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The odds of becoming a success in the music industry are slim， and the odds of continuing that mainstream success are even less likely. However， the Las Vegas-based rock band Imagine Dragons is hoping to be the exception to the rule with a global tour.
The tour aims to promote their sophomore album Smoke + Mirrors， which is inspired by the band’s own transformation. The band members say they were performing in bars only a few years ago. But now they are Grammy Award winners， thanks to their debut album Night Visions.
“A lot of the themes in the music reflect the highs and lows of life on the road. You face some of your most exhilarating and lonely hours when you play show after show around the world，” the frontman Dan Reynolds told Time Out magazine.
成为成功的音乐人本就不易，而要保持在主流音乐圈的辉煌更是难上加难。不过来自拉斯维加斯的摇滚乐队梦龙正希望用一轮全球巡回演唱会来证明自己并不适用于这个规律。
本次巡演是为了宣传他们的第二张专辑《迷雾幻境》，该专辑的创作灵感来源于乐队的真实经历。乐队成员们说，几年前他们还在酒吧驻唱。而现在凭借首张专辑《夜夜迷离》的成功，他们已经是格莱美奖的得主。
“我们的音乐很多都反映了人生道路上的沉浮。当你满世界地做完一场又一场的演出，你就是在面对人生中最美妙也最孤独的时刻。”乐队主唱丹·雷诺兹告诉《消费导刊》杂志。
His lyrics convey those sentiments. Reynolds moans in the song “Gold” about the anxiety that comes after success， “First comes the blessing of all that you dreamed. But then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper praised the new album as “a more complete body of work” than Night Visions， thanks to its raw emotions and style. But Smoke + Mirrors makes another breakthrough—by experimenting with different genres.
“Throughout the album， the different genres come fast and furious—from the New Wave-tinged dance-rock of ‘Shots’ to ‘Friction’， a whirl of Eastern strings， art-metal yammering， R&B Auto-Tune and electronic knock-hockey，” noted Rolling Stone magazine.
After the success of their first major hit song， “Radioactive” —which spent 87 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 2013—expectations were high for Imagine Dragons’ sophomore album. And not everyone was satisfied with the outcome. The Washington Post found that the new album followed “much the same formula” as Night Visions. But the band swept away all doubts after the first few legs of their global tour.
There’s never a lack of rock ’n’ roll and sing-along moments， according to The Seattle Times. “Imagine Dragons learned to be good entertainers playing the ‘Las Vegas Strip’， where the energy level had to be high in order to draw a crowd，” wrote the newspaper.
他写的歌词传达着那样的情感。雷诺兹在歌曲《金子》中唱出了自己成名之后的焦虑：“你先得到了自己梦寐以求的一切，随之而来的就是名利的诅咒。”
《克利夫兰诚实商人报》对梦龙乐队的新专辑褒奖有加，评价其未经修饰的情感和质朴的风格，让它比第一张专辑《夜夜迷离》“更丰满”。但新专辑《迷雾幻境》还有另一突破——对不同风格音乐的尝试。
“整张专辑中各种音乐风格猛烈交织，迅速变换——既有新浪潮舞曲摇滚风的《呐喊》，也有东方风味、金属式咆哮、节奏蓝调与电音杂糅的《摩擦》。”《滚石》杂志评价道。
梦龙乐队最早的热门歌曲《辐射》——曾在2013年公告牌百首热门歌曲榜持续在榜87周——之后，大家对他们的第二张专辑期望甚高。但并不是所有人对新专辑表示满意，《华盛顿邮报》就认为该专辑和《夜夜迷离》基本走的一个套路。但是梦龙乐队在全球巡演刚刚进行完前几场，就消除了所有的质疑。
《西雅图时报》的文章说，他们的演出从不缺乏摇滚元素和全场大合唱。“梦龙乐队学会了如何让自己更受欢迎，在演唱《拉斯维加斯大道》时他们的能量大爆发，成功地取悦了观众。”报道中写道。
The tour aims to promote their sophomore album Smoke + Mirrors， which is inspired by the band’s own transformation. The band members say they were performing in bars only a few years ago. But now they are Grammy Award winners， thanks to their debut album Night Visions.
“A lot of the themes in the music reflect the highs and lows of life on the road. You face some of your most exhilarating and lonely hours when you play show after show around the world，” the frontman Dan Reynolds told Time Out magazine.
成为成功的音乐人本就不易，而要保持在主流音乐圈的辉煌更是难上加难。不过来自拉斯维加斯的摇滚乐队梦龙正希望用一轮全球巡回演唱会来证明自己并不适用于这个规律。
本次巡演是为了宣传他们的第二张专辑《迷雾幻境》，该专辑的创作灵感来源于乐队的真实经历。乐队成员们说，几年前他们还在酒吧驻唱。而现在凭借首张专辑《夜夜迷离》的成功，他们已经是格莱美奖的得主。
“我们的音乐很多都反映了人生道路上的沉浮。当你满世界地做完一场又一场的演出，你就是在面对人生中最美妙也最孤独的时刻。”乐队主唱丹·雷诺兹告诉《消费导刊》杂志。
His lyrics convey those sentiments. Reynolds moans in the song “Gold” about the anxiety that comes after success， “First comes the blessing of all that you dreamed. But then comes the curses of diamonds and rings.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper praised the new album as “a more complete body of work” than Night Visions， thanks to its raw emotions and style. But Smoke + Mirrors makes another breakthrough—by experimenting with different genres.
“Throughout the album， the different genres come fast and furious—from the New Wave-tinged dance-rock of ‘Shots’ to ‘Friction’， a whirl of Eastern strings， art-metal yammering， R&B Auto-Tune and electronic knock-hockey，” noted Rolling Stone magazine.
After the success of their first major hit song， “Radioactive” —which spent 87 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 2013—expectations were high for Imagine Dragons’ sophomore album. And not everyone was satisfied with the outcome. The Washington Post found that the new album followed “much the same formula” as Night Visions. But the band swept away all doubts after the first few legs of their global tour.
There’s never a lack of rock ’n’ roll and sing-along moments， according to The Seattle Times. “Imagine Dragons learned to be good entertainers playing the ‘Las Vegas Strip’， where the energy level had to be high in order to draw a crowd，” wrote the newspaper.
他写的歌词传达着那样的情感。雷诺兹在歌曲《金子》中唱出了自己成名之后的焦虑：“你先得到了自己梦寐以求的一切，随之而来的就是名利的诅咒。”
《克利夫兰诚实商人报》对梦龙乐队的新专辑褒奖有加，评价其未经修饰的情感和质朴的风格，让它比第一张专辑《夜夜迷离》“更丰满”。但新专辑《迷雾幻境》还有另一突破——对不同风格音乐的尝试。
“整张专辑中各种音乐风格猛烈交织，迅速变换——既有新浪潮舞曲摇滚风的《呐喊》，也有东方风味、金属式咆哮、节奏蓝调与电音杂糅的《摩擦》。”《滚石》杂志评价道。
梦龙乐队最早的热门歌曲《辐射》——曾在2013年公告牌百首热门歌曲榜持续在榜87周——之后，大家对他们的第二张专辑期望甚高。但并不是所有人对新专辑表示满意，《华盛顿邮报》就认为该专辑和《夜夜迷离》基本走的一个套路。但是梦龙乐队在全球巡演刚刚进行完前几场，就消除了所有的质疑。
《西雅图时报》的文章说，他们的演出从不缺乏摇滚元素和全场大合唱。“梦龙乐队学会了如何让自己更受欢迎，在演唱《拉斯维加斯大道》时他们的能量大爆发，成功地取悦了观众。”报道中写道。