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乐队介绍

2008年，The Weepies发行了新专辑《Hideaway》

特点是旋律简单，音乐流畅，音韵恬淡，清新自然。

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专辑介绍

Happiness

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专辑歌手：The Weepies

发行日期：2004

专辑语种：英语

专辑类型：Indie Folk/Pop

专辑曲目:

01. Happiness

02. All that I want

03. Vegas baby

04. Somebody loved

05. jolene

06. Simple life

07. Dating a porn star

08. Keep it there

Say I Am You

发行时间：2006年03月07日

专辑歌手：The Weepies

地区：美国

语言：英语

专辑类型：Indie Folk/Pop

专辑介绍：

2005年12月，The Weepies在此厂牌录制完成全新专辑“Say I Am You”，并于2006年3月正式发行。《Say I Am You》是The Weepies的第二张专辑，也是让他们被主流音乐市场接受的专辑。专辑在2006年2月曾经在8个国家的“iTunes下载次数最多的Folk专辑榜”上攀升到首位，而单曲"World Spins Madly On"也在美国的iTunes Folk歌曲榜上获得了冠军。在The Weepies所发行的三张专辑，这张获得的媒体评价最好。在这张专辑中，The Weepies继续了他们在首张专辑《Happiness》的精彩表现，他们简短、感伤、旋律优美的Folk-pop在《Say I Am You》里继续，而美妙的歌声、轻轻拨动的琴弦也没有消失。这张专辑的名字"Say I Am You"引自一位13世纪作家Jelaluddin Rumi的作品，这位作家以创作带有强烈信仰、热情爱意的诗歌著称，所以这张专辑的主题毫无疑问就是爱情。有些时候，爱情会隐藏起来或者丢失（比如在"World Spins Madly On"里），有时爱情也会是虚假的，但是最终一定会有一种爱情被发现被呵护。在专辑的大部分时候，The Weepies都在主持着一种对“爱情”主题的讨论，他们并没有想要让这个主题成为那些甜蜜迷人曲调的配饰。

专辑曲目：

01. Take It From Me

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03. World Spins Madly On

04. Citywide Rodeo

05. Riga Girls

06. Suicide Blonde

07. Painting By Chagall

08. Nobody Knows Me At All

09. Not Your Year

10. Living In Twilight

11. Stars

12. Love Doesn't Last Too Long

13. Slow Pony Home

英文专辑介绍

The Weepies (Steve Tannen and Deb Talan) have never pretended to be anything that they're not, which is, briefly, sentimental, melodic folk-pop, with harmonious vocals and gently picked guitars. They accept this, they relish in it, they did it well on Happiness, and they continue to do so on their 13-track major-label debut. Being that the title of the record, Say I Am You, is a quote from 13th century writer Jelaluddin Rumi, known for his intense spiritual and passionate poems, it is not a surprise that the album is all about love. Sometimes the love is hidden or lost ("World Spins Madly On," for example), sometimes it's false, but mainly it's a love that has been gratefully found and cherished. And for the most part, the Weepies manage to discuss and explore this without falling into the trappings of typically saccharine infatuated musings. "Take It from Me," the album's opener, has Talan trying, vainly, to find metaphors for her incomparable beloved ("a favorite pair of shoes?" or "a window the sun shines through?" she wonders), and the rest of the album pretty much follows suit. The songs are simple and pretty and generally uplifting, basking in the glow of being happily smitten, but not blind to the misfortunes of others in the world. The tracks on which Tannen sings the lead vocals are actually the most pessimistic of them all (the David Gray-like "Love Doesn't Last Too Long," for instance) or at least the most ambiguous, and provide more of a cynical, or perhaps just sad, perspective on the theme. Tannen's voice is nice, but it's nowhere near as charming as that of his counterpart's: he's much better suited to the role of backup harmony, and probably because of this he sings lead on only about one-third of the album. Talan's voice, instead, is a pleasant reminder of the chick-folk/rock stars of the '90s, but she adds her own sweet innocence that fits perfectly with the love songs, the twinkling guitar, the literate wordplay, the scalar melodies. Say I Am You is not groundbreaking music, but the Weepies know what they're doing, and they know how they feel, and they're not afraid to sing about it.

