英语翻译This CD has been a long time coming,but it certainly was

英语翻译
This CD has been a long time coming,but it certainly was worth the wait!UK's premier soul label Expansion first released new material from Keni Burke back in 1992 on the first (and absolutely brilliant) Soul Sauce compilation; the song titled Friends & Lovers continued Burke's sophisticated yet highly inspiring ballad style.However,it's not featured here,but all three Keni Burke tunes from the Pure Soul compilations are.Of these songs,I rank the gentle,airy ballad This Dedication as the most impressive,and I Get off on You is another fine composition in a more synthetic setting.
The best thing is that the album includes several equally shining tracks as the aforementioned songs,and a few even better!Keni really hasn't lost any of his magical touch:he still writes extremely touching ballad songs,and I have to admire how it comes natural to him to create tracks of this calibre one after another.This Dedication,Tell Me You Want My Love and I Can Give You Plenty Love are all first-rate soul ballads in the classic Keni Burke vein.
As a composition,I rate Tell Me You Want My Love among Keni's best ever ballad songs,and the elegant arrangement laced by beautiful guitar work adds to the heavenly atmosphere of the song.And while Keni is not vocally equally breathtaking as Ronald Isley,Gerald Alston or some other legends of this genre,he certainly knows how to interpret these beautiful songs in a genuinely soulful way.
Furthermore,although the album lacks the delicious,mellow funk-flavoured sound of the Rising to the Top variety,there is one truly magical mid-tempo song that should end up another future soul anthem.This marvellous tune is Indigenous Love,which is built on a hypnotic,refined groove and Keni surely succeeds in creating that `smooth and natural' feel,as described in the lyrics.
Of the other mid-pacers,Nothin' But Love is a creamy,ballad-like mid-tempo floater with some tasteful piano soloing,Give Me a Chance is a little heavier yet wonderfully swaying plodder,while the opening cut I Need Your Love even has a slight street flavour,but is saved by a solid,soulful melody line.
An album I can whole-heartedly recommend to anyone who's into the smooth and sophisticated side of soul music.
谢绝软件翻译.

自从1992年发行了那张金光闪闪的合辑Soul Sauce之后,Keni Burke便再无新作问世.如今,在英国龙头厂牌Expansion的主持下,Keni Burke终于发行了他的新歌+精选辑.这张作品满足了一众乐迷的翘首企盼,再续了前作的辉煌.
一曲Friends & Lovers延续了Keni精致灵动的民谣曲风,不过这首歌并没有出现在专辑的曲目表中.而来自灵歌精选辑Pure Soul的轻快民谣The Dedication以及较为摩登的I Get off on You等三首名曲的收录则为这张专辑增色不少.
最棒的是,专辑中大部分原创曲目的水平都与这些名曲不相上下,有些甚至更加出色.从那细腻的笔触中流出的一首首民谣证实了Keni确实宝刀未老,整齐划一的高水准编曲也令人啧啧称奇.专辑收录的This Dedication、Tell Me You Want My Love还有I Can Give You Plenty Love三首歌都是带着Keni烙印的上乘之作.
个人认为,Tell Me You Want My Love在谱曲方面超越了Keni此前的所有民谣作品：点缀着吉他的优美曲调仿如天籁,领着听者进入一个纯净的世界.尽管Keni的歌喉略逊于Ronald Isley,Gerald Alston等传奇人物,但他的真挚感情绝妙地诠释了灵歌的真谛.
虽然缺少了弥漫于Rising to the Top中的那种香醇的funk曲风,但专辑中一首有着魔力的中板情歌Indigenous Love再一次印证了Keni娴熟流畅的编曲技巧：整首歌的曲调迷幻而又优雅,与歌词中所描绘的意境完美地融合在了一起.
专辑的其他曲目也并非一成不变：Nothin' But Love是一首细腻浓郁、带着美妙的钢琴Solo的类民谣；Give Me a Chance的节奏则更为有力；开篇曲I Need Your Love甚至从坚实的灵歌旋律中透出了一丝街头风格.
这是一张我全心全意推荐给所有灵歌爱好者的专辑.
(抱歉,从头到尾我没找到这张专辑的名字)