Carátula del álbum X de Ed Sheeran

X de Ed Sheeran

Álbum de Ed Sheeran

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 20 de Junio de 2014
  • Sello Discográfico: Asylum Records
  • Compositores: Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Pharrell Williams, Benny Blanco, Foy Vance
  • Productores: Rick Rubin, Pharrell Williams, Benny Blanco, Jeff Bhasker, Jake Gosling

Valora este álbum

X es un álbum de Ed Sheeran, publicado en 2014 por Asylum Records. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «One», «I´m A Mess», «Sing» y «Don't».

Lanzado en 2014, x (pronunciado "Multiply") es el segundo álbum de estudio de Ed Sheeran. Si su debut lo convirtió en una estrella, este disco lo consagró como la mayor superestrella del pop masculino del planeta. "x" es un álbum que expande la gama sonora de Sheeran, moviéndose con confianza desde el folk acústico de su debut hacia un sonido de pop, R&B y blue-eyed soul más pulido y producido. Para ello, colaboró con un "dream team" de productores, incluyendo a Rick Rubin y Pharrell Williams. El álbum fue un fenómeno comercial y de crítica sin precedentes, impulsado por una serie de sencillos de éxito masivo, incluyendo la balada inmortal "Thinking Out Loud". Fue el álbum más vendido del mundo en 2014 y ganó el Brit Award al Álbum del Año.

El origen del álbum

Tras el éxito masivo de "+", Sheeran pasó los siguientes años de gira por todo el mundo, teloneando a artistas como Taylor Swift. Esta experiencia le dio la confianza para crear un álbum más grande y ambicioso. La grabación de "x" fue un proceso largo que tuvo lugar en estudios de todo el mundo. La colaboración con productores de renombre fue clave para el nuevo sonido del disco. Pharrell Williams le aportó el ritmo funk del primer sencillo, "Sing", mientras que el legendario Rick Rubin lo ayudó a pulir sus baladas acústicas.

Sonido y estilo

El sonido de "x" es una fusión de pop, R&B y folk. Es un álbum mucho más producido que su debut, pero sin perder la esencia de cantautor de Sheeran. La primera mitad del disco está más orientada al R&B y al hip-hop, mientras que la segunda se centra en las baladas acústicas. Es un disco que demuestra su increíble versatilidad como compositor y su habilidad para crear canciones que funcionan tanto en un formato íntimo como en un estadio.

Recorrido por las canciones

El álbum es una colección de éxitos masivos. El primer sencillo, "Sing", producido por Pharrell, es un tema de funk-pop que recuerda a Justin Timberlake y que se convirtió en su primer número 1 en el Reino Unido. "Don't" es un tema de R&B con una letra de despecho que generó mucha especulación mediática. La canción que definió el álbum fue la balada de soul "Thinking Out Loud", que se convirtió en un himno nupcial en todo el mundo y le valió a Sheeran dos premios Grammy, incluyendo el de Canción del Año. La balada "Photograph" es otro de sus mayores éxitos.

Estreno y listas de éxitos

"x" fue un fenómeno comercial que dominó las listas de éxitos durante más de un año.

Recepción crítica

La crítica aclamó el álbum por su ambición y la calidad de sus canciones. Fue elogiado por su exitosa evolución de cantautor folk a superestrella del pop global. "x" no solo es la obra cumbre comercial de Ed Sheeran, sino también un álbum que definió el sonido del pop de la década de 2010.

