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Ed Sheeran의 정규 2집 'X'에 대해서 리뷰해보려고 합니다.
ARTIST
- 이름 : Ed Sheeran
- 출생 : 1991년 2월 17일
- 국적 : 영국
- 소속사 : 애틀랜틱 레코드
- 데뷔일 : 2011년
TRACK LIST
총 12곡으로 구성되어 있습니다.
INFORMATION
[앨범 소개]
★ 브릿 어워즈 2개부문 수상 / 그래미 어워즈 3개부문 노미니 ★
★ 데뷔앨범 [+] 전세계 400만장 이상 판매 기록 ★
본능적인 멜로디 메이커! 타고난 작사가! 단 한 장의 앨범으로 전 세계를 휩쓴 마성의 매력, 싱어송라이터 에드 시런(Ed Sheeran)!
데미안 라이스와의 만남으로 영감을 받아 14세부터 스스로 녹음을 하기 시작한 그는 음악을 위해 17세라는 어린 나이로 혼자 런던에 상경했다. 4년 간 거처 없이 언더그라운드 뮤지션으로 실력을 쌓아가던 그는 2011년 EP [No. 5 Collaborations Project]로 소속사나 홍보없이 발매 첫 주에 7,000장 이상을 판매해 영국 아이튠스 차트 2위에 기록했다. 그리고 4개월 뒤 더욱 큰 아티스트로 성장하기 위해 브루노 마스와 제이슨 므라즈 등이 소속되어 있는 아틀란틱 레코드와 계약을 했다.
그의 데뷔 앨범 [+]는 브릿 어워즈 2개부문 수상, 그래미 어워즈 3개부문 노미니, 이보 누벨로 어워즈를 수상했고, 전세계 400만장 이상 판매하는 쾌거를 이루었다. 다양한 아티스트들의 지원을 받으며 '더하기(+)'에서 '곱하기(X)'가 된 에드 시런의 2집 [X]는 전작에서 팬들을 사로잡은 어쿠스틱 기타와 감성적인 멜로디, 그리고 평소 그가 즐겨 듣는 힙합적인 요소로 더욱 풍성해진 그의 음악세계를 전한다.
1집과의 연결고리가 되어주는 감미로운 타이틀곡 "One", 최고의 프로듀서 퍼렐 윌리엄스(Pharrell Williams)와 함께한 "Sing", 그루브가 살아있는 리듬과 중독적인 후크의 "Don’t", 영원한 사랑의 서약 "Thinking Out Loud", 치매로 작고한 할아버지의 추모곡 "Afire Love", 등 12곡은 물론, 디럭스 에디션에서만 만날 수 있는 3곡이 추가로 수록되어 있다. 초대형 아티스트로 성장한 에드 시런이 감성적인 목소리와 남다른 멜로디로 전하는 지난 3년간의 여정, 정규 2집 [X]!
REVIEW
01. One
https://youtu.be/ZpbyMClPnic?si=7XuQpjIU8UNc_9Rm
Tell me that you turned
down the man
Who asked for your hand
'Cause you're waiting for me
And I don't know you're gonna
be away a while
But I've got no plans at all to
leave
And would you take away my hopes
and dreams and just stay with me
All my senses come to life
While I'm stumbling home as
drunk as I
Have ever been and I'll never
leave again
'Cause you are the only one
And all my friends have gone to
find
Another place to let their
hearts collide
Just promise me
you'll never leave again
'Cause you are the only one
Take my hand and my
Heart and soul I will
Only have these eyes for you
And you know everything
changes but
We'll be strangers if we see
this through
You could stay within these
walls and bleed
Or just stay with me
Oh lord now
All my senses come to life
While I'm stumbling home as
drunk as I
Have ever been and
I'll never leave again
'Cause you are the only one
And all my friends have gone to
find
Another place to let their
hearts collide
Just promise me
you'll always be a friend
'Cause you are the only one
I'm stumbling off drunk getting
myself lost
I am so gone
so tell me the way home
I listen to sad songs singing
about love
And where it goes wrong
All my senses come to life
While I'm stumbling home as
drunk as I
Have ever been and
I'll never leave again
'Cause you are the only one
And all my friends have gone to
find
Another place to let their
hearts collide
Just promise me you'll always
be a friend
'Cause you are the only one
02. I'm a Mess
https://youtu.be/KKHNf2GTp7o?si=3-wcntPhDUBP5I1N
Oh, I’m a mess right now
Inside out
Searching for a sweet surrender
But this is not the end
I can’t work it out, how
Going through the motions
Going through us
And though I've known it for the longest time
And all of my hope
All of my words are all over written on the signs
But you’re on my road walking me home, home, home, home, home
See the flames inside my eyes
It burns so bright
I wanna feel your love, no
Easy baby maybe I’m a light
Before tonight I wanna fall in love
And put your faith in my stomach
I messed up this time
Late last night
Drinking to suppress devotion
With fingers intertwined
I can’t shake this feeling now
We’re going through the motions
Hoping you'd stop
And though I’ve only caused you pain, you know
But all of my words were always beloved
Although all the lies spoke
When you’re on my road walking me home, home, home, home, home
See the flames inside my eyes
It burns so bright I wanna feel your love, no
Easy baby maybe I’m a light
Before tonight I wanna fall in love
And put your faith in my stomach
And for how long I love my lover
For how long I love my lover
And now, now, for how long, long I love my lover
Now, now, for how long, long I love my lover
Now now, for how long, long I love my lover and I feel loved
For how long, long I love my lover
I feel it all over now, now and I feel loved
For how long, long I love my lover
Feel it all over now, now, and I feel loved
For how long, long I love my lover
Now, now, for how long, long I love my lover
Feel it all over now
For how long I love my lover
Now now
For how long, long I love my lover
03. Sing
https://youtu.be/tlYcUqEPN58?si=DhlHQottYMh__I8P
It's late in the evening
Glass on the side
I've been sat with you
For most of the night
