Ally Kerr : Off The Radar[Indie/Pop][174Kbps avg][45M]

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专辑名称：Off The Radar " L`)^  
歌手姓名：Ally Kerr P8,Ps+  
唱片公司：Much Obliged BA]$Fi.Mw  
发行日期：2008年4月xx日 }Ze*/p-  
专辑流派：Indie/Pop Zob/H+]  
推荐指数：4星 hDW!pnj1  
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专辑介绍： 1^}I?PbqV  
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Glasgow's Ally Kerr does a nice line in pop songs and "Off the Lz'VQO1U=  
Radar" provides us with the opportunity to enjoy 12 more of QkdcW>:a7  
his little pop masterpieces. VWvSt C  
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Opening the album is "Could Have Been a Contender" - all `.W2t5Y  
polished pop perfection that brings back memories of the @owneSD qN  
jaunty hits of the Housemartins and their catalogue of 56 3mz-  
intelligent and catchy songs. "I Think I'm Bleeding" has an N7+L@CC6T  
underlying country flavour to it. Whilst once again presented 20;9XJmjl  
as a happy little song, there is more than a touch of y>P+"Z.K%}  
bitterness in his words. Funnily enough, the rather twee "The lir=0oq<  
Toothbrush Song" would also make a quality country song due to z~ cW,  
its dry lyrics even if a cowboy would feel the need to 6Yj{% G  
accompany such emotions with bourbon rather than sparkling h+FM?ct6}  
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The pace picks up with the title track "Off the Radar" that P0m3IH)  
truly highlights Mr Kerr's pop sensibilities and offsets his 5?
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laidback vocal delivery with some spirited guitar. Loves lost :!%VSem  
and won (mostly lost though? and a sense of reflection on his HL38iXQ( 3  
younger years seem a common theme to the songs in this album z0[XI7KK  
and, indeed, regret is once more evident in "Is It Too Late to w&p
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Work for NASA" even if it is disguised here with wry humour. >HP `B2Q H  
If Bluesbunny closes his eyes, on "Mystery Star" Ally Kerr #S}orWj  
seems to transform himself into Edinburgh master popsters \Z[
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Dropkick and there are certainly worse things to be than that. /eF@a!  
If Bluesbunny had to pick a favourite track, it would probably 2{-29bq  
be "Amorino" evoking, as it does, the melancholic pleasures of x< A-Ws{^V  
heartbreak. uUH4vUa  
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themselves. Well crafted and melodic with sharp and observant SH%NYjj  
lyrics, they are however presented as a whole lot fluffier 8dGsV5"*  
than they actually are. It must be Ally Kerr's choice to do so sg2;"E@  
but it does seem that he is deliberately avoiding giving any b}[S+G-9W  
kind of offense. Maybe he never gets angry himself - although ?Nos;_/  
his words suggest otherwise -but Bluesbunny feels that he is -$Oh.B`i  
doing his own songs a disservice here by sprinkling an inch of qE[S>/R"  
icing sugar on everything. It is not necessary for everything D|-]< r1"  
in life to have a cherry on top for it to be appetising. slQn  
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Overall, this is a happy, upbeat album that is just a bit too }w0pi  
polite and well mannered to try and force itself upon your Q6h+.  
affections. The production and arrangements are smoother than p~D}Iyww1_  
your average Starbuck's decaf latte but it is perhaps fair J'44j;5&  
comment to say that the omnipresent sugar coating will suit #Hw| P  
his fans. However, and maybe this is a reviewer thing, a bit R\j~X@vI  
of fire and even some unpredictability would have been I
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welcome. Then again, the Bluesbunny was always a quadruple $:9t(X)H  
espresso kind of guy. V9c.(QY|f  
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Ally Kerr是来自苏格兰的Indie pop乐队（也是主唱的名字），融合了苏格兰传统民谣和清新独立流行风格，延续了Indie一贯的清新吉他风格。悦耳而淳朴，凄美而哀伤，有那么一丝丝迷惘，当你聆听Calling Out To You这张专辑的时候这一类的形容词可能会脱口而出。这样悦耳动听的音乐出自格拉斯哥唱作人Ally Kerr之手。继Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura 之后，苏格兰的indie 风暴就从未停止过，如今Ally Kerr继续着他们的征程。他不仅继承苏格兰indie pop团惯有的风格，从Ally Kerr身上，我们还能够体会到那种异乎寻常的与众不同的气质。在苏格兰，人们将他称之为“最富生趣和最创造性的音乐家”。2004年Ally Kerr在日本发行唱片，是真正为了追求梦想的音乐人。而后为TV动画《虫师》演唱的OP"The Sore Feet Song",使Ally Kerr为更多的人所熟知。(来自网络) 2W AeSUX  
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曲目列表： 4G&`&fff]  
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1. Could HAve Been A Contender gZ@+62  
2. Be The One GppCrQ%Ra|  
3. I Think I'm Bleeding H:fKv7XL  
4. There's A World 3>O|i2U  
5. The Toothbrush Song Q}BMvR 9w  
6. Off The Radar >0^<<=m  
7. Old Friend )[rVg/m  
8. Is It Too Late To Work For NASA? k^5Lv#Z  
9. Mystery Star WzIUHNn'I  
10. Amorino yRXML\Ge  
11. The Truth That I Have Earned &Ok1j0~~  
12. Footprints