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词条 Witching Hour
释义

  1. Production

  2. Release

  3. Singles

  4. Critical reception

  5. Track listing

  6. Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare)

  7. Personnel

  8. Charts

  9. Release history

  10. References

{{About|the Ladytron album||Witching hour (disambiguation)}}{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}}{{Infobox album
| name = Witching Hour
| type = studio
| artist = Ladytron
| cover = Ladytron - Witching Hour album cover.png
| border = yes
| released = {{Start date|2005|10|3|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2004
| studio =
  • Elevator (Liverpool, England)
  • Sahara Sound (London, England)

| genre =
  • Synth-pop[1]
  • shoegaze[2]

| length = {{duration|m=51|s=11}}
| language = {{flatlist|
  • English
  • Bulgarian

}}
| label = Island
| producer =
  • Jim Abbiss
  • Ladytron

| prev_title = Softcore Jukebox
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Extended Play
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Witching Hour
| type = studio
| single1 = Sugar
| single1date = 20 June 2005
| single2 = Destroy Everything You Touch
| single2date = 19 September 2005
| single3 = Weekend
| single3date = 2005
| single4 = Soft Power
| single4date = 2007
}}
}}

Witching Hour is the third studio album by English electronic music band Ladytron. It was released on 3 October 2005 by Island Records. The album was promoted by four singles: "Sugar", "Destroy Everything You Touch", "Weekend" and "Soft Power".

Witching Hour received mostly positive reviews and reached number 81 on the UK Albums Chart. This album ranked at number 23 on Pitchfork{{'}}s "Top 50 Albums of 2005",[3] and at number 48 on NME{{'}}s "Albums and Tracks of the Year 2005".[4] In 2015, it featured on NME's list "50 Still-Awesome Albums That Made 2005 a Dynamite Year For Music".[5] As of February 2008, the album had sold 50,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[6]

Production

Ladytron began working on demos for Witching Hour immediately after concluding Light & Magic tour with a homecoming gig in Liverpool in September 2003, where they were supported by Franz Ferdinand.[7] Within a few months, they had mapped out the entire record.[7]

By the time they were ready to start recording in April 2004, their UK label Telstar Records had gone into administration.[7] Their US label, Emperor Norton, also had problems: the company was purchased by Rykodisc in 2004 and was then shut down later that year, with Rykodisc inheriting its back catalogue.

The band announced on 7 December 2004 that they signed to Island Records.[8] By June 2004, the album was ready, except mixed.[7]

This album was recorded in 2004 at Elevator Studios in Liverpool, and it was produced by Ladytron and Jim Abbiss. They also had two collaborators: Pop Levi played bass and Keith York played drums.

In a 2005 interview for XLR8R, Daniel Hunt shared some information about the equipment used on Witching Hour: "most of the bassy riffs are a Roland SH-2 or a Korg MS-20. Reuben especially likes sticking his Korg MS-10 through Electro Harmonix boxes and fattening them up. For the poly stuff, we used Farfisa organs and Solina string machines–basically the same stuff we've used all along, but we probably treated it a bit rougher. We also used a load of the producer's toys as well–Reuben's got an ARP 2600, which you can sit around with for a full day trying to get something useful out of and fail, and the next day you switch it on and it'll automatically make something genius. I've got this really shit, five-pound, sub-Casio keyboard that I got off this trader; the chords for 'International Dateline' were written on that. It's good to have that kind of gear. The shit toys can end up being quite inspirational".[7]

Regarding their approach as producers, he also added: "our approach goes back to the whole Eno/Bowie Low thing – the treatments are as important as the synths. We like to confuse synths and guitars quite a lot–there are some things people hear they assume is a guitar that's a synth and vice versa. On the last album, there were guitars all over 'Cease2xist' and a few of the other songs, but they were treated in a way that people didn't recognize them".[7]

Release

Witching Hour was released on 3 October 2005 in the United Kingdom by Island Records and on 4 October 2005 in Europe by Universal Music Group and United States by Rykodisc.

The initial pressings included at the end of the album, an untitled 9 minutes and 3 seconds track of complete silence, not listed on back of jewel case insert. Some editions didn't include the instrumental "CMYK". The silence and the omission of "CMYK" makes the album exactly one hour long, as a nod to the album's title.

Island also released a limited edition containing a bonus DVD with the music videos of "Seventeen", "Sugar", "Destroy Everything You Touch", and the documentary Once Upon a Time in the East: Ladytron in China, detailing highlights of their 2004 tour across China.[9]

Major Records released on 5 April 2007 in Europe a special edition of the album, including a bonus disc with remixes and B-sides. So Sweet Records did the same on 5 November 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United States, with a different bonus disc.

The album was re-released by Nettwerk on 18 January 2011 in the United States and on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom. This edition included four additional remixes.

