True (10 Year Anniversary Edition)＜限定盤/Blue Vinyl＞

Aviciiの独創的かつ記録破りのデビュー・アルバム『True』の10周年を記念して、アナログ盤がリリース!

180g12インチ ブルー・ヴァイナル。10周年記念限定版ステッカー付き

With the hypnotic and bright Grammy-nominated track "Levels," Swedish EDM DJ/producer Tim Bergling aka Avicii unleashed a global dance hit the size of "Beachball," "Blue Monday," "Starships," and maybe even "The Hokey Pokey." If the masses leave the dancefloor, "Levels" brings them back with sunshine and light, but Avicii's debut album is a sharp left turn, kicking off with the acoustic guitar strum of "Wake Me Up," a pleasant, well-written heritage pop track where "I Need a Dollar" vocalist Aloe Blacc gets thrown in a synthetic Mumford & Sons surrounding for something very non-"Levels." It's a strange jumble that works, but even more surprising is the seductive "Addicted to You," where Oklahoma singer/songwriter Audra Mae gets sultry on a song co-written by country and pop legend Mac Davis, and don't wonder long about how the results ended up sounding so Nina Simone, because the curve balls keep coming. Adam Lambert reins in his glam tactics on the Nile Rodgers-assisted "Lay Me Down" for a disco and Daft Punk swerve, while the kinetic down-on-the-farm "Shame on Me" offers a knee-slapping, EDM-meets-country rave-up that threatens to go hambone with a solo on the spoons. Country music and bluegrass keep winding their way into the album, and while it rarely smacks of a gimmick, these rustic numbers often evolve into EDM around their drum machine-introducing choruses, as if True was a remix album commission Avicii picked up while vacationing in Appalachia. In the end, it's an admirable and interesting effort where the highs offset the lows, but those with molly in hand and dancing shoes on feet should just cool their jets and get ready to sit a spell. ~ David Jeffries

デヴィッド・ゲッタやカルヴィン・ハリスが多少なりともアーバン界隈の訴求力を借りたのに比べ、本作の先行曲“Wake Me Up”は通好みなアロー・ブラックの塩辛い歌を乗せ、それが〈2013年で最速のセールス〉を記録したのは痛快だった。このスウェーデン出身の若手DJが世界的成功を収めたわけは、ルックスのスター性はさておき、乱暴に言ってしまえば他にない強いキャッチーさがあったから。カントリー調のリフを巧みに推進力に変えたその先行曲をはじめ、全曲が印象的なリフとソング・オリエンテッドな魅力に満ちているし、ナイル・ロジャースとアダム・ランバートを迎えての“Lay Me Down”ではブギーな時流にも乗ってみせる。百花繚乱ながらも袋小路の見えるEDMブーム、その外にも響く非凡な快作。
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