James Morrison - The Awakening

The Awakening is the first album by Morrison to be released with Island Records after he recently parted ways with Polydor, his label of six years. Three years in the making, the album is influenced by the death of his father, as well as Morrison’s own steps into parenthood. It also sees him form a new creative relationship with producer Bernard Butler, who has further advanced Morrison's foray into a classic but contemporary soul sound. "I don’t want to put across that, yeah, the album is about my dad, losing my dad; some of it is but the other half is this sense of being woken up to who I am as a person, who I am as an artist, what I wanted to achieve," he said in the interview by Music Week.







Released 23 September 2011

Genre Soul, adult contemporary, pop

Label Island



Song List                    all songs are perfect. 



1. In My Dreams

2. 6 Weeks

3. I Won't Let You Go

4. Up (featuring Jessie J)

5. Slave to the Music

6. Person I Should Have Been

7. Say Something Now

8. Beautiful Life

9. Forever

10. The Awakening

11. Right by Your Side

12. One Life

13. All Around the World(bonus track)



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博客來中文介紹







這張照片其實跟第一張一樣，但我找不到更大的了哈哈





我覺得聽一張專輯真的要先了解其中的故事，那樣會更有感覺



像裡面就有在講James去世的爸爸，以及James多麼希望他出現在他夢裡





the awakening 目前理解80%的歌

剩下的20% 是因為... James 的歌詞太快

而且越來越含糊，歌詞本又超小字

換了一個經紀公司就這樣 ，我比較喜歡原來的說







但是音樂真的超棒的，全部的歌都值得去了解



The album is truly great! And James Morrison becomes sexier and sexier.













這次James 跟 Jessie J 合作的 Up ，超酷超好聽













James Morrison - Up ft. Jessie J          Lyrics 歌詞





How can I find you

When you’re always hiding from yourself

Playing hide and seek with me

Till it gets too dark

Too dark, inside your shell

Why do I even try

When you take me for granted?

I should know better by now

When you call I already hear that crashing sound

As it all falls down



It’s never too late to turn it back around

Yeah I know you can

Don’t bury your demons deep in the ground

When it all falls down

The only way is up, up, up

The only way is up, up



I watch your spirit break

As it shatters into a million pieces

Just like glass I see right through you

And your parade of excuses

Feels like groundhog day

You say the same things over and over

There’s that look in your eye

And I hear that crashing sound

As it all falls down



It’s never too late to turn it back around

Yeah I know you can

Don’t bury your demons deep in the ground

When it all falls down

The only way is up, up, up

The only way is up, up



It’s your love that’s strong

It’s the only thing that keeps me holding on

It’s your heart that’s weak

But it’s not too weak to bring you back to me



It’s never too late to turn it back around

Yeah I know you can

Don’t bury your demons deep in the ground

When it all falls down

When it all falls down

It’s never too late to turn it back around

When it all falls down

The only way is up

The only way is up, up, up

The only way is up, up

When it all falls down





如果想看些額外的東西 可以到 jamesmorrisonVEVO

you can watch more behind the music of James Morrison in that :)





James Morrison - 6 Weeks (Acoustic)    超對我的味的







Slave to the Music 有太多版本了，而且都超好聽

Slave to the music (live@ Itunes Festival 30-07-2011)

upside link of video,

that's my first time to hear slave to the music,

I fell in love with it in a flash.

Acoustic Session @ Hotel de Sers, Paris - Slave to The Music 



James Morrison - Slave to the Music (Acoustic)      







James Morrison - I won't let you go (Live)      

*(Official Video here)





James Morrison - One Life @ London, o2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, 07.11.2011

I fucking love this song!





When I'm an old man.

hope I'll be rocking in my chair

Smiling to myself

I'll tell my baby girl

"You only get one life, so make sure you live it right"





我覺得James在the Sun 表演，跟以前一樣帥我的天

最近兩首cover 的歌 love is a losing game雖然有點小傷心但很好聽 RIP

nirvana lithium 跟原唱的風格有點不同 但很棒







James Morrison Love is a losing game (Amy Winehouse) 







James Morrison Nirvana Lithium BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2011

























recently, James also did some LIVE CHAT

if you interested it  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/james-morrison





official site www.jamesmorrisonmusic.com







有一點我喜歡James是他的專輯超有人性







the end of the awakening cover is touching.

James Morrison said, "Thanks to all my fans old and new...
thanks for stickin' with me. None of your support is
ever taken for granted without you guys I'm just a voice in the dark."