*アバンダンド・ランチョネット〜捨てられた食堂、この舌を噛みそうなタイトルのアルバム、ホール＆オーツの２ｎｄアルバムです。「微笑んでよサラ」の大ヒットで７６年にブレークした後、再リリース、そしてやっぱ大ヒット、最高位７位まで上がった「シーズ・ゴーン」収録のもの。私も件の曲ですっかりやられそしてやっぱりこの曲でもすっかりやられアルバム何とか手に入らないかと方々探したんだけど駄目で確かやっとＮＨＫＦＭの「軽音楽をあなたに」で聴けた思い出有り。後日ＣＤで入手出来て今再び聴くと何とも言いようの無い感慨が襲って来ます。テープ、ぼろぼろになるまで聴いたのだ。今でも彼らのアルバム中、屈指の作品だと思ってます。
ようやくデビューのチャンスを掴んで１ｓｔをリリースしたものの売上げは惨憺たる物になってしまい本人たちもちとフォーク寄りに作りすぎたかなと反省したらしく、今回は己のルーツ、フィラデルフィア・ソウルに立ち戻って行こうとの意欲満々で製作されました。そうなると製作のアリフ・マーディン氏のオハコ・ジャンル。呼びに呼んだり豪華ミュージシャン連合。特に音の要となるリズム・セクションには後のスタッフのリーダーになるベーシスト、ゴードン・エドワーズ氏、そしてドラマーにはＮＹとＬＡを股にかけてファンク・グルーヴの帝王となりましたバーナード・”プリティ”・パーディ氏を起用してそりゃもう色香ぷんぷん。それにまだまだフォークの臭いを残していたホール君オーツ君のアコースティックな感触が乗っかって他に類を見ない独特のホワイト・ソウルの完成です。サウンドがばっちりはまれば曲もばっちりはまって来る。後年のど派手シングル群に比べりゃそりゃ地味かもしれませぬが、そりゃもう味わい深し、噛み締めれば噛み締めるほど味がちゅるちゅるの名曲ばっか。二人もまだまだデュオとして機能してましたからこちらが歌いあちらが歌い、互いにコーラスを取り。ホール君も目が澄んでいて(^0^)、真っ直ぐに歌って。環境的にも時代的にもここでしか生まれ得なかった奇跡の作品だ。２．のオーツ氏のヴォーカルなんかもう、昇天。ラスベガス・ターンアラウンド。イントロのメロウさにクラクラ。オーツ氏のボーカルなんかもう。シーズ・ゴーン。言わずもがなの名曲です。１＋１＝２６３７になってる。根っこで支えるはやっぱパーディ氏のドラムだーと最近つとに気付き。大体この盤では奇跡のようにこの方、律儀に叩いてます。いつもは全開なんだけど。その抑えた中に醸し出される独自のパーディ・シャッフル・グルーヴ。これを生かせる音楽を作れたことだけでこの盤はもう名盤に決定かも。ジャケットの廃食堂で朝、朝飯を二人で楚々と食べてるが如きリリカルなアイム・ジャスト・アキッド。オーツ氏のボーカルなんかもう。朝飯食い終わって町へ散歩のタイトル曲。ここではホール氏の歌の華やかさがもう。もうもう言い過ぎて牛になってしまうわ。さて問題です。このアルバム中１曲だけ（８．のアコ曲除いて）、パーディ氏以外の人がドラム叩いてます。それは何でしょう。・・・・・正解。２．の悲しいめぐり逢い。叩くはリック・マロッタさん。これは微妙でこのシャッフルも彼のお得意なんだよな。パーディさんのシャッフルとの違いも楽しめます。言われなくても買ったらそこまで聴き倒しちゃう。そうゆうアルバム。キーとなってます。
(山)2005.6.1
http://rocks.web.infoseek.co.jp/hit/halloates/abandoned.html
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B000002I95&link_code=as2&camp=247&tag=rockalbumsgre-22&creative=1211
by Yama
BY AUTO TRANSLATION
SORRY,Mistranslation multi.
Abandoned Luncheonette. It is 2nd album of album and hall & Oates of the title that seems to bite the dining room and this tongue thrown away. The smash hit of "..may your smile.. Sara", and it is re-release after doing the break and even the smash hit and the seventh first rank place are too one of "Seeds Gorn" collection that goes up in 76. I am completely done by the tune of the matter, and this tune is done completely and, after all, is memories having album that was able finally to be listened certes uselessly by "Light music is you" of NHKFM though it looks for everywhere if it manages not to obtain. It is indescribably said that it is possible to obtain with CD later and it listens again in now and attacks it by the deep emotion that not is. It listened ..tape.. raggedly until becoming it. It is thought that it is a still eminent in their albums work.
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