Ignoring everybody here
We wish they would disappear
So maybe we could get down now
I don't wanna know
If you're getting ahead
of the program
I want you to be mine lady
To hold your body close
Take another step into
the no man's land
For the longest time lady
I need you darling
Come on set the tone
If you feel you're falling
Won't you let me know
Oh Oh Oh Ooh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Ooh Oh
If you love me come on get involved
Feel it rushing through you
from your head to toe
Oh Oh Oh Ooh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Ooh Oh
Sing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Louder
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Sing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
This love is a blaze
I saw flames from the side of the stage
And the fire brigade comes
in a couple of days
Until then we got nothing
to say and nothing to know
But something to drink and
maybe something to smoke
Let it go until our roads'll change
Singing we found love in a local rave
No I don't really know what
I'm supposed to say
But I can just figure
it out and hope and pray
I told her my name and said
It's nice to meet ya
And then she handed me of
a bottle of water filled with tequila
I already know she's a keeper
Just from this one small act
of kindness I'm in deep
If anybody finds out
I'm meant to drive home but
I've drunk all of it now not
Sobering up we just sit on the couch
One thing led to another
Now she's kissing my mouth
I need you darling
Come on set the tone
If you feel you're falling
Won't you let me know
Oh oh oh oh ooh
Oh oh oh oh ooh
If you love me come on get involved
Feel it rushing through you
from your head to toe
Oh oh oh oh ooh
Oh oh oh oh ooh
Sing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Louder
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Sing
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
02:47.550,
here don't even wanna dance
Can you feel it All that I can hear
is music from the back
Can you feel it Found you hiding here
so won't you take my hand darling
Before the beat kicks in again
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Sing
I need you darling
Come on set the tone
If you feel you're falling
Won't you let me know
Louder
Sing
If you love me come on get involved
Feel it rushing through you
from your head to toe
Louder
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Sing
04. Don' t
https://youtu.be/iD2rhdFRehU?si=5ElcyQW_Nzf69ZmU
Ah lahmlahlah
Ah lahmlahlah
I met this girl late last year
She said don't you worry
if I disappear
I told her I'm not really looking
for another mistake
I called an old friend thinking that
the trouble would wait
But then I jump right in
A week later returned
I reckon she was only looking
for a lover to burn
But I gave her my time for two
or three nights
Then I put it on pause until
the moment was right
I went away for months until
our paths crossed again
She told me I was never
looking for a friend
Maybe you could swing
by my room around 10
Baby bring a lemon and a bottle of gin
We'll be in between
the sheets until the late AM
Baby if you wanted me then
you should've just said
She's singing
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
That heart is so cold
All over my arm
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
I told her she knows
Take aim and reload
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
For a couple weeks I
Only want to see her
We drink away the days
with a take away pizza
Before a text message was
the only way to reach her
Now she's staying at my place
and loves the way I treat her
Singing out Aretha
All over the track like a feature
Never want to sleep I guess
that I don't want to either
But me and her we make
money the same way
Four cities two planes
the same day
Those shows have never
been what it's about
But maybe we'll go together
and just figure it out
I'd rather put on a film with you
and sit on the couch
But we should get on a plane
Or we'll be missing it now
Wish I'd have written it down
The way that things played out
When she was kissing him
How I was confused about
She should figure it out while
I'm sat here singing
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
That heart is so cold
All over my arm
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
I told her she knows
Take aim and reload
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
on my hotel door
I don't even know
if she knows what for
She was crying on my shoulder