Singles

{{Listen|filename = Ladytron Destroy Everything You Touch.ogg|title = "Destroy Everything You Touch"}}

Four singles were released from Witching Hour: "Sugar" on 20 June 2005, "Destroy Everything You Touch" on 19 September 2005, "Weekend" in 2005, and "Soft Power" in 2007. "International Dateline" was issued as a promotional single in 2005. "Destroy Everything You Touch" reached number 42 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest position a Ladytron single has reached to date. It also became the band's best known song.

The album was also promoted by two music videos: "Sugar" (directed by Andy Roberts) and "Destroy Everything You Touch" (directed by Adam Bartley). The unfinished video for "International Dateline" was rediscovered and finished by Daniel Hunt in 2012, and premiered on 22 February 2013.[10] According to Daniel Hunt, the band wanted to make a video for "Soft Power", but the plans were abandoned.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
| MC = 78/100[16]
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[11]
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2Score = Favourable[12]
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[13]
| rev4 = musicOMH
| rev4Score = Favourable[14]
| rev5 = Pitchfork
| rev5Score = 8.3/10[15]
| rev6 = Playlouder
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[16]
| rev7 = PopMatters
| rev7Score = 8/10[17]
| rev8 = Stylus Magazine
| rev8Score = B+[18]
| rev10 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev10score = {{rating|4.5|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}[19]
}}Witching Hour received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[20] Mark Pytlik of Pitchfork described the album as "the most urgent and immediate of their career" and also as a "quantum leap record".[15] Edward Oculicz of Stylus Magazine wrote that "those who have loved Ladytron's move toward a mix of harsher electro and lighter pop elements will find this a welcome progression, and seemingly a natural one, too".[18] Heather Phares of AllMusic commented that "Witching Hour is the album that Ladytron always seemed capable of, and its dark, dreamy-yet-catchy spell makes it the band's most sophisticated, and best, work to date".[11]The Guardian described the album as "their most humane work, with abrasive atmospherics akin to those of My Bloody Valentine".[13] Keith Phipps of The A.V. Club felt that "The Witching Hour doesn't vary much from the pattern established by its predecessors, but it's every bit as beguiling".[12] Adrien Begrand of PopMatters stated, "while Witching Hour has the band sounding more adventurous, there's a consistency to the tracks that holds it all together".[17] NME described the album as "a record that rather makes one want to have sex".[20] Kate Collier of Prefix Magazine wrote that "Ladytron's greatest accomplishment here is the atmosphere of cool beauty it creates immediately and maintains to the finish. It's rare for an album to transport you so fully onto its own terrain, and Witching Hour is a worthwhile retreat".[21]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| title1 = High Rise
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
  • Daniel Hunt
  • Helen Marnie
  • Reuben Wu

}}
| length1 = 4:54
| title2 = Destroy Everything You Touch
| writer2 = Hunt
| length2 = 4:36
| title3 = International Dateline
| writer3 = Hunt
| length3 = 4:17
| title4 = Soft Power
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
  • Hunt
  • Wu

}}
| length4 = 5:19
| title5 = CMYK
| writer5 = Wu
| length5 = 1:49
| title6 = AMTV
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
  • Mira Aroyo
  • Hunt

}}
| length6 = 3:26
| title7 = Sugar
| writer7 = Hunt
| length7 = 2:50
| title8 = Fighting in Built Up Areas
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
  • Aroyo
  • Hunt
  • Marnie
  • Wu

}}
| length8 = 3:59
| title9 = The Last One Standing
| writer9 = {{flatlist|
  • Aroyo
  • Hunt
  • Marnie
  • Wu

}}
| length9 = 3:11
| title10 = Weekend
| writer10 = Hunt
| length10 = 3:57
| title11 = Beauty*2
| writer11 = Marnie
| length11 = 4:23
| title12 = Whitelightgenerator
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
  • Aroyo
  • Hunt
  • Marnie
  • Wu

