If I Die, I Die was released only weeks before the Heresie box set. The two albums show very different faces of the Virgin Prunes – one that explored mythical worlds and another that showed their surrealistic interest in the creative power of insanity. They also highlight the ways in which the band enjoyed experimenting with different genres, sound forms and recording techniq...(展开全部) If I Die, I Die was released only weeks before the Heresie box set. The two albums show very different faces of the Virgin Prunes – one that explored mythical worlds and another that showed their surrealistic interest in the creative power of insanity. They also highlight the ways in which the band enjoyed experimenting with different genres, sound forms and recording techniques. As Friday has commented recently, ‘The Virgin Prunes contained four different bands at the same time.’ The album was recorded at the Windmill Studios in Dublin in the summer of 1982 and produced by Wire’s Colin Newman. Rather than adopt an A/B format, the sides of the 1982 vinyl and album cover, which was designed by Steve Averill, were given brown and blue colours, signalling earth and sky respectively. The art work on each side of the sleeve was also inverted so that either side could be read as the front cover. Ursula Steiger’s photography captured, on the brown side, the band running through a forest like a nomadic tribe. On the blue side we then find them in different costumes, performing with fire and mannequins within a derelict building. If I Die, I Die contains nine tracks. The brown side is evocative of distant mystical lands and brings to mind Iroquois culture. It features ‘Ulakanakulot’ (referring to ‘the imaginary land of the Kuli Bird from where the Beautifull People come’), ‘Decline and Fall’, ‘Sweethome Under White Clouds’ and ‘Bau-dachöng’ (meaning ‘secret inner wisdom’). The blue side showcases the slow and frenzied paces of their music, while highlighting the ways their highly visceral songs switch subjects and registers from the ancient and historical, to the social tensions and dysfunctions of a late twentieth-century present. It features ‘Baby Turns Blue’ (which was a very successful Indie single), ‘Ballad of the Man’, ‘Walls of Jericho’, ‘Caucasian Walk’ and ‘Theme for Thought’, which includes spoken passages of Oscar Wilde’s poem ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol.’ This 40th Anniversary edition (out November 11th) features the original album, fully remastered, plus rarities and remixes including unheard rough mixes of tracks such as ‘Ballad of the Man’, ‘Bau-Dachong’ and ‘Theme For Thought’. It also includes a remix of ‘Baby Turns Blue’ by Colin Newman, originally available as promo only, as well as early versions of ‘The King of Junk’ and ‘Pagan Lovesong’.
4 有用 Dr. Tardis 2009-04-15 14:39:33
特好听 但是还确实是哥特
1 有用 Jan2003 2013-09-18 11:39:45
绝不是一张悦耳的专辑,但是绝对是nb的专辑
4 有用 Clash-Cash-Car 2008-09-14 08:47:17
这个乐队 我曾经怒炒过 我感觉他们很强 除了u2一样的好听之外 哥特的窒息毒性感都具备 而且 还有一些先锋音乐的东西 其实有点苦 形容起来就是 远听忽忽悠悠 近听飘飘摇摇
1 有用 欢乐分裂 2009-08-08 12:25:53
嗲
0 有用 睡睡睡 2015-05-18 17:33:07
终究还是个后朋狗
0 有用 两仪式 2023-09-25 15:20:29 天津
半年已到,我已解封
0 有用 吉娃娃洗袜袜 2023-10-30 13:33:00 江西
七十年代灰暗乏味的都柏林造就了渴望混乱和 无所顾忌的灵魂。
0 有用 我都想笑了 2023-08-28 21:10:43 广东
4.5
0 有用 烟土皮里坡 2022-09-13 02:17:57 英国
惊
0 有用 mortal 2023-08-07 15:27:38 上海
很苦,又很妖冶华丽,这看似相悖的两个词却在这张专辑共存了