Listado de Canciones

  1. One
    vídeo del tema One
    Tell me that you'll turn down the man Who asks for your hand 'Cause you're waiting for me And I know, you're gonna be away a while But I've got no plans at all to leave Would you take away my hopes and dreams And just stay with me? All my senses come to life While I'm stumbling home as drunk as I Have ever been and I'll never leave again 'Cause you are the only one And all my friends have gone to find Another place to let their hearts collide Just promise me you'll always be a friend, oh 'Cause you are the only one Take my hand and my heart and soul And I will only have these eyes for you And you know, everything changes but We'll be strangers if we see this through You could stay within these walls and bleed Or just stay with me, oh, no Now all my senses come to life While I'm stumbling home as drunk as I Have ever been and I'll never leave again, no 'Cause you are the only one And all my friends have gone to find Another place to let their hearts collide Just promise me you'll always be a friend, oh 'Cause you are the only one Stumbling half drunk Getting myself lost I am so gone, so tell me the way home I listen to sad songs, singing about love And where it goes wrong All my senses come to life While I'm stumbling home as drunk as I Have ever been and I'll never leave again 'Cause you are the only one And all my friends have gone to find Another place to let their hearts collide Just promise me you'll always be a friend 'Cause you are the only one
  2. I´m A Mess
  3. Sing
    vídeo del tema Sing
    It's late in the evening Glass on the side I've been sat with you For most of the night Ignoring everybody here We wish they would disappear So maybe we could get down now I don't wanna know If you're getting ahead of the program I want you to be mine, lady And to hold your body close Take another step into the no-man's land For the longest time, lady I need you darling Come on set the tone If you feel you're falling Won't you let me know Oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh If you love me, come on, get involved Feel it rushing through you, from your head to toe Oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh Sing! (Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh) Louder! (Ooh ooh ooh) Sing! (Ooh ooh ooh) This love is ablaze I saw flames from the side of the stage And the fire brigade comes in a couple of days Until then, we got nothing to say And nothing to know But something to drink And maybe something to smoke Let it go until our roads are changed Singing We Found Love in a local rave, no I don't really know what I'm supposed to say But I can just figure it out, then hope and pray I told her my name and said: It's nice to meet ya And then she handed me a bottle of water filled with tequila I already know that she's a keeper Just from this one small act of kindness, I'm in deep If anybody find out I'm meant to drive home But I've drank all of it now Not sobering up, we just sit on the couch One thing led to another Now she's kissing my mouth I need you darling Come on set the tone If you feel you're falling Won't you let me know Oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh If you love me, come on, get involved Feel it rushing through you, from your head to toe Oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh Sing! (Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh) Louder! (Ooh ooh ooh) Sing! (Ooh ooh ooh) Can you feel it? All the guys in here don't even wanna dance Can you feel it? All that I can hear is music from the back Can you feel it? Found you hiding here So won't you take my hand, darling Before the beat kicks in again Can you feel it? Oh Can you feel it? Oh, no, no Sing! I need you darling Come on set the tone If you feel you're falling Won't you let me know (Louder!) Oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh (Sing!) If you love me, come on, get involved Feel it rushing through you, from your head to toe (Louder!) Oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh Sing!
  4. Don't

    Vídeo

    vídeo del tema Don't
  5. Nina

    Letra

    I met you when I was a teen, but then you were one as well And I could play a guitar just like ringing a bell Sometimes I wonder, in any other summer Could you have been my part time lover To me listening to Stevie Wonder? Under the covers where we used to lay And Re: Stacks is what the speakers play I'd be on tour almost every day When I was home up in my flat, is where we used to stay Just watching the DVD, smoking illegal weed Getting high as two kites, we needed to breathe We'd used each other's air just for the people to see And stay up all night like when we needed to sleep We'd go anywhere our minds would take us And I'd say you were beautiful without your make-up And you don't even need to worry about your weight 'cause We can all be loved the way that God made us And time's the only reason that we could break up 'Cause you would always tell me I'm away too much Distance is relative to the time that it takes To get on a plane Or make a mistake, so say it again Oh, Nina You should go, Nina 'Cause I ain't never coming home, Nina Oh, won't you leave me now? And I've been living on the road, Nina But then again you should know, Nina 'Cause that's you and me both, Nina Oh, won't you leave me now? Now And every weekend in the winter you'd be wearing my hoodie With draw strings pulled tight to keep your face from the cold Taking day trips to the local where we'd eat on our own 'Cause every day when I was away we'd only speak on the phone Watching Blue Planet, creating new habits Acting as if we were two rabbits and then you'd vanish Back to borough with all the Celtics I disappear, you call me selfish I understand but I can't help it I put my job before everything, except my family and friends But you'll be in between forever So I guess we'll have to take a step back Overlook the situation 'Cause mixing business and feelings will only lead to complications And I'm not saying we should be taking a break Just re-evaluating quick before we make a mistake and it's too late So we can either deal with the pain, or wait to get on a plane But in a day we'll have to say it again Oh, Nina You should go, Nina 'Cause I ain't never coming home, Nina Oh, won't you leave me now? And I've been living on the road, Nina But then again you should know, Nina 'Cause that's you and me both, Nina Oh, won't you leave me now? Now Love will come and love will go But you can make it on your own Sing that song, go Oh, won't you leave me now? People grow and fall apart But you can mend your broken heart Take it back, go Oh, won't you leave me now? Oh, Nina (Love will come and love will go) You should go, Nina (But you can make it on your own) 'Cause I ain't never coming home, Nina (Sing that song, go) Oh, won't you leave me now? And I've been living on the road, Nina (People grow, and fall apart) But then again you should know, Nina (But you can mend your broken heart) 'Cause that's you and me both, Nina (Take it back, go) Oh, won't you leave me now? Now Oh, Nina (Love will come and love will go) You should go, Nina (But you can make it on your own) 'Cause I ain't never coming home, Nina (Sing that song, go) Oh, won't you leave me now? And I've been living on the road, Nina (People grow, and fall apart) But then again you should know, Nina (But you can mend your broken heart) 'Cause that's you and me both, Nina (Take it back, go) Oh, won't you leave me now? Now
  6. Photograph
    vídeo del tema Photograph
    Loving can hurt Loving can hurt sometimes But it's the only thing that I know When it gets hard You know, it can get hard sometimes It is the only thing that makes us feel alive We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Our hearts were never broken And time's forever frozen still So, you can keep me Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans Holding me close until our eyes meet And you won't ever be alone Wait for me to come home Loving can heal Loving can mend your soul And is the only thing that I know, know I swear it will get easier Remember that with every piece of ya And is the only thing we take with us when we die We keep this love in this photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Our hearts were never broken Time's forever frozen still So, you can keep me Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans Holding me close until our eyes meet And you won't ever be alone And if you hurt me That's okay, baby Only words bleed Inside these pages you just hold me And I won't ever let you go Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home So you could fit me Inside the necklace you got When you were sixteen Next to your heartbeat, where I should be Keep it deep within your soul And if you hurt me Well, that's okay, baby Only words bleed Inside these pages you just hold me And I won't ever let you go When I'm away I will remember how you kissed me Under the lamppost back on 6th Street Hearing you whisper through the phone Wait for me to come home
  7. Bloodstream
  8. Tenerife Sea

