| 词条 | Stormcock (album) |
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| name = Stormcock | type = Album | artist = Roy Harper | cover = Stormcock.JPG | alt = | released = May 1971 | recorded = July 1 – December 20, 1970 Abbey Road Studios, London | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive folk, folk baroque | length = 41:25 | label = Harvest SHVL 789, Chrysalis CHR 1161, Science Friction HUCD004, HUCD047 | producer = Peter Jenner | prev_title = Flat Baroque and Berserk | prev_year = 1970 | next_title = Lifemask | next_year = 1973 }}{{Album ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[1] }} Stormcock is the fifth album by English folk/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released in 1971 by Harvest Records and is widely considered his best record.[2][3]HistoryHarper was inspired by a trip to, and time spent in, Big Sur, California. "Me And My Woman" is a love song backed by David Bedford's orchestral arrangements (Bedford would also collaborate on some of Harper's later releases). "Hors D’Oeuvres" was inspired by the fate of Caryl Chessman who spent nearly 12 years on death row – at the time the longest ever in the United States – before being executed in a gas chamber in May 1960. "One Man Rock And Roll Band" is a critique on the pointlessness of violence. "Same Old Rock" is an attack on government, the history of war, and organized religion featuring both guitar work and a final intense solo by Jimmy Page.[4] The album's four extended songs showcase Harper's talents, both as a songwriter and guitarist. But, Stormcock "...epitomized a hybrid genre that had no exclusive purveyors save Harper — epic progressive acoustic.".[1] At the time, the album was not particularly well promoted by Harper's record label. Harper later stated: {{quote|They hated Stormcock. No singles. No way of promoting it on the radio. They said there wasn't any money to market it. Stormcock dribbled out.[5]}} Nonetheless, Stormcock would remain a favourite album of critics and Harper's fans. In October 2013 NME placed Stormcock at 377 in their list of "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time"[6] Although Jimmy Page performs on the album, he was credited as "S. Flavius Mercurius" for contractual reasons. InfluenceIn 2006, 35 years after its initial release, fellow Mancunian Johnny Marr of English alternative rock band The Smiths said: {{quote|If ever there was a secret weapon of a record it would be Stormcock. I don’t know why it’s such a secret. If anyone thinks it might be a collection of lovely songs by some twee old folkie then they’d be mistaken. It's intense and beautiful and clever: [Bowie's] Hunky Dory's big, badder brother.[7][8]}} Joanna Newsom cited Stormcock as an influence upon her 2006 release Ys[9] and in 2011, Robin Pecknold of Seattle, Washington-based folk band Fleet Foxes stated that he took inspiration from Stormcock when recording Fleet Foxes second album Helplessness Blues. TitleThe album's title, Stormcock, is an old English name for the Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus). The male of this species "is most vocal in the early morning" and has a "tendency to sing after, and sometimes during, wet and windy weather" which "led to the name "Stormcock"". It is also, perhaps, a metaphor for Harper himself.{{clarification needed|date=May 2018}} {{citation needed|date=May 2018}} Harper has an appreciation of birdlife and has made reference to many birds within songs on his albums. Digital remasterThe album was digitally remastered in 2007. The package included in a 20-page case-bound booklet with new pictures, prose and poetry, and Page's name was added to the album's credits. Track listing{{Tracklist| all_writing = Roy Harper | headline = Side One | title1 = Hors D’Oeuvres | length1 = 8:37 | title2 = The Same Old Rock | length2 = 12:24 }}{{Tracklist | headline = Side Two | title3 = One Man Rock and Roll Band | length3 = 7:23 | title4 = Me and My Woman | length4 = 13:01 }} Personnel
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stormcock-mw0000204229|title=Stormcock - Roy Harper - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=7 December 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/jan/26/jon-savage-roy-harper|title=Jon Savage on song: Roy Harper serves up Hors D'Oeuvres|first=Jon|last=Savage|date=26 January 2011|accessdate=7 December 2018|website=Theguardian.com}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/frickes-picks-hats-off-to-harper-90892/|title=Fricke’s Picks: Hats Off to Harper|first1=David|last1=Fricke|first2=David|last2=Fricke|date=26 September 2008|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=7 December 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/24458/roy-harper-10-greatest-albums|title=Roy Harper|website=Mojo4music.com|accessdate=7 December 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/13/roy-harper-songs-of-love-and-loss|title=Roy Harper: 'I fought like hell to stay alive'|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|date=13 October 2011|accessdate=7 December 2018|website=Theguardian.com}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm|title=NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013|website=Rocklistmusic.co.uk|accessdate=7 December 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/oct/06/popandrock1|title=Music's secret weapons|date=6 October 2006|accessdate=7 December 2018|website=Theguardian.com}} 8. ^ {{dead link|date=December 2018}} 9. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.mark-guarino.com/harp/117-joanna-newsom|website=Mark-guarino.com|title= Joanna Newsom:Strings Attached|author= Mark Guarino|date=December 2006|accessdate=2015-12-04}} External links
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