I already told ya
Trust and respect is
what we do this for
I never intended to be next
But you didn't need to take
him to bed that's all
And I never saw him as a threat
Until you disappeared with
him to have sex of course
It's not like we were both on tour
We were staying on the
same fucking hotel floor
And I wasn't looking for
a promise or commitment
But it was never just fun and
I thought you were different
This is not the way you
realize what you wanted
It's a bit too much too
late if I'm honest
All this time God knows I'm singing
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
That heart is so cold
All over my arm
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
I told her she knows
Take aim and reload
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
That heart is so cold
All over my arm
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
Don't fuck with my love
I told her she knows
Take aim and reload
I don't wanna know that babe
Ah lahmlahlah
05. Nina
https://youtu.be/EIYszrkjDFc?si=Pawzlvlt9s2XPNyB
I met you when I was a teen
But then you were one as well
And I could play a guitar
Just like ringing the bells
Sometimes I wonder
In any other summer could you have been my part time lover
To me listening to Stevie Wonder
Under the covers where we used to lay
And re stacks is what the speakers play
I'll be on tour almost every day
When I was home up in my flat is where we used to stay
Just watching the DVD, smoking illegal weed
Getting high as two kites when we needed to breathe
We used each other's air just for the people to see
And stay up all night like when we needed to sleep
We'd go anywhere, our minds would take us
And also you are beautiful without your make up
And you don't even need to worry about your weight cause
We can all be loved the way God made us
And time's the only reason that we could break up
Cause you would always tell me I'm away too much
Distance is relative to the time that it takes to get on a plane
Or make a mistake, say it again
Oh Nina
You should go Nina
'Cause I ain't never coming home
In a road, won't you leave me now
And I've been living on the road Nina
But then again you should know Nina
Cause that's you and me both
Nina, oh won't you leave me now
Now
And every weekend in the winter
You'd be wearing my hoodie
With draw strings pulled tight
To keep your face from the cold
Taking day trips to the local
Where we'd eat on the road
Cause every day when I was away
We'd only speak on the phone
Watching Blue Planet
Creating new habits
As if we we were two rabbits
And then you'd vanish back to the barb with all the Celtics
I disappear
You call me selfish, I understand
But I can't help it
I put my job over everything
Except my family and friends
But you'll be in between forever
So I guess we'll have to take a step back
Overlook the situation
Cause mixing business and feelings will only lead to complications
And I'm not saying we should be taking a break
Just re evaluating quick before we make a mistake and it's too late
So we can either deal with the pain or wait to get on the plane
But in a day we'll have to say it again
Oh Nina
You should go Nina
'Cause I ain't never coming home
In a road, won't you leave me now
And I've been living on the road Nina
And then again you should know Nina
Cause that's you and me both Nina
Uh won't you leave me now
Now
Love will come and love will go
But you can make it on your own
Sing that song, go, oh won't you leave me now
People grow, and fall apart
But you can mend your broken heart
Take it back, go, oh won't you leave me now
Oh Nina
You should go Nina
'Cause I ain't never coming home
In a road, won't you leave me now
And I've been living on the road Nina
And then again you should know Nina
Cause that's you and me
Both in a road, won't you leave me now
Now
06. Photograph
https://youtu.be/nSDgHBxUbVQ?si=Z57WO6hbEYv4vxI-
Loving can hurt
Loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard you know
it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that
makes us feel alive
We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories
for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken
And time's forever frozen still
So you can keep me
Inside the pocket of
your ripped jeans
Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone
wait for me to come home
Loving can heal
Loving can mend your soul
And it's the only thing that
I know know
I swear it will get easier
Remember that with
every piece of you
And it's the only thing we take
with us when we die
