【乐评】Camel《Harbour Of Tears》
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【乐评】Camel《Harbour Of Tears》
"Harbour Of Tears" is the twelfth studio album of Camel and was released in 1996. It was released only five years later of their previous studio album "Dust And Dreams" and three years later of the release of their fourth and double live album "Never Let Go". It was recorded in Holland and was taken from the world tour of 1992 called "Comeback". It was the first independent Camel's release, after Latimer's move to USA and get Camel back on his own hands. Again, it's a marvel that the band continues to invest so much skill and vision into their music at this late juncture in their journey.
《Harbour Of Tears》是Camel在1996年发行的第十二张录音室专辑。离他们之前一张《Dust And Dreams》相隔了五年，离他们第四张也是双现场专辑《Never Let Go》（它录制于荷兰，基于1992年的名为"Comeback"（卷土重来）的世界巡演）相隔了三年。这是在Latimer搬去美国并拿回Camel的名义后的首张其独立发行的唱片。这真是一个奇迹，乐队在这个他们旅程的关键时刻继续将高超的技巧和天赋的想象注入他们的音乐中。
The line up of the album is Andrew Latimer (vocals, guitar, flute and keyboards), Mickey Simmonds (keyboards), Colin Bass (backing vocals and bass) and John Xepoleas (drums). The album has also the participation of other additional musicians: David Paton (vocals and bass), Mae McKenna (vocals), Neil Panton (oboe and soprano saxophone), Barry Phillips (cello), John Burton (French horn), Karen Bentley (violin) and Anita Stoneham (violin).
专辑的制作成员是：Andrew Latimer (主唱, 吉他, 长笛和键盘), Mickey Simmonds (键盘), Colin Bass (合声与贝斯) 和John Xepoleas (鼓). 专辑也有一些其他音乐家的参与: David Paton (演唱与贝斯), Mae McKenna (演唱), Neil Panton (双簧管和高音萨克斯), Barry Phillips (大提琴), John Burton (法国圆号), Karen Bentley (小提琴) 和Anita Stoneham (小提琴)
"Harbour Of Tears" is another conceptual album. This time it tells us the story of an Irish family who is painfully separated of their young ones who departed to the United States to seek a better future. In the period of 1845-1850 Ireland was not only to current European standards, poor, but also in absolute terms. Latimer learned that the last sight of Ireland that his grandmother's family would have seen was Cóbh Harbour. As he explains on the back cover of the album, Cóbh Harbour is a beautiful deep water port in County Cork, Ireland. It was the last sight of Ireland for hundreds upon thousands of fractured Irish families who saw their sons and daughters departed for fates unknown towards the distant America. Those families called it the Harbour Of Tears and thus the album itself was also titled as the common alias name of the port, "Harbour Of Tears". This is really a very emotional album.
《Harbour Of Tears》是另一张概念专辑。这一次它诉说了一个爱尔兰家庭的故事，他们痛苦的和家里的年轻人分别，年轻人去往美国去寻找一个更好的未来。在1845-1850年期间，爱尔兰不是当今欧洲的生活水平，而是相当贫穷。Latimer意识到他祖母家庭对爱尔兰的最后一瞥是Cóbh港口。正如他在专辑封底解释的，Cóbh港口是爱尔兰科克郡美丽的深水港。在这里，成千上万破裂的爱尔兰家庭最后一次看到他们的儿女，儿女们前往命运未知的遥远的美国。这些家庭将之称为Harbour Of Tears（泪港湾），专辑名字也是这个港口的共同的别名——《Harbour Of Tears》。这真的是非常情绪化的专辑。
Musically, "Harbour Of Tears" pretty much follows the "Dust And Dreams" format. Latimer is a romantic guy and the music is pretty much on par with what it was made on "Dust And Dreams", a bunch of instrumental tracks and a bunch of vocal tracks. However, there is for sure more variety on "Harbour Of Tears", than on the 1991 album, I think. As expected, with the subject that is, and as on "Dust And Dreams", the majority of the "Harbour Of Tears" has a quite gloomy and melancholy tone. The mix of Celtic influences in progressive rock music is a phenomenon that the head pops up here and there, and, understandably also intervenes Latimer for this record and to that plea. A whole army of guest musicians, including the necessary string musicians may further enhance the musical revelry. All this, certainly includes some great very enjoyable moments all over the album. On "Harbour Of Tears" some of the tracks are short and others big. The music flows in a familiar fashion from start to finish, only adding drums and vocals when the energy picks up. The music is very often interspersed by folk elements, which are accentuated by the use of typical instruments. Despite the mood of the album it's continuously melancholic, especially through the numerous soft keyboard pads, it never comes to be bored or even lard. The songs, of which about half of them are instrumental, usually go seamlessly one into another. The whole work is a perfect unit. The vocal numbers are too much like the mid-8''s Camel. The only exception is the closing instrumental suite, the last track "The Hour Candle (A Song For My Father)", which has 23:00 minutes long and makes that this disc worth owning for all progressive fans of Camel. After that, it's almost 20 minutes of gentle waves, literally, in honour of Latimer's late father.
