ファースト傑作、セカンド最高傑作、それ以降駄作…
という評価のジーン。
私的にそんな事は全然ないので、見直してほしい。
特にこのラストアルバムは、発売当時あまり流通されてなかったのも低評価の原因か。
内容としては、ボトムがしっかりして骨格がはっきりしたブリティッシュ・ロック
2曲目とか、ブラック・ミュージックの影響があったりして、彼等のルーツ?が見える気がします。
スミスもどきとか言われ続けてた彼等が求めていたサウンドがこの楽曲群ではなかろうか。これからが真骨頂!という時に消された残念なバンド。
聴けば聴くほど馴染むスルメのようなアルバム。見直せるハズ
Libertine
仕様 | 価格 | 新品 | 中古品 |
CD, CD, インポート, 2014/2/11
"もう一度試してください。" | CD, インポート | ¥1,238 | ¥1,290 |
CD, インポート, 2002/8/6
"もう一度試してください。" | インポート |
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| ¥2,087 | ¥2,076 |
CD, インポート, 2002/2/12
"もう一度試してください。" | インポート |
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| ¥4,533 | ¥3,959 |
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曲目リスト
1 | ダズ・ヒー・ハブ・ア・ネーム? |
2 | ア・シンプル・リクエスト |
3 | イズ・イット・オーバー? |
4 | オー・ラバー |
5 | レット・ミー・レスト |
6 | ウイール・ゲット・ホワット・ウイ・ディザーブ |
7 | ウォーキング・イン・ザ・シャロウズ |
8 | ユアーズ・フォー・ザ・テイキング |
9 | ユー |
10 | スパイ・イン・ザ・クラブズ |
11 | サムホエア・イン・ザ・ワールド |
12 | スーパーマーケット・ボムスケア |
13 | リトル・ダイアモンド |
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内容紹介
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track
Product Description
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track
メディア掲載レビューほか
ブリティッシュ・ロックの良心として全ヨーロッパで確固たる地位を有するカリスマ・バンドの2年ぶりとなるスタジオ盤。いかにも英国的なメロディがストレートに伝わってくる快作だ。
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- メーカーにより製造中止になりました : いいえ
- 梱包サイズ : 14.09 x 12.63 x 1.37 cm; 80.32 g
- メーカー : ゾンバ・レコーズ・ジャパン
- EAN : 4544180100434
- 時間 : 1 時間 3 分
- レーベル : ゾンバ・レコーズ・ジャパン
- ASIN : B00005N71L
- ディスク枚数 : 1
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トップレビュー
上位レビュー、対象国: 日本
レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
2018年10月28日に日本でレビュー済み
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Gene themselves will talk your ear off about how good 'Libertine' was. The band really do think it was their masterwork. I absolutely don't think so. The fault of Libertine is the same point that the band themselves trumpet; it's all one sound. Everything flows in the same direction and sounds linked in style. AKA - everything sounds samey. And then there is the complete lack of pace or excitement. I understand that 'Libertine' represents a more mature side of the band, but it's just ballad after ballad after slow song after...zzzzzzzz. It's a stately, beautiful but excruciatingly boring LP. Not even classic songs like 'Is it Over?', 'Does He Have A Name?' and 'Somewhere in the World' can stop this from being a granddad pleasing snooze-fest. I personally regard this as the weakest Gene album (their only even remotely weak offering, actually).
For fans (and I am truly a fan), the second disc offers some great unreleased stuff. Finally we get to hear the studio version of 'Rising for Sunset'! And it's rubbish! More of the same tedious slow paced dirge as the main LP. But there is the disco stomp of 'Baby I'm Sorry' to make up for it. Plus there are the tracks from the 'Does He Have A Name' promo which are passable.
Overall, this is a release that hardcore Gene fans can't be without due to the unreleased demos and such. But I can't recommend this album to non-fans, especially when the other Gene records are just so much more satisfying.
For fans (and I am truly a fan), the second disc offers some great unreleased stuff. Finally we get to hear the studio version of 'Rising for Sunset'! And it's rubbish! More of the same tedious slow paced dirge as the main LP. But there is the disco stomp of 'Baby I'm Sorry' to make up for it. Plus there are the tracks from the 'Does He Have A Name' promo which are passable.
Overall, this is a release that hardcore Gene fans can't be without due to the unreleased demos and such. But I can't recommend this album to non-fans, especially when the other Gene records are just so much more satisfying.
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Friedrich W. Schmitz
5つ星のうち5.0
Alles 1a! Empfehlenswert!