We keep this love in this photograph
We made these memories
for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
hearts are never broken
And time's forever frozen still
So you can keep me
Inside the pocket of
your ripped jeans
Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone
And if you hurt me
That's okay baby only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won’t ever let you go
Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home
You can fit me
Inside the necklace you got
when you were sixteen
Next to your heartbeat
where I should be
Keep it deep within your soul
And if you hurt me
Well that's okay baby
only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won’t ever let you go
When I'm away I will remember
how you kissed me
Under the lamppost back
on Sixth street
Hearing you whisper
through the phone
Wait for me to come home
07. Bloodsteram
https://youtu.be/Vv-n0pgQ8zg?si=8DIVuSAbyAycAVru
I've been spinning now for time
Couple women by my side
I got sinning on my mind
Sipping on red wine
I've been sitting here for ages
Ripping out the pages
How'd I get so faded
How'd I get so faded
Oh no no don't leave me alone
lonely now
If you loved me
how'd you never learn
Ooh coloured crimson in my eyes
One or two could free my mind
This is how it ends
I feel the chemicals
burn in my bloodstream
Fading out again
I feel the chemicals
burn in my bloodstream
So tell me when it kicks in
So tell me when it kicks in
I've been looking for a lover
Thought I'd find her in a bottle
God make me another one
I'll be feeling this tomorrow
Lord forgive me
for the things I've done
I was never meant to hurt no one
I saw scars upon
a broken hearted lover
Oh no no don't leave me alone
lonely now
If you loved me
how'd you never learn
Ooh coloured crimson in my eyes
One or two could free my mind
This is how it ends
I feel the chemicals
burn in my bloodstream
Fading out again
I feel the chemicals
burn in my bloodstream
So tell me when it kicks in
So tell me when it kicks in
So tell me when it kicks in
All the voices in my mind
Calling out across the line
All the voices in my mind
Calling out across the line
All the voices in my mind
Calling out across the line
All the voices in my mind
Calling out across the line
All the voices in my mind
Calling out across the line
All the voices in my mind
Calling out across the line
Tell me when it kicks in
I saw scars upon her
Tell me when it kicks in
Broken hearted
Tell me when it kicks in
I saw scars upon her
Tell me when it kicks in
Broken hearted
Tell me when it kicks in
I saw scars upon her
Tell me when it kicks in
Broken hearted
Tell me when it kicks in
I saw scars upon her
Tell me when it kicks in
Broken hearted
Tell me when it kicks in
I saw scars upon her
Tell me when it kicks in
Broken hearted
Tell me when it kicks in
I saw scars upon her
Tell me when it kicks in
Broken hearted
08. Tenerife Sea
https://youtu.be/2tHes1FQfwU?si=VJ0bn_GjO15ywkxa
You look so wonderful
in your dress
I love your hair like that
The way it falls
on the side of your neck
Down your shoulders and back
We are surrounded
by all of these lies
And people who talk too much
You've got that kind of
look in your eyes
As if no one knows anything but us
And should this
be the last thing I see
I want you to know
it's enough for me
Cause all that you are is all
that I'll ever need
I'm so in love so in love
So in love so in love
You look so beautiful
in this light
Your silhouette over me
The way it brings out the blue
in your eyes
Is the Tenerife Sea
And all of the voices
surrounding us here
They just fade out
when you take a breath
Just say the word
and I will disappear
Into the wilderness
And should this
be the last thing I see
I want you to know
it's enough for me
Cause all that you are is all
that I'll ever need
I'm so in love so in love
So in love so in love
Lumiere darling
Lumiere over me
Lumiere darling
Lumiere over me
Lumiere darling
Lumiere over me
And should this
be the last thing I see
I want you to know
it's enough for me
Cause all that you are is all
that I'll ever need
I'm so in love so in love
So in love love love love
So in love
You looked so wonderful
in your dress
I loved your hair like that
And in the moment I knew you back
09. Runaway
https://youtu.be/cgMd5YGTSCM?si=jUU8YeJwMJT7oY3C
I've known it for a long time
Daddy wakes up to a drink at night
Disappearing all night
I don't wanna know
where he's been lying
I know what I wanna do
I wanna runaway
Runaway with you
Gonna grab clothes
six in the morning go
