排行榜

UK

Books

1: The OutcastSadie Jones

2: Second ChanceJane Green

3: No Time For GoodbyeLinwood Barclay

4: The Forgotten GardenKate Morton

5: Lessons in HeartbreakCathy Kelly

A fairly mixed bag of novels this time around， mostly aimed at older female readers. The Outcast， a violent， dark and sensual story about a teenage delinquent recently released from prison leads the field， and is probably the best out of all the novels mentioned. The only other entrant that I would consider a must-read would be Barclay's excellent thriller Second Chance. What would you do if， one day， you woke up to finds all your loved ones had just disappeared? That's the pretext of this fast-paced， frenetic and excellently-written book.

近來(lái)小說(shuō)真是紛繁多樣，不過(guò)大多是為老女人們準(zhǔn)備的。《The Outcast》具有暴力、黑暗、感傷色彩，講述了一個(gè)剛從看管所釋放出來(lái)的少年的故事，是這些書(shū)目中最精彩的一部小說(shuō)。另外我認(rèn)為必讀的是Barclay的驚悚歷險(xiǎn)小說(shuō)《Second Chance》。設(shè)想有一天當(dāng)你醒來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)所愛(ài)的人都消失了，你該怎么辦？這是這部節(jié)奏緊迫、令人驚心的完美之作的前序。

Movies

1）The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

1)Wanted

2)The Incredible Hulk

3)Adulthood

4)Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Certainly not the worst top five we've seen recently， but several of these movies are still fairly weak. Prince Caspian can't seem to decide if it wants to be a kids'flick or a gritty swashbuckling move， while even Ed Norton (who both plays the lead and co-wrote the screenplay) can't save The Incredible Hulk from being a load of tripe， even if it is a far better load of tripe than 2003 abomination Hulk. Wanted is a fast-paced， if slightly one-dimensional and shockingly unoriginal， action adventure about a young man who discovers he has super strength， speed and reflexes and is actually part of a shady underground group of assassins. The best movies of the lot are Adulthood， a dark and gritty drama about life in London， and of course Indiana Jones.

當(dāng)然不是我們最近看到的最糟糕的排行榜，但是有幾部電影確實(shí)還是很差勁?！禤rince Caspian》讓人無(wú)法確定這到底是兒童劇還是俠客傳奇。面對(duì)《The Incredible Hulk》這部垃圾，即便是Ed Norton也無(wú)回天之術(shù)，雖然這部電影比起2003年那部讓人厭惡的，快節(jié)奏、單面而又俗不可耐的動(dòng)作歷險(xiǎn)片《Hulk. Wanted》要好的多?！禜ulk. Wanted》講述的一個(gè)黑幫暗殺組成員之一的一年青人發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有特異功能，反應(yīng)速度超強(qiáng)。這些當(dāng)中最棒的電影應(yīng)該是以倫敦為背景的黑色幽默喜劇《Adulthood》，當(dāng)然還有《Indiana Jones》。

Singles

1) CloserNe-Yo

2) Viva La Vida Coldplay

3) No AirJordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown

4) ForeverChris Brown

5) Take A BowRihanna

An unexpected jump to the number one spot for Ne-Yo， who seems to have overcome the negative criticism about the unoriginality and Justin Timberlakeishness of Closer. The tortuously repetitive and oh-so-similar-to-everything-they've-ever-done Viva La Vida appears in the UK charts a month after Coldplay broke into the American charts with it. The remaining trio of songs， while all credible in their own right， are all beginning to run their time in the Top 5 and are starting to get a bit stale. Hopefully next month will see a new infusion of talent into the British music industry.

Ne-Yo出人意料居然竄至榜首，看來(lái)他已近熬過(guò)評(píng)論界對(duì)其賈斯丁式及該作品缺乏創(chuàng)新的惡評(píng)浪潮。啰嗦乏味又毫無(wú)新意的《Viva La Vida》與Coldplay闖進(jìn)美國(guó)榜單一個(gè)月之后，現(xiàn)身于美國(guó)排行榜。剩下的三部曲，雖然憑自身實(shí)力久居排行榜，它們正開(kāi)始失去新鮮感而失寵。希望下個(gè)月英國(guó)音樂(lè)庫(kù)有新泉注入。

Albums

1) Viva La Vida， or Death and All His FreindsColdplay

2) RockferryDuffy

3) Home Before DarkNeil Diamond

4) Skydivin'Darren Styles

5: Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum EndalaustSigur Ros

I must confess to more than a small measure of surprise when I saw Icelandic post-rock quartet Sigur Ros making an appearance in the chart this month. Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust(which， I'm told， means\"with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly\") is a somewhat eerie mix of rock， classical and ethereal music that is one of the more original albums I've heard in… well， a long time. Also， I'm glad to see aging rocker Neil Diamond still up there doing the rounds.

