Michael Bolton es un álbum de Michael Bolton, publicado en 1983 por Columbia. El disco incluye 9 canciones, entre ellas «Fools Game», «She Did The Same Thing», «Hometown Hero» y «Can't Hold On, Can't Let Go».
Sobre el álbum
Con el lanzamiento de su álbum homónimo Michael Bolton en 1983, el artista marcó un punto de inflexión decisivo en su carrera. Después de sus dos primeros discos de corte roquero, Michael Bolton reapareció con un sonido renovado, mucho más pulido y orientado hacia el AOR (Adult Oriented Rock) y el pop-rock, un estilo que le abriría finalmente las puertas del éxito.
En este punto, el cambio fue tanto musical como de imagen. Su primer gran éxito, "Fools Game", se extrajo de este disco, una canción que ya dejaba entrever la fórmula que perfeccionaría en años venideros. Del mismo modo, el álbum contenía una versión del clásico de The Supremes, "Back in My Arms Again", mostrando su habilidad para reinterpretar canciones ajenas.
Aun así, el verdadero despegue todavía estaba por llegar, pero este disco fue el primer paso firme en esa dirección. Aquí es donde el Michael Bolton que el mundo conoce comenzó a tomar forma. La producción es notablemente más sofisticada y su voz, aunque mantiene la potencia, se muestra más controlada y melódica.
Por todo ello, este álbum es una pieza clave. Representa la transición del rockero crudo al sofisticado cantante de pop-rock que estaba a punto de conquistar las listas de ventas de todo el mundo.
Listado de Canciones
- Fools Game
Letra
When I met you, oh You know at first you had me so confused I used to lay awake at night Just copin' with the feelings I so long refused Well, I surrendered my love I saw you turn your heart stone-cold to ice, darlin' I put my heart on the line for you Oh, I did, I put my heart on the line, yeah First you take me to the highest ground Then you keep me hanging like some foolish clown [Chorus] It's such a fools' game, yeah It's such a fools' game I keep playing such a fools' game, yeah (forever) I keep on playin', keep on playin' this fools' game Yeah, this fools' game I can't take another sleepless night It's time to light the fire down inside of you I don't mind: I have the sun on my back To get a feeling that you never knew You never knew Got the secret in the palm of your hands Will you keep it, woman? Will you break this man? [Chorus] Girl, I know you're playin' full time But it may be too late when you make up your mind You keep me in this fools' game Forever in your fools' game You got me caught up in this fools' game Such a fools' game, oh no, a fools' game How long will you keep me in this fools' game? - She Did The Same Thing
Letra
I see you finally found a set of rules That came inside her game, boy You were so young and very proud It's hard believin' you're the same, boy Did she take you so deep into the night And promise you a piece of her heart Make it feel so good, feel so right Then turn around and tear you apart? [Chorus] I know She did the same thing I know She did the same thing I know She did the same thing to me, oh yeah She plays upon your dreams and fantasies As if she's come to stay there But in your life you never dreamed You'd find the one who'd know the way there She'll take you so deep into the night And promise you'll be satisfied Like a fool you believe all her lies Words you'll remember till the end of your life [Chorus: x2] The same thing to me She did the same thing to me The same thing to me I know, I know, I know, I know The same thing to me - Hometown Hero
Letra
Well, all right, you put your heart and your soul on the line You pay the price; you can leave all your dues behind, yeah You go spinning your wheels till just one song makes it right Live your life on the road; now they call you a star overnight Overnight, overnight, oh, no, no [Chorus] Gave it all; for it seemed like ages Lived the life of a rolling stone Seen the world from a thousand stages There ain't no feelin' you've ever known Like when a hometown boy comes home This guy's a joker, and this is not the key to your town And there's always somebody who thinks he makes a living From putting you down You're aware of the odds just forgetting the chance you must take When you're bound to a vision, there is no decision to make No, no, no [Chorus] When he comes home The road is long and you're on your own But through it all you know your roots run so deep Out on the rock-'n'-roll highway You make a promise to bring it back home And that's one promise you know ya gotta keep [Chorus] But it's never gonna feel like When a hometown boy comes home He's a hometown hero - Can't Hold On, Can't Let Go
- Fighting For My Life
Letra
Here I am thinking of you Things we say and things we do Doesn't seem long ago I was holding you so safe and warm Suddenly my life is changed And I find myself like a ship in a raging storm I'm fighting to hold on Will you look at me now? [Chorus] Fighting for my life, fighting for my life I'm back against the wall, fighting for my life Fighting, fighting for my life I recall the days of my youth, my head in the air My back to the truth Runnin' from the good things I had My hunger for a piece of the game Now I find those days are gone And I'm hanging' on I know it can never be the same I'm fighting to hold on Will you look at me now? Oh yeah, oh, oh yeah, baby, oh, oh I've been at the corner for the longest time I have gone the distance with the will to survive I tell you one thing; I can't always be right Gonna live, gonna live every day like it's the last one I got I'm fighting to hold on [Chorus] Fighting for my life I'm fighting for my life - Paradise