How long you leavin'
Well Dad just don't expect me
back this evening
Oh it could take a bit of time
to heal this
It's been a long day
Almost out of the wrong way
But I love him
from the skin to my bones
But I don't wanna
live in this home
There's nothing to say
'cause he knows
I'll just runaway and be on my own
I've never seen my dad cry
Cold as stone in the kitchen light
I tell you it's about time
But I was raised to keep quiet
And this is what I'm gonna do
Gonna runaway
gonna make that move
Gonna grab clothes
and when it's morning go
How long could you leave him
Well Dad just don't expect me
back this evening
Oh it could take
a bit of time to heal this
It's been a long day
Almost out of the wrong way
But I love him from
the skin to my bones
But I don't wanna live in this home
There's nothing to say
'cause he knows
I'll just runaway and be on my own
Back pack and a flat cap
turned to the back
'Cause I packed my clothes up
My dad wasn't in without
that plant too bit tired
and turns to show up
I don't wanna live this way
Gonna take my things and go
If things change in a matter of days
Could be persuaded to hold up
And mama was the same
None of us are saints
I guess that God knows that
I don't wanna runaway
And one of these days
I might just show that
Put my home in a suitcase
Tie both shoelaces and hold that
Things change
but for now I leave town
with a backpack on my shoulder
But I love him
from the skin to my bones
But I don't wanna
live in this home
There's nothing to say
'cause he knows
I'll just runaway and be on my own
10. The Man
https://youtu.be/7yHNoWwpC-Q?si=DUOrEa9XeUkDjjI4
Now I don't wanna hate you
Just wish you'd never gone for the man
And waited two weeks at least
Before you let him take you
I stayed true
I kind of knew you liked the dude from private school
He's waiting for the time to move
I knew he had his eyes on you
He's not the right guy for you
Don't hate me cause I write the truth
No I would never lie to you
But it was never fine to lose you
And what a way to find out
It never came from my mouth
You never changed your mind
But you were just afraid to mind out
But fuck it, I won't be changing the subject I love it
I'll make your little secret public it's nothing
I'm just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep with in your closet to get back at me
Trapped and I'm lacking sleep
Fact is you're mad at me because I backtrack so casually
You're practically my family
If we married then I'll guess you'd have to be
But tragically our love just lost the will to live
But would I kill to give it one more shot
I think not
I don't love you baby
I don't need you baby
I don't want you no
Anymore
I don't love you baby
I don't need you baby
I don't wanna love you no
Anymore
Recently I tend to zone out
Up in my headphones to Holocene
You promised your body but I'm away so much
I stay more celibate than in a monastery
I'm not cut out for life on the road
Cause I didn't know I'd miss you this much
And at the time we'd just go, so sue me
I guess I'm not the man that you need
Ever since you went to uni
I've been sofa surfing with a rucksack
Full of less cash and I guess that could get bad
But when I broke the industry
That's when I broke your heart
I was supposed to chart and celebrate
But good things are over fast
I know it's hard to deal with and see this
I tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features
Then I turn the music off
And all I'm left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus
I never really want to believe this
Got advice from my dad and he
Told me that family is all I'll ever have and need
I guess I'm unaware of it
Success is nothing if you have no one there left to share it with
I don't love you baby
I don't need you baby
I don't want you no
Anymore
I don't love you baby
I don't need you baby
I don't wanna love you no
Anymore
And since you left, I've given up my days off
It's what I need to stay strong
I know you have a day job but mine is 24 7
I feel like writing a book, I guess I lied in the hook
Cause I still love you and I need you by my side if I could
The irony is if my career and music didn't exist
In 6 years, yeah, you'd probably be my wife with a kid
I'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink
And lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and it's
Just hiding my misguiding thoughts that I'm trying to kill
And I'd be writing my will before I'm 27, I'll die from a thrill
Go down in history as just a wasted talent