    Letra

    You look so wonderful in your dress I love your hair like that The way it falls on the side of your neck Down your shoulders and back We are surrounded by all of these lies And people that talk too much You've got that kind of look in your eyes As if no one knows anything but us Should this be the last thing I see I want you to know it's enough for me 'Cause all that you are is all that I'll ever need I'm so in love, so in love So in love, so in love You look so beautiful in this light Your silhouette over me The way it brings out the blue in your eyes Is the Tenerife Sea And all of the voices surrounding us here They just fade out as you take a breath Just say the word and I will disappear Into the wilderness Should this be the last thing I see I want you to know it's enough for me 'Cause all that you are is all that I'll ever need I'm so in love, so in love So in love, so in love Lumière, darling Lumière over me Lumière, darling Lumière over me Lumière, darling Lumière over me Should this be the last thing I see I want you to know that's enough for me 'Cause all that you are is all that I'll ever need I'm so in love, so in love So in love, love, love, love So in love You look so wonderful in your dress I love your hair like that And in the moment I knew you were back
  9. Runaway

    Letra

    I've known it for a long time Daddy wakes up to a drink at nine Disappearing all night I don't wanna know where he's been lying I know what I wanna do I wanna runaway, runaway with you Gonna grab clothes, six in the morning, go How long you leaving? Well, dad just don't expect me back this evening Oh, it could take a bit of time to heal this It's been a long day Almost out of the roadway But I love him from the skin to my bones But I don't wanna live in his home There's nothing to say 'cause he knows I'll just runaway and be on my own I've never seen my dad cry Cold as stone in the kitchen light I tell you it's about time But I was raised to keep quiet And this is what I'm gonna do Gonna runaway, gonna make that move Gonna grab clothes, and when it's morning, go How long you leaving? Well, dad just don't expect me back this evening Oh, it could take a bit of time to heal this It's been a long day Almost out of the roadway But I love him from the skin to my bones But I don't wanna live in his home There's nothing to say 'cause he knows I'll just runaway and be on my own Back pack, and a flat cap, turned to the back 'Cause I packed my clothes up My dad wasn't down with that plan to attack Intends to show love I don't wanna live this way Gonna take my things and go If things change in a matter of days I could be persuaded to hold up And mama was the same None of us are saints I guess that God knows that I don't wanna runaway And one of these days I might just show that Put my home in a suitcase Tie both shoelaces, and hold that Things change, but for now I leave town with a backpack on my shoulder I love him from the skin to my bones But I don't wanna live in his home There's nothing to say 'cause he knows I'll just runaway and be on my own
  10. The Man

