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Katie Melua( Ketevan 'Katie' Melua )


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【 Call Off the Search 】【 2003-11-02 】

Album songs:
1.Call Off The Search

2.Crawling Up A Hill

3.The Closest Thing To Crazy

4.My Aphrodisiac Is You

5.Learnin The Blues

6.Blame It On The Moon

7.Belfast (Penguins and Cats)

8.I Think It's Going To Rain Today

9.Mockingbird Song

10.Tiger In The Night

11.Faraway Voice

12.Lilac Wine



Album Intro:

Katie擁有一種獨特的嗓音,如果硬要把她當成「英國版Norah Jones」,還不如說她更接近Eva Cassidy。多變化的歌聲和情緒起伏剛好和專輯要呈現的老藍調和Jazz調調的歌曲吻合,而她擅長的吉他也有莫大發揮,加上Mike Batt的多首創作,使得《Call Off The Search》原創味道濃厚,其中她翻唱英國藍調英雄John Mayall的64年經典曲〈Crawling Up A Hill〉流暢的演繹和歌聲的掌握都讓人驚艷不已;到了俏皮的〈My Aphrodisiac Is You〉,Katie又化身成一位柔媚歌姬,把Lyrics中的復古性感飆到極限,而不管是著名經典〈Learnin The Blues〉或是Randy Newman的曠世名曲〈I Think Its Going to Rain Today〉,Katie的版本同樣不遑多讓。當然,也有如首支單曲〈The Closest Thing To Crazy〉這般浪漫至性的戀曲,以少女的口吻娓娓道來,加上絃樂的編曲,那種舉棋不定的不安自然征服人心。我特別喜歡的是〈Blame It On The Moon〉,復古的感覺,如果搭配一個落寞的愛情電影畫面,會挺棒的;〈Tiger In The Night〉則有份清新的告白。

不過,要說整張專輯最讓人深深動容的加分歌曲,絕對由〈Faraway Voice〉拔得頭籌,這是Katie特別向偶像Eva Cassidy致敬所獨自創作的歌曲,從歌聲和風格都可聽出她受Eva影響至深,歌曲一開始的吟唱馬上讓人回想到Eva歌聲風采,那濃烈的想念靈魂叫人不忍卻也要堅強,也看到了一位年輕歌手怎樣朝偶像的步伐前進。

Are you over those hills?

Do you still hum the old melodies?

Do you wish people listened?

Over here with me...