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''Admiral Fell Promises'' is the fourth studio album by American indie folk act Sun Kil Moon, released on July 13, 2010 on Caldo Verde Records.〔(Caldo Verde Records )〕〔(Pitchfork: Sun Kil Moon Announce New Album )〕 Despite being released under the Sun Kil Moon moniker, the album features Mark Kozelek performing solo on acoustic nylon-string guitar. Along with the standard CD release, the album was also released on vinyl in October 2010, which includes liner notes, lyrics, and two bonus tracks recorded live in Saint-Malo, France.〔(Sun Kil Moon (news, dated April 2010) )〕〔(Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises - Limited edition white vinyl double LP )〕 Regarding the album, Kozelek noted: "With this record, I had a vision in mind. I wanted to make something that was very personal, that had a theme and a flow, musically."〔http://www.caldoverderecords.com/interview.htm〕 Kozelek has subsequently named ''Admiral Fell Promises'' the album he is most proud of recording, stating, "Bury me with (Fell Promises'' ). That album is me at my best, my most focused. It's cohesive, beautiful and my playing was inspired by the legendary Andrés Segovia.〔http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/wild-mercury-sound/mark-kozelek-a-new-qa#4llWe2RAG1Ml601P.99〕 A live version of the title track previously appeared on Mark Kozelek's 2001 solo release, ''White Christmas Live''. ==Background and recording== Regarding the decision to record ''Admiral Fell Promises'' alone on an acoustic nylon-string guitar, Mark Kozelek noted: "I was interested in classical guitar when I was younger, but got away from it. A few years ago, I picked up a Segovia five-CD set in New Zealand. Then came home, bought some classical records - by Liona Boyd, Ana Vidovic, Julian Bream. But I really fell in love with this record by Segovia. It's just called ''Segovia'', composed by Tansman, Federico Mompou, and Maria Esteban de Valera. It was then that I decided, for my next record, that I wanted to play guitar and sing as beautifully as I could. With the classical guitar, the whole range of sounds is covered. Bass and drums would have swamped up the sound of this record. I wanted it to have the feel of those old classical guitar records."〔 Kozelek would subsequently record the songs as he wrote them with engineer Aaron Prellwitz. Kozelek stated, "When I wrote a few songs over the past year, my friend Aaron would fly down and record them. We did that off and on from April of last year until April of this year. If you record a song while it’s fresh, the odds of you being happy with it are stronger. It’s when you've played a song a million times that you find yourself struggling to find the spark that made it good the first time."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Admiral Fell Promises」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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