ARTiST: James Morrison
TiTLE: You Give Me Something
LABEL: Polydor
GENRE: Pop
TiME: 07:34 min
SiZE: 9,8 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jul-17-2006
RELEASE DATE: Jul-17-2006
WEBSiTE: Unknown!
Track List:
01. You Give Me Something 03:35
02. Is Anybody Home? 03:59
Release Notes:
James Morrison, aged 21, has just finished
recording his debut album. It's a spellbinding
collection of raw, bittersweet, bluesy-soul songs.
He's also the owner of probably the most
gobsmacking, charismatic, rootsy soul voice
(somewhere between Al Green and Otis Redding) to
emerge from a white Englishman.
His brand of soulfulness isn't about trying to
pastiche black America's past. But it is about
unvarnished honesty, passion and letting your
emotions go through songs that stir and inspire.
James was heavily influenced by artists like Al
Green, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder and The Kinks and
he's got substance to match his style. His lyrics
pack an authentic emotional punch. He's had plenty
of troubled times to draw on. He was born in Rugby,
into a fractured family; debt burdens; few
prospects; people breaking down around him;
childhood friends growing up into adult junkies..
There's been love and romance and warmth and
laughter too - stuff that kept him going through
some very tough years. He certainly has had more
than enough life experiences to fill a debut.
Teaching himself to sing and play the guitar came
naturally to James from the age of five, but it
wasn't until his uncle taught him an old blues riff
when he was 13 that things started to really fall
into place. From here he started to carve his own
sound with inspiration from a bunch of old soul
records and by channelling his troubled past into
penning some hard knock lyrics and incredible,
stirring songs.
He wrote all the songs on his debut album
Undiscovered which was produced by Martin Terefe
(who also produced KT Tunstall, Ron Sexsmith and Ed
Harcort).