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Rosetta Stoneは、The Missionによって見出されたゴスの新星バンドである。私がこのバンドの存在を知ったのも、そのジャケットのゴシック性もありはしたものの、やはり、The Missionのウェイン・ハッセイがプロデュースした、という肩書によるところが大きい。そしてそのデビュー・アルバム『An Eye For The Main Chance』は、その期待を大きく上回る完成度の高さで、私を喜ばせた。まさに終焉に向かっていたゴシック・ロックに新たなるバンドが誕生したのである。
Rosetta StoneはThe Mission等の80年代ゴスの血を正統に引き継ぎながらも、より現代的なロックへと昇華させている点において、完全にオリジナリティがあり、間違いなく90年代のゴシックを牽引した中心バンドの一つであったと言える。
しかしRosetta Stoneはアルバムを重ねるにつれ、音楽性が徐々に変化してゆき、現在の音楽性は暗いゴスの香りは漂わせているものの、打ち込みを多様したデジタル・ミュージックへと大きく変化してしまっている。この変化は個人的には少々がっかりしたというのが正直なところである。あくまでニューウェーブの一つの潮流であったゴシックというジャンルにロック的な広がりを加えたという点にこそ私は評価をしていたので、デジタル・ミュージックへの移行は非常に残念でならない。
とはいえ、ファースト・アルバムの完成度は非常に高い。私が友人達を洗脳する際によくかけるアルバムである。
Discography (Album)
Released 1991
01.Shadow / 02.Leave Me For Dead / 03.Sense Of Purpose / 04.Deeper / 05.An Eye For The Main Chance / 06.Something Strange / 07.Reason / 08.Heart And Soul / 09.Forevermore / 10.Subterfuge / 11.When The Levee Breaks / 12.If Only And Sometimes
Released 1993
01.Cimmerian / 02.If Only And Sometimes / 03.Chapter & Verse / 04.Leave Me For Dead (Chapter 1) / 05.Leave Me For Dead (Chapter 2) / 06.If Only And Sometimes (Turn Away Mix) / 07.An Eye For The Main Chance / 08.Darkside / 09.Adrenaline (Mainline Mix) / 10.Adrenaline (Xenophobe Mix) / 11.Adrenaline (Deadline Mix) / 12.Sense Of Purpose (Omegaddon Mix) / 13.The Witch (Remix Edit) / 14.The Witch (Remix Extended) / 15.The Witch (Extended Dub) / 16.Come Hell Or High Water
Released 1993
01.Shadow / 02.Adrenaline / 03.The Witch / 04.Darkside / 05.Sense Of Purpose / 06.An Eye For The Main Chance / 07.Leave Me For Dead / 08.Come Hell Or High Water / 09.Forevermore / 10.Subterfuge
Released 1993
01.Adrenaline / 02.Adrenaline (Extended) / 03.Adrenaline (Hard) / 04.The Witch / 05.The Witch (Extended) / 06.The Witch (Re-Mix) / 07.Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (Dominatrix Mix)
Released 1993
01.Evolution / 02.Whispers / 03.Hit / 04.Chapter And Verse (Interment) / 05.Summer / 06.Cimmerian / 07.If Only And Sometimes / 08.Chapter And Verse / 09.Leave Me For Dead (Live) / 10.Deeper (Live) / 11.Heart And Soul (Live) / 12.Subterfuge (Live)
Released 1995
01.Nothing / 02.Friends And Executioners / 03.Side Effect / 04.The Goods Gone / 05.Interference / 06.One Angel Short Of Heaven / 07.Never / 08.Right As Rain / 09.Spoiler
Released 1995
01.Tyrannicide / 02.A Hole / 03.The Goods Gone / 04.Interference / 05.Friends And Executioners / 06.One Angel Short Of Heaven / 07.Spoiler / 08.Something There
Released 1996
01.Hiding In Waiting (Carrier) / 02.Hiding In Waiting (Receiver) / 03.96.6 Before Dawn / 04.Keeping Secrets Telling Lies / 05.Living On The Ceiling / 06.Venus In Furs / 07.Nothing (Special) / 08.Adrenaline (Again) / 09.Friends & Executioners (E.scape)
Released 1998
01.Am I Wrong / 02.Bring Me Down / 03.To Leave Behind No More / 04.& We Call Unto You / 05.Sacred To Me / 06.Don't Turn Away / 07.From This Day Forward / 08.Pulled Apart By This / 09.Just More Of The Same / 10.I Can't Forgive
Released 2000
01.Road To Nowhere / 02.Are 'Friends' Electric? / 03.Messages / 04.Two Tribes / 05.Shout / 06.Temptation / 07.Small Town Boy / 08.Synchronicity II / 09.Spirit Of The Radio / 10.Love Is A Stranger / 11.Don't Go / 12.Reward / 13.The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum
Released 2005
[Disc1]
01.Shadow / 02.Adrenaline / 03.The Witch / 04.Darkside / 05.Sense Of Purpose / 06.An Eye For The Main Chance / 07.Leave Me For Dead / 08.Come Hell Or High Water / 09.Forevermore / 10.Subterfuge / 11.Leave Me For Dead / 12.Deeper / 13.Heart And Soul / 14.Subterfuge
[Disc2]
01.Adrenaline / 02.Adrenaline (Extended) / 03.Adrenaline (Hard) / 04.The Witch / 05.The Witch (Extended) / 06.The Witch (Re-Mix) / 07.Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (Dominatrix Mix) / 08.Evolution / 09.Whispers / 10.Hit / 11.Chapter And Verse (Interment) / 12.Summer / 13.Cimmerian / 14.If Only And Sometimes / 15.Chapter And Verse
