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專輯綜評(píng)

• The Fame?[Interscope, 2009]?*

• The Fame Monster?[Interscope, 2009]?A-

• Born This Way?[Streamline/Interscope/KonLive, 2011]?A-

• Artpop?[Streamline/Interscope, 2013]?A

• Cheek to Cheek?[Streamline/Columbia/Interscope, 2014]?B+

• Joanne (Deluxe Edition)?[Streamline/Interscope, 2016]?*

• Chromatica?[Interscope, 2020]?**

• Love For Sale?[Columbia/Interscope, 2021]? A

《Love For Sale》近期取得RC樂(lè)評(píng)A級(jí)專輯認(rèn)證。目前Lady Gaga共取得四張A級(jí)/A-級(jí)專輯認(rèn)證，穩(wěn)坐五大第一寶座，噶迷們吹起來(lái)！

The Fame?[Interscope, 2009]（《超人氣》/《魅力無(wú)限》）
Shallowness at its most principled ("Just Dance," "Paper Gangsta").?*

最具原則性的膚淺音樂(lè)。*

推薦曲："Just Dance," "Paper Gangsta"

The Fame Monster?[Interscope, 2009]（《超人氣魔神》）

I liked the 14-track 2008 version of this album, augmented in this two-CD set by an eight-song EP of comparable quality. But only after being overwhelmed by the sheer visibility of her warp-speed relaunch did I realize how enjoyable and inescapable her hooks and snatches had turned out to be. Even if you consider her videos and such overelaborate, as I do, her songs are streamlined pop machines. Some are more efficient than others--I prefer the "Poker Face" hook as jacked by Kid Cudi and Lil Wayne to Gaga's sandbagging original. But even the slower ones have a way of taking off, in part because she writes lyrics like a paper gangster. The tell is "Money Honey," an apparent descent into ever crasser materialism that instead revives a short-lived slang usage of "money." His Jag, enjoyable. His kisses, money.?A-

盡管我喜歡這張收錄14首歌的2008年版專輯，且新收錄的8首旗鼓相當(dāng)?shù)男赂铇?gòu)成的雙碟套裝更是錦上添花。但直到她舉世矚目的豪華版專輯以迅雷不及掩耳之勢(shì)再版發(fā)行后，我才意識(shí)到Gaga歌曲的hook和不同橋段是多么有趣且令人欲罷不能。即使你與我同樣認(rèn)為她的MV過(guò)于繁復(fù)，她的歌純粹都是pop流水線產(chǎn)物。一些流水線歌曲的確比其他歌更出挑——我偏愛被Kid Cudi和Lil Wayne升值的（他們的）“Poker Face”，而不是Lady Gaga這首丑態(tài)畢露的原創(chuàng)歌曲“Poker?Face”。但即使語(yǔ)調(diào)較慢的歌曲也有流行的辦法，部分是因?yàn)樗b腔作勢(shì)像地痞流氓一樣寫歌詞。全專都講述著“Money Honey”的故事，但這首歌顯然是向更粗俗的物質(zhì)主義墮落，而不是復(fù)興“money”其他曾曇花一現(xiàn)的俚語(yǔ)用法。他的歡愉，怦然心跳。他的親吻，紙醉金迷。A-

Born This Way?[Streamline/Interscope/KonLive, 2011]（《天生完美》）
First of all, avoid the "Special Edition." Of the three extra songs, only "The Queen" would be a decent B side, and the remixes are as unnecessary as usual. Even at normal length, moreover, this isn't up to?The Fame?or?The Fame Monster. But both of those keep growing, and with its mad momentum and nutty thematics, this one could too--despite being laid down on tour trailed by 28 semis. Ever the non-Catholic, I let "Judas" and "Bloody Mary" slide while going all googly-eared for the hilarious "Hair," where the nimbus of every woman's vanity becomes the cutting edge of every woman's freedom, and "Americano," a marriage proposal to a Chicana in a flowered skirt that's as sincere and unreliable as?The Fame Monster's "Alejandro," where the title inamorato keeps morphing into Fernando and Roberto. This lags seriously only on the one with unicorns in it, a no-no not even Gaga can safely defy, and a big closer that just doesn't take the whole effort over the top where it belongs. The country song in particular is a hoot, which reminds me that the title track wasn't inspired solely by "Express Yourself." Close your eyes on the refrain and you can almost hear Carl Perkins lining out "You've got the right string baby but the wrong yo-yo."?A-

