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2007-06-13, 11:41 PM
Cat Power Wins Shortlist Music Prize
Shortlist Music Prize日前公佈了今年的獲獎專輯，由Cat Power - The Greatest奪得。
The Greatest是Cat Power生涯發行的七張錄音室專輯裡，在告示牌摘獲最高排位的一員，其發行首週曾高居第三十四名。Cat Power也是Shortlist Music Prize創建於2001年以來首位女性獲獎人。其實，她曾於三年前以上一張專輯You Are Free入圍決選，不過最終敗給了Damien Rice - O。
過去六年的獲獎專輯分別是:
2001 Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
2002 N.E.R.D - In Search Of...
2003 Damien Rice - O
2004 TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
2005 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2006 Cat Power - The Greatest
透過這份名單，眼尖的樂迷或許會發現Shortlist Music Prize的評選口味似乎較關照於獨立藝人。的確，相較於給獎動機總與商業利益牽扯不清的Grammy Awards，或鋪張花俏，流於大牌藝人造勢拼場的MTV Music Awards，Shortlist Music Prize與Independent Music Awards是商業掛帥的美國樂壇裡少數願意用心傾聽多元樂種的獎項。而低調如Independent Music Awards，每年仍會固定舉辦頒獎典禮，可Shortlist Music Prize卻連頒獎典禮都省了。對樂手來說，這是一份不折不扣的精神榮譽獎。
此外，由於Shortlist Music Prize的提名機制相當耐人尋味，有人戲稱它是失敗者的獎項。要獲得提名，你得「不夠成功」才行。除了該年度於美國本土發行的唱片都具備競逐資格，該唱片於提名截止日之前，還不得突破金唱片的銷量。換句話說，一張賣破五十萬張的暢銷之作，便自動遭Shortlist Music Prize「淘汰」出局了。這種評選邏輯的幕後動機其實相當清楚，就是希望能鼓勵更多暫被忽略的好音樂，提高它們的能見度，而不是一味做著錦上添花的無意義之舉。
以今年為例，Shortlist Music Prize於年初宣佈了包含六十一張專輯的初選名單，它們是:
Against Me! - Americans Abroad Live in London
And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - So Divided
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
Beck - The Information
Beirut - Gulag Orskestar
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
Cat Power - The Greatest
Country Teasers - The Empire Strikes Back
CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy
Cursive - Happy Hollow
Dabrye - Two/Three
Danielson - Ships
Dead Heart Bloom - Dead Heart Bloom
Editors - The Back Room
Field Music - Field Music
Forgive Durden - Wonderland
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Hot Chip - The Warning
Howling Bells - Howling Bells
Jeremy Enigk - World Waits
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Kidd Jordan Hamid Drake + William Parker - Palm of Soul
Kimya Dawson - Remember that I Love You
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
Love is All - Nine Times That Same Song
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Mates of State - Bring It Back
Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
Mohair - Small Talk
Mute Math - Mutemath
Neil Young - Living With War
OOIOO - Taiga
Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh
Skream - Skream
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
Teddybears - Soft Machine
The Blow - Paper Television
The Bronx - The Bronx
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
The Gossip - Standing In the Way of Control
The Hush Sound - Like Vines
The Knife - Silent Shout
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
The Roots - Game Theory
The Stills - Without Feathers
The Strokes - First Impression of Earth
The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
The Velvet - Teen Cum Laude
The Weepies - Say I am You
Tom Waits - Orphans
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Vaux - Beyond Virture Beyond Vice
We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
這些專輯共來自十個不同國度，發行自超過四十五間不同廠牌。Shortlist Music Prize兼容並蓄的精神可見一斑。而一個月後入圍決選的十張專輯也隨之公佈，它們是:
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
Cat Power - The Greatest
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Hot Chip - The Warning
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
最終結果我們都知道了。
值得一書的是，Shortlist Music Prize的選獎方式也相當獨特。並未採行會員投票制或線上投票系統，而是由主辦單位每年邀來一群口味不同、風格迥異的評審進行表決。今年的評審名單包含唱作人Sufjan Stevens、Flaming Lips主唱Wayne Coyne、Snow Patrol主唱Gary Lightbody、The Killers鼓手Ronnie Vannucci與Franz Ferdinand及Panic! At The Disco的樂隊成員。
是的，你沒看錯，Panic! At The Disco。此等高度折衷性，正是Shortlist Music Prize有趣的地方。
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不過得獎的專輯真的都很好聽，沒看到這個資訊之前沒想到喜歡的這幾片cd在Shortlist Music Prize榜上。
由 roco 發表於 June 15, 2007 8:35 PM
