【搬运】【译】滚石杂志Rolling Stone评Adele 2015年专辑《25》

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翻译：Sookie.Z

审译：Emma.Z

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Adele’s 2011 blockbuster, 21, was all about turning pain into power. Four years and 30 million albums sold later, remorse is still her muse. But where 21 was the sound of a woman soldiering through bad romance, 25 finds her queenly and resolute, lamenting the past on songs with titles like “Water Under the Bridge” and “When We Were Young.” Even “Hello” is a goodbye. The nostalgic mood is the perfect fit for an artist who reaches back decades for her influences, even as her all-or-nothing urgency feels utterly modern.

Adele2011年发行的重磅唱片《21》体现的都是一种化悲伤于力量的感觉，4年里专辑销售量达到了3千万，歌唱懊悔还是她的主旋律。但是《21》中贯穿始终的悲伤恋情在《25》中有所改变，她变得像女王般果断。她用名字是“Water Under the Bridge（桥下的水）”和“When We Were Young（当我们年轻的时候）”这样的歌曲为过去哀悼。“Hello（你好）”表达一个告别，这种怀旧的风格与这样一位追溯到数十年前去汲取感化力量的艺术家十分契合，即使她的孤注一掷的执念也让人感觉如此现代。

Some of pop’s biggest names, from Max Martin to Bruno Mars, join familiar faces like Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder in 25′s dream team of producers and co-writers. They help create a rich set of songs without getting in the way of the lady in charge. “River Lea,” a collaboration with Danger Mouse, is an organ-heavy soul shouter, and “Water Under the Bridge” builds to gospel-steeped ecstasy. Adele is more somber on “Million Years Ago,” a gorgeous acoustic reverie that suggests Caetano Veloso writing for Dusty Springfield. “I feel like my life is flashing by,” she sings, her voice deepening with regret and sounding decades beyond her years.

一些流行音乐界的超级大腕，从Max Martin到Bruno Mars，还有其他一些熟悉的面孔比如Paul Epworth 和 Ryan Tedder都是《25》的制作人、创作者最佳阵容中的成员，他们参与创作了一系列好歌，又没有夺走阿黛尔的光环。“River Lea（利河）”就是Adele和Danger Mouse合作完成的，它是一曲沉重的灵魂呐喊，“Water Under the Bridge（桥下的水）”又深深沉浸于教堂式的福音中。Adele在“Million Years Ago（百万年前）”中表现得更为忧郁，这是一首绝美的原声幻想曲，让人想起Caetano Veloso为Dusty Springfield作的曲。“I feel like my life is flashing by（我觉得我的生命在飞逝），”她唱道，她的声音因表达极度的懊悔而变得低沉，听起来比她的实际年龄苍老了几十岁。

The music feels more mature, too, on torchy ballads like “When We Were Young” and “Love in the Dark.” The most powerful moment is “All I Ask,” a silken tempest co-written with Mars, where Adele addresses a lover on what she knows will be their final night, processing the end of an affair in what feels like slow motion. When she sings, “Give me a memory I can use,” it’s like she’s already imagining the heartrending song she’ll craft from the experience. There’s vulnerability in that moment, but there’s also grace and resilience.  

“When We Were Young(当我们年轻的时候)” 和“Love in the Dark（黑暗中的爱）”这样伤感情歌听起来也更成熟。在“All I Ask（我所要的）”这首与Mars共同创作的温柔的暴风雨式的歌曲中有一个最具力量的时刻，就是她讲述与情人相依最后一晚的情景，慢动作电影般地推进他们关系的尾声。当她唱道：“Give me a memory I can use（好让我留下点回忆聊以慰藉）,”就好像她已经想象出由这段经历创作出的断肠情歌。在那刻既有脆弱，也有优雅和坚韧。

Throughout 25, there’s a deeper sense of artistic command. In a great, intimate bit before the start of “Send My Love (To Your New Lover),” she issues orders to the guys in the studio: “Just the guitar.” The Martin-helmed song that follows – built on a nimble acoustic figure – is a farewell to an ex who couldn’t deal with Adele’s fire, sung with chill composure.

《25》整张专辑都体现着深切的艺术性要求，在“Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”开始前一段亲密的对话中，她对工作室的人员下了命令：“只要吉他。”接下来一首由Max Martin主导的歌曲，建立在一个灵动的原声轮廓上，是对一个无法承受Adele热情的前任的告别，演唱冷漠沉着。

Whether she’s holding notes with the strength of a suspension bridge or enjoying a rare lighthearted “whoo-hoo!” on “Sweetest Devotion,” her incredible phrasing – the way she can infuse any line with nuance and power – is more proof that she’s among the greatest interpreters of romantic lyrics. “No river is too wide or too deep for me to swim to you,” she sings on the gently lifting “Remedy.” On 25, no feat of strength comes as a surprise. Let’s just hope the next one is called 28, and not, say, 30. Each new chapter of her story is too good to wait for.

在“Sweetest Devotion(最甜蜜的奉献)”中，无论Adele是用看家本领飙高音长音，还是罕见地轻松愉快地哼着“呜-呼”，她令人难以置信的措辞，她能在任何字里行间注入细节差异和力量的表达能力，进一步证明她是情歌歌词最好的诠释者之一。她在轻柔激昂的“Remedy”中唱道：“No river is too wide or too deep for me to swim to you,” she sings on the gently lifting “Remedy（为了游向你，再宽再深的河都阻挡不了我）。”《25》没有展现力量的技艺反倒成了一种惊喜，希望下一张专辑叫《28》，而不是《30》，她故事的每一章都好得让人等不下去。