The four-year-old pop phenom and famous pig’s second album is a charming and self-assured celebration of family, friendship, and muddy puddles.
这位四岁的流行歌星和著名的小猪的第二张专辑是一场充满魅力和自信的家庭、友谊和泥坑庆典。
Peppa’s Adventures: The Album, the second LP by UK singer-songwriter and television star Peppa Pig, arrives at a critical moment for the young artist. Only 4 years old, and one of very few pigs working in the music industry today, Peppa’s rise has been as rapid as it was unlikely. Her 2019 debut, My First Album, was an unexpected smash upon release. The record racked up 136 million streams, reached No. 1 on the UK Independent Albums Breakers chart, and won accolades from fellow pop renegades Charli XCX and Lil Nas X. As Peppa readied her sophomore effort, critics wondered: Was My First Album a fluke? Or is Peppa equipped to play in the UK’s crowded pop big leagues, alongside more established stars like Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran?
《Peppa的冒险》是由英国唱作人和电视明星Peppa Pig制作的第二张唱片，对这位年轻艺术家来说，这张专辑来到了一个关键时刻。Peppa只有4岁，是当今音乐产业中为数不多的猪之一，它的崛起速度之快是令人惊讶的。她2019年的首张专辑《我的第一张专辑》在发行时出人意料地大放异彩。这张唱片获得了1.36亿流媒体播放，在英国独立专辑排行榜上排名第一，并赢得了同为流行音乐叛逆者的Charli XCX和Lil Nas X的赞誉。当佩奇准备第二张作品时，评论家们想知道：《我的第一张专辑》是侥幸吗？或者佩奇是否有能力在英国人满为患的流行音乐大联盟中与Dua Lipa和Ed Sheeran等知名明星并肩作战？

On My First Album, Peppa made a careful study of Brian Wilson’s sunny melodies and progressive pop structure. She hews closely to this formula throughout Peppa’s Adventures, particularly on the wistful “Perfect Day” and on “Recycling,” which evokes Fiona Apple in its percussive use of glass bottles and tin cans. Reaching further into pop’s past, she interpolates British and American folk music on the cheery “The School Bus Song” and the contemplative “Winter Days.” The traditionalist approach to production pairs well with Peppa’s efficient songwriting. She’s adept at mining the mundane stuff of suburban life for glittering moments of camaraderie. “Perfect Day” celebrates the simple pleasures of friendship, particularly poignant after more than a year of social distancing. “Digging With Mr. Bull” turns the inconvenience of road construction into an exhilarating block party. Loveliest of all is “North Star Lullaby”; Peppa wrote the elegant, understated song for her 2-year-old brother, George. “I’d fly to space if I had wings,” she sings, her voice a near-whisper, “and play with George on Saturn’s rings.” The lullaby’s verses, written in iambic tetrameter, demonstrate a gift for poetic construction well beyond her years.
在《我的第一张专辑》中，Peppa仔细研究了Brian Wilson的阳光旋律和前卫流行乐结构。她在《佩奇的历险》中，特别是在伤感的《完美的一天》和《回收利用》上，密切坚持着这个公式，这就唤起了Fiona Apple对玻璃瓶和锡罐的打击乐式使用。深入到流行音乐的过去，她在欢快的《校车歌》和沉思的《冬日》中加入了英国和美国民谣。传统主义的制作方法与佩奇高效的歌曲创作很好地结合在一起。她善于挖掘市郊生活中平凡的东西，寻找友情的闪光时刻。《完美的一天》是为了庆祝友谊带来的简单快乐，尤其是在一年多的社交隔离之后。《与公牛先生一起挖掘》将道路建设带来的不便变成了令人振奋的街区派对。最可爱的是《北极星摇篮曲》；佩奇为她两岁的弟弟乔治写了这首优雅、朴素的歌。”“如果我有翅膀，我会飞到太空，”她唱道，声音近乎低语，“和乔治一起在土星环上玩耍。”这首摇篮曲的诗句，用抑扬格四拍子写成，展示了她远超年龄的诗歌创作天赋。

