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Faith Hill Returns with Fireflies
费思·希尔带来新专辑《萤火虫》
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"Mississippi Girl" was the first single released from Faith Hill's latest album Fireflies. The autobiographical song was written by John Rich, a former member of Lonestar. Rich is now one-half of the new Country duo Big and Rich. Faith explains what inspired John to write the track.
Faith HillL: John Rich, he does a better job at telling a story than I do, and he said he basically stalked me for about two weeks because he had this image of me. I'm not sure exactly what it was, maybe that I was a monster or something. But he said after spending time [with me], he thought everyone should know the story of my life.
"Mississippi Girl" entered Billboard1's Country Singles chart at Number 27 to become the highest debut2 of Hill's career. It took only nine weeks to reach the Top 5 on that list.
Faith and her husband, Country star Tim McGraw, are raising three young daughters while trying to juggle3 the demands of their busy careers. But, Faith says the long delay of her new album was due to artistic4 reasons.
Faith HillL: It was because of a songwriter by the name of Lori McKenna who has the title track on the album Fireflies, and a couple of other ones that are on the album. I just heard a song of hers and said 'I have to hear everything she's ever written.' [I] included it and went back in and delayed the process, but it was well, well worth it.
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Fireflies sold 329,000 copies its first week of release and debuted5 at Number One on both the Country Albums and all-genre Billboard 200 charts. Her previous two albums, 1999's Breathe and 2002's Cry, also entered in the top spot on both charts. Faith describes her reaction to the success of Fireflies.
Faith HillL: I feel relieved because I feel great about this album. It's a labor6 of love. It's very acoustic7 and rootsy, and I'm just excited. I can't wait to get out and play it.
Faith has no tour plans set for 2005, but she recently performed two concerts in Los Angeles, which marked her first shows there since 2000. The concerts were taped for an upcoming television special that will air November 23.
The latest single from Fireflies is a duet Faith recorded with her husband. Here are Faith Hill and Tim McGraw with the power ballad8 "Like We Never Loved At All."
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注释:
autobiographical [C:tEubaiE5^rAfik(E)l] adj. 自传的
duo [5dju(:)Eu] n. 二重唱
stalk [stC:k] v. 追踪,寻找
monster [5mCnstE] n. 怪物,妖怪
relieved [ri5li:vd] adj. 得到安慰的
acoustic [E5ku:stik] adj. 原声的,不经过电声设备发出音响的
upcoming [5Qp7kQmiN] adj. 即将来临的
duet [dju:5et] n. 二重唱
ballad [5bAlEd] n. 流行歌曲,情歌
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adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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