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【 The Awakening(感动觉醒) 】【 英文 】【 2011-09-23 】
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用灵魂演唱 让感动觉醒
*全英音乐奖最佳男歌手 当代最具代表性白人灵魂歌手 真实的故事中最震撼的歌声力量
*流行摇滚名团Suede吉他手/冠军专辑制作人Bernard Butler担纲制作，碧昂丝、接招、Adele、Duffy幕后团队跨刀合作
*收录真情主打'I Won't Let You Go'，惊喜推荐2011年全英音乐奖得主Jessie J跨刀曲'Up'
詹姆斯墨里森 James Morrison
The Awakening 感动觉醒
“19岁的那年，我觉得我已经40岁了。”在庞大债务、数度付不出房租、重大疾病缠身的单亲家庭下成长，少年詹姆斯墨里森，在15岁那年揹起吉他，自学弹唱想为家人挣口饭吃，19岁担任洗卡车工人一职，一边洗著卡车一边想着，有谁会知道自己才19岁，噩梦何时才有苏醒的一天。
詹姆斯墨里森至今仍不敢相信，幸运之神在3年后降临。2006年以专辑‘Undiscovered未知数’出道，专辑中的'You Give Me Something'[#5]、'Wonderful World'[#8]纷纷打入英国金榜TOP10，成为该年度最畅销的英国歌手专辑。2008年‘Songs For You, Truth For Me我的故事,未完待续’问世，其中与Nelly Furtado合唱单曲'Broken Strings'成为他个人最畅销单曲，全球销售突破150万张。巡回演唱会足迹踏遍美国、澳洲、日本及欧陆各国；获邀为Bruce Springsteen、Stevie Wonder在伦敦海德公园演唱会的开场嘉宾；在爵士跨界艺人Herbie Hancock的葛莱美奖专辑中诠释灵魂歌手Sam Cooke的名曲'A Change Is Gonna Come'。詹姆斯墨里森，无疑地成为当代最成功的白人灵魂歌手。
但是詹姆斯并没有立刻乘胜追击，他的人生仍在摆荡。创作方面，他一度质疑自己第二张专辑是否太过流行？面对亲人，他无力看着父亲承受酒精、忧郁症的折磨，最后因病辞世。种种经历触动他敏感的神经，让原本在歌曲创作、歌声演唱与乐器弹奏各方面都具有超龄成熟感的詹姆斯墨里森流露出更加浓烈的情感，这些变化无疑的也深化了2011年全新大碟【The Awakening】的感动力量。
【The Awakening】专辑由英国流行摇滚名团Suede吉他手、Duffy冠军专辑“Rockferry”制作人Bernard Butler担纲制作大任，歌曲创作拍档包括：Steve Robson [*Take That]、Eg White [*Duffy]、Dan Wilson [*Adele]、Toby Gad [*Beyoncé]。整张专辑就像是以温馨的演唱会方式诠释既传统又兼具摩登风情的民谣灵魂乐作品。新作在乐风上延续了首张专辑的特色，同时添加更细腻的质感以及更昂扬的自信风采；有沸腾人心的弦乐，雀跃开朗的和声，饶富灵魂韵味的情歌，甚至还有令人不禁想要随着节奏打拍子的摇摆舞曲；曲风有Motown唱片公司的传统灵魂乐风情，也洋溢着福音、乡村民谣与拉丁神采。专辑中有詹姆斯墨里森继'You Give Me Something'之后，再度写给女友Gill的深情之歌'I Won't Let You Go'；还有望着3岁女儿Elsie所抒发的爸爸心情小品'The Awakening'；也有他与濒临死亡的父亲对谈之后，写下由诗作蜕变而成的感人歌曲'Person I Should Have Been'；渴望过世的父亲走入自己的梦里，感情超强烈的心痛告解'In My Dreams'。专辑中也有出人意表的作品，像是与2011年全英音乐奖评审团特别奖得奖女歌手Jessie J搭档合唱，描述与酗酒父亲之间纠结情感问题的'Up'。
现在，26岁的詹姆斯墨里森，以更成熟的歌手、创作人、音乐人的面貌重新出发，他对于情感的自由收放和掌握，造就了这张完成度超高的精彩作品。正如他所说：“前两张专辑我还在摸索，现在我终于毕业了，这张专辑对我而言就像是我真正的第一张专辑。”
Released three years to the day after his previous LP, the chart-topping (in Ireland, at least) Songs for You, Truths for Me, The Awakening returns James Morrison to the business of bothering the middle-of-the-road with his Rod Stewart-meets-Ben Ottewell tones. There are countless worse noises in pop - but there's nothing in his voice, fine though it is, that conveys the emotional weight he should perhaps be carrying after such childhood hardship (school-days loneliness, and he nearly died as an infant). It's a television talent show beast, a chimera of sorts, halfway between the soul singers he loved growing up and the grit of an indie frontman. It just exists, peculiarly passionless, when it should grab hold of the listener and demand that they pay it their utmost attention.
But, again, it's not an off-putting sound - and there are moments on The Awakening where its audience does indeed sit up and take notice. One such number is Up: remarkable not for Morrison's measured performance, but that of guest vocalist Jessie J. The BBC Sound of 2011 poll-topper has never sounded as good as she does here, delivering a remarkably understated turn that's miles away from the horrible hyperactivity of her own album. Their lines entwine excellently, and there's a warmth to the song rare amongst Artist A featuring Artist B offerings. Person I Should Have Been shares compositional DNA with Sting's much-covered/sampled Shape of My Heart, but Morrison never edges too close to pastiche (which would be easy to do, given the track's skeletal form); and the title-track is the slow-rising centrepiece to this record, where a light acoustic introduction gives way to a far-fuller song almost evocative of Stevie Wonder. One Life, which should be a rallying call to embrace the moment, is oddly stillborn on delivery - but it's a rare blip in consistency.
Yet, as The Awakening unwinds, one can't shift the feeling that we should be touched deeper. Morrison's surpassed the likes of James Blunt and Paolo Nutini as a British solo artist able to meld modern pop sensibilities with echoes of his own influences without the collision sounding forced. Compared to those artists, his vocals cut through with a far greater sense of sincerity. But The Awakening is lacking the grandstanding moment it needs to elevate it above reserved recommendation - it's a safe, steady affair, but about as revelatory as a Chris de Burgh best-of. Morrison has a truly great album in him - he's the emotional baggage to craft it, should he let locked-away demons loose - but for the third time in a row, this isn't it.
--Mike Diver
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