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PdM`mqW 专辑名称：Off The Radar
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f2 歌手姓名：Ally Kerr
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b 唱片公司：Much Obliged
J#aVo &.Y 发行日期：2008年4月xx日
<MdGe1n 专辑流派：Indie/Pop
XlkGjjW#/J 推荐指数：4星
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1b3( c!Dc8=nE0m Glasgow's Ally Kerr does a nice line in pop songs and "Off the
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8!zb F<W9 intelligent and catchy songs. "I Think I'm Bleeding" has an
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S&?7K-F>_o Toothbrush Song" would also make a quality country song due to
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Ld(NhB'7 accompany such emotions with bourbon rather than sparkling
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The pace picks up with the title track "Off the Radar" that
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Fr5 Xp be "Amorino" evoking, as it does, the melancholic pleasures of
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@`|)Ia< Q2s&L]L= The thing that impresses most about this album is the songs
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@-"R$H OT lyrics, they are however presented as a whole lot fluffier
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g1|w? pI1 l [%lE (E!!pz Ally Kerr是来自苏格兰的Indie pop乐队（也是主唱的名字），融合了苏格兰传统民谣和清新独立流行风格，延续了Indie一贯的清新吉他风格。悦耳而淳朴，凄美而哀伤，有那么一丝丝迷惘，当你聆听Calling Out To You这张专辑的时候这一类的形容词可能会脱口而出。这样悦耳动听的音乐出自格拉斯哥唱作人Ally Kerr之手。继Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura 之后，苏格兰的indie 风暴就从未停止过，如今Ally Kerr继续着他们的征程。他不仅继承苏格兰indie pop团惯有的风格，从Ally Kerr身上，我们还能够体会到那种异乎寻常的与众不同的气质。在苏格兰，人们将他称之为“最富生趣和最创造性的音乐家”。2004年Ally Kerr在日本发行唱片，是真正为了追求梦想的音乐人。而后为TV动画《虫师》演唱的OP"The Sore Feet Song",使Ally Kerr为更多的人所熟知。(来自网络)
Z'M`}3O YYUe)j{T g x;O6S{ 曲目列表：
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jCW.ZLY o "" ~jc~ 1. Could HAve Been A Contender
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6 hiC?2b{x 5. The Toothbrush Song
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vVVPw?Ww- 7. Old Friend
v?j!&d> 8. Is It Too Late To Work For NASA?
@8gEH+r 9. Mystery Star
(3%t+aqq 10. Amorino
'Q|c@t 11. The Truth That I Have Earned
{9'M0= 12. Footprints
