When I was halfway through "9522", I suddenly realized:
Oh, it turns out to be such an album.
After "Lian Yun" (a first-class concept, but the release version was a disastrous recording mix), after the experimental "ZOEA", "Grandma Bridge", "Moss's Singing", this is the first studio album under the name An Pu. Before the full album was officially released, I deliberately avoided all information related to it. I didn’t know the album’s production background or the ins and outs of the songs. When I listened to the end of disc 1, I felt more and more "something wrong". How could this be like Zhang Xuan "Dear...I Don't Know Yet", or even the state of Zhang Xuan's early witch shop days. I turned back and read the album introduction - it turns out that this is indeed the case. This is indeed a song written by An Pu when she was still called Zhang Xuan, and it was her work when she was 14 to 17 years old.
everything will be solved.
From the beginning of "idiot", the special Huang Xiaozhen "No Budget" guitar performance (maybe it was arranged by Ciacia, I won't go into details), led us into the corner of the tavern; to the iconic guitar performance in "train to heaven", which was the thousands of troops that emerged behind the acoustic guitar in Zhang Xuan's countless live bootlegs; and "Late Night, you were on my Mind", I believe this is the Cobain that Zhang Xuan once loved most (and An Pu still loves it now), and is heading towards "where did you sleep last night". Although there are novel productions in "9522", including Anpu's limited use of synthesizers and ambient music , the "study feeling" of the songs here still lingers. For example, "silence of desire" was almost a B-side track from Zhang Xuan's first two albums. It was not included due to various reasons, but An Pu finally let these songs reappear when he was able to make the decision.
"An Pu's "9522" is an album that can be watched, but does not need to be expected." Wuyou Jianshao said before. I agree. After returning to the identity of An Pu, when everyone was looking forward to it, after handing over "Game of Gods", which can be regarded as one of the greatest works in the 21st century Chinese music world, when Zhang Xuan's name can be compared with Cui Jian and When Bai, Lin Shengxiang, and Mayday in "Autobiography" were juxtaposed with powerful output players following the tradition of Luo Dayou , An Pu went in the opposite direction. The "Lian Yun" and "9522" she handed over all told how she became "Zhang Xuan". When everyone was expecting her to move forward, she chose to go back to the past with all her strength. I can understand this Bob Dylan-style, escape-style rebellion, so I can only wait.
I can't decide what kind of album "9522" is to me. There are too many shadows of Zhang Xuan here. When listening to "Just Talk", I suddenly can't help but think of "Dangerous, Yes". Listening to her "Unconscious", I was also reminded of the "If You're Cold" moment. Of course these moments are beautiful. An Pu is in a quite self-sufficient state, just like in "This World is So Beautiful", she found a Chen Shanni -style range for herself - but I know very well that what I like is the hanging Zhang Xuan, who always puts himself in uncomfortable scenes.
If I were asked to choose a song to represent An Pu's "9522", I would choose "The Unsent Letter". In 2003, Xiao Xiao released her classic "Beautiful Angel", which was the last elegy for Taiwan's Jade Girl record industry.In the album, in addition to "Love Must Be Frank", most of them are composed by Taiwanese indie diva Cicia, such as "Time Is Not Waiting for Me", "Flower", "I Didn't Cry", etc. ("Time Is Not Waiting for Me" was later re-sung by Cicia), among which there is such a song, "Unsent Letter", which writes about a girl's thoughts, it is the work signed by Zhang Xuan:
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If it is such an afternoon
November 21st
Suddenly your laughter Understand clearly
It will be neither cloudy nor sunny this winter
No one pays much attention to it
So no one pays attention to me
If the weather is like this
Two o'clock and seven
I think of your sneakers It's so broken
It's not clean this winter
Everyone laughs at me I have a problem
Haha I have a problem
That singer-songwriter
has a new album
I can't see anyone wearing a sweater on Sunday
It makes me a little angry
That song I'm still listening to
It's just on the radio There are more popular and unfamiliar songs
It hasn’t rained for many days
And I am still rebellious
Even if I catch a cold, I still eat ice cream
My personality is the same as before
That dream is still deep in my heart
But why do I seem to change
Too quiet
I'm so quiet
Start to show no trace
Don't share your emotions with anyone
Is that right? I'm laughing at myself again
I didn't send all the letters I wrote to you
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It's been a long time. Listening to An Pu crooning on the guitar, with the outline of double bass behind him, I remembered that this song was originally a song on a pirated CD that I bought in a music store for the cover of a girl idol when I was 18 years old. When the trumpet sounds, the traces of time move slowly, like ants crawling by. I am not a nostalgic person. I always look at the past. Let alone the things I wrote when I was a teenager. Even if it is the things I wrote in the past two years, I feel that not much can be left behind. Therefore, "9522" is an album that is more self-satisfying than others. It's just that while An Pu is satisfying his own colleagues, he also satisfies a considerable number of people, or part of the needs of a considerable number of people. Even though I have been looking forward to An Pu continuing to wave the big flag, walking alone among tens of thousands of people, and heading towards the end of the mountains and rivers, but when she slowly sang, "I'm still listening to that song, it's just that there are more popular and unfamiliar songs on the radio," I still felt that this was beautiful.
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