Can I face the challenge, or did I make a mistake erasing
It's only therapy, my thoughts just get ahead of me
Eventually I'll be fine I know that it was never meant to be
Either way I guess I'm not prepared, but I'll say this
These things happen for a reason and you can't change shit
Take my apology, I'm sorry for the honesty
But I had to get this off my chest
I don't love you baby
I don't need you baby
I don't want you no
Anymore
I don't love you baby
I don't need you baby
I don't wanna love you no
Anymore
11. Thinking Out Loud
https://youtu.be/lp-EO5I60KA?si=i_QYa2G0i1aUA1Rv
When your legs don't work
like they used to before
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember
the taste of my love
Will your eyes still smile
from your cheeks
And darling I will be loving
you till we're 70
And baby my heart could
still fall as hard at 23
And I'm thinking 'bout how people
fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Oh me I fall in love with
you every single day
And I just wanna tell you I am
So honey now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of
a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love
right where we are
When my hair's overgone
and my memory fades
And the crowds
don't remember my name
When my hands don't play
the strings the same way
I know you will still love me the same
'Cause honey your soul could
never grow old it's evergreen
And baby your smile's forever
in my mind and memory
I'm thinking 'bout how people
fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe it's all part of a plan
I just keep on making
the same mistakes
Hoping that you'll understand
But baby now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of
a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
Thinking out loud
That maybe we found love
right where we are
So baby now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of
a thousand stars
Oh darling place your head
on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love
right where we are
Oh maybe we found love
right where we are
And we found love
right where we are
12. Afire Love
https://youtu.be/29QfzY0IrC0?si=81QVmPsCBN-QDE51
Things were all good yesterday
And then the devil took your memory
And if you fell to your death today
I hope that heaven is your resting place
I heard the doctors put your chest in pain
But then that could've been the medicine
And now you're lying in the bed again
Either way I'll cry with the rest of them
And my father told me, son
It's not his fault he doesn't know your face
And you're not the only one
Although my grandma used to say
That he used to say
Darling, hold me in your arms the way you did last night
And we'll lie in sight for a little while, he wrote
I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up
And we're wrapped in light, in life, in love
Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut
For they're designed to be together, oh
With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one
And we're set alight, we're afire in love
Things were all good yesterday
But then the devil took your breath away
And now we're left here in the pain
Black suit, black tie, standing in the rain
And now my family is one again
Stapled together with the strangers and a friend
Came to my mind, I should paint it with a pen
Six years old, I remember when
My father told me, son
It's not his fault he doesn't know your face
And you're not the only one
Although my grandma used to say
He used to say
Darling, hold me in your arms the way you did last night
And we'll lie in sight for a little while, he wrote
I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up
And we're wrapped in light, in life, in love
Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut
For they're designed to be together, oh
With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one
And we're set alight, we're afire in love
To the love we love to love we love x3
And my father and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah
And my mother and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah
And my brother and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah
And all of my brothers and my sisters, yeah
And my father and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah
To the love we love to love we love x3
RATING
에드시런의 음악적 진화를 본격적으로 드러낸 앨범이라고 생각합니다. 첫 앨범 <+>에서 보여주었던 싱어송라이터로서의 재능과 감성적인 서정성을 기반으로, <x>는 보다 폭넓은 음악적 스펙트럼을 탐구하며 Sheeran의 아티스트로서의 성장과 성숙을 보여줍니다. 이 앨범은 팝, 포크, 힙합, R&B 등 여러 장르의 혼합을 시도했으며, 그의 섬세한 보컬과 진정성 있는 가사로 많은 이들에게 큰 인상을 남겼습니다.