音乐上，《Harbour Of Tears》紧随着《Dust And Dreams》的形式。Latimer是一个浪漫的家伙，音乐也如此，就像《Dust And Dreams》那样。一串纯器乐和一串歌曲的交织。不过，我认为《Harbour Of Tears》肯定比《Dust And Dreams》更有变化性。不出所料，就像《Dust And Dreams》的主题所赋予的音乐上的影响一样，大部分《Harbour Of Tears》的歌曲都很阴沉和忧郁。在前卫摇滚音乐中凯尔特民谣的影响作为一个现象往往在这儿或那儿冒出来，这对Latimer的此次录制中的影响也是可以理解的。一整队的客串音乐家，包括必要的弦乐演奏家进一步提升了这场音乐盛宴。所有这些，当然也包括许多伟大的非常愉悦的瞬间都遍布专辑。在《Harbour Of Tears》里，有些歌曲短有些歌曲长。从头至尾的音乐都以一种相近的方式铺陈，只有在需要能量的时候才有鼓声和歌唱的加入。音乐经常被民谣元素所点缀，强调对有象征性的乐器的使用。尽管专辑表达的情绪是连续不断的忧郁——尤其是被大量的温柔的键盘映衬，但它从未变得无聊和令人腻味。所有歌曲（有一半是纯器乐）往往无缝的从一首转为另一首。整个作品是完美的统一体。歌曲的时长都很类似80年代中期的Camel专辑。唯一的例外是闭幕的纯器乐组曲——最后一首歌"The Hour Candle (A Song For My Father)"，它有23:00的长度，这首歌使得这张专辑值得被所有的Camel的前摇粉丝所拥有，它包含在后面的将近20分钟的温柔的海浪声（熊猫哥哥注：正是采样自Cóbh港口的海浪声）。按照歌名的意思是为了纪念Latimer故去的父亲的。
Conclusion: After some less good albums in the 80's and also after several years of retirement of the musical scene, Camel returned with four magnificent studio albums, of which "Harbour Of Tears" is the second of them. As I wrote before, these four albums mark the return of the band to their symphonic progressive routes and represent also the return of them to their high and solid quality musical work. In my humble opinion, "Harbour Of Tears" is a very special album in their discography. It's a very Irish album, very intimate, sensitive, tragic, sad, melancholic and nostalgic, but it's at the same time very beautiful. Its music gives to the listener the sadness and the tragic feelings of the Irish families who saw their sons and daughters departed for unknown lands, towards the distant America. Personally, nowadays when I hear Camel's music, I'm always with melancholic and nostalgic feelings that in some way carry me to the distant past, the past of my youth. Camel is the only band from the 70's in which their music brings me such feelings. "Harbour Of Tears" is probably the album that brings me more strongly, those feelings. However, I think beyond my personal feelings, I can consider it a great album. It's an album with beautiful and nostalgic music, good lyrics and very well arranged which makes of it an excellent progressive musical work. This is Camel in a great shape.
结论：在80年代发行了许多不够好的专辑后、在音乐舞台上隐退了许多年后，Camel携着四张宏伟华丽的专辑回来了，《Harbour Of Tears》是其中的第二张。就像我以前写的，这四张专辑标志着乐队回归了他们的前卫交响之路，也代表着他们回到了他们的高峰和坚实的高质量的音乐作品。依我拙见，《Harbour Of Tears》在他们的作品中是非常特殊的。这是非常爱尔兰风味的专辑，很私人化，很敏感，很悲痛，很难过，很忧郁，以及很怀旧，但同时相当优美。它的音乐带给听者对于爱尔兰家庭的悲伤和不幸的感触，他们看着自己的儿女启程前往未知的大地——遥远的美国。就我个人而言，现在当我听到Camel的音乐，我总是怀着忧郁与乡愁的感觉，在某种程度上带我回到遥远的过去，回到我的青春岁月。Camel是70年代众多乐队中唯一带给我这种感觉的。《Harbour Of Tears》也许带给了我这方面的更强烈的感觉。不过，我想即使是撇下我的个人情感，我也会认为这是张伟大的专辑。它有着动听和怀旧的音乐，很好的歌词和非常好的编曲安排，这些都令它成为杰出的前卫音乐作品。这是Camel在伟大状态下的作品。
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【乐评】Camel《Harbour Of Tears》
"Harbour Of Tears" is the twelfth studio album of Camel and was released in 1996. It was released only five years later of their previous studio album "Dust And Dreams" and three years later of the release of their fourth and double live album "Never Let Go". It was recorded in Holland and was taken from the world tour of 1992 called "Comeback". It was the first independent Camel's release, after Latimer's move to USA and get Camel back on his own hands. Again, it's a marvel that the band continues to invest so much skill and vision into their music at this late juncture in their journey.
