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　　其实已经有好长一段日子没有听Charlotte Gainsbourg的音乐了，如果没有这张新专辑问世，真的快把这位流行歌手忘记了。 　　 　　这张《5:55》专辑就是这场寻梦历程的见证，它忧伤而迷幻，深情又执著，我们能听到她心灵的感动，感动他灵魂的颤栗，看到她因追寻而升起的爱与哀愁，并在不经意间突然发现，Charlotte Gainsbourg的音乐没有离我那么遥远、清澈、纯净的音乐和声音了。 　　 　　《5:55》由11首作品构成一个统一的主题，虽然看似简单，但内部则是不一样的元素变化，它用丰富的音色勾画了一个写意的诗情，我们在专辑中经常可以听到最朴素、最本意的状态，阐释了人的生存与它们血肉难离的联系。 　　 　　这张唱片给人总体感觉，是欢乐而忧伤、神秘而优雅的，旋律优美动听、清新脱俗，统一而有变化。在这片喧哗与骚动之中，它书写的是宁静而生气勃勃的绿色。 by Heather Phares Even though 5:55 isn't technically Charlotte Gainsbourg's first solo album (that would be Charlotte for Ever, which was released when she was 13), it is her first solo album as an adult and, with the help of a dream team of collaborators, it's a fittingly sophisticated set that touches on her father Serge's brilliantly louche, literate pop without being overshadowed by it. Air's Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin (who paid tribute to Serge Gainsbourg particularly well on 10,000 Hz Legend's "Wonder Milky *****") wrote 5:55's delicate music, while Jarvis Cocker and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon penned its lyrics. This mingling of French and English influences is mirrored in Gainsbourg's subtly expressive voice and accent, which provides the perfect complement to the album's lush sounds and vivid imagery. On "AF607105" -- the most Air-like song here -- she's a stewardess recounting the most glamorous plane crash ever; she performs an autopsy on a relationship on "The Operation," finally stating that "the heart was rejected by the host." As good as the atmospheric heartache of the first half of 5:55 is, it's on the second half, when Gainsbourg and her crew stretch out a bit, that the album really gets interesting. "Jamais," a slightly tough, witty cautionary tale about literally acting like you're in love, is a standout, while the sexy, obsessive "Beauty Mark" and "Everything I Cannot See" would make her father proud.