Chapter 950 950 Bathing in the Morning Light
Everyone is curious about the true face of Glory to Death's second album, but EMI has been keeping it a secret. It announced on the 21st that a new album will be released, but there has been no information about any new album in the past four days. It was officially announced after the press conference on the 25th.
"Bathing in the Morning Light" is another unique name, not the same as the ten songs on the album. Like "Almost Famous", it is a name with the characteristics of glory to death.
There is a saying that "bath in the morning light" and "almost famous" are in the same line, when Glory to the Dead released their debut album, they got attention because of the road tour, so they are standing at the crossroads of almost famous. ; And now the band has achieved good results, which also allows them to bathe in the sun, but this is only the early morning sun, and the band still has a long way to go.
There is also a saying that this name is very suitable for the songs of the album, because the ten songs of this album are positive as a whole, like the rising sun in the early morning. Among other things, "Beautiful. Day", the most watched album on the album, fits the name very well.
In any case, there is no doubt that once the album "Bath in the Morning Light" was released, it immediately became the hottest topic at the end of August, and even took away a lot of the style of the movie market entering the end of the summer season.
The album cover of "Bathing in the Morning Light" is very special. The cover is set in a green forest. The tall pine trees behind it form a forest, but it is not dense. The sun shines through the shade of the trees, and you can clearly see that the green grass is dyed. On a bright yellow, in the middle of a small open space, there is a drum set, and in front of it stands a bass, a guitar, a keyboard and a microphone stand. There are only musical instruments and no people, as if the stage is about to go. Ready before the curtain opens. Then a ray of sunlight cast down, like a spotlight, shrouded these instruments, like a natural stage.
And when you turn over the back cover, it is also this sunny forest. The five members of the glory are sitting on the grass. They are all very relaxed and comfortable, as if they are having a picnic. They can see joy on their faces. smile.
Such a small and fresh style is really incompatible with a rock band, but if you think about it carefully, in fact, glory to death is to move the stage to the virgin forest, bathing in the sun and preparing to perform. This style is exactly the same as "bathing in the morning light". The title fits perfectly.
On the left side of the back cover, the names of the ten songs on the album are written, "A Good Day", "Time. Of. Your. Life", "One. Step. Closer", "With the Father" Dance. With. My. Father", "Apologize", "Carry. On. Till. Tomorrow", "Everybody's. Changing", "Turn Around" Off. I. Go", "Shape. Of. My. Heart", "wonderwall".
Glory to Death performed all ten songs at the press conference of the new album. There was no question from reporters. It was like a small concert. Feel the charm of glory to death in a azimuth.
In fact, this is a move to give back to the fans, because the previous "Road to Glory" tour left a lot of regrets, and many fans who wanted to buy tickets to enter the venue have never been able to do so, Neil said in the "New York Times" I saw a very impressive photo of a female fan holding a sign saying "Who can give me a ticket", squatting at the door of Madison Square Garden, tears streaming down her face, helpless and dazed. So, there is this small concert of the new album launch, free to let all the fans present feel the charm of glory to death.
This is a very bold attempt, because after all the fans have listened to the songs on the album, it is bound to have an impact on the album. But Glory to the Dead still steadfastly made the proposal.
The people's reaction afterward proved that the act of honoring to death was correct and successful.
When the press conference was over, people intuitively found that the album "Bath in the Morning Light" far surpassed "Almost Famous" in terms of completion and overall quality. In addition to "One Day", the other nine songs are enough to rank among the absolute best works, especially this time, a touching "Dancing with Father" was included, which has received numerous praises.
In less than forty-eight hours, music reviews of the album "Bath in the Morning Light" emerged, and a full twenty-three media commented on the album, including not only "Los Angeles Times", "New York Times" Such authoritative comprehensive media, as well as professional media such as "Alternative Choice" and "Q Magazine", except for the bimonthly "Rotation", which was temporarily absent from the feast due to the lack of publication time, the top media were all in the first place. expressed his opinion.