《Harbour Of Tears》是Camel在1996年发行的第十二张录音室专辑。离他们之前一张《Dust And Dreams》相隔了五年，离他们第四张也是双现场专辑《Never Let Go》（它录制于荷兰，基于1992年的名为"Comeback"（卷土重来）的世界巡演）相隔了三年。这是在Latimer搬去美国并拿回Camel的名义后的首张其独立发行的唱片。这真是一个奇迹，乐队在这个他们旅程的关键时刻继续将高超的技巧和天赋的想象注入他们的音乐中。
The line up of the album is Andrew Latimer (vocals, guitar, flute and keyboards), Mickey Simmonds (keyboards), Colin Bass (backing vocals and bass) and John Xepoleas (drums). The album has also the participation of other additional musicians: David Paton (vocals and bass), Mae McKenna (vocals), Neil Panton (oboe and soprano saxophone), Barry Phillips (cello), John Burton (French horn), Karen Bentley (violin) and Anita Stoneham (violin).
专辑的制作成员是：Andrew Latimer (主唱, 吉他, 长笛和键盘), Mickey Simmonds (键盘), Colin Bass (合声与贝斯) 和John Xepoleas (鼓). 专辑也有一些其他音乐家的参与: David Paton (演唱与贝斯), Mae McKenna (演唱), Neil Panton (双簧管和高音萨克斯), Barry Phillips (大提琴), John Burton (法国圆号), Karen Bentley (小提琴) 和Anita Stoneham (小提琴)
"Harbour Of Tears" is another conceptual album. This time it tells us the story of an Irish family who is painfully separated of their young ones who departed to the United States to seek a better future. In the period of 1845-1850 Ireland was not only to current European standards, poor, but also in absolute terms. Latimer learned that the last sight of Ireland that his grandmother's family would have seen was Cóbh Harbour. As he explains on the back cover of the album, Cóbh Harbour is a beautiful deep water port in County Cork, Ireland. It was the last sight of Ireland for hundreds upon thousands of fractured Irish families who saw their sons and daughters departed for fates unknown towards the distant America. Those families called it the Harbour Of Tears and thus the album itself was also titled as the common alias name of the port, "Harbour Of Tears". This is really a very emotional album.
《Harbour Of Tears》是另一张概念专辑。这一次它诉说了一个爱尔兰家庭的故事，他们痛苦的和家里的年轻人分别，年轻人去往美国去寻找一个更好的未来。在1845-1850年期间，爱尔兰不是当今欧洲的生活水平，而是相当贫穷。Latimer意识到他祖母家庭对爱尔兰的最后一瞥是Cóbh港口。正如他在专辑封底解释的，Cóbh港口是爱尔兰科克郡美丽的深水港。在这里，成千上万破裂的爱尔兰家庭最后一次看到他们的儿女，儿女们前往命运未知的遥远的美国。这些家庭将之称为Harbour Of Tears（泪港湾），专辑名字也是这个港口的共同的别名——《Harbour Of Tears》。这真的是非常情绪化的专辑。
Musically, "Harbour Of Tears" pretty much follows the "Dust And Dreams" format. Latimer is a romantic guy and the music is pretty much on par with what it was made on "Dust And Dreams", a bunch of instrumental tracks and a bunch of vocal tracks. However, there is for sure more variety on "Harbour Of Tears", than on the 1991 album, I think. As expected, with the subject that is, and as on "Dust And Dreams", the majority of the "Harbour Of Tears" has a quite gloomy and melancholy tone. The mix of Celtic influences in progressive rock music is a phenomenon that the head pops up here and there, and, understandably also intervenes Latimer for this record and to that plea. A whole army of guest musicians, including the necessary string musicians may further enhance the musical revelry. All this, certainly includes some great very enjoyable moments all over the album. On "Harbour Of Tears" some of the tracks are short and others big. The music flows in a familiar fashion from start to finish, only adding drums and vocals when the energy picks up. The music is very often interspersed by folk elements, which are accentuated by the use of typical instruments. Despite the mood of the album it's continuously melancholic, especially through the numerous soft keyboard pads, it never comes to be bored or even lard. The songs, of which about half of them are instrumental, usually go seamlessly one into another. The whole work is a perfect unit. The vocal numbers are too much like the mid-8''s Camel. The only exception is the closing instrumental suite, the last track "The Hour Candle (A Song For My Father)", which has 23:00 minutes long and makes that this disc worth owning for all progressive fans of Camel. After that, it's almost 20 minutes of gentle waves, literally, in honour of Latimer's late father.