Hideaway

专辑歌手:The Weepies

地区：美国

语言：英语

唱片公司:Nettwerk

发行时间:2008年4月12日

风格流派: Folk

专辑介绍:

HIDEAWAY 是The Weepies多年共同奋斗的结果。同样是家庭DIY的产物，跟他们上一张相比，Hideway 显得更阴沉一些，14首单曲包含从噪音摇滚的“Not Dead Yet”到精致编排下的冥想产物，“How You Survived the War”、“Little Bird”。如同大多数 Weepies 的作品，他们的努力工作有了一个好的结果：乐团成员 Deb 和 Steve 在2007年结了婚，10月的时候有了他们爱情的结晶，一个小男孩，叫做 Theo. The Weepies 在HIDEAWAY的演唱方式没有摆脱他们以往那种独一无二的行文风格和不寻常的和弦调式。作为这一标志性的结果，他们的乐队成员依然包括了贝司手兼吉他手Whynot Jansveld、吉他手 Meghan Toohey 和鼓手 Frank Lenz。在这张新专辑中出现的新人物，包括弦乐演奏者 Oliver Kraus、键盘手 John Deley、吉他手 Steve Walsh 和小号演奏者兼键盘手 Brad Gordon

专辑曲目：

01. Can't Go Back Now

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03. Hideaway

04. Wish I Could Forget

05. All Good Things

06. Little Bird

07. Antarctica

08. How You Survived The War

09. Not Dead Yet

10. Old Coyote

11. Just Blue

12. Lighting Candles

13. Takes So Long

14. All This Beauty

英文专辑介绍

HIDEAWAY is the result of their year-long struggle to get tapped in again. Another homemade gem, HIDEAWAY is a darker companion to their last album, with 14 new tunes ranging from the upbeat title track to the jangly rock of "Not Dead Yet" to gorgeously arranged meditations like "How You Survived the War" and "Little Bird."

As with most of The Weepies' music, there is a happy ending to all the struggle: Deb and Steve were married in 2007, and they had a baby boy, Theo, in October.

The Weepies sound on HIDEAWAY remains rooted in their unique writing and unusual harmonies. Their distinctive production is once again filled out by bass player and guitarist Whynot Jansveld, guitarist Meghan Toohey and drummer Frank Lenz. Additional musicians on this album include string player Oliver Kraus, keyboardist John Deley, guitarist Steve Walsh, and horn player/keyboardist Brad Gordon.

Be My Thrill

专辑歌手:The Weepies

地区：美国

语言：英语

唱片公司:Nettwerk

发行时间:2010年8月31日

风格流派: Folk

1 Please Speak Well Of Me

2 When You Go Away

3 Red Red Rose

4 I Was Made For Sunny Days

5 They’re In Love, Where Am I?

6 Add My Effort

7 Be My Thrill

8 Be My Honeypie

9 Hummingbird

10 Hard to Please

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13 Hope Tomorrow

14 Empty Your Hands

歌词

What can I compare you to, a favorite pair of shoes?

Maybe my bright red boots if they had wings

Funny how we animate colorful objects saved

Funny how it’s hard to take a love with no sting

But come on take it, come on take it, take it from me

But come on take it, come on take it, take it from me

(we've got a good life)

What can I compare you to, a window the sun shines through?

Maybe the silver moon, a smile rising

The magic of the fading day, satellites on parade

A toast to the plans we've made to live like kings

I lose my breath despite the air

When the rain falls down I give in to despair

Pink magnolia in winter, she doesn’t care

if you don’t show up to have another cup

What can I compare you to, when everything looks like you?

I get a bit confused with every Spring

Flowers that bloom your eyes, hummingbirds side by side

My heart won’t stay entirely in this rib caging

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"GOTTA HAVE YOU" Lyrics

Gray, quiet and tired and mean

Picking at a worried seam

I try to make you mad at me over the phone

Red eyes and fire and signs

I’m taken by a nursery rhyme

I want to make a ray of sunshine and never leave home

No amount of coffee, no amount of crying

No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine

No, nothing else will do

I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you

The road gets cold

There’s no spring in the middle this year

I’m the new chicken clucking open hearts and ears

Oh, such a prima donna, sorry for myself

But green, it is also summer

And I won’t be warm till I’m lying in your arms

I see it all through a telescope:

Guitar, suitcase, and a warm coat

Lying in the back of the blue boat

Humming a tune...

专辑曲目

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地区：美国

语言：英语

发行时间：2015-04-28

发行公司：华纳唱片

01River From The Sky

02No Trouble

03Sirens

04Learning To Fly

05Never Let You Down

06Wild Boy

07Ever Said Goodbye

08Fancy Things

09Early Morning Riser

10Boys Who Want To Be Girls

11Crooked Smile

12Brand New Pair Of Wings

13Sunflower

14Does Not Bear Repeating

15My Little Love

16Volunteer

英文专辑介绍

So beyond excited for this album. These two never fail to gift the most beautiful creations. What a joy to know they have returned better than ever. Cheers to health and happiness!