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試聽﹕http://www.myspace.com/aimeemann


"Smilers is a masterpiece from a songwriter who's quietly chronicling the blanched last days of a sunshine empire." (mojo)

Aimee's seventh solo album is a return to form after the artistic detours of 2005's concept album The Forgotten Arm and 2006's Christmas CD One More Drifter in the Snow. Featuring thirteen new original songs, producer Paul Bryan describes the record as "deceptively powerful...very rich and grand-sounding." The songs range from the stripped-down-to-basics of "Columbus Avenue," to the almost Cars-esque synth-pop of "Freeway," alongside the classic Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell-era "Phoenix,". The final song "Ballantines" is a duet with Sean Hayes complete with barroom piano and trombone section. All songs were penned by Mann with the exception of "True Believer" which was co-written with fellow singer-songwriter Grant Lee Phillips.

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http://www.mcb.com.hk/online2/article/article.php?did=2&aid=276
http://www.lovedark.com/Hot/article.asp?id=259

試聽: http://www.myspace.com/phoebekilldeer


Phoebe Killdeer was once a member of Nouvelle Vague. She’s belting out bluesy gothic numbers like the Duke Spirit, with hints of early Nick Cave or PJ Harvey about her. It's a stompy American rock thing going on, with a passion that recalls the Noisettes.  A track is called 'I Like You Very Much' - it's hard to disagree. And her backing band ain't half bad either - being able to pull off the white-boy afro and shiny silver trainers combo is a sign of excellence from their guitarist. They would be perfect for a Tarantino soundtrack, their retro sleaze sound off-set with the ability to craft poppy little gems with hints of surf punk.

艾美懷絲、喬絲史東、蒂朵後，您最不容錯過的靈魂女聲
Observer Music Monthly★★★★★、The Sun★★★★☆（四顆半星）滿分推薦
全英音樂獎「Critics Choice」潛力新人得主，BBC「Sound Of 2008」名單榜首
收錄英國單曲榜亞軍、英國iTunes Store冠軍曲〈Chasing Pavements〉


當艾美懷絲脫序演出鬧得滿城風雨，一個年僅19歲的靈魂女聲Adele悄悄竄起，在MySpace社群凝聚了超高人氣，隨後於Jamie T.的音樂廠牌Pacemaker Recordings發行首張單曲〈Hometown Glory〉，並接連在BBC當家音樂節目《Later With Jools Holland》、《Friday Night With Jonathan Ross》與披頭四成員保羅麥卡尼、碧玉同台演出，短短兩個月間，Adele靈騷味十足的爆發力超齡嗓音，被英國傳媒冠上了「新艾美懷絲」封號，在2007年全英音樂獎摘下由150多個媒體工作者票選出的最具潛力新人獎「Critics Choice」，並站上BBC「Sound Of 2008」名單榜首（米卡、基音樂團皆為過去名單贏家），成為全英國最受矚目的超級新秀。 


2008年一開始，人氣持續攀升的Adele以第二支單曲〈Chasing Pavements〉，壓倒布蘭妮、蕾哈娜等天后，躍上英國單曲榜亞軍、英國iTunes Store冠軍位置，並獻上搶先獲得OMM★★★★★滿分評價的首張專輯《19》。這張由Jim Abbiss（北極潑猴、百憂解）和Eg White（凱莉米洛、娜塔莉）等名將共同打造的處女作，Adele拾起了最扣人心弦的元素：愛情，用綜合艾美懷絲率性不羈和喬絲史東感性細緻特質的魅力嗓音，訴說著一段段令人心碎的故事，伴隨空心吉他傾吐情殤往事的〈Daydreamer〉，音樂盒般精靈Keyboard音色繚繞的〈First Love〉，寂寥鋼琴敲擊出漩渦般感染力的〈Hometown Glory〉，和煦傷感直襲心靈深處的〈Chasing Pavements〉，翻玩巴布狄倫名曲〈Make You Feel My Love〉，以至邀來Mark Ronson（莉莉艾倫、艾美懷絲）助陣的華麗放克舞曲〈Cold Shoulder〉，夾帶輕盈感傷的迷濛復古氣息間，Adele性格鮮明的真摯嗓音，一次又一次融化寂寞的心靈…在這個嘻哈／節奏藍調橫行的時代裡，如果您仍在尋找一個如Dido、Joss Stone、KT Tunstall或Kate Nash般貼近靈魂的聲音，請在此駐足，因為Adele將讓您無法自拔地深陷！