音乐上，《Harbour Of Tears》紧随着《Dust And Dreams》的形式。Latimer是一个浪漫的家伙，音乐也如此，就像《Dust And Dreams》那样。一串纯器乐和一串歌曲的交织。不过，我认为《Harbour Of Tears》肯定比《Dust And Dreams》更有变化性。不出所料，就像《Dust And Dreams》的主题所赋予的音乐上的影响一样，大部分《Harbour Of Tears》的歌曲都很阴沉和忧郁。在前卫摇滚音乐中凯尔特民谣的影响作为一个现象往往在这儿或那儿冒出来，这对Latimer的此次录制中的影响也是可以理解的。一整队的客串音乐家，包括必要的弦乐演奏家进一步提升了这场音乐盛宴。所有这些，当然也包括许多伟大的非常愉悦的瞬间都遍布专辑。在《Harbour Of Tears》里，有些歌曲短有些歌曲长。从头至尾的音乐都以一种相近的方式铺陈，只有在需要能量的时候才有鼓声和歌唱的加入。音乐经常被民谣元素所点缀，强调对有象征性的乐器的使用。尽管专辑表达的情绪是连续不断的忧郁——尤其是被大量的温柔的键盘映衬，但它从未变得无聊和令人腻味。所有歌曲（有一半是纯器乐）往往无缝的从一首转为另一首。整个作品是完美的统一体。歌曲的时长都很类似80年代中期的Camel专辑。唯一的例外是闭幕的纯器乐组曲——最后一首歌"The Hour Candle (A Song For My Father)"，它有23:00的长度，这首歌使得这张专辑值得被所有的Camel的前摇粉丝所拥有，它包含在后面的将近20分钟的温柔的海浪声（熊猫哥哥注：正是采样自Cóbh港口的海浪声）。按照歌名的意思是为了纪念Latimer故去的父亲的。
Conclusion: After some less good albums in the 80's and also after several years of retirement of the musical scene, Camel returned with four magnificent studio albums, of which "Harbour Of Tears" is the second of them. As I wrote before, these four albums mark the return of the band to their symphonic progressive routes and represent also the return of them to their high and solid quality musical work. In my humble opinion, "Harbour Of Tears" is a very special album in their discography. It's a very Irish album, very intimate, sensitive, tragic, sad, melancholic and nostalgic, but it's at the same time very beautiful. Its music gives to the listener the sadness and the tragic feelings of the Irish families who saw their sons and daughters departed for unknown lands, towards the distant America. Personally, nowadays when I hear Camel's music, I'm always with melancholic and nostalgic feelings that in some way carry me to the distant past, the past of my youth. Camel is the only band from the 70's in which their music brings me such feelings. "Harbour Of Tears" is probably the album that brings me more strongly, those feelings. However, I think beyond my personal feelings, I can consider it a great album. It's an album with beautiful and nostalgic music, good lyrics and very well arranged which makes of it an excellent progressive musical work. This is Camel in a great shape.
结论：在80年代发行了许多不够好的专辑后、在音乐舞台上隐退了许多年后，Camel携着四张宏伟华丽的专辑回来了，《Harbour Of Tears》是其中的第二张。就像我以前写的，这四张专辑标志着乐队回归了他们的前卫交响之路，也代表着他们回到了他们的高峰和坚实的高质量的音乐作品。依我拙见，《Harbour Of Tears》在他们的作品中是非常特殊的。这是非常爱尔兰风味的专辑，很私人化，很敏感，很悲痛，很难过，很忧郁，以及很怀旧，但同时相当优美。它的音乐带给听者对于爱尔兰家庭的悲伤和不幸的感触，他们看着自己的儿女启程前往未知的大地——遥远的美国。就我个人而言，现在当我听到Camel的音乐，我总是怀着忧郁与乡愁的感觉，在某种程度上带我回到遥远的过去，回到我的青春岁月。Camel是70年代众多乐队中唯一带给我这种感觉的。《Harbour Of Tears》也许带给了我这方面的更强烈的感觉。不过，我想即使是撇下我的个人情感，我也会认为这是张伟大的专辑。它有着动听和怀旧的音乐，很好的歌词和非常好的编曲安排，这些都令它成为杰出的前卫音乐作品。这是Camel在伟大状态下的作品。
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