| 词条 | Defector (Steve Hackett album) |
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| name = Defector | type = studio | artist = Steve Hackett | cover = Defector album cover.jpg | alt = | released = June 1980 | recorded = Spring 1980 | venue = | studio = Wessex Sound Studios (Highbury, London) | genre = Progressive rock | length = 36:52 | label = Charisma | producer = {{flatlist|
}} | prev_title = Spectral Mornings | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Cured | next_year = 1981 }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[1] | rev2 = | rev2Score = }} Defector is the fourth studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett, released in June 1980 on Charisma Records. After touring in support of his previous album, Spectral Mornings (1979), Hackett took his band into Wessex Sound Studios to record a follow-up. Many Hackett fans consider this, to be the last album from his classic solo period. The album remains Hackett's highest charting album on the UK Albums Chart, reaching No. 9. "The Show" was released as a single. In 2005, Defector was remastered and re-released on Virgin Records. The new edition features updated liner notes and five bonus tracks. A surround mix was included in the Premonitions: The Charisma Recordings 1975–1983 box set. BackgroundBy early 1980, Hackett had finished touring his previous album, Spectral Mornings (1979) which at the time of release, became his strongest selling album. Hackett wanted to capitalise on the commercial momentum he had achieved by rehearsing new material for a follow-up with his touring band prior to recording it in a studio. This way, he could finish it quickly and resume touring.[2] Hackett found new sources of inspiration in his writing, specifically the 1970 political drama film The Conformist as a model for the imagery that he conjured in his mind and uses to write songs.[3] He had spent Christmas of 1979 in Washington, D.C. which resulted in "more and more thoughts about less romantic things". "Slogans" reminded him of an out of control vehicle, and thought of "a mob feel; something run riot", futuristic, and propaganda themes.[3] Though the album is a collection of songs, Hackett described its underlying theme: "There's a lot of heavy kind of claustrophobic kind of feelings from the idea of someone being trapped in a situation (in the broadest sense of the word) and having to move away to something else, somewhere else, somebody else... I see it more in terms of 'Defector' as a metaphor really and music as the supreme language of methaphor".[5] RecordingDefector was recorded in the spring of 1980 at Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, north London. As the material was already rehearsed, Hackett noted that recording was quickly done, yet without cutting corners on the production as he had typically spent more time "getting things right" in the past.[2] Following its release, Hackett had become increasingly aware of the musical direction of his past albums, and aimed for his next one to sound "less monumental".[4][2]For the first time Hackett include a B-side song that featured on the single "The Show", and he wrote with Pete Hicks, the raucous "Hercules Unchained" which featured heavy guitar riff in the style of Hard Rock, staccato vocals, brief vocoder and powerful drumming from John Shearer. SongsSide oneThe album starts with the "The Steppes" which is a blistering evocation of the windswept landscape that occupies so much of the Eastern Bloc of the same name. Musically, it has a flute intro followed by thunderous drumming, dark chords and repeated guitar and keyboards. "Time to Get Out" is about an examination of Cold War paranoia and the contrast between the drug-fuelled West and the vodka-fuelled East in the lyrics. Musically, it's an upbeat song with 3 part harmonies and joyful keyboards sound. "Slogans" is an evocation of the madness of political ideologies both wonderfully depicted in this musical nightmare. It also featured Nick Magnus who used a vocoder through the song followed by Steve's guitar Tapping harmony with the keyboards, and a humorously phrase through the vocoder "Beware the mighty Magnatron". The ballad "Leaving" brings the experiences of the "Defector" character vividly to life as he/she arrives in the West and experiences what must be truly confusing sensations that such a culture shock must bring. Musically, it featured an 12-string guitar melody, double-tracking vocals from Pete Hicks and Dik Cadbury, and a short flute solo that refain to the same melody on the opening track. "Two Vamps As Guests", is the final nod to the East and is a marvelous classically inspired homage to the great musical masters of Russia and echoes of Tchaikovsky in particular. It is a typical classical solo guitar by Hackett. Side twoSide 2, opens with the jazzy "Jacuzzi" that heralds the arrival in the West and all sound and fury really signifying nothing. It featured a flute solo by John Hackett along with guitar and keyboards melodies. "Hammer In The Sand" featured a piano solo by Nick Magnus with Steve's Roland Guitar Synthesizer. Magnus played a Bösendorfer piano in the style of Rachmaninoff and also a mellotron for the strings. "The Toast" is about drinking self pity that is something we have all experienced at one point or another. Musically, it's a ballad with a 3-part harmonies, 12-string guitar and a flute solo in the middle of the song. "The Show" is an unusual style for Hackett, he used a Pop/Disco commercial sound, that he released as a single. It featured, a funky bass line, synthesizer hooks, guitar fills and percussion. Lyrically, it is about a trials and pleasures of life in the "Rock ‘n' Roll Circus". The album finishes with the song "Sentimental Institution" which he co-wrote with Pete Hicks. It has a humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, which is about a confidence trickster worming his way into women's affections with. Musically, Hackett used an unusual instrument called Optigan which he recorded the song in the studio's men restroom to give a 40's big band/swing style along with scratching record sound effect and Pete Hicks sang with a crooner voice. ReleaseDefector reached No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart, and remains Hackett's highest charting album in the UK. "The Show" was released as a single, but failed to the charts. Hackett supported the album with a sell-out UK tour[5]In additional, he performed for the first time as a solo artist in North America. Track listingAll songs written by Steve Hackett, except where indicated.[10] Side 1
Side 2
2005 Remaster Bonus Tracks
2016 Remaster Bonus Tracks and DVD - New Pseudo 5.1 Surround Sound Up-mix From The Original Stereo Master Tapes
PersonnelCredits taken from the album's 1980 liner notes.[6]
References1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r8809 |title=Defector – Steve Hackett | AllMusic |first=Michael P. |last=Dawson |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=25 July 2011}} {{Steve Hackett}}2. ^1 2 {{cite magazine|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/hackett-no-boots-shock-sounds-5th-july/|title=Hackett 'no boots' shock|date=5 July 1980|first=Hugh|last=Fielder|page=26|magazine=Sounds|accessdate=9 September 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite magazine|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/international-musician-recording-world-february-1981-steve-hackett-feature/|title=Beyond Genesis: Steve Hackett on his own|date=February 1981|first=Susan|last=Alexander|magazine=International Musician & Recording World|accessdate=9 September 2018}} 4. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/record-mirror-sleepy-steve-interview-12th-july/|title=Sleepy Steve|date=12 July 1980|first=Daniela|last=Soave|page=28|magazine=Record Mirror|accessdate=9 September 2018}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/defector-press-kit/|title=Steve Hackett – Defector – Press kit|pages=2–6|date=1980|publisher=Charisma Records|accessdate=9 September 2018}} 6. ^1 {{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Hackett-Defector/release/2105694|title=Defector|year=1980|id=CDS 4018|publisher=Charisma Records}} 3 : 1980 albums|Steve Hackett albums|Charisma Records albums |
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