Currents [Analog]

大好き

いつまでも聴いていたい。この音に包まれている快感。ケヴィンの天才に感謝。

The album arrived in. great condition, sounds perfect (always brush your vinyl before the first spin!) Wonderful album. Banger songs. Australian icon.

過去2作はギターの音色も含めての1970年前後のサイケ感でしたが、 今作はシンセ感が強いので、ブイーン、ギュワワというギターサウンドに身を委ねたい人はガッカリするかも。 でも、サイケでトリッキーで、良い意味でグダグダな展開などは健在だし、 けっこう主旋律が立っているので、これはこれで楽しめるし、聴きやすい作品だと思います。 ちょっとダンサブルで、それもFoster The Peopleみたいに10年代のゆるいノリなのも面白いです。

ずーーーーーーーーーーーーっと聴いていられる。 心地よい名盤。

2015年ビルボード200全米アルバムチャート最高４位。現在全米のみで100万枚突破。2024年２月現在,全米アルバムチャートで今なお200位以内にランクインし続けている名盤。 個人的に2024年に入ってから次作の”The Slow Rush”から聴き始めて本作は遡って聴いた。正直、本作の方が次作よりも曲調に起伏があって、楽曲の質やアレンジ、造り込みも良く練られてしっかりしている印象。 次作は一辺倒的にシンセサイザー主体でアルバムが統一されている。それはそれで聴いてて心地良いけど、曲調に余り変化がなく引っ掛かるモノも少ない。それに比べると本作は１曲１曲にメリハリと変化があって飽きにくい。正直、個人的にはコレがサイケって感じなのか？イマイチわからないけど。 聴き始めた当初はアングラ的な一部のマイナーなアーティストだと思っていたけど、既にある程度の認知度を世界的に広めていたのにも驚いた。 しかも本作がリリースされてから2024年２月時点で9年程経過しているけど、未だに全米でロングセラーを続けている事に更に驚いている。

２０１２年にリリースされたセカンド 「Lonerism」が 第56回グラミー賞で「最優秀オルタナティヴ・ミュージック・アルバム」にノミネートNMEの年間 ベストアルバム 第1位を獲得、 ピッチフォークでは年間ベスト第4位を獲得するなど 世界的に売れた 「テーム・インパラ」が満を持してリリースしたサード・アルバム 前作「ローナイズム」は 中期ビートルズ似のサウンドが持ち味で 「ジョン・レンン似の声（ケヴィン）」に 哀愁サイケ・ロックとでも言える メロディックな楽曲にサイケ時代の 「ザ・バーズ」に 「クリーム」そして 「ビートルズ」の中期の楽曲 「I Am the Walrus」や 「TomorrowNever Knows」が飛び出してきた素晴らしいアルバムでした。 本アルバム 「カレンツ」は前作 「ローナイズム」より実験的ではなくより聴きやすくなっていると思いますがそこがイイのか悪いのかは 聞き手の判断に任せるしかないですが全体的に メロディックな楽曲が多くて曲によっては フィリー・ソウルなフィーリングソングも聴けますし 全編、ソフトな サイケ・サウンドがアルバムを覆っています。 サウンドはヴォコーダーと ドラムマシンにシンセサイザーが中心でギターが鳴っていないのが 唯一の不満かな、そこを除けば サイケ・サウンドなのに メロディックで聴きやすいですし 粒ぞろいの楽曲は聴きこむ価値ありです。

今年を代表するアルバムだと思いますね。素晴らしさの塊。何処から切っても良い味が出てます。ボーナスディスクはオマケです。本編が凄すぎて凄すぎて。ねぇ。あなた。

i got this for my boyfriends birthday, haven’t given it to him yet so it hasn’t been opened but so far in its packaging it looks to be in great condition and at a great price.

El 3er album de estudio de Tame Impala no podía bajar el listón de sus predecesores "Innerspeaker" (2010) y "Lonerism" (2012). Con temazos algo más electrónicos y psicodélicos que los de Lonerism, Kevin Parker ha demostrado que el nombre de su grupo debe estar en la cima de la música alternativa actual, con una fama que crece exponencialmente. Desde mi punto de vista, aunque no sea mi álbum favorito de los tres, las transiciones entre los temas son brutales, siendo algo distinto de los otros dos discos. Respecto a la edición, compré el LP de segunda mano de importcds, y pensé que iba a estar deteriorado o algo, y me vino PRECINTADO. Los vinilos tienen las pegatinas un poco rotas, pero por los 9,80 más 2,99 de envío (los de importcds podrían dejarte pedir más de un vinilo en ese envío pero no lo hacen) está genial. Los dos discos vienen en una funda gatefold mate, con una funda amarilla y una morada. El vinilo no es de 180g, pero se escucha bien. La versión que me enviaron a mí no es la de Fiction, sino la de Interscope Records (la que lleva este vinilo en EEUU), por lo que la edición que cuesta 26 euros que vende Amazon.es puede ser distinta. [...] Aquí os dejo un link con todas las ediciones del vinilo. No creo que Amazon.es venda la edición limitada, de un vinilo amarillo y otro morado, pero la edición que me llegó está bastante bien. Es muy parecida a la del Innerspeaker.

