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A 20th anniversary deluxe re-issue of Dean & Britta debut album, produced by Tony Visconti. With a bonus LP containing the EPs Sonic Souvenirs (a collaboration with Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3) and Words You Used to Say -- both on vinyl for the first time.
Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) and Britta Phillips (Luna) recorded L Avventura in 2003 at Visconti Looking Glass Studios in lower Manhattan, each writing songs and with covers of Madonna, Silver Jews, and others. Sonic Boom re-mixed five tracks for the Sonic Souvenirs EP.
TRACKLIST
A1. Night Nurse
A2. Ginger Snaps
A3. I Deserve It
A4. Out Walking
A5. Moonshot
B1. Hear the Wind Blow
B2. Your Baby
B3. Threw It Away
B4. Knives from Bavaria
B5. Random Rules
C1. Indian Summer
C2. Your Baby (Cant Stand the Rain)
C3. Knives from Bavaria (Spoonful of Fun)
C4. Moonshot (Myths of Heaven)
C5. Ginger Snaps (and Sugar Winks)
D1. Words You Used to Say
D2. Were Not Supposed to Be Lovers
D3. Since I Lay My Burden Down
D4. Colours
D5. Distractions, Pt. 1
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2003 小白兔發行側標介紹
2003年夏天，首次踏入紐約最酷的唱片行Other Music。往後幾年究竟去過多少次，挖到多少寶，已數不清，不過一直記得當天離開時，手上拿的CD是剛結好帳的 L Avventura，與你手上這張一模一樣。（不，你手上這張其實更厲害，容我賣個關子）
我連試聽也沒，便毫不考慮地下手；一方面被封面這對時髦男女吸引，一方面也好奇他們將The Doors的Indian Summer翻唱成什麼樣。不過真正的動機其實很簡單：任何一張掛有Dean Wareham名號的專輯，對於曾迷戀Galaxie 500的樂迷，都有致命的吸引力。
他沒讓我失望。取名自義大利名導Antonioni的經典電影，L Avventura由David Bowie御用製作人Tony Visconti一手打理，收錄的全是高感度的上乘流行曲。Dean當時仍是紐約Dream Pop樂團Luna的靈魂人物，專輯內幾首原創曲自然滲出宜人的夢幻風味。而比例更高的翻唱曲，無論The Doors、Silver Jews（第十首Random Rules）甚至是Madonna（第三首I Derseve It），也呈現了與原作不同的嶄新面容，溫暖而帶有光澤。以弦樂鋪陳的開場曲Night Nurse，當年被我瘋狂播放，至今仍聽不膩，像中了魔法似的。
可惜，隨著發行廠Jetset倒閉，L Avventura也宣告絕版，成了一張不折不扣的珍稀逸品。從此，這份熱愛，只能默默放在心裡。
可喜的是，Dean經過百般交涉，終於拿回版權，且自行成立Double Feature廠牌，好讓L Avventura於今秋獲得重生。新版不僅換成紙殼包裝，還加收三首由好友Sonic Boom（傳奇樂團Spacemen 3的創始人）重新混音的歌曲，物超所值。更有趣的是，五年後再溫習L Avventura，雖然Dean與Luna貝斯手Britta Philips現下已是一對幸福的夫妻，然當初那些見不得光的曖昧情愫，如今聽來仍是波濤洶湧，讓人臉紅心跳。
Dean懶洋洋的歌聲，配上Britta狐媚性感的聲線，一搭一唱，就是讓人羨慕不已的情侶搖滾最佳典範。聽聽第九首Knives From Bavaria，副歌那段「啦啦啦」，深情又浪漫，失戀的人請做好準備，小心服用。
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