Although David Marches is the exclusive reporter of "Rotation", he is trapped in the magazine's publication time interval is relatively long, so he often expresses his views through the "Los Angeles Times" for the first time, especially about glory To the death comment. This time is no exception.
David wrote this review under the title "Bathing in the Morning Light".
"The main theme of this album can be seen from the title of the album, the morning light, the sun rising in the morning, leaning down, letting glory to death bathe in that light. There is no doubt that the second album of glory to death The album attracted a lot of attention, but no one could have predicted that this talented band proved their strong presence with a more mature, better and more complete album, eclipsed all praise words.
The song "Beautiful Day" was a revolution for the glory to death, for the entire album, for the new metal rock, and for the entire music industry. Fate was born, this song is traditionally a product of British Academy rock and pop; but if you study it carefully, you can detect the alternative and post-punk elements in its arrangement, in short In a nutshell, it's typical death toll, typical new metal rock.
This song is shocking from the beginning of the arrangement of the melody. The concise and neat use of musical instruments creates a magnificent momentum. Hugo tried to use the psychedelic effect of the electronic keyboard to create the magnificence and haziness of nature, and the result was a great success. That kind of shocking smile began to soar with the advancement of the melody, and finally broke out in the chorus part, which was impeccable.
The lyrics clearly show the inner confusion and struggle, perfectly fit with nature in an abstract way, and the shock from the soul is brought to the extreme through the resonance of the melody.
Hugo used this song to show us the true meaning of music, from life to nature, from self to the universe, a piece of music, a piece of lyrics, a voice is a journey of thought!
In addition, the two songs "Apologize" and "Lost in the Wall" are also enough to be called classics.
In the arrangement of 'Apologize', Hugo used the cello as the main melody for the first time. It was not only bold and unusual, but the effect was amazing and brilliant, showing a completely different side of rock and roll. The arrogance and panic of the violin is vividly displayed through every string vibration of the cello.
The British style of 'The Wall' makes people suddenly see the glory of the Beatles again. This song is in the same vein as 'Don't. Look. Back. In. Anger', but It shows Hugo's strong control over the melody, and outlines the perception and sadness of life in the flowing guitar strings.
It has to be said that in the combination and collision of melody and lyrics, Glory to Death has reached a new level, opening another door to the true meaning of music.
Not only that, but songs such as 'Life Time', 'Go Further', and 'Hold On To Tomorrow' are definitely featured in other albums, but unfortunately, these songs have encountered three better musketeers. However, this has also become our luck, allowing us to see an absolute classic album that is approaching the highest point in history!
It is worth mentioning that, continuing the style of 'almost famous', Hugo also showed a charm different from Glory to Death in this album, a masterpiece of 'Dancing with the Father' that combines rhythm and blues and soul music. The masterpiece in the middle, the sad nostalgia is euphemistically, it is not deliberately sensational but makes people cry, not deliberately sentimental but full of memories, the strong sense of picture makes this song enough to amaze the music world.
So, this is the album 'Bathing in the Morning Light', how lucky we are to be able to enjoy such a high degree of completion and such a wonderful album. "
After David's opinion was published in the "Los Angeles Times", many professional music critics responded. There is no doubt that the song "Beautiful Day" benefited from the early momentum, and relying on its excellent quality, it almost took it away. The style of the entire album, but Glory to Death performed ten songs in full at the new album conference, which allowed people to appreciate the excellence of other music. This is happiness for fans, but for music critics But it was a happy trouble: they were almost too dazzled to find their favorites from this album.
"How lucky, how unfortunate." This has also become the most standard view of countless music critics on the album "Bath in the Morning Light". It is generally believed that the two songs "Apologize" and "Lost Wall" are placed on other albums. It's an absolute classic, and the other seven songs are good enough for other singers' titles, but now that they're all on the same album as "A Good Day," it's dizzying.
But this is also precisely the sign of glory to death to the peak. An absolute album that has entered the classics. Under the pursuit of music critics, it has reproduced the glory of "Never Mind" when it was released.