앨범 내 곡들은 서로 다른 장르적 요소를 결합하며 청자의 귀를 사로잡습니다. 대표적으로 "Sing"은 Pharrell Williams와의 협업으로 힙합과 펑크 리듬을 혼합한 곡인데, 이는 Ed Sheeran의 이전 스타일과는 전혀 다른 시도를 보여줍니다. Pharrell 특유의 그루브와 Sheeran의 부드러운 목소리가 만나 독특한 팝 사운드를 만들어내며 대중적으로도 큰 성공을 거두었습니다. 이와 비교하자면, Justin Timberlake의 <Justified>와 같은 앨범이 연상되는데, 두 앨범 모두 펑크와 힙합적 요소를 팝에 자연스럽게 녹여냈다는 점에서 공통점을 찾을 수 있습니다.
반면 "Thinking Out Loud"와 같은 곡은 매우 감미로운 발라드로, Sheeran의 서정적인 가사와 부드러운 멜로디가 돋보입니다. 이 곡은 Ed Sheeran의 가장 상징적인 곡 중 하나로 자리 잡았으며, 가사의 진솔함과 간결한 어쿠스틱 편곡이 그에게 더 많은 팬층을 확장시켰습니다. 이 곡의 감성은 John Mayer의 발라드 "Gravity"와 같은 작품들과도 비교할 수 있습니다. Mayer가 블루스적인 감성을 더했다면, Sheeran은 보다 대중적인 어쿠스틱 기반의 멜로디로 청중의 감정을 자극합니다.
다만 장르적 다양성을 시도한 것에 비해 몇몇 곡들은 정체성을 잃은 듯한 인상을 준다는 점입니다. 예를 들어, "Don't"는 R&B와 힙합 비트가 두드러진 곡이지만, 이는 Sheeran의 본연의 음악적 스타일과 완전히 조화를 이루지 못해 약간의 이질감을 느끼게 합니다. 이러한 측면에서 보면, Taylor Swift가 <1989>에서 팝 사운드로 완전히 전환한 것과는 대조적입니다. 테일러 스위프트는 그 전환이 매우 자연스러웠던 반면에 Sheeran은 여전히 팝과 포크, 힙합 사이에서 완벽한 균형을 찾지 못한 듯한 느낌을 줍니다.
또한, 앨범 내에서 몇몇 트랙들이 음악적으로는 훌륭하지만, 지나치게 안전한 편곡과 구성을 선택한 곡들도 있습니다. "Photograph" 같은 곡은 분명 아름답고 감성적이지만, 과도하게 익숙한 코드 진행과 예상 가능한 멜로디로 인해 창의적인 도전보다는 대중적 성공을 염두에 둔 듯한 느낌을 줄 때가 있습니다. 이는 Coldplay의 <Ghost Stories>와 같은 앨범에서 느껴지는 문제와 유사한데, 너무 익숙한 발라드가 반복되다 보니 감동의 깊이가 다소 희석되는 느낌을 받을 수 있습니다.
종합적으로, <x>는 Ed Sheeran이 자신의 음악적 가능성을 실험하며 대중성과 예술성을 동시에 추구한 앨범입니다. 몇몇 트랙들은 뛰어난 송라이팅과 프로덕션을 자랑하며, 그의 음악적 재능을 확실히 보여주지만, 때로는 장르적 실험이 그의 정체성을 흐리게 만들기도 합니다. 그럼에도 불구하고, <x>는 그의 커리어에서 중요한 전환점이자, 이후의 앨범들로 이어지는 발판을 마련한 작품입니다. 개인적으론 수록곡들도 명곡이 많으니 들어보셨으면 좋겠네요.
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