歌手- Maxwell
专辑 -Live @ Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹演唱会）
时间 -2008
分类 - Neo-Soul




歌手介绍

Maxwell是美国有名R&B和Neo-Soul的歌手。他是波多黎各人，在纽约长大小时候在浸礼会教堂唱歌，从小就信教。他17岁的时候就开始写歌词，制作歌曲用朋友给的电子琴。他1991年开始在夜会唱歌，94年被Columbia公司发现签约成为了伟大美国歌手。


Maxwell began working with songwriter Leon Ware and noted guitarist Wah Wah Watson to record his debut Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite in the early 1990s. When the album was finished, Columbia had doubts about the album's potential, and shelved it for two years, but finally issued it in 1996.

Heavily inspired by the sound of classic soul music, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite did not catch on with audiences until the release of its second single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", which became a hit. Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite sold over 500,000 copies, earning gold status, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

On June 15, 1997, Maxwell taped an episode of the MTV concert series MTV Unplugged in New York City, performing his own songs as well as covers of songs by Kate Bush ("This Woman's Work) and Nine Inch Nails ("Closer") [4]. He clashed with his label about the release of an album of his unplugged session, so only an EP [5] containing seven songs was released for sale.

Maxwell's second studio album, Embrya, was released in 1998. The following year, Maxwell released "Fortunate", a single written by R. Kelly and featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 film Life. The single peaked at number one on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart. To date, "Fortunate" is Maxwell's most successful single, and was Billboard's number one R&B single of 1999.

Now, Maxwell's third album, was released in 2001, becoming his first No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 album chart and Billboard's R&B album chart. It featured the hit singles "Lifetime" and a studio version of "This Woman's Work"; the Kate Bush song Maxwell covered during his 1997 MTV Unplugged set [6].

Maxwell appeared on the 2008 BET Awards, where he performed the song "Simply Beautiful" in a tribute to Al Green。



曲目

01 Intro - This Woman's Work
02 Lifetime
03 Get To Know Ya
04 For Lovers Only
05 No One
06 Everwanting - To Want You To Want (Part 1)
07 Everwanting - To Want You To Want (Part 2)
08 Sumthin', Sumthin' - Ecstasy (The Ohio Players cover)
09 Was My Girl
10 Pretty Wings
11 Bad Habits
12 Simply Beautiful (Al Green cover)
13 Fortunate
14 'Til the Cops Come Knockin' (Part 1)
15 'Til the Cops Come Knockin' (Part 2)
16 Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
17 Whenever, Wherever, Whatever