搬運(yùn)自：微信公眾號(hào)【評(píng)論搬一堆】（在原文基礎(chǔ)上添加了英語(yǔ)原文與排版調(diào)整）?

翻譯：Whitney.L

校正：Alice Song

感受斷眉帶來(lái)的R&B暖暖懷舊風(fēng)

流行情歌王Charlie Puth攜手Boyz II Men和James Taylor，勇敢嘗試古典藍(lán)調(diào)

An R&B direction is a tried-and-true way for young, mostly white pop stars to give their more clean-cut personas more edge. Charlie Puth is the latest to try this route, and while his efforts on?Voicenotes?are valiant, he still has a bit more work to prove he can cut his teeth with the Justin Timberlakes and the Nick Jonases of that over-saturated world.

對(duì)于主要年輕的白人流行明星來(lái)說(shuō)，?R&B方向R&B是一種久經(jīng)考驗(yàn)的方式，可以讓他們的形象更加鮮明。Charlie Puth是最新嘗試這條路線的人，雖然他在《Voicenotes》上的努力是勇敢的，但他還有更多的工作要做，以證明他能在這個(gè)過(guò)度飽和的世界能與Justin Timberlakes和Nick Jonas類的明星并駕齊驅(qū)。

Recorded entirely on his “l(fā)ittle Pro Tools rig with a MIDI keyboard and a microphone,” the album’s homemade feel gives it intimacy and warmth. This proves effective for the Eighties and Nineties R&B influence that pervades each note. The seductive Kehlani duet “Done For Me” connects to those influences with the most efficiency as the pair croon to one another over a nightcrawling, shades-at-night Eighties synth riff. Elsewhere, the slinky basslines on “Attention,” “Empty Cups” and “How Long” make for perfect slices of radio-soul-pop.

這張專輯完全是用他“帶有MIDI鍵盤和麥克風(fēng)的小Pro Tools設(shè)備”錄制的，它自制的感覺(jué)給人以親近感和溫暖感。這被證明對(duì)八十年代和九十年代的節(jié)奏R&B的效果是有效的，它滲透了每個(gè)音符。迷人的Kehlani二重唱《Done For Me》以最高效的方式與這些影響聯(lián)系在一起，這對(duì)搭檔在一個(gè)夜行的、在夜晚帶著陰影的80年代合成人即興重復(fù)中彼此低聲吟唱。在其他地方，《注意》(Attention)、《空杯子》(Empty Cups)和《多久》(How Long)中優(yōu)美的低音線構(gòu)成了完美的電臺(tái)靈魂流行樂(lè)片段。

The album’s ballads slog down the momentum, each a little more forgettable than the last. Boyz II Men help add a bit of proper R&B nostalgia despite Puth getting lost in the group’s angelic harmonies. Later, James Taylor’s voice is a welcome bit of silkiness, even if the lyrics to the well-intentioned “Change” verge on cloying as the pair repeatedly beg “Why can’t we just get along?” Following the sleazy fun of “Empty Cups” comes album closer “Through It All,” finishing the things with a try-hard whimper.

然而這張唱片里的抒情曲卻不那么盡如人意，每首歌都不如最后一首令人記憶深刻。Boyz II Men在這些曲目中被適當(dāng)添加了一些R&B懷舊元素，然而斷眉的聲音似乎有些被天使般的和聲掩蓋了。而后，James Taylor的聲音漸趨柔和，在單曲“Change” 中，兩位演唱者如懇求般，一遍遍唱著“Why can't we just get along?（為什么我們不能好好相處)”，然而越聽(tīng)越讓人覺(jué)得油膩。從“Empty Cups”到最后一首歌“Through It All”，低級(jí)趣味不斷延續(xù)，最后以聲嘶力竭的嗚咽聲結(jié)束了這張唱片。

From the moment he landed at the top of the pop charts with the Wiz Khalifa collaboration “See You Again,” Puth positioned himself as a keen pop songwriter to be reckoned with. Where his debut album that followed,?Nine Track Mind, stumbled in its efforts to give him an identity in a sea of bright-eyed male pop stars,?Voicenotes?feels like a step, at the very least, in the right direction.

從他與Wiz Khalifa合作的單曲“See You Again”登上流行音樂(lè)排行榜榜首的那一刻起，斷眉就把自己定位為一個(gè)活躍的流行音樂(lè)作曲人，理應(yīng)受到矚目。隨著他首張專輯《Nine Track Mind》的問(wèn)世，他開(kāi)始努力地在帥哥云集，群星閃耀的流行樂(lè)壇中爭(zhēng)取一席之地；而《Voicenotes》的發(fā)行，至少是他朝著正確方向邁出的一步。