Ed Sheeran de Ed Sheeran
Álbum de Ed Sheeran
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 de Marzo de 2006
- Compositores: Ed Sheeran
- Productores: Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran es un álbum de Ed Sheeran, publicado en 2006. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Open Your Ears», «Beyond The Pale», «In Memory» y «Insomniac´s Lullaby».
Lanzado en 2006, Ed Sheeran (también conocido como "The Orange Room EP") es el primer álbum autoeditado del artista británico. Grabado cuando apenas tenía 14 años, este disco es un documento fascinante de los inicios de su carrera, mucho antes de la fama mundial. Es una colección de canciones de folk y acústicas, grabadas de una manera muy cruda y casera, que muestran a un joven Ed Sheeran desarrollando su estilo como compositor y letrista. Aunque es un trabajo amateur, en estas primeras grabaciones ya se pueden apreciar la honestidad de sus letras y su talento innato para la melodía, las semillas de lo que lo convertirían en una superestrella.
Gestación del álbum
Antes de ser una estrella mundial, Ed Sheeran era un adolescente de Suffolk con una pasión por la música. Este álbum fue grabado y producido por él mismo, con medios muy limitados. Las canciones fueron compuestas en su habitación y grabadas de forma casera. Este y otros EPs autoeditados eran los que Sheeran vendía en sus primeros conciertos en pequeños pubs y locales de Londres, construyendo poco a poco su base de fans.
Análisis musical y estilo
El sonido de "Ed Sheeran" es folk acústico en su forma más pura. El álbum está dominado por la voz de un joven Sheeran y su guitarra acústica. Las canciones son simples en su estructura, pero ya muestran su habilidad para crear melodías pegadizas y contar historias. Las letras, aunque ingenuas, son sinceras y exploran temas de amor juvenil y las observaciones de un adolescente sobre el mundo que lo rodea.
Las canciones clave
El álbum incluye algunas de las primeras composiciones de Sheeran, como "Open Your Ears" y "Beyond The Pale". Aunque ninguna de estas canciones se convertiría en un éxito masivo, son un testimonio de su temprano talento y de su sonido original, antes de las grandes producciones de sus álbumes de estudio.
Influencia posterior
Este álbum es hoy en día una pieza de coleccionista. Es el punto de partida de la discografía de Ed Sheeran, un recordatorio de que incluso las más grandes superestrellas comienzan con un sueño y una guitarra en su habitación.
Listado de Canciones
- Open Your Ears
Letra
Can't get you off my mind Look at me and you will find Time after time it seems I'll say what I don't mean In your world we were the same In mine now you're the one to blame You can't remember my name We're lost, it's such a shame Listen to me (yeah, yeah) Stop making me see What I've been waiting for Listen to me (yeah, yeah) Stop making me see I'm strong yet proud I'm quiet yet loud And I'm everything You want in me I'm small yet tall I have it all And I'm everything You want me to be Listen to me (yeah, yeah) Stop making me see What I've been waiting for Listen to me (yeah, yeah) Stop making me see And I still feel like I need you still And I still feel like I'm on some pill And I still feel like I need you still Listen to me (yeah, yeah) Stop making me see What I've been waiting for Listen to me Making me see - Beyond The Pale
Letra
Just lay it all down on me It’s getting harder for me to breathe Just want to know if it will be Just want to know if it is me And you know I’ve learned from my mistakes And how much have I got to lose? You find my heart is hard to break Can’t keep playing the fool Breathe in, exhale To turn to move beyond the pale Flag up, set sail To find what’s there beyond the pale I feel like I’ve gone to the end of the world What do I have to do? You know I’ve learned from my mistakes How much have I got to lose? You find my heart hard to break Can’t keep playing the fool Breathe in, exhale To turn to move beyond the pale Flag up, set sail To find what’s there beyond the pale What can I do Just to let you know That you’re in my mind? To try and justify The way you liberate me Every time - In Memory
Letra
I write this song in memory of The wayward smile The boy we won’t forget The soul you took away from us The river flows The tears that we wept Missing you Is all that needs to be said More than blue The words inside my head And I know that you’re gone The cheeky smile Of jokes and laughs The memories of times We crossed the line The stepping stones Across my mind Washed away We all now feel so blind Missing you Is all that needs to be said More than blue The words inside my head And I know that you’re gone Goodbye - Insomniac´s Lullaby
- Quiet Ballad Of Ed
Letra
