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No Place In Heaven de Mika

Álbum de Mika

2015
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  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 15 de Junio de 2015
  • Compositores: Mika, Jodi Marr, Greg Wells, Hillary Lindsey, Clarence Coffee Jr.
  • Productores: Greg Wells, Mika, Martin Solveig

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No Place In Heaven es un álbum de Mika, publicado en 2015. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Talk About You», «All She Wants», «Last Party» y «Good Guys».

Antecedentes: un retorno a lo esencial

Después de la incursión en el electropop de "The Origin of Love", Mika sintió la necesidad de volver a las bases de la composición. Su cuarto álbum, "No Place in Heaven", es un regreso al pop de autor, melódico y líricamente denso, inspirado en los grandes cantautores de los años 70 como Billy Joel y Elton John. Es su álbum más personal, maduro e introspectivo hasta la fecha.

El título del álbum, "No hay lugar en el cielo", refleja la temática del disco, que explora las luchas personales de Mika con su identidad, su familia, el amor y la aceptación, a menudo a través del prisma de su educación y su relación con la religión. Es un álbum que se enfrenta a temas complejos con una honestidad y una vulnerabilidad sin precedentes en su carrera.

Cómo se grabó y sonó el disco

Para lograr este sonido más clásico y orgánico, Mika volvió a colaborar principalmente con Greg Wells, el productor de sus dos primeros álbumes. La producción de "No Place in Heaven" es elegante y atemporal, con un fuerte énfasis en el piano, los arreglos de cuerda y las armonías vocales. El sonido es deliberadamente menos electrónico y más centrado en la artesanía de la canción clásica.

El álbum se grabó en Los Ángeles, y el proceso fue descrito como muy personal e íntimo. El resultado es un sonido cálido y rico que recuerda al soft rock y al pop barroco de los años 70, pero con una sensibilidad moderna.

Estilo y contenido de las letras

"No Place in Heaven" es un álbum de una gran coherencia temática y musical. Es un disco de pop para adultos, donde las melodías pegadizas se combinan con letras que invitan a la reflexión. Mika explora sus propias experiencias de vida con una franqueza conmovedora, abordando temas como el amor gay ("Good Guys"), las complejidades de las relaciones ("Good Wife") y la mortalidad ("Last Party").

Es su trabajo más líricamente sofisticado, un álbum que demuestra su crecimiento como compositor y como persona. La extravagancia de sus primeros trabajos da paso a una vulnerabilidad madura, sin perder su característico don para la melodía.

Las canciones más relevantes

"Talk About You": El primer sencillo es una canción de pop alegre y optimista que recuerda al sonido de su primer álbum. Es uno de los momentos más luminosos del disco, una celebración del amor que es instantáneamente pegadiza.

"Good Guys": Una de las canciones más importantes y personales del álbum. Es una balada de piano agridulce en la que Mika rinde homenaje a sus héroes homosexuales, desde James Dean hasta Jean Cocteau, mientras reflexiona sobre su propia identidad. Es una canción conmovedora y valiente.

"Last Party": Una balada épica que Mika ha descrito como un homenaje a Freddie Mercury. La canción utiliza la metáfora de una "última fiesta" para hablar de la vida vivida al máximo frente a la inevitabilidad de la muerte. Es uno de los momentos más dramáticos y emotivos del disco.

"No Place in Heaven": La canción que da título al álbum es una reflexión sobre la aceptación y el juicio. Con una producción grandilocuente y un estribillo poderoso, la canción es una declaración de autoafirmación frente a la intolerancia.

Rendimiento comercial y recepción crítica

"No Place in Heaven" tuvo un gran éxito en Francia e Italia, donde Mika seguía siendo una gran estrella. En otros mercados, su rendimiento fue más modesto. La recepción crítica fue en general muy positiva. Los críticos elogiaron la madurez del álbum, la honestidad de sus letras y la calidad de su composición, considerándolo un regreso a la forma y uno de sus trabajos más sólidos y coherentes.