Yet Peppa’s Adventures is most compelling when Peppa departs from her standard chamber-pop formula. Lead single “Bing Bong Champion” is an ambitiously maximalist shot across the bow at those who called My First Album a Sarah Records retread. A tribute to sport in a fraught Olympic year, it moves with the grand air of Taylor Swift’s “State of Grace.” Chimes and brassy horns abound, but Peppa, a nimble vocalist, ably holds her own. On the bridge, she assumes the role of coach and leads her backing singers in rhythmic cheering. It is among her best work to date.
然而，《佩奇的冒险》是最引人注目的时刻，在于当她离开她的标准室内流行乐公式。首单“Bing Bong Champion”是一次雄心勃勃的极繁主义尝试，对那些称《我的第一张专辑》为Sarah Records 的翻新的人大加抨击。这是在充满焦虑的奥运年对体育运动的致敬，它以Taylor Swift的“State of Grace”的宏伟气势行进。钟声和黄铜喇叭比比皆是，但灵活的歌手佩奇巧妙地掌握了自己的风格。在bridge中，她扮演教练的角色，带领她的伴奏歌手有节奏地欢呼。这是她迄今为止最好的作品之一。
Similarly expansive is the opener and title track, “Peppa’s Adventures,” a celebration of the natural world. Like her contemporary Lorde’s “Solar Power,” the song throws off the past year’s miseries and flies through life with every pore open. “Adventures” relies heavily on a fiddle riff that recalls, or perhaps revives, the heyday of Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers, and Edward Sharpe. It’s a little gauche and though it doesn’t quite sink the song, it does raise questions about Peppa’s taste.
类似热情的是开篇曲和同名曲《佩奇的冒险》，是对自然世界的庆祝。就像她同时代的Lorde的Solar Power一样，这首歌抛开了过去一年的苦难，让生命的每一个毛孔都敞开着。”这首歌在很大程度上依赖于小提琴riff，能让人回忆起、也许复兴了Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers和Edward Sharpe的鼎盛时期。这有点笨拙，虽然它并没有完全毁掉这首歌，但它确实引起了人们对佩奇品味的质疑。

This minor concern aside, Peppa has proven herself a graceful navigator of a pop scene often hostile to her species. When My First Album debuted, in 2019, on the same day as Iggy Azalea’s In My Defense, Azalea cruelly threatened to turn Peppa into “a breakfast special.” In light of such attacks, Peppa’s unapologetic embrace of her identity is all the more inspirational. She oinks without shame; she celebrates “jumping in muddy puddles” on no fewer than four of this record’s nine tracks. “Birdy Birdy Woof Woof” demolishes preconceived notions about animal vocalists—“The birds go woof, and the dogs go tweet!”—as Peppa enlists friends and frequent collaborators Suzy Sheep, Pedro Pony, and Candy Cat to sing in one another’s styles.
撇开这个小问题不谈，佩奇已经证明了她自己是一位优雅的流行音乐界领航员，这一领域她常常对它的种族怀有敌意。2019年，当《我的第一张专辑与》与Iggy Azalea的《In My Defense》在同一天面世时，Azalea残酷地威胁说要把佩奇变成“早餐特色菜”。鉴于这样的攻击，佩奇对自己的身份毫无歉意的拥抱更加鼓舞人心。她无耻地哼哼；在这张专辑的九首曲目中，她至少有四首歌在庆祝“在泥坑里跳”。“鸟鸣鸟呜”打破了关于动物歌手的先入为主的观念——“鸟呜呜，狗鸣叫！”-Peppa邀请朋友和合作者Suzy Sheep、Pedro Pony和Candy Cat以对方的风格唱歌。
The other political moments of Peppa’s Adventures are not as successful. “Recycling,” for all its delightful percussive flourishes, fails to consider the impact of the UK’s recycling programs on Southeast Asia, where landfills overflow with Western waste. A brief reference to private spaceflight in “The School Bus Song” is similarly ill-advised, given that billionaire astronauts continue to exploit the working-class and classroom-working listeners whom Peppa courts.
《佩奇历险》中的其他zz时刻并不那么成功。《循环利用》，尽管有着令人愉快的打击乐繁荣，却未能考虑到英国的垃圾回收项目对东南亚的影响，那里垃圾填埋场充斥着西方**。在《校车歌》中简单提及私人太空飞行同样是不明智的，因为亿万富翁宇航员继续剥削Peppa所追求的工人阶级和课堂上的听众（working-class and classroom-working listeners）。

Peppa is, of course, a very young artist; one hopes that she will refine her political sensibility as she matures. Her influence, within and beyond the pop scene, is immense. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Peppa’s most devoted American fans have developed British accents and adopted her slang. Peppa seems to have borne up remarkably well in this position of influence, with all its attendant pressures. She clearly benefits from the closeness of her family and friends, who appear throughout Peppa’s Adventures. As her profile rises, and her music reaches an even wider audience, Peppa will need their support to stay grounded. If her abundantly successful new record signals one thing, it is this: Peppa is some pig.
当然，佩奇是一位非常年轻的艺术家；人们希望，随着她的成熟，她将完善自己的zz敏锐度。她在流行音乐界内外的影响是巨大的。《华尔街日报》最近报道说，佩奇最忠实的美国歌迷已经学会了英国口音，并采用了她的俚语。佩奇似乎在这一影响地位上表现得非常出色，并承受着随之而来的各种压力。她显然受益于家人和朋友的亲密关系，他们在《佩奇的历险》中都出现过。随着她的知名度的提高，她的音乐接触到了更多的观众，Peppa将需要他们的支持来保持脚踏实地。如果说她成功的新专辑表明了一件事，那就是：佩奇是一头猪。

救命

10分 小朋友不要吹了

叉子好会评

和rep一个分数，好美呢（指婊叉

“如果说她成功的新专辑表明了一件事，那就是：佩奇是一头猪”

感谢贫穷