}}
| length12 = 3:59
| title13 = All the Way...
| writer13 = Hunt
| length13 = 4:08
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Untitled silence track on initial pressings
| title13 = Untitled
| length13 = 9:03
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = European special edition bonus disc
| title1 = High Rise
| note1 = Club Mix
| length1 = 6:08
| title2 = Nothing to Hide
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = Weekend
| note3 = James Iha Mix
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = Citadel
| length4 = 3:48
| title5 = Tender Talons
| length5 = 3:28
| title6 = Last One Standing
| note6 = Shipps & Tait Mix
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = Soft Power
| note7 = Ebon's Strong Weakness Mix
| length7 = 5:39
| title8 = International Dateline
| note8 = Harmonium Session
| length8 = 4:18
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = UK and US special editions bonus disc
| title1 = Soft Power
| note1 = Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix
| length1 = 6:48
| title2 = Soft Power
| note2 = Loz & Brendan Long Remix
| length2 = 7:39
| title3 = International Dateline
| note3 = Simian Mobile Disco Remix
| length3 = 5:42
| title4 = Destroy Everything You Touch
| note4 = Hot Chip Remix
| length4 = 6:52
| title5 = Weekend
| note5 = James Iha Remix
| length5 = 4:04
| title6 = High Rise
| note6 = Ladytron Club Remix
| length6 = 6:11
| title7 = Sugar
| note7 = Jagz Kooner Remix
| length7 = 5:27
| title8 = Destroy Everything You Touch
| note8 = Playgroup Vocal Edit
| length8 = 5:27
| title9 = Nothing to Hide
| length9 = 3:53
| title10 = Citadel
| length10 = 3:56
| title11 = Tender Talons
| length11 = 3:31
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Nettwerk reissue bonus tracks
| title14 = Sugar
| note14 = Archigram Remix
| length14 = 6:14
| title15 = International Dateline
| note15 = Simian Mobile Disco Remix
| length15 = 5:20
| title16 = Destroy Everything You Touch
| note16 = Hot Chip Remix
| length16 = 6:49
| title17 = Soft Power
| note17 = Vicarious Bliss Gutter Remix
| length17 = 6:45
}}

Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare)

On 20 December 2011, Nettwerk released a compilation of remixes, B-sides and rarities titled Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare). The cover is the negative of the Witching Hour cover.

{{Track listing
| title1 = International Dateline
| note1 = Simian Mobile Disco Remix
| length1 = 5:40
| title2 = Weekend
| note2 = James Iha Mix
| length2 = 4:02
| title3 = Soft Power
| note3 = Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix
| length3 = 6:46
| title4 = Destroy Everything You Touch
| note4 = Hot Chip Remix Edit
| length4 = 6:50
| title5 = Sugar
| note5 = Archigram Remix
| length5 = 6:12
| title6 = Citadel
| length6 = 3:54
| title7 = Nothing to Hide
| length7 = 3:51
| title8 = Soft Power
| note8 = Loz & Brendan Long Remix
| length8 = 7:37
| title9 = High Rise
| note9 = Club Mix
| length9 = 6:09
| title10 = Destroy Everything You Touch
| note10 = Playgroup Vocal Edit
| length10 = 5:25
| title11 = Tender Talons
| length11 = 3:31
}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Witching Hour.[22]

{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Ladytron
  • Helen Marnie
  • Mira Aroyo
  • Reuben Wu
  • Daniel Hunt
Additional musicians
  • Keith York - drums (uncredited)
  • Pop Levi – bass (uncredited)[23][24]
{{col-2}}Technical
  • Jim Abbiss – production
  • Ladytron – production
Artwork
  • Burneverything.co.uk – design, illustration
  • Mira Aroyo – photograph
  • Dean Chalkley – band photograph
{{col-end}}

Charts

{{albumchart|Scotland|81|date=20051009|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 February 2016}}{{albumchart|UK2|81|date=20051009|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 December 2018}}{{albumchart|UKDance|2|date=20051009|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 February 2016}}{{albumchart|BillboardDanceElectronic|7|artist=Ladytron|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 February 2016}}{{albumchart|BillboardIndependent|40|artist=Ladytron|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 February 2016}}{{albumchart|BillboardHeatseekers|32|artist=Ladytron|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 February 2016}}
Chart (2005)Peak
position

Release history

RegionDateEditionLabel{{abbr|Ref.|Reference
United Kingdom 3 October 2005Standard Island[25]
Germany4 October 2005 Universal Music[26]
United States Rykodisc[27]
Germany 5 April 2007Special Major[28]
United Kingdom 5 November 2007 So Sweet[29]
Germany1 September 2009Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare)
{{small|(digital only)}}		{{flatlist|
  • Redbird
  • Cobraside

}}		[30]
United Kingdom[31]
United States[32]
United States 18 January 2011ReissueNettwerk[33]
United Kingdom 24 January 2011[34]