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Listado de Canciones

  1. Talk About You
    vídeo del tema Talk About You
    Walk through the city like stupid people do A million faces, but all I'm seeing is you I'm stopping strangers and telling them your name Convincing haters, one day they'll feel the same We're common people, we're common people in love It's supernatural, it's just a force from above Some call me crazy, some try to make me shut up If I am crazy, that's what you made me! I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about Yeah it's true, all I do is wanna talk about you Walk through the jungle that used to be my town Everything's different, you've turned it upside down It happened to me, totally unprepared Just the beginning, but I'm not even scared 'Cause living like this is risking all that I know And if it kills me, that's the way I wanna go So pull me under, and put me under your spell Rather be crazy, than normal people in hell I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about Yeah it's true, all I do is wanna talk about you I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about Yeah it's true, all I do is wanna talk about you I wanna talk about you, I wanna talk about you I said you're the only one I wanna talk about Oh, all I do is wanna talk about you Walk through the city, like normal people do, But all I'm seeing is you I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about Yeah it's true, all I do is wanna talk about you I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about I said you're the only one I wanna talk about Yeah it's true, all I do is wanna talk about you I wanna talk about you, I wanna talk about you I said you're the only one I wanna talk about Oh, all I do is wanna talk about you
  2. All She Wants

    Letra

    It's an age-old conversation That is changing with the times But it's oh so complicated If your mother is like mine All that she wants are the stars and the moon A son with a wife and a big living room All she wants Is another little special arrangement A peculiar engagement Got a trophy wife that's respectable To avoid any spectacle It's another simple solution For my mother's delusion Get her some adorable pictures done For her mother in Lebanon All that she wants (all she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (all she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (all she wants) All that she wants Is another son To be clear I'm not a hater And my wife I like her too Let's be honest with each other There're some things we always knew All that she wants is the sun and the moon The call of the wild, and a big silver spoon All she wants Is another little special arrangement A financial engagement Social standing is stable But no kids on the table Just a little harmless diversion An acceptable Persian But I know my heart is in peril Made a deal with the devil All that she wants (all she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (all she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (all she wants) All that she wants Is another son Oh it seems I was mistaken Heaven knows just what I've done All these hateful conversations Aren't helping anyone My dear wife, I have to leave you There is nothing you can say You can keep the house without me You'll be better off this way All that she wants (da-da-da-da, all that she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (da-da-da-da, all that she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (da-da-da-da, all that she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (da-da-da-da, all that she wants) All that she wants All that she wants (da-da-da-da, all that she wants) Is another son
  3. Last Party
    vídeo del tema Last Party
    There's a party going on in here It's been happening for many years You weren't invited and don't want to stay But keep partying anyway DJ's playing the familiar tune Got them dancing, shaking up the room They hear the beat but they don't know the words This is the saddest song I've ever heard If you could look into the future, would ya? if you could see it, would you even want to? Got a feeling that there's bad news coming But I don't want to find it out If it's the end of the world let's party Like it's the end of the world let's party Wrap your arms around everybody If we're all gonna die let's party Let's party Let's party Who can I blame with everything I've done Is this the price we pay for too much fun Don't be misled it's not a twist of fate It's just what happens when you stay out late So raise your glasses all my kings and queens Smash the chandelier to smithereens Who knew that mercury could rise so fast Enjoy the party 'cause this is our last If you could look into the future, would ya? if you could see it, would you even want to? Got a feeling that there's bad news coming But I don't want to find it out If it's the end of the world let's party Like it's the end of the world let's party Wrap your arms around everybody If we're all gonna die let's party If it's the end of the world let's party Like it's the end of the world let's party Wrap your arms around everybody If we're all gonna die let's party Let's party Let's party Let's party Let's party There's a party going on in here It's been happening for many years And even if it all goes bad It was the best time we ever had
  4. Good Guys
    vídeo del tema Good Guys
    It’s not the cowboys that are missing anymore That problem was already old in ’94 Don’t be offended, this might seem a little wrong Where have all the gay guys gone? And to the romance when I was 14 years old And to my heroes that were dressed up in gold Only hoping one day I could be so bold Where have all the gay guys gone? If we are all in the gutter It doesn’t change who we are ‘Cause some of us in the gutter Are looking up at the stars [x2] So tell me Where have all the good guys Where have all the good guys Where have all the good guys gone? [x2] Thank you Rufus, thank you Auden and James Dean Thank you Emerson and Bowie for my dreams Wilfred Owen, Kinsey, Whitman and Rimbaud Thank you Warhol, thank you patience, thank you Porter and Cocteau If we are all in the gutter It doesn’t change who we are ‘Cause some of us in the gutter Are looking up at the stars [x2] So tell me Where have all the good guys Where have all the good guys Where have all the good guys gone? [x2] If we are all in the gutter It doesn’t change who we are ‘Cause some of us in the gutter Are looking up at the stars [x2] So tell me Where have all the good guys Where have all the good guys Where have all the good guys gone? [x2] It’s not the cowboys that are missing anymore That problem was already old in ’94 Don’t be offended, this might seem a little wrong Where have all the good guys gone?
  5. Oh Girl, You´re The Devil
  6. No Place In Heaven

