The Lilac Time

小简介
丁香时代乐队（The Lilac Time）成立初期的成员包括斯蒂芬·杜菲（Stephen Duffy），斯蒂芬的哥哥尼克·杜菲（Nick Duffy）及其好友麦克·维斯顿（Michael Weston），当他们开始准备巡演的时候，Michael Giri和Fraser Kent这两位成员也加入进来。
1988年，丁香时代推出了他们第一张同名专辑。而他们在1989年出品的《Paradise Circus》更是被英国的权威媒体《卫报》评选为20世纪百张最重要的另类专辑作品之一。但是，在合作过程中，乐队成员间逐渐出现分歧，并于1991年宣布解散，斯蒂芬则再次开始了他的个人演艺生涯。在此期间，他录制了多张个人专辑，其中“London Girls”、“Sugar High”等单曲均打入英国独立音乐排行榜Top 10。
终于，在1999年，斯蒂芬与乐队的其他几位成员重组了丁香时代乐队，并连续推出了《Looking For A Day In The Night》、《lilac6》等多张专辑。
by Steve HueyFollowing a brief solo career under both his own name and the moniker Tin Tin, Stephen Duffy put together the Lilac Time, which traded in his former synth pop excursions for pastoral, folky English pop strongly recalling Skylarking-era XTC. Joined by Mickey Harris, Nick Duffy, and Michael Giri, Duffy crafted several eclectic albums making use of traditional instruments, beginning with a self-titled debut in 1988. 1989s Paradise Circus offered a bit of country & western influence, which was largely abandoned on 1990s ...& Love for All, partially produced by XTCs Andy Partridge. The Lilac Times final album, 1991s Astronauts, began to return to the sound of Duffys earlier solo career, so it was no surprise when the band broke up and Duffy resumed work as a solo artist. He re-formed the group in 1999 to release Looking for a Day in the Night.