References

1. ^{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Liz |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/06/velocifero.html |title=Ladytron: Velocifero |work=Paste |date=3 June 2018 |accessdate=13 December 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/velocifero-mw0000786627 |title=Velocifero – Ladytron |work=AllMusic |accessdate=13 December 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6222-top-50-albums-of-2005/3/ |title=Staff Lists: Top 50 Albums of 2005 - Features |website=Pitchfork.com}}
4. ^{{cite web |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year for 2002 |url=http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/2005|website=Nme.com}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/50-still-awesome-albums-that-made-2005-a-dynamite-year-for-music/375318 |title=50 Still-Awesome Albums That Made 2005 A Dynamite Year For Music |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409115115/http://www.nme.com/photos/50-still-awesome-albums-that-made-2005-a-dynamite-year-for-music/375318 |archivedate=9 April 2015 }}
6. ^{{cite web |last=Peters |first=Mitchell |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/country/1312898/touring-briefs-parton-msg-interactive-ladytron |title=Touring Briefs: Parton, MSG Interactive, Ladytron |work=Billboard |date=11 February 2008 |accessdate=26 August 2017}}
7. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url=http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2005/11/ladytron-spell-bound |title=Ladytron: Spell Bound – XLR8R|website=Xlr8r.com}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Ladytron |url=http://www.ladytron.com/textsite/news.php |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217114526/http://www.ladytron.com/textsite/news.php |website=Web.archive.org|archivedate=17 December 2005 }}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Ladytron-Witching-Hour/release/565708 |title=Ladytron – Witching Hour (CD, Album) |website=Discogs.com}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Ladytron's Facebook page|url=https://www.facebook.com/ladytron/posts/464939400238399|website=Facebook.com}}
11. ^1 {{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/witching-hour-mw0000171124 |title=Witching Hour – Ladytron |work=AllMusic |accessdate=2 February 2016}}
12. ^1 {{cite web |last=Phipps |first=Keith |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/ladytron-emthe-witching-hourem-9613 |title=Ladytron: The Witching Hour |work=The A.V. Club |date=14 December 2005 |accessdate=2 February 2016}}
13. ^1 {{cite web |last=Burgess |first=John |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/09/popandrock.shopping2 |title=Ladytron, The Witching Hour |work=The Guardian |date=9 September 2005 |accessdate=2 February 2016}}
14. ^{{cite web |last=Hubbard |first=Michael |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/ladytron-witching-hour |title=Ladytron – Witching Hour |work=musicOMH |accessdate=2 February 2016}}
15. ^1 {{cite web |last=Pytlik |first=Mark |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4635-the-witching-hour/ |title=Ladytron: The Witching Hour |work=Pitchfork |date=4 October 2005 |accessdate=15 May 2006}}
16. ^{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Luke |url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/+witching-hour/ |title=Ladytron: Witching Hour |publisher=Playlouder |date=30 September 2005 |accessdate=15 May 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120143731/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+witching-hour/ |archivedate=20 November 2006}}
17. ^1 {{cite web |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/ladytron-witching/ |title=Ladytron: Witching Hour |work=PopMatters |date=5 October 2005 |accessdate=2 February 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608163423/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/ladytron-witching/ |archivedate=8 June 2012}}
18. ^1 {{cite web |last=Oculicz |first=Edward |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ladytron/witching-hour.htm |title=Ladytron – Witching Hour |work=Stylus Magazine |date=14 October 2005 |accessdate=2 February 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330112431/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ladytron/witching-hour.htm |archivedate=30 March 2014}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/ladytron-witching-hour |title=Ladytron - The Witching Hour |author=Grigsby |date=14 December 2006 |publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes |accessdate=2 January 2019}}
20. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/witching-hour |title=Witching Hour – Ladytron |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
21. ^{{cite web |last=Collier |first=Kate |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/ladytron/witching-hour/14712// |title=Album Review: Ladytron – Witching Hour |publisher=Prefix Magazine |date=6 March 2008 |accessdate=3 June 2013}}
22. ^{{cite AV media notes |title=Witching Hour |type=liner notes |others=Ladytron |publisher=Island Records |year=2005 |id=CID 8163}}
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s2045308.htm |title=Pop Levi |work=Rage |date=29 September 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219040427/http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s2045308.htm |archivedate=19 December 2007}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/chatter/listen-pop-levi-dita-dimon|title=Listen: Pop Levi, "Dita Dimoné" - Chatter, Uncategorized|date=23 June 2008|website=Imposemagazine.com|accessdate=11 March 2019}}
25. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000B69GJE |title=Witching Hour |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
26. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000BJERHM |title=Witching Hour |language=German |publisher=Amazon.de |accessdate=2 February 2016}}
27. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AY9ON0 |title=Witching Hour |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
28. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000NVL3NO |title=Witching Hour (Doppel-CD) |language=German |publisher=Amazon.de |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
29. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000V7G01A |title=Witching Hour (special edition) |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
30. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B003PYJR2K |title=Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare) |language=German |publisher=Amazon.de |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
31. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003RKLPW2 |title=Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare) |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
32. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003PVYOS0 |title=Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare) |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
33. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004DK49RI |title=Witching Hour (2011) |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
34. ^{{cite web |url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=58816 |title=Ladytron: Witching Hour (2011) |publisher=HMV |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011182216/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=58816 |archivedate=11 October 2012 |accessdate=31 May 2011}}
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