    Letra

    Father, will you forgive me for my sins? Father, if there's a heaven, let me in I don't know where to go if I should die We haven't been on speaking terms for so long, you and I I was a freak since 7-years old Been cast away, I felt the cold Coming over me. For every love I had to hide And every tear I ever cried I'm down on my knees I'm begging you, please There's no place in heaven for someone like me Won't you open the door And try me once more? 'Cause there's no place in heaven for someone like me 'Cause there's no place in hea... In between us an ocean can be found How long will I swim before I drown? And in between those words we dare not say Do you think that you could learn to love me anyway? I was a freak since 7-years old Been cast away, I felt the cold Coming over me. For every love I had to hide And every tear I ever cried I'm down on my knees I'm begging you, please There's no place in heaven for someone like me Won't you open the door And try me once more? 'Cause there's no place in heaven for someone like me Oh, I'm down on my knees I'm begging you, please There's no place in heaven for someone like me 'Cause there's no place in heaven for someone like me 'Cause there's no place in hea... Father, won't you forgive me for my sins? Father, if there's a heaven, let me in Father is there any way to see if there's room in heaven left for me? I'm down on my knees I'm begging you, please There's no place in heaven for someone like me Won't you open the door And try me once more? 'Cause there's no place in heaven for someone like me Oh, I'm down on my knees I'm begging you, please There's no place in heaven for someone like me There's no place in heaven for me
  7. Staring At The Sun
    vídeo del tema Staring At The Sun
    Watch the sunset Hold it from afar Close as I get To being where you are While there’s light left I sing this song for you Don't know if you care but every day, I do Here I stand, staring at the Sun Distant land, staring at the Sun You're not there, but we share the same one Miles apart staring at the Sun Distant town, staring at the Sun One thing's true just like you There's only one. And I don't care if it burns my eyes And I don't care cause my love is blind From staring at the Sun, oh oh From staring at the Sun From staring at the Sun, oh oh From staring at the Sun Send my love down in those rays of light Through your window on your tired eyes Say good morning, Say it to the Sun, Like you're talking, talking to someone Here I stand, staring at the Sun Distant land, staring at the Sun You're not there, but we share the same one Miles apart staring at the Sun Distant town, staring at the Sun One thing's true just like you There's only one. And I don't care if it burns my eyes And I don't care cause my love is blind From staring at the Sun, oh oh From staring at the Sun From staring at the Sun, oh oh From staring at the Sun
  8. Hurts

    Letra

    How did we end up like this Under a burning sky? Some things are better unsaid. It's easier to lie. I'm burning, but my heart is on the wire. Don't need a thousand guards to lock me in. Doesn't take a fool to start a fire. Solitary spark and wars begin. You say it's only words And that it will get easier with time. Nothing's only words That's how hearts get hurt. I can't, I can't I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing words. That's how hearts get hurt. How did it all come to this? We started off as friends. It makes it easy to leave If we're strangers by the end. I'm burning, but my heart is on the wire. Don't need a thousand guards to lock me in. Doesn't take a fool to start a fire. Solitary spark and wars begin. You say it's only words And that it will get easier with time. Nothing's only words That's how hearts get hurt. I can't, I can't I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing words. That's how hearts get hurt. You say it's only words And that it will get easier with time Nothing's only words That's how hearts get hurt. You say it's only words It doesn't matter if they're also mine. Nothing's only words That's how hearts get hurt. I can't, I can't I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing all the words you said I can't stop hearing all the words you said Let's stop using words. That's how hearts get hurt.
  9. Good Wife