Letra
The time is right for the doorway to the open sky But a moment passing by, we let it slip away Well, we can take the night to sanctify this burnin' In an everlasting sight it's calling us to stay Here tonight, I can feel the heart of my fantasy In a while I will reveal the secrets you gave to me Oh, your love waits so deep for me [Chorus] And it's all right, all right here in paradise I know it's all right--feels so right here in paradise It's all right, all right here in paradise I know it's all right--feels so right here in paradise, yeah In a world outside, the voice of our insanity The world in all its madness is fading like a memory I long to hold you now; this love of mine will never die Till there's no space or time, no distance between you and I There's a fire in my heart that will burn till I find a way Here inside we can feel what our words were not meant to say Our words can't pretend to say [Chorus] Here tonight I can feel the heart of my fantasy In a while I'll reveal the secret you gave to me Why did love wait so deep for me? [Chorus] - Back In My Arms Again
Letra
All day long I hear the telephone ring Friends calling, giving their advice From the one I love, I should break away Those heartaches, you'll bring me one day, oh I listened to my friends' advice But it's not gonna happen twice All advice ever brought my way Were many long and sleepless nights Chorus: Got you back in my arms again Right by my side I got you right back in my arms again So satisfied So easy for others to say, that I should let you go They don't know how strong my love is But I sure can't get along It's time I live my life for me Being happier than I ever knew I'd been And each time we make romance I'm thankful for a second chance Chorus: All day long I hear the telephone ring Friends calling, giving their advice From the one I love, I should break away Those heartaches you'll bring me one day I listened to my friends advice But it's not gonna happen twice All advice ever brought my way Were many long and sleepless nights Chorus: - Carrie
Letra
Carrie is a girl disillusioned by the world and her crazy man So she takes her vows and she swears no matter how she'll never fall again Carrie, who can blame you if you find some kind of refuge in your solitude But there's gotta come a time when your passion for your freedom makes a slave of you She said wait, wait, wait Chorus: Carrie don't you run, Carrie don't you run, Carrie, Carrie, don't you hide What's going on inside Carrie don't you run, Carrie don't you run, Carrie, Carrie, don't you hide What's going on inside Carrie once again in the company of friends 'Cause she's so alone Ever so aware of a part of her that no one's ever really known There will come a day when she'll find a way to fade into the scenery Carrie are you alive or just going through the motions like you seem to be She lives in a dream to wait for a dream who waits for tomorrow She said wait, wait, wait Now Carrie don't you fight it, no don't even try 'Cause in your heart what's been decided just will not be denied Am I getting through to you all I wanna do for you, is take you for a ride Oh Carrie, Carrie, Carrie Chorus: Carrie don't you run, Carrie don't you run - I Almost Believed You
Letra
You came to me and told me it was over You assured me you wouldn't need him anymore But that look upon your face is too familiar It was long ago, but I've been there before And this song is like a movie that we might as well pretend From the moment as the camera closes in Just say it one more time with feeling One more time like you really mean it The last time you told me you loved me I almost believed you If I'd never realized what I was asking for I'd be confused upon the the presence of your pain Though your smile cannot disguise the hurt within you It appears upon the mention of his name But most of all the strangest thing It's hard for me to bear That the words that should be music to my ears Say it one more time with feeling One more time like you really mean it The last time you told me you loved me I almost believed it Sometimes I wish that you'd save that line for someone else Do you want me to believe what you don't believe yourself Well, let's not talk about it now In my life I've made mistakes This is just one chance I'll have to take So let's carry on with the story Try and shoot the scene again As the moment that the camera closes in Just say it one more time with feeling One more time like you really mean it The last time you told me that you loved me I almost believed you (I almost believed you) Say it one more time (I almost believed you) One more time with feeling (I almost believed you) Almost, I almost believed you One more time with feeling