Released 2019
01.Be There Tomorrow / 02.Children Of The Poor / 03.People / 04.Dark Times / 05.Making A Bomb / 06.Escape / 07.When You Turn Away / 08.Downplay / 09.What Is The Point / 10.Say What We Mean / 11.Tomorrow For Us
Released 2020
01.Shock / 02.Valiant Try / 03.With This [I'm Done] / 04.In Black / 05.Soon / 06.Remember (Don't) / 07.I Put It To You / 08.Doesn't Bode Well / 09.Smoke & Mirrors / 10.Always Always
Released 2020
[Disc1]
01.Shadow / 02.Leave Me For Dead / 03.Sense Of Purpose / 04.Deeper / 05.An Eye For The Main Chance / 06.Something Strange / 07.Reason / 08.Heart And Soul / 09.Forevermore / 10.Subterfuge
[Disc2]
01.Cimmerian / 02.If Only And Sometimes / 03.Chapter And Verse / 04.Leave Me For Dead (Chapter 2) / 05.When The Levee Breaks / 06.If Only And Sometimes (Turn Away Mix) / 07.Darkside / 08.Adrenaline (Mainline Mix) / 09.Adrenaline (Dead Line Mix) / 10.Sense Of Purpose (Omegaddon Mix) / 11.Adrenaline (Xenophobe Mix) / 12.The Witch (Remix Edit) / 13.The Witch (Remix Extended) / 14.Come Hell Or High Water / 15.The Witch (Extended Dub)
[Disc3]
01.Intro - Darkside / 02.Shadow / 03.Reason / 04.Leave Me For Dead / 05.An Eye For The Main Chance / 06.Something Strange / 07.Sense Of Purpose / 08.Deeper / 09.Heart And Soul / 10.If Only And Sometimes / 11.Subterfuge / 12.Chapter And Verse / 13.Evolution / 14.When The Levee Breaks
[Disc4]
01.Hit / 02.Friends And Executions / 03.Whispers / 04.Evolution / 05.Summer / 06.Chapter And Verse (Interment) / 07.Heart And Soul (Live) / 08.Subterfuge (Live) / 09.Leave Me For Dead (Live) / 10.Deeper (Live) / 11.Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (Dominatrix Mix) / 12.Nothing / 13.Helter Skelter / 14.Something There / 15.Hiding In Waiting (Carrier) / 16.Venus In Furs
[Disc5]
01.About The Now / 02.Be There Tomorrow / 03.When You Turn Away / 04.Only Human / 05.Delusion / 06.Kill Cash / 07.Die In Five / 08.Stand In Line / 09.No Never / 10.Rise / 11.No Cure For Life / 12.A Death That We Can Cure / 13.In The Line Of Fire / 14.You Believe This / 15.Imaginary Friend / 16.Small Comfort / 17.State We're In / 18.Give Something Back
[Disc6]
01.Top And Start Again / 02.Call You A Hero / 03.Everything Falls Apart / 04.Will We Ever Learn / 05.Unnecessary / 06.Shutdown / 07.We Are Happy / 08.What Is The Point Of Anything / 09.Television / 10.Blow Something Up / 11.Darktimes / 12.Poor Rich / 13.Everything And Anything / 14.Before A Fall / 15.Making A Bomb / 16.Stopped Believing / 17.Way Things Are
[Disc7]
01.This Is Terrorism / 02.No Matter What / 03.If We Could Stop / 04.A Truth You Don't Like / 05.Look Away Now / 06.Cut / 07.Escapes / 08.Downplay / 09.Flags / 10.Seem / 11.Stranger / 12.Fraud / 13.Static / 14.Spin / 15.Religion / 16.Drowning / 17.The Skin Thing / 18.Dystopian
[Disc8]
01.For The Better / 02.People / 03.Children Of The Poor / 04.Done To Death / 05.Void / 06.Civilization / 07.Is This It / 08.The Consumer / 09.Proof / 10.Colours / 11.Scum Of The Earth / 12.Last Day / 13.Gods Amongst Your Friends / 14.Appeal To Fears / 15.Say What We Mean / 16.Too Big To Fail / 17.Tomorrow For Us
Released 2022
01.Third Enigma (Female Vocalist) / 02.Secrets / 03.Rosetta / 04.Relentless / 05.Superstition (Live) / 06.Evolution / 07.Six Before Dawn (Extra Verse) / 08.Chapter And Verse / 09.If Only And Sometimes / 10.Fatherland (Interment) / 11.Fatherland (Disco Mix) / 12.Summer Night City (Live) / 13.Warriors Of Genghis Khan (Live)
Released 2024
01.Under The Weather / 02.We Turned Away / 03.Words To That Affect / 04.Host / 05.Fear Over Nothing / 06.Sick And Tired / 07.Coherence / 08.Last Words / 09.All The Devils / 10.Change
Released 2025
01.Don't Fear The Reaper / 02.The White Room / 03.Black Hole Sun / 04.In The Light / 05.Tomorrow Never Knows / 06.The Chain / 07.Sweet Emotion / 08.Sex Type Thing / 09.N.I.B. / 10.Silver Machine
