The Well

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共13首歌曲

艺人: Jennifer Warnes
语种: 英语
厂牌: Sindrome
发行时间: 2001年09月04日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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八十年代最具代表性的女声演唱经典之作

八十年代集诗人、小说家、词曲作者、歌手等多重身分的现代艺术家Leonard Cohen说：「珍妮佛华恩丝的歌声就像「加州阳光」一样，她善于去体会一首歌曲的神髓，然后用声音表达出来，让听者感染到歌曲中丰沛的生命力，因此她可说是一名最佳的「声音表演者」。一九七九年她为电影《诺玛蕾》(Norma Rae)演唱一首“It goes like it goes"，为她赢得奥斯卡最佳电影歌曲奖，而在乐坛大放异彩，八二年她和Joe Cocker再为电影《军官与绅士》合唱“Up Where We Belong"，一九八七年和Bill Medley为《热舞十七》合唱“(I’ve had) the Time of My life"，不但分别拿下了流行榜上冠军曲，更再度拿下奥斯卡最佳歌曲奖即葛莱美奖的最佳二重唱奖，华恩丝旋即成了红遍全球的女歌手。

by Thom JurekJennifer Warnes became a household name in the '70s with her hit &Right Time of the Night& and scored equally big with the Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley on &The Time of My Life& from the film Dirty Dancing. She also wowed critics and fans alike with Famous Blue Raincoat, her album of Leonard Cohen songs. In all, she's sold over 35 million records worldwide, but she's hardly a household word in the post-Madonna world. It doesn't matter, however, as her singular contribution as a singer and writer will outlast all the Christina Aguileras, J-Los, and Britney Spears in the Columbia House catalogue and issues of Tiger Beat magazine. Thank God. Warnes has returned to the recording scene for the first time since 1992 with The Well, a collection ten songs co-produced with Martin Davich. And what a collection it is. As a singer and a songwriter, Warnes knows her strengths well. She understates lyrics and musical phrases as a way of getting them to open up on their own through her gorgeously wrought singing. She's no acrobat; she doesn't reach for the note that breaks the pitch-meter. Instead, she allows her voice to come up from the heart of the lyric she's singing. She wears the song and allows the song to adorn her as well, whether plaintively, as on the title track, one of her co-writes with Texas legend Doyle Bramhall, or her lilting, haunting, spiritual tome &Prairie Melancholy.& When doing takes on the songs of others, such as Tom Waits' nugget &Invitation to the Blues,& she imbues them with the soft, bluesy swing inherent in the original, but adds depth and dimension with her dry, reportorial storytelling (with fine guitar work from Doyle Bramhall). The songs on The Well seem spare and open, layered lightly, and full of room for Warnes' warm voice to reveal the wealth of emotions in the tunes themselves. But what's interesting is without it being noticeable to the listener, there are small but lush string sections, a few horns here and there, and a full-on four-piece rock band. Her reading of Billy Joel's &So It Goes& is virtually a reinvention of the song. She offers this song from a heart that has been cracked enough times, to paraphrase her friend Cohen, that it has been flooded with light. But it's the songs with Bramhall that are the masterpieces here; they reveal the subtle, bluesy textures of Texas and the strength in expressing one's vulnerability to forces one does not understand, such as on &The Panther.& As if to underline the evidence, there is a vocal duet between them on Eddy Arnold's country swing gem &You Don't Know Me& that rivals Ray Charles' version for pure, expressive passion. With her stunning rendition of Arlo Guthrie's &Patriot's Dream,& she is backed by a folk music symphony orchestra, with Guthrie himself lending a guest vocal as well as Blondie Champlin and Kenny Edwards, with a Carmen accordion appearance by Van Dyke Parks. The set ends with a piano trio reprise of the title track that wraps all the magic up into a circle, as if these songs were a cycle of mystery, sensuality, and imagination from the very beginning. And, of course they were; Warnes isn't capable of anything less. Welcome back, Jennifer Warnes; you've been missed.

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