〈內外皆美的鄉村清秀佳人〉
很少能在西洋歌壇聽到這般溫情、暖調、麗似夏花的情感歌聲，聆聽崔夏宜爾伍〈Trisha Yearwood〉一直是種享受，她的歌聲簡單來說就像姿態萬千的風景，其中的成分便是「自然」，從91年到現在的十年光陰，回想崔夏在歌壇製造的歌曲及音樂風格，怎能不讓人承受一次次的感動？六月2日的美國告示牌雜誌以崔夏宜爾伍製作了「十年有成紀念專題」，為這位鄉村樂壇的清秀佳人背書，對歌壇來說是個極為罕見的現象，甚至流行樂壇的幾個天后也不見得有此待遇，難道因為崔夏的故鄉—喬治亞州以她之名為公路命名？不，理由很簡單，十年來崔夏宜爾伍是90年代鄉村音樂代名詞，她的歌聲傳達的真實感動始終如一，那份高雅又貼心的美聲在崔夏十年的經營下，傾吐著迷人細緻的芳香，有份細水長流的自在。
這個月崔夏盛大推出個人第11張專輯「Inside Out」，封面淺漾迷人的微笑還是讓人備感清新，全張專輯在崔夏和製作人Mark Wright首度合作下，交集出情緒豐富、曲風多元的質感，顯然比前作「Real Live Woman」更為活潑，彷彿經歷婚變的陰影也消逝無蹤，雖然對崔夏的研究並不完整，但專輯的每一首歌確實都讓我相當喜愛。
新專輯和上一張一樣，有許多值得注意的「賣點」，首先，傳奇歌手強尼凱許之女蘿珊凱許〈Rosanne Cash〉1981年紅遍鄉村歌壇的經典"Seven Year Ache"竟出現在新專輯中，崔夏不但挑戰翻唱並找來久未有動作的蘿珊合音，雖然不少人質疑崔夏無法超越蘿珊的原唱版本，不過崔夏再次呈現經典已令人興奮；曲風較為流行走向的"Inside Out"是布萊恩亞當斯和才女Gretchen Peters的創作，崔夏找來曾提攜她的戰友唐亨利合唱，是兩人繼"Walkaway Joe"後的二度過招，值得一聽；崔夏個人最喜歡的"I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners"其實是翻唱鄉村新秀Rebecca Lynn Howard〈蘿貝卡琳霍華〉去年的作品，在文斯吉爾的合聲下分外動人，蘿貝卡版和崔夏版都相當成功；此外，鄉村才女Matraca berg貢獻的"For A While"以生活化歌詞及輕鬆旋律打造一個平易的崔夏，歌詞還幻想自己的電影中的茱莉亞羅伯茲，頗具特色。
上述的歌多有名人背書，接著的情歌則支支牽動心靈，首支單曲" I Would've Loved You Anyway"頗有橫跨成人抒情和流行的意圖，雖然稍嫌商業，仍不減崔夏催淚的功力，後段依舊有琳達朗絲黛式的唱腔；"When We Were Still In Love"則以鋼琴和弦樂鋪陳中，慢慢地帶出崔夏的情歌能量；"Love Me Or Leave Me Alone"算是一個嶄新嘗試，編曲帶有band sound，崔夏的製作人還比喻為是一首「崔夏結合咕咕娃〈Goo Goo Dolls〉」的歌，而"Melancholy Blue"崔夏唱出「沒你就沒明天的感慨」，還有"Second Chance"當然又展現她歌喉的張力。
也別以為崔夏只是個唱情歌的女孩，新專輯中開場的"Love Alone"以強力節奏和積極態度照樣氣勢攝人，彷彿為下一個十年作最好的開頭。回首十年的光景，不管是"She's In Love With The Boy"、"The Song Remembers When"、"Perfect Love"、"XXX’s And OOO’x"、"How Do I Live"都分別傳唱崔夏真切又實在的成長經驗，這位被稱為「喬治亞女兒」的清秀佳人最值得驕傲的是她繳出一張漂亮的十年成績單，在成長之餘還要在音樂進步，儘管沒有銷售的光芒〈精選集全美三百萬張位最高銷售碟〉，可是崔夏宜爾伍的用心卻隨處可見。
最後再提醒大家有空去租瑞佛費尼克斯和珊曼莎麥席絲主演的電影「The Thing Called Love」，崔夏在影片中飾演自己，雖然沒有什麼戲份，不過電影中出現
"Walkaway Joe"這首歌，想像納許維爾和Bluebird Café，鄉村音樂的故事就是如此。
"Seven Year Ache"
(written by Roseanne Cash)
You act like you were just born tonight
Face down in a memory but feeling alright
So who does your past belong to today
Baby you don't say nothing when your feeling this way
Girls in the bars thinking who is this guy
But they don't think nothing when they're telling you lies
You look so careless when they're shooting that bull
Don't you know heartaches are heros when their pockets are full
Tell me your trying to cure a seven year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say when is he gonna give us some room
The girls say, God, I hope he comes back soon
Everybody's talkin' but you don't hear a thing
Still uptown on your downhill swing
Boulevards empty why don't you come around
Baby what's so great about sleeping downtown
There's plenty of dives to be someone you're not
Just say you're looking for something you might have forgot
Don't bother calling to say you're leaving alone
'Cause there's a fool on every corner when you're trying to get home
Just tell 'em your trying to cure a seven year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say when is he gonna give us some room
The girls say, God, I hope he comes back soon
Tell me your trying to cure a seven year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say when is he gonna give us some room
The girls say, God, I hope he comes back soon
崔夏宜爾伍官方網站：
http://www.trishayearwood.com
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