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Vanessa Williams / The Real Thing。

當代爵士榜#1
01. Breathless
02. Hello Like Before
03. Loving You
04. Just Friends
05. The Real Thing
06. Lazy Afternoon
07. Close To You
08. I Fell In
09. October Sky (Feat. Javier Colon)
10. Come On Strong
11. If There Were No Song

繼我的莎莎家族二姐"貝莎"Basia於今年春天發行新專輯之後
家族中的三妹"凡妮莎"Vanessa Williams也在夏天發行全新專輯
如果不算聖誕專輯和精選輯，這張不過是她的第六張錄音室專輯
The Real Thing是Vanessa Williams簽到爵士廠牌Concord底下的首張專輯
製作人包括上一張Everlasting Love的製作人Rob Mathes
Urban Jazz界的超級製作人Rex Rideout
(他有製作過我最愛的Boney James和Will Downing)
以及芭樂派的Babyface和Keith Thomas

The Real Thing這張專輯算是很舒服的拉丁爵士專輯
每個製作人的特色相當分明，一聽就知道是誰製作的
但是在Vanessa Williams柔美的歌聲中聽起來又相當合諧
首支單曲是主打Babyface譜寫的Just Friends
就很典型的Babyface式情歌，不可免俗他也要插嘴合音的部份
MV拍的很無趣，大概是沒經費，在爵士單曲榜上有打入Top10


第二波宣傳則是打出雙單曲的宣傳策略
慢歌的部份打出整張專輯我最愛，由Rex Rideout製作的Breathless
MV一樣是低成本，但Vanessa在兩支MV中真的是美爆了!!


快歌的部份則是打出由Stevie Wonder譜寫的The Real Thing
據說這首歌是Stevie Wonder寫給Sergio Mendes的歌
所以就是相當輕鬆愉快的拉丁節奏曲風


這首歌的舞曲混音目前也在舞曲榜上升當中



Vanessa Williams / Breathless

Candlelight, a glass of wine, setting for the special time with you babe
Feels like a dream but I'm still awake
As I'm lookin' in your eyes I'm caught up in paradise and ooh babe
No one else can make me feel this way

You leave me breathless, helpless when you're here so close to me
Every moment perfect, wish this could last eternally
I love the feelin' I get with every kiss you're givin' me
I don't know what it is about you babe
But I wish that you could stay, you leave me breathless

Just one thought of you and I and I start feelin' butterflies, ooh babe
I get so weak, I can hardly speak
'Cause boy your love's so heavenly it's like the man on other galaxy
It's true, you know just what you do to me

You leave me breathless, helpless when you're here so close to me
Every moment perfect, wish this could last eternally
I love the feelin' I get with every kiss you're givin' me
I don't know what it is about you babe
But I wish that you could stay, you leave me breathless

Feels so good when [Incomprehensible]
Your arms they take me to a higher place
So when you say don't be afraid
I'm down to go with you all of the way

I hold on tight and never let you go
Touch the sky and watch the world below
Just you and me, a love so sweet
It's where I want to be

You leave me breathless, helpless when you're here so close to me
Every moment perfect, wish this could last eternally
I love the feelin' I get with every kiss you're givin' me
I don't know what it is about you babe
But I wish that you could stay, you leave me breathless

Breathless, helpless when you're here so close to me
Every moment perfect, wish this could last eternally
I love the feelin' I get with every kiss you're givin' me
Don't know what it is about you babe
But I wish that you could stay, you leave me breathless

So breathless, leave me breathless, breathless
You leave me breathless, breathless
I don't know what it is about you babe
You leave me breathless, breathless



2009/08/07