim Farber explains ""Sucker" ends up
monochromatic, but that only helps Charli hone a persona... She"s the likable
brat of the hour."

翻譯和個人感受之後補。總之內核不是當今爛大街的流行元素，反倒很有retro味，確實很女朋克，而且還很decent。

不錯，真的挺不錯。我承認，去年第一次聽這張專輯，沒堅持下去。聽感太嘈雜，滋滋的電流聲和厚重編曲令人心煩。今年再次嘗試，居然聽「進去」了，可能是心態不同吧（怎麼可能？！我大致理解為何滾石將其評為年度最佳流行專輯。我心目中2014年的最佳流行專輯是1989，不過時隔這麼長時間回頭再看，Sucker也不錯，但聽感較1989還是差了一些，特別是一口氣把專輯聽完，耳朵嗡嗡作響半天。

不可免俗的，我通過大熱單曲Boom Clap接觸Charli XCX。Boom Clap是首很好的熱單，質量可以進入年終單曲榜單——大熱單曲是專輯成功的一半嘛。更有趣是它透出的八十年代復古氣息，讓我想起了Sky Ferreira。「又一個走八十年代復古風的女歌手。」當時我這麼想。但令我驚訝的是，整張專輯居然很...搖滾，我不是指它的朋克內容，而是好幾首歌真的認真寫出吉他riff——我本來以為又是合成器流行加舞曲呢。再結合Charli XCX的朋克態度（「Fuck You,Sucker!!」），Sucker成為一張以八十年代復古風包裹的...搖滾專輯，真讓我萬萬沒想到啊。

前不久我批評了The Pretty Reckless的老套形式，其實「朋克精神」（無論男女）不也過時了嗎？我認為朋克是和時代相關的，在21世紀再擺出「砸爛一切狗頭」的姿態，未免不合時宜。但Sucker中的Charli XCX並不令人反感，如樓上所說：decent。畢竟20出頭，年輕人做什麼都值得原諒，到了四十歲就不妙了（細美武士咳咳....我不想比較「藐視一切的女朋克和把前男友們當素材的小情歌」之間立意高下，在正確的年齡作正確的事情就夠了——別誤會，我是說1989和Sucker都是很好的流行專輯。

俗話說：「流行專輯出場自扣一星。」——不，並沒有這句俗話....作為流行專輯，你無法對Sucker要求更多，無非「再多來些大熱單曲」，這是可遇不可求的事兒。Sucker的路線把握得很准（感謝參與制作的獨立音樂製作人們），風格復古又時髦，有鮮明的特點，有大熱單曲（很重要！）。相比這些，銷量反而不重要了。在一眾走八十年代復古風的歌手／樂隊中，Charli XCX是最「搖滾」的。我不知道她是否一直搖滾下去——有評論以Courtney Love類比，媽呀，莫要捧殺人了——但她的青春印記留在Sucker，這不是好事嗎？

說炒的我也是醉了，我個人覺得一點也不吵也不太安靜，哈哈哈，開玩笑。

樂評好，銷量進pussy。

她對日本有著很深的情結

mv都是在日本拍

還出了日語版boom clap

專輯濃厚的日本電子風

一個字，吵

覺得都挺好的啊...

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