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''Susquehanna'' is the fifth studio album by American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released on Space Age Bachelor Pad Records in February 2008, and later re-issued on Rock Ridge Music in September 2009. ''Susquehanna'' marked the Daddies' return to recording after a nearly decade-long break, following their brief hiatus in 2000 and sporadic touring throughout 2002 - 2006. The album follows in the musically eclectic format of the band's previous records, featuring a strong Latin and Caribbean-influenced sound in addition to the Daddies' traditional fare of swing, ska and rock. ==Overview== The music of ''Susquehanna'' is predominantly influenced by Latin and Caribbean music, incorporating strains of flamenco ("Roseanne"), soca ("Tom the Lion"), bossa nova ("Breathe"), Latin rock ("Bust Out") and reggae ("Blood Orange Sun") alongside the familiar Daddies territory of swing, ska and rockabilly. While the majority of the album is original material, a notable exception is a re-recording of "Hi and Lo", a ska punk song which was originally written by Daddies frontman Steve Perry for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in the mid-1990s, ultimately ending up as part of the Daddies' own repertoire and becoming a staple of their live shows. Perry explained that the album's tropical slant was due to his prediction that one day "American pop will owe a huge debt to world sensibilities...these I wanted to explore and potentially boil down to some fundamental building blocks that might lead toward a new, more international style". Stylistically, Perry claimed that he based the structure of ''Susquehanna'' on James Joyce's ''Ulysses'', in that each of the songs were written in a distinctly different style and genre but the album as a whole was thematically coherent.〔 He further elaborated that he drew additional inspiration from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film ''Pierrot le fou'', in the regard that "songs are a means to an end. Genres reflect off each other".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Hi and Lo )〕 Like most of the Daddies' previous albums, ''Susquehanna'' is written as a loose concept album. Described by Perry as a portrait of "various relationships in decay", each song deals with memories, all written in the format of an abstract narrative following a character in the aftermath of a broken relationship. Perry has summarized the essence of ''Susquehannas story as being "about losses and continuing on. It's about love, doubt and fatigue...and ultimately about gratitude".〔(Perry, Steve. ''The Official CPD Website''. 2008. )〕 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「Susquehanna (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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