乐队：Black Box Recorder
专辑名称：《England Made Me》
发行时间：2002年
专辑曲目：01-Girl Singing in the Wreckage
02-England Made Me
03-New Baby Room
04-It＇s Only the End of the World
05-Ideal Home
06-Child Phychology
07-I.C. One Female
08-Up Town Top Ranking
09-Swinging
10-Kidnapping an Heiress
11-Hated Sunday
12-Wonderful Life
13-Seasons in the Sun
14-Factory Radio
15-Lord Lucan Is Missing
Black Box Recorder是由Hut旗下的著名低调乐队Auteurs的灵魂人物Luke Aines与两个毕业于戏剧学院的年轻人Sarah和John组建的一支玩票式乐队。
这张地下作品是98年度英伦吉他音乐里最具革新思想，并相当诚恳的一张专辑。你问我为什么这样说？你自己听听看，没有人会比他们更能把一件件如此冷淡、凄惨、阴郁的事情表现得如此甜美了，只有他们能用这样的声音讲这样的故事。John唯美而保守的和谐吉他点弦，Sarah沉闷疲倦、冷静得有些吓人的嗓子，单调、柔美的音乐语言叙述着感情的迟钝、精神的瓦解、末日的象征，你试试能做到吗？
一开始因为听不懂歌词，我并不知道Black Box Recorder简直是个用鲜嫩玫瑰与丝滑绸缎装点的炼狱，只是一味地觉得他们的旋律甜美迷人。Black Box Recorder擅长用易碎般美好的声音叙述恐怖，如这句“I killed the stranger, and left him in a track”，想想这是一幅多么可怕的画面，最要命的是，Sarah居然可以唱得那么恬静。
整张专辑充满了年轻、性感、甜腻、美好的声音与阴冷忧郁的思想，在音乐和歌词之间营造出了疯狂的对立，令人感觉有一些厌世并避世的情绪，对一切都表现出怀疑和绝望，难道这就是生活吗？也许这是Luke在离开了Auteurs乐队后展现出的他的另一面。
在Black Box Recorder的音乐中，你可以剖开自己洁白的胸腔，检视一下麻木的灵魂，是否如歌中所唱的一样“nothing you do can go on” 或者“read a bad book or watch TV”。在Black Box Recorder的音乐中，你的一切都可以安心地开始然后夭折，睡吧，作个甜蜜的恶梦。
而他们三人仍然衣装洁挺的站在伦敦阴霾的天空下制造着干净过分甜美过分的歌，悲苦而歇斯底里地抒情着。
England made me歌词
I trapped a spider underneath the glass
I kept it for a week to see how long he last
He stared right back of me
He thought that he could win
We played the waiting game
He thought that I give in
England made me
England made me
I had a dream last night, that I was drunk
I killed the stranger, and left him in a trunk
In Brighton railway station
It was an unsolved case
A famous murder mystery
People love mystery
England made me
England made me
England made me
England made me
I need my privacy, I lead a secret life
Sleep with the enemy, and betray both sides
I travelled all my life, but never got away
From the killing jar, and it got me sick
England made me
England made me
England made me
England made me
England made me
England made me
England made me