首先，先拋開豪華版專輯說(shuō)，三首加曲中只有“The Queen”夠格充當(dāng)B面歌曲，剩余的混音歌曲一如往常充當(dāng)累贅。盡管就普通版專輯說(shuō)，也沒(méi)達(dá)到舊作《The Fame》或《The Fame Monster》的高度。但那兩張專輯憑其瘋狂的勢(shì)頭和獨(dú)特的怪獸美學(xué)還在持續(xù)升值，這張專輯本可以達(dá)到這種高度——盡管因巡演落后了28個(gè)半決賽。盡管我并非天主教徒，但我直接跳過(guò)“Judas”和“Bloody Mary”聽詼諧的“Hair”，該歌曲凝聚了每個(gè)女人的愛美之心，進(jìn)而演變?yōu)樽非笈宰杂傻那靶l(wèi)先鋒，“Americano”講述的是向一位身穿花短裙的墨西哥裔美國(guó)女子的求婚故事，就像《The Fame Monster》里面的“Alejandro”一樣誠(chéng)摯卻不可靠，最終變成費(fèi)爾南多(Fernando)和羅伯特(Roberto)那樣的人。專輯在帶“Unicorn”的歌曲（指“Highway Unicorn（Road To?Love）”）的時(shí)候變得拖沓至極，一個(gè)連Gaga都不敢輕易打破的傳統(tǒng)象征，專輯收尾曲沒(méi)做到但本可以輕而易舉地將專輯帶到一個(gè)應(yīng)有的高度。專輯同名曲的鄉(xiāng)村版特別出彩，讓我想到這首歌不只受“Express Yourself”啟發(fā)。閉上眼睛聽副歌，你幾乎可以聽到Carl Perkins說(shuō)“寶貝，你的琴弦對(duì)了，但你的溜溜球錯(cuò)了?！?strong>A-

Artpop?[Streamline/Interscope, 2013]（《流行藝術(shù)》）

"My artpop could mean anything," the title song boasts proudly. So as befits the dilemma our self-made superceleb's hype overkill and musical overproduction have gotten her into, Gaga's fourth album in five years was both grossly grotesque, as in "Swine"'s "You're just a pig inside a human body," and aptly cartoonish, long on bright, brash, overstated outlines. In "We could, we could belong together," the "we" is in fact art and pop. But this being Lady Gaga it's also S-E-X. It's "Venus" connecting rocket ships to both oysters and Uranus. It's "GUY" standing for ?Girl Under You. It's "sexxx Dreams"'s sex dreams. It's songs and conceits that pop all over the place.?A

"My artpop could mean anything,"（歌詞：“我的流行藝術(shù)可以是世間萬(wàn)物”，）專輯同名曲自豪地吹噓道。所以與這位白手起家的超級(jí)巨星的過(guò)度炒作和過(guò)度制作的音樂(lè) 讓自身陷入雙重困境相吻合的是，Lady Gaga五年來(lái)的第四張專輯聽起來(lái)既怪誕至極，如同“Swine”里的（歌詞） “You’re just a pig inside a human body”，又恰如其分地富有卡通效果，敘述其瑰麗、傲嬌又浮夸的概念：?在（歌曲“Artpop”）歌詞 “We could, we could belong together,” 中，“We” 實(shí)際指藝術(shù)和流行兩個(gè)詞。但這對(duì)Lady Gaga又意味著S-E-X 一詞。“Venus” 借用火箭與“Uranus”（天神烏拉諾斯）和“oysters”（牡蠣）聯(lián)系在一起、“G.U.Y.”指“Girl Under You”（你身下的女孩）、以及 “sexxx Dreams” 指“sex Dreams”（春夢(mèng)）。流行和她的自負(fù)遍布專輯的每處角落。A

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga:?Cheek to Cheek?[Streamline/Columbia/Interscope, 2014]（《爵對(duì)經(jīng)典》）
I'm agnostic at best as regards the urban legend of Bennett's ageless cool. It's too classy on his end and too voguish on that of his eager young admirers. But this guy isn't just 80--he's?88, old enough to awaken in a 72-year-old like myself something approaching the dreams of immortality he instills his thirtysomething partisans. Granted, it's his twentysomething partner who provides the elan vital here. Gaga grabs these standards as Linda Ronstadt never did and Annie Lennox should be tried for trying--rock-'em sock-'em uptempo, not quite overripe on ballads, and having a ball both ways. In a true collaboration--both solo turns fall flat--it's her enthusiasm, her vulgarity, and the liberties she takes with the tunes that make the concept sing. That said, however, Bennett always sounds like he has some left in the tank. It's inspirational, I admit.?B+

我充其量只是個(gè)不可知論者，對(duì)Tony Bennett經(jīng)久不衰的都會(huì)傳奇魅力渾然不覺(jué)。對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)過(guò)于典雅，而對(duì)他那些熱切的年輕粉絲來(lái)說(shuō)又太時(shí)髦了。這家伙可不止80歲，今年88歲了，德高望重到足以對(duì)我這樣72歲的老頭指點(diǎn)迷津，向他30多歲的粉絲灌輸不朽的夢(mèng)想之類的道理。當(dāng)然，他二十幾歲的搭檔為這張專輯提供了至關(guān)重要的活力。Lady Gaga做到了Linda Ronstadt從未做出的效果，而Annie Lennox應(yīng)該嘗試該領(lǐng)域——快節(jié)奏的搖滾，不迂腐的民謠，游刃有余于兩種風(fēng)格。在一場(chǎng)真正的合作中——雙方的獨(dú)唱片段都顯得平淡——是她的熱情、粗鄙話語(yǔ)和她對(duì)歌曲的自由演繹，讓這個(gè)企劃的概念生動(dòng)起來(lái)。然而，盡管如此，Tony Bennett聽起來(lái)總是滿腹經(jīng)綸的樣子。我承認(rèn)，這很鼓舞人心。B+

