LateNightTales

Snow Patrol?那支来自苏格兰的独立摇滚乐队？怎么会和英国的老牌House厂牌Azuli合作出品这张LateNightTales？今天我拿到这张专辑也感到挺惊讶的，回去上网用Media Player搜索了唱片信息才敢确定自己不是买了D版。LateNightTales号称是Azuli Record旗下最贴近Artist自身音乐品味的音乐系列选辑。曾经跟Azuli合作过的大都是Groove Armada, Fat Boy Slim, Air这种电子乐界的大牌，与独立摇滚乐队合作还是很少见的，就冲这点我买了这本专辑。封面还是沿用了LateNightTales系列的经典背景，夜晚灯光下的绿草地，草地的上方是一个由很多白色球体组成的发光体，感觉挺梦幻的。听这张专辑也的确有梦幻般地感觉，总体来说Snow Patrol还是很好地把握了对LateNightTales主题的理解。专辑里涉足的音乐风格也很广泛，有rock, house, british pop, 80's, folk, soul, hip-hop...既有复古的也有时尚感很强的东西，应该都是乐队成员CD架里的珍藏吧！ 不知道大部分纯电子迷对Snow Patrol了解多少，这里补充一点乐队介绍吧（转自百度百科）。Snow Patrol：Snow Patrol(雪地巡游者) 成立于苏格兰，是格莱美奖被提名的另类摇滚乐队。他们成员大半来自美国缅因州班戈县(Bangor) 和 北爱尔兰的贝尔法斯特。他们以苏格兰第二大城市格拉斯哥为根据地，并签约公司Polydor Records。最初Snow Patrol只是一隧独立摇滚乐队，但因为"Run"、 "Chasing Cars"等等歌曲成功作为主流音乐，近年来他们寻求更多另类摇滚的元素。最近的代表有蜘蛛侠3的主题曲"Signal Fire" Late Night Tales: Snow Patrol is a mix album compiled by alternative rock band Snow Patrol's members Gary Lightbody and Tom Simpson and released through Late Night Stories in September and October 2009. The album is the 22nd in the Late Night Tales series. It was recorded at Jacobs Studios in Farnham & Mayfair Studios in London, and was produced by compilers Lightbody and Simpson. Any compiling artist to Late Night Tales is required to add a track of their own. Snow Patrol recorded INXS's "New Sensation" for the occasion. Lightbody was confident about the cover, and said: "why bother if you're just palely imitating the true form?" Will Self is featured on the series again (after Late Night Tales: Groove Armada), with the second part of his short story, called "The Happy Detective (Part 2)". Simpson and Lightbody created an exclusive mini-mix, which was not featured on the album but could be listened on the Late Night Tales website. An alternate version, dubbed Another Late Night Tale: Snow Patrol was released on iTunes with selected tracks, and a continuous mix of the whole album. The album was released to positive reception by music critics.