2021年3月25日にドイツでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Die Ware war brandneu und bestens verpackt. Nach fünf Tagen war sie in meinem Briefkasten. Alles gut!
Amazon Customer
5つ星のうち5.0
Really underrated band...
2018年8月20日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
...and fantastic album. Love it!
JORGE SG
5つ星のうち5.0
No es un 10 pero tampoco un 0
2020年4月15日にスペインでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
No es su mejor disco, pero hay que tenerlo
Mr. M. A. Reed
5つ星のうち5.0
Is it over? - review of 2014 reissue
2014年3月5日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Can it really be 20 years already? 20 years since Gene rose to promenence, with "For The Dead", and 10 since they quietly disappeared, mourned by a handful, and forgotten by many? At one point they could have been kings. Now, overlooked and ignored by Megador Records, the band have quietly faded from view to day jobs and memories. In time, the bands work - an elegant body that combined the majesty of The Smiths with the muscular strength of The Faces and 60's era Mod bands, has aged with dignity and power. Over four albums, and catch all b-sides compilation "To See The Lights", the band explored humanity with increasing effectiveness and skill. By the time they got to the final record, the barely noticed "Libertine" they had become brilliant but niche hasbeens. This reissue series finally gives the band the dignity they deserve, with expanded editions of each record, appended with every b-side, an enormity of radio sessions (almost every single one the band recorded for the BBC,), and several live shows from the period, showcasing embryonic and early versions of many songs from subsequent albums - are a fascinating insight. In terms of unreleased material, there is little until the time the band were released from their Polydor contract, at which point the band had control of their own recordings. Each of the editions is packed in a double CD set, with the original album appended by b-sides and extra songs.
Final record in the reissues is 2001's neglected "Libertine", self-funded, confident but audibly smaller, the band moved to a more intimate lyrical plain, with songs such as "Does He Have A Name?", "Is It Over", and the frankly amazing "Somewhere In The World" being amongst the best by any band, ever, anywhere, laden down the lyrics as powerful as nuclear weapons, exploring jealously, love, loss, and being left behind with an accuracy only the once heart-broken will ever recognise. In terms of unreleased material, there is little until the time the band were released from their Polydor contract, at which point the band had control of their own recordings, and thus "Libertine" is awash with the b-sides of two singles, an extra handful of songs that the band included in foreign editions of the record, and numerous demos and unreleased songs. (Sadly, the rather unusual cover version of "Back For Good" is absent, but easily available elsewhere). Since two full live shows from the era were released on DVD, it is understandable that no live material is on this release, instead favouring a plethora of unreleased material, with around 13 demos and unreleased songs as well as 10 or so absent from the original record, including the final single, the wonderful, and graceful "Let Me Move On", that proved that even with their dying breath, Gene had more wit in one verse than other bands had in their lifetime. Is it over?
To be honest, there's little more a fan could expect given the circumstances, and the limited commercial interest and profile this band currently has, and whilst it is a musical loss that Gene were not blessed with a 30 year journey similar to obvious contenders of sometimes lesser skill but wider appeal. Sadly, for now, it is over, but at least we had this once.
Final record in the reissues is 2001's neglected "Libertine", self-funded, confident but audibly smaller, the band moved to a more intimate lyrical plain, with songs such as "Does He Have A Name?", "Is It Over", and the frankly amazing "Somewhere In The World" being amongst the best by any band, ever, anywhere, laden down the lyrics as powerful as nuclear weapons, exploring jealously, love, loss, and being left behind with an accuracy only the once heart-broken will ever recognise. In terms of unreleased material, there is little until the time the band were released from their Polydor contract, at which point the band had control of their own recordings, and thus "Libertine" is awash with the b-sides of two singles, an extra handful of songs that the band included in foreign editions of the record, and numerous demos and unreleased songs. (Sadly, the rather unusual cover version of "Back For Good" is absent, but easily available elsewhere). Since two full live shows from the era were released on DVD, it is understandable that no live material is on this release, instead favouring a plethora of unreleased material, with around 13 demos and unreleased songs as well as 10 or so absent from the original record, including the final single, the wonderful, and graceful "Let Me Move On", that proved that even with their dying breath, Gene had more wit in one verse than other bands had in their lifetime. Is it over?
To be honest, there's little more a fan could expect given the circumstances, and the limited commercial interest and profile this band currently has, and whilst it is a musical loss that Gene were not blessed with a 30 year journey similar to obvious contenders of sometimes lesser skill but wider appeal. Sadly, for now, it is over, but at least we had this once.
D. Edwards
5つ星のうち5.0
Buy it.
2020年12月6日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Brilliant final album from an underrated band.