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Though pop rather than rock came to dominate the landscape
in the two years since Ocean Colour Scene's previous album,
Mechanical Wonder is a stirring reaffirmation of the band's core strengths.
Frontman Simon Fowler's wistful blue-eyed soul vocals ensure
the album's mood of plaintive despair is honestly rather than
hysterically expressed. But the group's expansive and crafted musicality
provides the perfect counterbalance to the disappointments related
in the title track and "Biggest Thing". The summery guitar chords and
swaggering rhythm of "Up the Downside", the rich dreamy string arrangement
on "We Made It More" and the cucumber-cool blues swagger of
"Give Me a Letter" are all examples of traditional rock that
thrives on healthy vibrancy rather than cautious conservatism. --Gavin Martin
儘管pop rather than rock來自從Ocean Colour Scene的先前的唱片在 2 年裡統治風景，
Mechanical Wonder是樂隊的核心力量的激動人心的再斷言。
Frontman西蒙‧福勒的靈魂聲樂保證
唱片的表示哀怨的絕望的態度是的渴望的碧眼誠實地而非歇斯底裡地表示了。
但是組的率直並且 crafted 音樂性提供完美的抵銷到在標題軌道和
“Biggest Thing”被聯係了的失望。
夏季的吉他弦和 swaggering 節奏“Up the Downside”，
富有的夢想的繩整理在上“We Made It More”
並且黃瓜涼爽的藍色 swagger “Give Me a Letter”都是在健康的活力
而非小心的保守主義上繁榮的傳統型的岩石的例子。 --Gavin 馬丁
A music fan from Cardiff , 7 April, 2001
從Cardiff的一個音樂崇拜者,2001 年 4 月 7 日
Their best album to date? Yes
他們的最好的唱片迄今為止﹖是的
Moseley shoals and Marchin already seem a long, long time ago.
People seem to forget that in 1996 OCS were
the third biggest sellin act in the country.
Moseley shoals 和 Marchin already已經以前似乎是一長, 長時間。
人們似乎 OCS 在國家是第 3 最大的 sellin 行為在 1996 忘記那。
Now they return with their first album since 1999s One From The Modern
Mechanical Wonder is in some ways a completion of the journey for the band,
The last ten years have been full of massive ups and downs and now
we finally have an album that can represent that, with the boys
taking more control over production there isnt the minimal feel of 'OFTM',
the great quality of songs fowler has penned shows
the band couldnt rely on their past glories for success.
他們從現代的Mechanical Wonder自從 20 世紀 99 年代與他們的
第一本唱片One From The Modern是在某些方面為樂隊的旅行的結束，
最後 10 年充滿巨大的盛衰和我們最後有能代表那的一本唱片的現在,
在生產上與更帶的男孩一起控制 isnt 在那裡“ OFTM ”的最小的感覺，
fowler 有鋼筆舊姓的歌的大質量給樂隊看 couldnt 為成功依靠他們的過去光榮。
I know NME and radio 1 would use the adjectives weller, mod, small faces and
the who somewhere in describing this album but it is absolutely
magnificent. OCS have turned the corner of britpop boys
to become primarily a folk-rock band, with acoustic guitar driven numbers
like 'Sail on my boat', 'In My field' and title track 'Mechanical Wonder'
我知道 NME 並且收音機 1 將使用形容詞
更很好, 現代派, 小臉並且描述這本唱片但是它某地在裡面的人，是絕對壯麗的。
OCS 轉了小溫魚突然發生男孩的角落首先成為一個帶民歌色彩的搖滾樂曲樂隊,
與數字喜歡“Sail on my boat”的駕駛的聲學的吉他，“In My field”
並且標題軌道“Mechanical Wonder”
they are also capable of producing emotional ballads,
the superb 'If I gave you my heart' and beating coldplay
at their own game on 'The Biggest Thing'. The simple fact is that
Simon Fowler is possibly the songwriter of our generation and that
he and his band are the most undervalued band of their generation.
他們也生產感情的民歌是有能力的，壯麗“如果我給了你我的心”
並且在“最大的事情”上在他們的自己的比賽打敗冷玩。
簡單的事實是西蒙‧福勒是可能我們的代的作曲家
並且他和他的樂隊最被低估他們的代的樂隊。
I think that the band have enough confidence in themselves
not to care about the press or the charts anymore.
Other high points on this near perfect album are the
'craddock guitar-riff with a twist' first single 'Up On The Downside' and
their finest hour with possibly the best song of the last 20 years,
'We Made It More'.
我認為樂隊有在自己的足夠的信心不再對報紙或圖表看重。
在完美的唱片附近的在這上的另外的高點是“與扭曲的 craddock 吉他即興重複段”
首先挑選“起來在缺點上”並且他們的最好的小時與可能最後 20 年的最好的歌,
“我們更做了它”。
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