总有一种情结让人不能忘怀，总有一些唱片值得回味，让人感动；
总有一片记忆停留在脑海某个角落深处，总有一些音乐让我惦记不已，长久不能释怀。
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《影响我大学生活的那些唱片》
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Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Title: Release
Release: April 23, 2002
Style: Pop/Electronic
Label: Sanctuary Records
Track Listings
1. Home And Dry
2. I Get Along
3. Birthday Boy
4. London
5. E-Mail
6. The Samurai In Autumn
7. Love Is A Catastrophe
8. Here
9. The Night I Fell In Love
10. You Choose
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有很多理由和情感积压着我，让我想把它推荐出来，虽然已经是2007年，但只是相隔了这么几年，音乐还是不会有什么时代界限。很棒的一张唱片，经常让我无意中在脑海里产生幻听，仿佛又回到了那清纯无忧的学生时代，那些韶华岁月，我经常在朋友的音像店里闲逛，一待就是一个半天...
很后悔没有拿下这张CD的原盘，我那时怎么就会舍不得那20块钱呢？呵呵。
对它也不再做什么自我评论了，在网上找了一篇相关的文字，老外写的，我把它翻译过来，权当是表达我自己的感受。翻译不好的地方，让大家见笑吧；翻译错了的地方，请大家务必帮我指出，我再及时改正。谢谢。
Comment:
Today, 23 April 2002, we buried my grandfather, a veteran of WWII. While a chapter in my life has closed, hope for the future comes in the form of this collection of songs.
It's 21 years on, and the Pet Shop Boys have cranked out album number eight in a series of deeply personal, charming, alarming and fascinating pop music. Their evolution over the years is complex, but one thing is clear: love is center s
tage in their lives now. On old albums like "Please" and "Actually," PSB would discuss politics, life in London, the Royal Family.
在2002年4月23号这天，我们埋葬了我的祖父，一位二战老兵。当我生命中的一章告一段落，对将来的希冀伴着这些集结在一起的歌儿来临。宠物店男孩成立二十几年，这第八张唱片给人的感觉却是“最不像宠物店男孩”的一张专集：迷人的、警醒的、魔力般的、非常个人化的流行音乐系列。他们这些年的造音革命一直让人感受复杂，但有一点始终相当清晰：现在，爱，成为他们生活舞台的中心。而在那些老唱片里诸如《Please》和《Actually》，宠物店男孩会讨论政治，伦敦生活，以及皇室家族。
But every song on "Release" is a love song. The emotions are a wild mix of longing ("Home & Dry," "E-Mail"), recovery ("I Get Along"), sadness, anger ("Love is a Catastrophe") and discovery ("The Night I Fell in Love"). Their love lyrics in the past have never been overly cryptic, but on "Release," they come right out and say exactly what they're thinking. On "Love is a Catastrophe:" "What happens next? / With life I'm unimpressed / Pain like a cutter's knife / Never been lonelier in my life."
《Release》——中文译名《释放》里的每一首歌都是一支情歌。情绪宽泛，是渴望、忧伤、愤怒和发现等的混合体。他们过去的歌词从未如此彻底地玩世不恭和直白，但在《Release》里，他们直接而精确地表达出他们想之所想。在“爱是一场劫难”中他们这样写到：“接下来将要发生什么？生活于我毫无印象，痛苦像切割器的刀片，生活从未如此痛苦”。
Certainly the hurting is present, but so is the happiness: "Well he just smiled / I guess it happens nightly / and so I fell in love." "The Night I Fell in Love" is the Pet Shop Boys at their most acutely gay. Teenage Neil Tennant teen worries over his
newfound love's rumoured homophobia, but his lover "just shrugged."
不可否认，伤害是一种礼物，幸福亦然：“他就那么笑了，我猜它是悄然发生的，因此我坠入情网”。“坠入情网的那个夜晚”这首歌很鲜明地表现了Pet Shop Boys对同性恋情的释然。年轻人Neil Tennant烦恼于他新发现的同性恋倾向，但他的爱人只是“耸了耸肩”。
Perhaps the most captivating moment here is PSB's very clever take on 21st century communication: "E-Mail." Tennant and Lowe always write intelligent lyrics, but on this track they're dead on: "Now time and distance melt away / No digits or delay / And some things can be written down that we're too shy to say." Tennant sings about the insecurity of his lover being across the sea, dealing with that lover's possible temptations while away, and making himself feel better by "writing this e-mail to say I love you." "Release" doesn't get much happier than this high middle point of the album.