Joanne (Deluxe Edition)?[Streamline/Interscope, 2016]（《喬安》（豪華版））
It's definitely not the best way to prove you're a Real Girl to reserve the three Realest songs on the album for fans so besotted they'll pay extra for them ("Grigio Girls," "Just Another Day," "Angel Down [Work Tape]")?*

這絕不是展現(xiàn)你真性情的最好方式，將豪華版專輯中3首最赤誠(chéng)相待的加曲獻(xiàn)給粉絲，如癡如醉的粉絲心甘情愿地為這三首歌支付額外的費(fèi)用。?*

推薦曲："Grigio Girls," "Just Another Day," "Angel Down [Work Tape]"

Chromatica?[Interscope, 2020]（《神彩》）

Lop off the first four tracks and you'll end up with a pretty good album about a talented singer, songwriter, and actress who once upon a time was an elaborate cartoon ("Babylon," "Free Woman," "Fun Tonight")?**

剪去專輯前四首歌，你就會(huì)得到一張非常不錯(cuò)的專輯，關(guān)于一位才華橫溢的歌手，詞曲作者，演員，曾經(jīng)是精致卡通人物的故事。?**

推薦曲："Babylon," "Free Woman," "Fun Tonight"

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Love For Sale?[Columbia/Interscope, 2021]（爵愛經(jīng)典）?

The news that this pair were revisiting their cross-generational gimmick seven years after its launch got no rise out of me，because while Cheek to Cheek was definitely enjoyable，it was often no more than that. And while the duo＇s young distaff half had since emerged from her shrewdly individualized carapace of glam-pop celebrity to prove a gifted actress and adaptable all-around entertainer with a high alto of near-Ella sweetness and definition and the brains to begin the "It's De-Lovely" opener with its semi-recitative "tinpantithesis" prologue，her senior partner had not only turned 95 but been diagnosed with Alzheimer's way back in 2016.But I failed to register two things. First，all 12 titles are by pantheon wit-and-a-half Cole Porter，who not only devised the term "tinpantithesis"?but festooned“?Let's Do lt " with “Lithuanians and Letts do it..” Second，Alzheimer's has been found to be much easier on your verbal memory if you are singing，at which point lyrics you could once recite verbatim pour past your vocal cords and into the air as if they were notes on a scale,as they also are.Of course,this assumes you retain a larynx worthy of the name,which not every singer of 75 much less 95 can claim.Anthony Dominick Benedetto still has one—he sounds leaner,a bit drier,but also capable of enunciating every word in a long-cultivated New York accent whose miraculous juiceand intuitive smarts could make an 80-year-old hope for a longer life than many would consider seemly.A

關(guān)于這對(duì)搭檔在七年后重出江湖再次合作爺孫炒作的新聞，我見怪不怪，因?yàn)楸M管《Cheek to Cheek》絕對(duì)是場(chǎng)聽覺(jué)盛宴，但也不過(guò)如此。同時(shí)這對(duì)組合里的年輕女人早已從精明個(gè)性的華麗流行歌星搖身轉(zhuǎn)型為天賦異稟的演員和樣樣精通的全能藝人，媲美近似Ella（Fitzgerald）甜蜜本色的中高音，機(jī)靈地以半吟誦式的“tinantithesis”歌曲《It’s De-Lovely》開場(chǎng)專輯，她的資深合伙人不僅已經(jīng)95歲了，還在2016年被診斷出老年癡呆癥。但我還沒(méi)注意到兩件事。首先，專輯12首歌曲名稱都是由智慧超群的Cole Porter創(chuàng)作的，他不僅發(fā)明了“tinpantithesis”這個(gè)詞，并在“Let’s Do it”寫出金句歌詞“Lithuanians and Letts do it..”。其次，有研究表明阿爾茨海默氏癥患者在唱歌時(shí)，口頭記憶會(huì)容易得多，這時(shí)，你曾經(jīng)可以逐字背誦的歌詞會(huì)經(jīng)你的聲帶傾瀉到空氣中，好像它們是一個(gè)音階上的音符，它們也確實(shí)是這樣。當(dāng)然，這是假設(shè)你有一個(gè)名副其實(shí)的咽喉，不是每個(gè)75歲的歌手都能擁有，更別用說(shuō)95歲的。Anthony Dominick Benedetto（Tony Bennett本名）仍擁有著金牌嗓音——盡管聽起來(lái)更精練，更干爽，但也能用長(zhǎng)期培養(yǎng)的紐約口音清晰地講出每一個(gè)字，他神奇的活力和直覺(jué)的智慧可以讓一個(gè)80歲的人對(duì)超出常理地活得更久抱有希望。A