《Between Friends》

	演唱歌手	Tamia
	发行时间	2006-06-18
	发行公司	gallo music (s.africa)
	语言总类	英语
来自加拿大美艳动人的R&B才女Tamia，从小参加表演及歌唱的课程，让Tamia展现出的精艳才华，获得当地无数音乐奖项之肯定！在一次 Party的聚会，被Quincy Jones所赏赐，慧眼独到的签入自创厂牌Qwest旗下，初试啼声於Quincy Jones1994年的专辑「Q's Jook Joint」中，先发单曲"You Put A Move On My Heart"不仅成为排行畅销之作，更获葛莱美『节奏蓝调最佳女演唱人』提名，专辑中另一首与Babyface合唱的"Slow Jams"，也同时被提名『节奏蓝调最佳对唱组合』！隔年与R&B/SOUL三女伶Chaka Khan、Gladys Knight及Brandy为电影【Set It Off】合唱出的动人抒情佳作"Missing You"，又再度获得葛莱美奖的提名！同时受到灵魂列车的青睞，获得多项提名的肯定；1997再次为电影【Speed II: Cruise Control】献唱的畅销抒情曲"Make Tonight Beautiful"，再次赢得热烈的迴响，并为电影献出萤幕处女秀，其中爆笑之桥段留给观眾记忆犹新的深刻映像！ 还没有一张正式出道专辑的Tamia，早已是乐界期待许久最闪耀的新人！千呼万唤下终在Quincy Jones小心呵护精心製作，於1998年发行首张同名专辑，13首美丽动人的曲子，围绕在Tamia感性甜美的嗓音铺陈中！2000年的专辑「A Nu Day」中碎心单曲"Stranger In My House"，为她获得首支流行榜Top10佳绩，摇身一变的混音单曲，不仅成为全美舞池国歌，更是炙手可热的畅销单曲，2001年首次登上舞曲榜冠军， 2002年Remixes的版本，同样连庄舞曲销售榜NO.1！2004年，终於发行第三张专辑「More」！甫发行便跃居全美专辑榜第 17名、R&B榜第4名的位置。製作混音群更是请来Jermaine Dupri、R Kelly、Babyface、Poke & Tone (Jennifer Lopez、Mariah Carey)、Duro (Ashanti、Joe)等黄金超阵容！早先於2003年所推出的单曲"Officially Missing You"混音单曲，再次成为舞棍的最爱，获得舞曲销售榜冠军！原曲则在木吉他清柔伴奏下，呈现舒服无比的抒情小品！"On My Way"带着些许拉丁音韵穿绕下，跟着Tamia性感摇摆；婉转有致的优美合音及和谐音色，在"Still"中为您贴切流露；"I'm Yours Lately"则呈献出灵魂美声与动感节奏绝妙融合之詮释。 2006年的[Between Friends]是令人期待已久的最新专辑。这专辑先在非洲发行，然后再进攻欧美市场。 很多人都感觉奇怪，为什么不先在加拿大、美国发行，而去非洲先发行。 单曲[Too Grown For That]是晕晕比较喜欢的歌曲，值得反覆聆听玩味；Tamia的性感、娇柔、嫵媚、情爱、慾望…等，都会给你带来更多更多的遐想！ Imagine a friendship breathed into life by music. Imagine a message of love unheard of. Now awake to Between Friends, the newest album by Tamia. Between Friends is an R&B guide to the beauty and dynamics of relationships. Mixing the writing styles of Shep Crawford, the producing finesse of Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Tamia's maturity as an artist and woman resonates in all 12 songs. For the love-starved man who craves the warmth of a good one, Tamia's songs ignite flames of hope that romance and love still blooms. Songs like "The Way I Love You", "Too Grown For That" and "Can't Get Enough Of You" fuse Tamia's sinfully smothering vocal abilities with Darkchild's signature bounce to every beat. Since her last album, More, Tamia is trying to do it all-being supportive of her husband Grant Hill and his career, mother of four year-old Myla Grace (Myla means merciful taken from the Bible 'mercy and grace'), and working with charities like Prevent Child Abuse America (http://www.preventchildabuse.org/); Habitat For Humanity (http://www.habitat.org/); Multiple Sclerosis (MS) awareness in Canada (http://www.mssociety.ca/); and, an African American art collection currently touring the US. Yet, completion of the last album left Tamia wanting, wanting to do more songs, but feeling restricted by record label obligations. Tamia wished to make the decisions about songs-if she felt strongly about it, then it would make the album. As Tamia notes, "Shep Crawford, who produced "Stranger In My House," and I, always said that if we ever had time and wanted to have fun, we'd just go into studio and make the music that we wanted to make. We both loved the creative process and creating songs. We loved just hanging out talking about life and having a good time. We went into the studio not thinking that we'd create an album. It came organically. Literally, it was going to be a CD just for us." Investing her own money without waiting for anyone to propose a new album, Tamia tinkered and toyed with music she wanted to make. She involved herself in every aspect of this project putting forth an album that truly is, soul. "I'm always going to be that little 6 year-old singing into her brush with her mom yelling, "Tamia, please stop!" Music is just a part of me-everything that I do, every step that I take. I am still thankful and amazed, because I still see myself as that little girl with a brush." Tamia's big break came when she was featured on Q's Jook Joint album, with her own solo effort following a few years later. During that time frame, this previously unknown singing sensation received three Grammy nominations: Best Female R&B Vocal P