| 词条 | The Serpent Is Rising | ||||||
| 释义 |
| name = The Serpent Is Rising | type = Album | artist = Styx | cover = Styx - The Serpent Is Rising.jpg | alt = | released = October 1973 | recorded = 1973 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago; St. James Cathedral, Chicago | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|hard rock}} | length = 40:07 | label = Wooden Nickel | producer = Styx, Barry Mraz | prev_title = Styx II | prev_year = 1973 | next_title = Man of Miracles | next_year = 1974 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Serpent Is Rising | type = studio | single1 = Winner Take All | single1date = 1973 }} }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [1] | rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev2Score = {{Rating|1|5}} [2] | noprose = yes }} The Serpent Is Rising is the third album by American band Styx, released in October 1973, a mere three months after their previous album Styx II in July 1973. The album was reissued in 1980 with new artwork and a new title, Serpent.[3] The album peaked at #192 on the Billboard 200, their second-lowest charting album, and as of 2007 has sold fewer than 100,000 copies worldwide.[4] Songs and receptionDescribed as a loose concept album, The Serpent Is Rising contains a number of sexual innuendos. The proggish "title track" was written by John Curulewski, is about the serpent beginning to rise. Musically, it has some King Crimson influence especially on their debut album. The baroque prog "The Grove of Eglantine" written by DeYoung was about a women's vagina. It has some harpsichord and accordion, to give a British/European sound. The screaming spoken word "Krakatoa" by Curulewski features a ending glissando and it was taken from a Beaver and Krause track called "Spaced" in 1970, which they were credited on the album and later it made famous from the THX audio Deep Note and the song was named for the volcano event of the same name in 1883.[5] The acoustic bluesy track "As Bad as This" by Curulewski has a hidden track called "Plexiglas Toilet" which is a calypso humor about a boy who is sitting on a Plexiglass toilet and having problems. The track features only Curulewski and the Panozzo Brothers. The song was played on the Dr. Demento radio show and "Weird Al" Yankovic supposedly loved it.[6] The album also include James Young rockers "Witch Wolf" and "Young Man", and the upbeat rock and roll "Winner Take All" written by DeYoung and sung by Young. The boogie rock track "22 Years" was written by Curulewski but sung as a duet by DeYoung and Young. In the outro it features the producer and president of Wooden Nickel records Bill Traut on saxophone. The prog rocker "Jonas Psalter" was written by DeYoung and sung by Young. Lyrically, it was about pirates. Musically, it has elements of the contemporary sound of Yes, and also featured Moog Synthesizer. The album finished with Handel's Hallelujah classical piece, features all the band members singing and DeYoung played a pipe organ on cathedral in Chicago. Styx considers The Serpent Is Rising to be their worst recording. Dennis DeYoung is indirectly quoted as saying it was "one of the worst recorded and produced in the history of music."[7][8] Track listing{{Track listing| headline = Side one | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Witch Wolf | writer1 = James Young, Ray Brandle | extra1 = Young | length1 = 3:57 | title2 = The Grove of Eglantine | writer2 = Dennis DeYoung | extra2 = DeYoung | length2 = 5:00 | title3 = Young Man | writer3 = J. Young, Richard Young | extra3 = Young | length3 = 4:45 | title4 = As Bad as This"
| writer4 = John Curulewski | extra4 = Curulewski | length4 = 6:10 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Winner Take All | writer1 = DeYoung, Charles Lofrano | extra1 = Young | length1 = 3:10 | title2 = 22 Years | writer2 = Curulewski | extra2 = DeYoung, Young | length2 = 3:39 | title3 = Jonas Psalter | writer3 = DeYoung | extra3 = Young | length3 = 4:41 | title4 = The Serpent Is Rising | writer4 = Curulewski, Lofrano | extra4 = Curulewski | length4 = 4:55 | title5 = Krakatoa | writer5 = Curulewski, Paul Beaver, Bernard L. Krause | extra5 = Curulewski | length5 = 1:36 | title6 = Hallelujah Chorus | note6 = from George Frideric Handel Messiah | writer6 = Handel | extra6 = DeYoung, Young, Curulewski, C. Panozzo, J. Panozzo | length6 = 2:14 }} PersonnelStyx
Additional personnel
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ChartsAlbum - Billboard (United States)
References1. ^{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19285|tab=review|last=Planer|first=Lindsay|accessdate=June 20, 2011}} 2. ^{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 789 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA789&lpg=PA789&dq=rolling+stone+styx+album+guide&source=bl&ots=BiNgpm6OV6&sig=y8-CTwtIam94_SZXS4KtMqhZ0ec&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z5IVUfelPK-C0QHakYDYAg&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stone%20styx%20album%20guide&f=false}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Styx - Serpent |url=https://www.discogs.com/Styx-Serpent/release/2834676 |website=Discogs |accessdate=11 July 2018 |language=en}} 4. ^{{cite book |last1=Harrigan |first1=Brian |title=H.M.-- A-Z |date=1980 |publisher=Bobcat Books |isbn=9780860019282 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.bg/books?id=MzNN9WOSMLsC&q=bad+albums+serpent+is+rising&dq=bad+albums+serpent+is+rising&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_0PyarJfcAhUCDSwKHSvYDMEQ6AEIMzAC |language=en}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=THX logo theme song... an observation? |url=https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/thx-logo-theme-song-an-observation.674150/ |website=Steve Hoffman Music Forums |accessdate=10 March 2019 |date= 30 May 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web |title='Weird Al': 5 Songs to Scare the Neighbors |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/weird-al-5-songs-to-scare-the-neighbors-80140/ |website=Rolling Stone |accessdate=10 March 2019 |date=16 March 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=Bob |title=Vinyl Cave: "The Serpent is Rising" by Styx |url=https://isthmus.com/music/vinyl-cave/vinyl-cave-the-serpent-is-rising-by-styx/ |website=Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin |accessdate=11 July 2018 |language=en-us |date=8 January 2011}} 8. ^{{cite book |last1=Whitaker |first1=Sterling |title=The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized True Story of Styx |date=2006 |publisher=S. Whitaker |isbn=9781419653537 |page=142 |url=https://books.google.bg/books?id=39mrwdXo71YC&dq=the+grand+delusion+book+%22worst+recorded+and+produced%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ2IGrqpfcAhVBEJoKHQ1AD4EQ6AEIMTAB |accessdate=11 July 2018 |language=en}} External links
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