    Letra

    Comes on over Wants to drown his sorrows Got a two-seater sofa And some whiskey in a bottle Broke and in tears With weight of the world on his shoulder Oh my God Sam What's happened to ya? Says his wife's just left him With his two year old daughter To live in Acapulco with some idiot She only met a couple months ago I wish I could tell you that If it was me I would be a good wife I would never doubt you Ours would be a good life And we could be Better than so many I would never stress you About bringing home the plenty For all these things Another life I'll have to wait Would have been perfect If only God had wanted it But you'll never know and we'll get old Let's not talk about it, rest your head upon my shoulder You'll never know the good life Somebody once told me That there are watchers And there are doers in this world I guess I am a watcher Not by choice It's just what I was hurled We're just two friends It's not a risky situation I wish I could tell you that If it was me I would be a good wife I would never doubt you Ours would be a good life And we could be Better than so many I would never stress you About bringing home the plenty For all these things Another life I'll have to wait Would have been perfect If only God had wanted it But you'll never know and we'll get old Let's not talk about it, rest your head upon my shoulder You'll never know the good life Rest your head upon my shoulder I'm so tired you can't see Now that life's a little colder I could love you simply Even if you'll never know Wouldn't leave if it was me My love would never Run away like the sunshine Good time friend Not just the good times For all these things Another life I'll have to wait Would have been perfect If only God had wanted it But you'll never know and we'll get old Let's not talk about it, rest your head upon my shoulder You'll never know the good life
  10. Rio

    Letra

    Oh, here I go again I wake up every morning to this Groundhog Day Thinking about the list of things that I've done wrong Can't even count, it goes on too long I try to change my ways I feel like I'm the villain in some crappy play The book has long been written But I'd rather be just about anyone else but me I hope you see It doesn't mean I'm not a fighter It's just that I wanna be a little lighter Spent so long fixing things I've done I've got holes in all my pockets Even those holes, they've got pockets Hiding things that'll never see the sun I'm taking off Going to Rio I'm getting lost to find an alter ego It could be Paris or Berlin I don't care what state I'm in Gonna leave it all behind Maybe I'll be myself when I'm somebody else This is not an invitation I'm going to Rio This is not a conversation Say good-bye to me, oh Maybe in ten years time, You'll receive a letter from some random guy You'll like him so much better, but then you will see He's not a stranger it's only me I could only be myself As somebody else 'Cause you got sun, I got bad weather Anything you can lose, I can lose better Did my best with what life gave to me I've got holes in all my pockets Even those holes, they've got pockets Hiding things that I sure want to leave I'm taking off Going to Rio I'm getting lost to find an alter ego It could be Paris or Berlin I don't care what state I'm in Gonna leave it all behind Maybe I'll be myself when I'm somebody else This is not an invitation I'm going to Rio This is not a conversation Say good-bye to me, oh Give me a peanut and I'll turn blue I can't even eat the things you do Bake you a cake, and I'll burn it up twice I roll thirteen on a pair of dice Give me a peanut and I'll turn blue I can't even eat the things you do Bake you a cake, and I'll burn it up twice I roll thirteen on a pair of dice I'm taking off Going to Rio I'm getting lost to find an alter ego It could be Paris or Berlin I don't care what state I'm in Gonna leave it all behind Maybe I'll be myself when I'm somebody else This is not an invitation I'm going to Rio This is not a conversation Say good-bye to me, oh This is not an invitation I'm going to Rio This is not a conversation Say good-bye to me, oh
  11. Ordinary Man

    Letra

    Woke up this morning, just like every man does Walked to the bathroom, just like every man does Made my bed, just like everyone must Nursed my head just like everyone must Spent the day playing Nina Simone Reorganized every record I own I see my friends, we drink beer in a can Half-drunk they smile, "It'll be alright, man" Just like a king, who's losing his worth I'm like a snob, who's falling to earth. Everyone thinks that I'm staying the same Are they secretly happy that I am in pain? So you say it's ordinary, love? That's impossible to do No such thing as ordinary, love. I was ordinary just to you. Does it mean that I'm a regular man Not as special as I think that I am As for you, all that I want to know Did you stay up as I tumbled so low? Just like a king, who's losing his worth I'm like the sun, that's fallen to earth. Everyone thinks that I'm staying the same Are they secretly happy that I am in pain? So you say it's ordinary, love? That's impossible to do. No such thing as ordinary, love. I was ordinary just to you. So you say it's ordinary, love? That's impossible to do. No such thing as ordinary, love. I was ordinary just to you. If I was ordinary And love was ordinary If I was ordinary Oh so very ordinary If love was ordinary And I was ordinary Are you too?