In shadow there lies hope Cut tension with a knife I find it hard to cope Stop playing with my life You analyse my fears Analyse my dreams Choke on burning tears Through my silent screams Things aren’t what they seem Tell a hundred craftsmen to work on me Tell this army of angels to make me breathe Open doors just to take away the key I’ll let you all see that I’m doing better Watch me fall As I stumble at your feet Always losing in this game Your lies cut me deep And you don’t even know my name With your consistency To always make me crawl And my durability Not affected at all Still things aren’t what they seem Tell a hundred craftsmen to work on me Tell this army of angels to make me breathe Open doors just to take away the key I’ll let you all see that I’m doing better Feel the pain On my brain Feel the strain As I start to decay Feel the strain Every passing day Feel the pain As I start to decay Tell a hundred craftsmen to work on me Tell this army of angels to make me breathe Open doors just to take away the key I’ll let you all see that I’m doing better - No Luck
Letra
I’m screaming out upon my face Followed footsteps catch my pace Broken windows fall in place Now shattered lovers find their place We’d flirt And you’d treat me like dirt All the pain and the hurt Just to make matters worse And I see you all over him Irresistible sin When can we be the same again? What can I do to be making you see? To come out clean? You’re better off with me We’re stuck Taking time and wasting mine No luck Running around and crashing down In you I trust nevermore Leaving you in sand and glass All I ever felt for you Went up in a cloud of smoke How I could I be such a fool To ever think that we were close? And I see you all over him Irresistible sin When can we be the same again? What can I do to be making you see? To come out clean? You’re better off with me We’re stuck Taking time and wasting mine No luck Running around and crashing down In you I trust nevermore Leaving you in sand and glass - Stevensong
Letra
Stevie was a boy Who turned into a man He never had no master plan But I knew that he could Find right from wrong Sing me a different song He told me which road to take And now I’m gone Keep on singing Make her life whole Stevie you’re winning And I just feel cold Take your life beyond the mark You can do no wrong When I lose my way in the dark Keep singing your song Please, come follow me I find it hard to breathe Please, come follow me I find it hard to breathe - Billy Ruskin
Letra
Mr Ruskin come and paint my picture We’re losing sleep 'cos we steal the week Now who’s your best friend? Can you introduce me? See I can’t seem to even let you breathe When I dance with Billy Ruskin in my mind’s eye Please let me forget that I’m standing on my own And I am my own best friend and I need me to see That I am more than what is hiding in me Come and show me if you can See I know you’re me But I can’t seem to understand If you know me, place my hand on mine And we will resurrect the time That we lost when you left my mind It’s psycho-paranoia disappearing in time Come and show me what makes you tick I need you to get out of my mind quick When I dance with Billy Ruskin in my mind’s eye Please let me forget that I’m standing on my own And I am my own best friend and I need me to see That I am more than what is hiding in me - Spark
Letra
Take me with you I do declare I love you dearly through here and there What can I do To make you share? What can I do To make you care? The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark Na, na, na, na We'd be together throgh bad or worse Sending letters we shall converse We could do better but we must first Make amends That depends Will you be my friend? The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark - Pause
- The Sea
Letra
Pass me a drink You say it’s gonna take a while Your consciousness sinks Tears from a crocodile You’re wasting your time Giving me the speech You try to, don’t reach Your smile You’re holding your tears Your inside is dead You’re eating your fears In a cigarette You’ve waited too long To finally see The sunshine in the rain Is as deep as the sea I’ve taken the blow It’s all down on paper Had fun in the snow But no "see you later" You’re wasting your time Giving me the speech You try to, don’t reach Your smile You’re holding your tears Your inside is dead You’re eating your fears In a cigarette You’ve waited too long To finally see The sunshine in the rain Is as deep as the sea - Way Home
Letra
Well, I once heard a story about a run-down home Where a man and his thoughts lived all alone He tried to live, no effort was shown He’s slowly finding a way back home He had a family with smiles and frowns They never could solve his way to be down Cos he’s one dog who don’t want a bone He’s slowly finding a way back home He had a nice house with windows and doors He said to his wife: What’s mine is yours But the seeds of deception are soon to be sown He’s slowly finding a way back home His children have left but the rooms are still there His misses the noise and the scents in their hair But far from the nest the babies have flown He’s slowly finding a way back home His wife was an angel sent from above He never returned her kisses or love But soon he’d found that she’d overgrown This man who’s finding a way back home So the leaves are all dead in this broken man’s June The rain will still fall on the sunny afternoon He stares at the floor, no more to roam He’s slowly finding a way back home Well, I once heard a story about a run-down home Where a man with regrets lived all alone He tried to live, no effort was shown He’ll never find a way back home