當(dāng)我看到冰島后搖四重唱小組Sigur Ros出現(xiàn)在本月榜單時(shí)，我感到非常驚訝。Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust是集搖滾、古典于一身的怪誕的飄渺的較有獨(dú)創(chuàng)性的一張專(zhuān)輯。同樣我很高興看到寶刀未老的搖滾歌手Neil Diamond依然矗立于榜單中。

Books

1) Fearless FourteenJanet Evanovich

2) TwilightStephenie Meyer

3) New MoonStephenie Meyer

4) Someday SoonDebbie Macomber

5) New MoonStephenie Meyer

A good month for novels this month! Or， at least， it would be if the new entrants were any good. Fearless Fourteen is a continuation of a series of books about bounty hunter Stephanie Plum that really should have quit three outings ago. Debbie Macomber's Someday Soon tells the story of a gentle widow who falls for a man with a very dangerous job (and sets the feminist movement back three decades in the process)， while The Shack is a refreshingly un-preachy man-meets-God tale set in the back woods of Oregon.

這個(gè)月是小說(shuō)的天下！Fearless Fourteen是繼俠義衷腸獵人《Stephanie Plum》系列叢書(shū)的續(xù)篇，其實(shí)這個(gè)故事應(yīng)在三次游記之前就結(jié)束。Debbie Macomber的《Someday Soon》講述了一個(gè)貴族寡婦愛(ài)上一個(gè)身任危險(xiǎn)職務(wù)的男子的故事。而《The Shack》只是俄勒岡州叢林單純青年遇見(jiàn)上帝這一故事的翻版而已。

Movies

1)Wall-E

2)Wanted

3)Get Smart

4)Kung Fu Panda

5)The Incredible Hulk

First and foremost， Kung Fu Panda deserves to be much higher than fourth. However， this summer does seem to enjoy pushing top-quality animated movies on us; Wall-E tells the story of a rubbish-collection robot thousands of years in the future， after Mankind has turned the Earth into a giant landfill site and instead taken off for the stars. The other gem here is Steve Carrell vehicle Get Smart， a remake of the 1960's cult secret agent comedy.

首先，《功夫熊貓》本應(yīng)排于第四名之上，但這個(gè)夏天好像更是青睞那些高品質(zhì)的卡通片；《Wall-E》講的是千年之后，人類(lèi)將地球變成一個(gè)巨型廢物填埋地，并進(jìn)駐其它星球，描述了一個(gè)有廢品組裝的機(jī)器人的故事。另一精巧之作應(yīng)屬Steve Carrell的《Get Smart》，一個(gè)1960年紅極一時(shí)的情報(bào)局喜劇的翻版。

Singles

1) I Kissed A GirlKaty Perry

2) LollipopLi'l Wayne feat Static Major

3) Bleeding LoveLeona Lewis

4) Take A BowRihanna

5) Burnin’ UpJonas Brothers

The only new entrants into the chart this month (and the only song I haven't heard previously)， the Jonas Brothers have produced yet another piece of mass-marketed， generic pop that will sell well regardless of the fact that it is merely passable. The three boys have， however， cobbled together a fairly amusing video lampooning classic TV shows and movies such as The Karate Kid and Miami Vice.

本月榜單唯一的新人就是Jonas Brothers，他們現(xiàn)在又出了一張很暢銷(xiāo)的流行專(zhuān)輯，雖然不是特點(diǎn)鮮明，僅僅能被接受而已，可這張專(zhuān)輯確實(shí)很暢銷(xiāo)。三兄弟粗劣地整合了一張諷刺如《The Karate Kid》和《Miami Vice》這般經(jīng)典電視節(jié)目及電影的幽默的錄音帶。

Albums

1) Viva La Vida， or Death and All His FriendsColdplay

2) Tha Carter IIILil Wayne

3) Camp Rock SoundtrackCast of Camp Rock/Various Artists

4) Saints of Los AngelesMotley Crue

5) Last 2 WalkThree 6 Mafia

This month's album top 5 is disappointing， to say the least. Coldplay's Viva La Vida sounds just like their previous three albums (which would have all been great， had the others not been released). Recently the Three 6 Mafia have become more Caffe Latte than Cosa Nostra， and their awful， awful album Last 2 Walk sounds like a rehash of every bad hip-hop track of thew past three years – a disappointing showing from a band who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song back in 2005. So for this month highlights we have to look at aging rockers Motley Crue， Lollipop singer Li'l Wayne， or the teen stars of Camp Rock. These are dark， dark times indeed.

這個(gè)月的專(zhuān)輯排行榜叫人失望。Coldplay的《Viva La Vida， or Death and All His Friends》與他前三個(gè)專(zhuān)輯雷同。他們那張?jiān)愀馔疙數(shù)摹禠ast 2 Walk》聽(tīng)起來(lái)是在模仿三年前的嬉皮式作品——由一支在2005年獲得奧斯卡最佳原創(chuàng)獎(jiǎng)的樂(lè)隊(duì)創(chuàng)作。這個(gè)月較為出色的亮點(diǎn)人物也就算Motley Crue和Li'l Wayne或者是《Camp Rock》的少年新星。這年月真是黑暗。