Très jolie album et groupe australien, un très beaux cadeaux de Noël pour les amateurs de disques vinyles et passionnés de musique

Okay, so I've listened to Tame Impala's excellent new album Currents several times now. Like everyday, twice a day, since last Friday. I can say very confidently that it's a masterpiece. Kevin Parker has finally decided he no longer has to make albums that sound like they're being performed by a crusty crew of long-haired, bearded psych dudes jammin' on a weed and lager high. He's succumbed to the idea -or realization- that he himself is just as much a producer as he is a singer in a rock band. Since the beginning he's recorded Tame Impala records by himself, with the same old equipment, with the same idea in mind which is writing great, catchy pop songs. But he did so in a way where those songs could still be looked at as a band and not just Kevin Parker. Currents marks the point in Mr. Parker's musical career where he gave in to the idea that he's an amazing studio svengali that can manipulate sound and instrument into something that's both retro and futuristic. He needn't worry about creating the illusion of a "band" jammin'. Working with Mark Ronson must've given him the push he needed to fully commit to his studio and songwriting prowess. Sure, a broken heart always helps things along, too. This is his skewered pop epic. Currents is a classic pop record. A classic rock record. It's just a classic. The songs? "Let It Happen" is a nearly 8 minute kinetic, anxiety-soaked, dance track that pulsates urgency and the vibe of "when it happens, let it happen." There seems to be a million things happening in this song, yet it never feels overindulgent. It seems to encapsulate everything about Tame Impala that I've grown to love about them(or him.) "The Moment" could be a b-side from Thriller. I could so completely hear Michael Jackson singing this great track. All the studio trickery with delays, echoes, and ethereal synths are here, but Parker's voice is much more in the center and pulled up for us to hear. It's a much more clear-eyed approach to a Tame Impala tune that we haven't heard before. "Yes I'm Changing" is pretty much an all out ballad. A song about coming to grips with the idea we don't always stay the same. People grow apart and that's that. Parker has tinkered with sentiment before, but here he's embracing it completely. "Eventually" has an "It Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" vibe to it, if you threw in some 80s Genesis on top and coated it with some powdered sugar. One of my absolute favorite tracks is the sublime "The Less I Know The Better". For me, this song epitomizes a childhood of sitting in the backseat of my mom and dad's 1984 Honda Accord and those rides being soundtracked by early 80s FM radio. The electric piano, the wurlitzer, the disco-lite beat, and the falsetto are throwbacks to a time in pop music that is looked back upon as cheesy and processed; yet Parker seems to make it relevant and poignant. This song is about as perfect a pop track as they come. "Disciples" comes in and out of the speakers in less than 2 minutes but it's classic a classic psych rock guitar track. "Cause I'm A Man" is a skewed slow jam. THC-fueled R&B. "Reality In Motion" sounds like something Parker may have penned for Melody Prochet but decided to keep it for himself. "New Person, Same Old Mistakes" feels like a mantra put to stark pop bliss. It's slow, loping drum beat and intricately placed musical easter eggs make for some great headphone listening. Currents does something quite fantastical in that it takes the uncool and makes it cool again. Those cheesy electric piano sounds you heard in Richard Marx songs in the mid-80s? Well they're not cheesy anymore. Kevin Parker takes the uncool and makes it vital. Currents is a pop record from another dimension. A dimension where Kevin Parker co-wrote "Billie Jean" with Michael Jackson and smoked up with Alan Parsons. It's one of the best records of the year.

Simplesmente impecável! A entrega foi muito rápida, o produto chegou antes do esperado e muito bem embalado, com todo o cuidado necessário para proteger um item tão especial. A caixa veio em perfeito estado, sem amassados ou qualquer tipo de dano, e o entregador foi muito atencioso durante a entrega. Quanto ao vinil, não poderia estar mais satisfeito. A edição é linda, os discos vieram em perfeito estado e toda a apresentação faz jus à qualidade do álbum. Currents é uma verdadeira obra-prima do Tame Impala, a experiência de ouvir esse álbum no vinil é ainda mais especial, com um som envolvente e uma qualidade excelente. Estou extremamente satisfeito com a compra. Produto impecável, entrega excelente e um álbum simplesmente incrível. Recomendo sem pensar duas vezes para qualquer fã da banda e para quem aprecia uma boa coleção de vinis.