絕對是英國偶像團體的神化先驅,自1999年首支單曲”Swear It Again”打開英美兩地市場,就以悅耳、流暢、結構簡潔成了他們的註冊商標。再接再厲奪冠的”Flying Without Wings”,成為美國偶像歌唱比賽第二屆冠軍Ruben Studdard翻唱之衛冕關鍵曲,葛瑞蓋茲靠著演繹此作品,順利進入英國偶像歌唱比賽。陸續問世七張專輯與一張精選,創下六張直接空降英國冠軍紀錄,唯一四次抱走英國音樂獎「年度唱片」的藝人/團體。
每年固定出版一張專輯的西城男孩,在《鍾愛一生 情歌自選輯/The Love Album》宣傳期結束後,四位團員暫別工作回鄉休息,各自獲得美好的人生體驗,更洋溢無比滿足感的交出全新大碟《Back Home》。在Shane、Mark、Kian與Nicky主導下,請來Steve McCutcheon(美聲男伶、凱莉克萊森、羅南)、Jorgen Elofsson(布蘭妮、夏恩華德、跳跳舞)等人聯合監製,試圖琢磨出不一樣的聲音。滿載思鄉之情的首支主打”Home”,對於身處異鄉的遊子們聽來格外催淚動容,此曲翻唱麥可布雷 (Michael Buble)於2005年唱出美國抒情榜+英國冠軍之佳作;絕美的第二波情歌攻勢”Us Against The World”,有新好男孩、超級男孩、布蘭妮暢銷單曲幕後操手Rami Yacoub參與撰寫,交融四部和聲以及真假音輪番轉換,恰到好處的宣洩最飽滿之愛情濃烈度;對摯愛的甜蜜告白”Something Right”,倚著柔美琴韻彈奏做主軸的環伺全曲,輕易打動每位聆聽著的心;”I'm Already There”則是翻唱美國鄉村四人樂團Lonestar的2001年作品;一首滲入節奏藍調律動的”Have You Ever”,重新演出暢銷歌曲製造機Diane Warren為R&B小公主Brandy量身訂做的美國冠軍曲;輕快愉悅引人起舞的”The Easy Way”,歡樂回歸Motown時期復古搖擺Funky-Soul的韻角之中;撰寫啦啦隊國歌”Micky”原創者Nicky Chinn與凱莉克萊森由美國偶像獲冠後,一飛沖天冠軍曲”A Moment Like This”作者Jorgen Elofsson聯合譜出”You Must Have Had A Broken Heart”,為此輯畫上完美動人的句點。
內附中英文歌詞
曲目: 1. Home 回家 2. Us Against The World 不顧一切 3. Something Right 好事 4. I'm Already There 依偎妳身邊 5. When I'm With You 和妳一起 6. Have You Ever 是否曾經 7. It's You 妳是唯一 8. Catch My Breath 無法喘氣 9. The Easy Way 坦白說愛 10. I Do 我願意 11. Pictures In My Head 深情映畫 12. You Must Have Had A Broken Heart 心痛傷痕
Another summer day Has come and gone away In Paris and Rome But I wanna go home Mmmm
Maybe surrounded by A million people I Still feel all alone I just wanna go home Oh, I miss you, you know
And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you Each one a line or two “I’m fine baby, how are you?” Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough My words were cold and flat And you deserve more than that
Another aeroplane Another sunny place I’m lucky I know But I wanna go home Mmmm, I’ve got to go home
Let me go home I’m just too far from where you are I wanna come home
And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life It’s like I just stepped outside When everything was going right And I know just why you could not Come along with me 'Cause this was not your dream But you always believed in me
Another winter day Has come and gone away In even Paris and Rome And I wanna go home Let me go home
And I’m surrounded by A million people I Still feel all alone Oh, let me go home Oh, I miss you, you know
Let me go home I’ve had my run Baby, I’m done I gotta go home Let me go home It will all be all right I’ll be home tonight I’m coming back home