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高中英语第二部分VOA慢速英语《美国万花筒》第13课（文本）

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时隔四年，戴夫-马修斯乐队（DaveMatthewsBand）推出了他们最新的录音室专辑《Big

WhiskeyandtheGrooGruxKing》，在Billboard200专辑榜上榜首周，这张《BigWhiskey

andtheGrooGruxKing》凭借42万4千张的首周销量令DaveMatthewsBand第五次获得

了冠军。在唱片业如此萧条的年代，DaveMatthewsBand这张专辑的销量与他们此前的专

辑相比并没有明显的下滑，说明了他们在美国摇滚乐迷中依然强大的号召力。

据统计，一周内42万4千张的销量成绩在2009年的美国唱片市场上名列第三位。到目

前为止，2009年度美国唱片市场上首周销量最高的专辑来自复出的Hip-Hop巨星埃米纳姆

（Eminem）的新碟《Relap》，高达60万8千张，亚军是U2乐队的《NoLineOntheHorizon》，

也有48万千张。DaveMatthewsBand最近的五张专辑在上市首周的销量都超过了40万张，

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他们上张录音室唱片、2005年发行的《StandUp》在全美上市第一周的销量比《BigWhiskey

andtheGrooGruxKing》更高，共售出了46万5千张。

在去年已经开始着手准备这张专辑的时候，DaveMatthewsBand的御用萨克斯手勒罗

伊-摩尔（LeroiMoore）突然意外去世。作为与DaveMatthewsBand合作多年的乐手，Leroi

Moore的离去对乐队造成了相当大的影响。然而，DaveMatthewsBand并没有因Moore离去

而停下来继续前进的脚步，他们利用LeroiMoore生前已经录好的一些萨克斯片段重新进行

了编排和混音，将这张专辑顺利的制作完成。

人在大喜或者大悲的时候往往会迸发出非同一般的创造力，这张专辑中的Dave

MatthewsBand便是如此。虽然这么多年以来，他们一直是美国国内巡演票房最好的乐团之

一，但他们近年来出色的录音室专辑却并不多。LeroiMoore意外的离去使整个Dave

MatthewsBand在这张《BigWhiskeyandtheGrooGruxKing》中激情四射。从萨克斯独

奏的简短开场曲《Grux》开始，我们就可以感觉到这绝不是一张平庸的专辑，这首《Grux》

如今听来更像是对LeroiMoore的哀悼与思念。接下来的《ShakeMeLikeAMonkey》、《Funny

TheWayItIs》和《LyingInTheHandsOfGod》这连续三首高水准的单曲把这张唱片整

体的水平托了起来，尤其是《FunnyTheWayItIs》中小提琴、电吉他的激情solo以及《Lying

InTheHandsOfGod》中木吉他与萨克斯的“对飙”非常出彩。

这张《BigWhiskeyandtheGrooGruxKing》由RobCavallo(GreenDay,MyChemical

Romance)担当制作人，无论是从任何方面来看，这张专辑都是DaveMatthewsBand近年来

最出色的一张唱片。虽然有重要的成员的离去，但DaveMatthewsBand整体却得到了新生。

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