也许最迷人的时刻是PSB非常聪明地接受了21世界的联系方式："E-Mail." Tennant和Lowe总是写出聪明的歌词，但在这首歌曲上他们无能为力了：“时间和距离渐渐消融，再不用掰手指数数，也没有了延迟，一些我们羞于说出的东西，我们可以把它们写下来”。Tennant歌唱着关于他对他那远在大洋另一侧的爱人的不安全感，抵御着爱在远方的时候身边的种种诱惑，为了让自己感觉良好，他“写下这封邮件”传达爱意。
Up next is the superb, danceable "Samurai in Autumn." The scant lyrics are plain and puzzling, but PSB show here, at 47 and 42 years of age, they can still churn out moody, infectious club killers. Back to business on the still dancey "Here," where Tennant exclaims his care, and offers of "you've got a home here." His understanding is pure: "And if you ever feel / the pain is far too big a deal / I say with pride / I'll be on your side."
接下去是“Samurai in Autumn/秋天的武士”，这首舞曲风格的歌曲歌词力度稍显不足，简单，迷惑，但也就是这首歌展现了PSB在42岁和47岁的年纪，依然可以玩转忧郁，依然是富有感染力的“舞池杀手”。“Here”继续着舞动的旋律，Tennant以此呼喊出他的关切：“You've got a home here”。他的理解是纯粹的：“And if you ever feel / the pain is far too big a deal / I say with pride / I'll be on your side——如果你曾经感受/痛苦只是一碟小菜/我骄傲地言说/我将与你同在”。
PSB are still growing, and they really stretch out with the wistful, gentle country sparkle of "You Choose." This is easily among PSB's best closers. Tennant's voice rings with the almost parental wisdom of a full life of love and loss: "He's gone / you've lost / Stay behind and count the cost / You try, you lose / You don't fall in love by chance / You choose." You might not agree with his cynical assessment of love, but keep listening. If his careful articulation and Northern British accent don't send chills straight down your spine right now, listen again. And again. Neil has experience with this, and maybe his lecture is for us all: "Play the sad songs / Sing the blues / You don't fall in love by chance / You choose." A lesson indeed. Listen again.
PSB仍旧在成长，在结尾的歌曲“You Choose/你选择”里，他们的智慧和温柔闪烁着，正如专集的名字——释放，真正地伸展开来。Tennant的声音随着几乎是拥有了父母般关于生命中的爱与失落的透彻智慧的调子振鸣起来：“He's gone / you've lost / Stay behind and count the cost / You try, you lose / You don't fall in love by chance / You choose.”（他走了，你失落了/落在后面计算着得失/你试过了，你丢失了/你不会偶然陷入情网/你做的是选择）。也许你会不同意他对爱情的冷嘲热讽，但请继续聆听。如果他充满关怀的语言和可能让你听不大真切的北英口音让你迷糊，你可以再听一遍，再听一遍。Neil对此是有经验的，也许他的讲演和说教针对了我们所有人：“Play the sad songs / Sing the blues / You don't fall in love by chance / You choose”（播放那些悲伤的歌曲，唱那些布鲁斯，你不会偶然间坠入情网，你做的是选择）。确实是一堂课吧，再听就是了。
"Release" is a return to the relaxed, melancholy atmosphere of their classic "Behaviour." Perhaps this is where the Pet Shop Boys' groove is. The album's packaging is the dependable PSB-style professional design, with lyrics alternating stark drawings of various flowers in various stages of life. Sonically, the album is similar to "Very" (but the addition of Johnny Marr's guitar is indispensible here) and the content is more consistent that the erratic "Nightlife" and "Bilingual." Lyrically, there must be something in this album for anyone who's loved, and for anyone who's lost.
“释放”回归到了他们经典的专集《Behaviour》里的那种放松而又有点忧郁的氛围里。也许这是宠物店男孩的轨迹所在。唱片的包装使用了他们的专职设计，歌词页面上轮流交替的各种花朵形状意味着生命的不同阶段。在声响处理上，唱片类似于《Very》，但在这张专集里不可或缺的还有Johnny Marr出色演奏的吉他，内容上，它更加连贯，不像搞怪的《Nightlife》和《Bilingual》。歌词方面，则一定有一些为那些被爱的人们所准备的，还有为那些失落的人们所准备的东西在。
Listeners around the world will find much to enjoy here. With age, Tennant and Lowe simply get better. "Release" is ten more reasons why I'm proud to be a Pet Shop Boys fan.
全世界的听众将会在这张唱片里得到不少享受。时间之轮旋转，Tennant和Lowe的状态越来越好。“释放”，让我作为PSB的一名粉丝感到无比骄傲。
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