    Letra

    No, I don't wanna hate you Just wish you'd never gone for the man And waited two weeks at least Before you let him take you I stayed true I kind of knew you liked the dude from private school He's waiting for the time to move I knew he had his eyes on you He's not the right guy for you Don't hate me 'cos I write the truth No, I would never lie to you But it was never fine to lose you And what a way to find out It never came from my mouth You never changed your mind But you were just afraid to mind out But fuck it, I won't be changing the subject, I love it I'll make your little secret public, its nothing I'm just disgusted with the skeletons you sleep Within your closet to get back at me Trapped and I'm lacking sleep Fact is you're mad at me because I backtrack so casually You're practically my family If we married then I'll guess you'd have to be But, tragically, our love just lost the will to live But would I kill to give it one more shot? I think not I don't love you, baby I don't need you, baby I don't want you, no Anymore I don't love you, baby I don't need you, baby I don't wanna love you, no Anymore Recently, I tend to zone out Up in my headphones to Holocene You promised your body, but I'm away so much I stay more celibate than in a monastery I'm not cut out for life on the road 'Cos I didn't know I'd miss you this much And at the time we'd just go, so sue me I guess I'm not the man that you need Ever since you went to uni I've been sofa surfing with a rucksack Full of less cash and I guess that could get bad But when I broke the industry That's when I broke your heart I was supposed to chart and celebrate But good things are over fast I know it's hard to deal with and see this I tend to turn you off and switch on my professional features Then I turn the music off And all I'm left with is to pick up my personal pieces, Jesus I never really want to believe this Got advice from my dad and he Told me that family is all I'll ever have and need I guess I'm unaware of it Success is nothing if you have no one left to share it with I don't love you, baby I don't need you, baby I don't want you, no Anymore I don't love you, baby I don't need you, baby I don't wanna love you, no Anymore And since you left I've given up my days off It's what I need to stay strong I know you have a day job But mine is 24/7 I fell like writing a book I guess I lied in the hook 'Cos I still love you and I need you by my side if I could The irony is if my career and music didn't exist In 6 years, yeah, you'd probably be my wife with a kid I'm frightened to think if I depend on cider and drink And lighting a spliff I fall into a spiral and its Just hiding my misguiding thoughts that I'm trying to kill And I'd be writing my will before I'm 27 I'll die from a thrill Go down in history as just a wasted talent Can I face the challenge Or did I make a mistake erasing? It's only therapy My thoughts just get ahead of me Eventually I'll be fine I know that it was never meant to be Either way I guess I'm not prepared But I'll say this These things happen for a reason and you can't change shit Take my apology I'm sorry for the honesty But I had to get this off my chest I don't love you, baby I don't need you, baby I don't want you, no Anymore I don't love you, baby I don't need you, baby I don't wanna love you, no Anymore
  11. Thinking Out Loud
    vídeo del tema Thinking Out Loud
    When your legs don't work like they used to before And I can't sweep you off of your feet Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love? Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks? And darling I will be loving you till we're seventy And baby, my heart could still fall as hard at twenty-three And I'm thinking about how People fall in love in mysterious ways Maybe just the touch of a hand Well me, I fall in love with you every single day And I just wanna tell you I am So honey, now, take me into your loving arms Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars Place your head on my beating heart I'm thinking out loud And maybe we found love right where we are When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades And the crowds don't remember my name When my hands don't play the strings the same way I know you will still love me the same 'Cause, honey, your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen And baby, your smile's forever in my mind and memory And I'm thinking about how People fall in love in mysterious ways And maybe it's all part of a plan Well, I'll just keep on making the same mistakes Hoping that you'll understand Then, baby, now, take me into your loving arms Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars Place your head on my beating heart I'm thinking out loud That maybe we found love right where we are So baby, now, take me into your loving arms Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars Oh darling, place your head on my beating heart I'm thinking out loud That maybe we found love right where we are Oh baby, we found love right where we are And we found love right where we are
  12. Afire Love
    vídeo del tema Afire Love
    Things were all good yesterday And then the devil took your memory And if you fell to your death today I hope that heaven is your resting place I heard the doctors put your chest in pain But then that could've been the medicine And now you're lying in the bed again Either way I'll cry with the rest of them And my father told me: Son It's not his fault he doesn't know your face You're not the only one Although my grandma used to say That he used to sing Darling, hold me in your arms the way you did last night And we'll lie inside for a little while, here, oh I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up And we're wrapped in light, in life, in love Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut For they're designed to be together, oh With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one And we're set alight, we're afire love And things were all good yesterday But then the devil took your breath away And now we're left here in the pain Black suit, black tie, standing in the rain And now my family is one again Stapled together with the strangers and a friend Came to my mind, I should paint it with a pen Six years old, I remember when My father told me: Son It's not his fault he doesn't know your face And you're not the only one Although my grandma used to say That he used to sing Darlin', hold me in your arms the way you did last night And we'll lie inside for a little while, here, oh I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up And we're wrapped in light, in life, in love Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut For they're designed to be together, oh With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one And we're set alight, we're afire love, love, love To the love we love, we love, we love And my father and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah And my mother and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah And my brother and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah (And all of my brothers and my sisters, yeah) And my father and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah To the love we love, we love, we love To the love we love, we love, we love To the love we love, we love, we love