선생님,
오늘 아침은 도저히 눈을 뜨고 싶지 않았어요.
어제 새벽까지 로자 룩셈부르크의 삶을 조망했음에도 불구하고,
이 세계가 나를 인정하도록 만들겠다고 외친 그녀를 닮아가자고, 마음 속으로 다짐에 다짐을 했음에도
빗소리에 깬 아침,
저도 모르게 흐르는 눈물을 주체할 수 없었어요.
누군가의 등에 파묻혀 실컷, 그야말로 눈물의 바다가 되도록 울어봤으면 하는 생각이 더 절 끌어내렸어요.
저는 왜,
잎새에 이는 바람에도 늘 흔들릴까요?
"나는 혼자다. 사람들은 나를 증오한다, 따라서 옳다."
그녀에게는 무슨 힘이 있기에 그렇게 절규하며 우뚝우뚝 살았을까요?
책은 말해주지 않더군요.
그냥 담담히 그녀의 삶을 펼쳐 놓았을 뿐.
전 어둠 속에서 똑똑 떨어지는 낙숫물소리에
똑똑 내 가슴살을 한 점씩 때어놓는 기분이 들었답니다.
이런 기분은 절대 없어지지 않고 다만 늘 가슴 저변에 가라앉아 있다, 이때다 싶으면 그야말로, 물 만난 고개마냥 솟구쳐 오릅니다.
시시때때로 감시하지 않으면 언제 그것들에 제가 잡혀 먹을지도 모른다는 두려움이 늘 저를 불안케합니다.
선생님,
선생님은 그런 제 기분을 그냥 존재의 불안이라고 한 마디로 규정지었지만, 그럼에도 불구하고 전 늘 앓고 있거나, 그 직전이거나, 그 휴유증으로 떨고 있습니다.
그저, 그냥 아무 것도 아니었어요.
스치는 바람 결 같은 말들에 불과했죠.
그럼에도 불구하고, 전 왜 이모양 이꼴일까요?
누구도 원망하지 않죠. 다만 그 정도 밖에 되지 않는, 저라는 인간의 한계, 그것이 더 저를 괴롭혀 눈물이 난다는 것 뿐이에요.
이런 기분은 죽을 때까지 사라지지 않겠죠.
그래서 저같은 사람은 늘 타나토스를 곁에 두고 견뎌야 하나 봅니다. 언제 잡혀 먹을지 모른다는 두려움을 안고.
저는 강하고 싶습니다.
로자처럼.
자신의 죽음을 알면서도 죽음 직전까지 파우스트를 손에 놓지 않았던, 그녀의 삶을 내 삶으로 끌어안고 싶습니다.
선생님,
어떻게 그럴 수 있을까요?
저에게 한 말씀만 해주세요, 네?
눈물밖에 흘릴 줄 모르는 X가.
1.
Annie Lennox - I Put A Spell on You
I Put A Spell on You
I put a spell on you
당신에게 주문을 걸었어요.
Because you`re mine
왜냐면 그대는 나의 것이니까요.
I can`t stand the things that you do
그대가 하는 것을 참을 수 없어요.
No, no, no I ain`t lying
안 돼, 안 돼, 안 돼 거짓말은 안돼요.
No
안돼요
I don`t care if you don`t want me
그대가 나를 원하지 않아도 상관없어요.
Cause I`m yours, yours, yours anyhow
왜냐면 나는 그대의 것이니까요, 어떻든 그대의 것이니까요.
Yeah, I`m yours, yours, yours
그래요, 나는 그대의 것이에요, 그대의, 그대의
I love you, I love you
당신을 사랑해요, 당신을 사랑해요
I love you, I love you
당신을 사랑해요, 당신을 사랑해요
I love you, I love you
당신을 사랑해요, 당신을 사랑해요
Yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah!
그래요.
I put a speel on you
나는 그대에게 주문을 걸어요.
Lord! Lord! Lord!
신이여! 신이여! 신이여!
Cause you`re mine, yeah
왜냐면, 그대는 내 것이니까요, 그래요
I can`t stand the things that you do
그대가 하는 것들을 참아낼 수 없어요.
When you`re fooling around
그대가 방황할 때
I don`t care if you don`t want me
그대가 날 원하지 않아도 상관없어요.
Cause I`m yours, yours, yours anyhow
왜냐면 난 그대의 것, 그대의, 그대의, 어떻든.
Yeah, yours yours your
그래요, 그대의 것 그대의 것 그대의
I can`t stand your fooling around
그대가 방황하는 걸 참아낼 수 없어요.
If I can`t have you
만일 내가 그대를 가질 수 없다면
No one will
아무도 가질 수 없을 거예요.
I love you, you, you! I love you. I love you!
그대를 사랑해요, 그대를, 그대를! 그대를 사랑해요! 그대를 사랑해요!
I love you, you, you!
그대를 사랑해요, 그대를 , 그대를!
I don`t care if you don`t want me
그대가 날 원하지 않아도 상관없어요.
Cause I`m yours, yours, yours anyhow
왜냐면 난 그대의 것, 그대의, 그대의, 어떻든.
Annie Lennox - I Put A Spell on You - YouTube
http://me2.do/GC1fDQxU
2.
Annie Lennox - Georgia on My Mind (Live)
Georgia, Georgia
조지아, 조지아
The whole day through (the whole day through)
하루가 지나도록(하루가 지나도록)
Just an old sweet song
그 오래된 달콤한 노래처럼
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
조지아가 마음속을 떠나지 않아요.
I'm say Georgia, Georgia
조지아, 조지아
A song of you (a song of you)
당신을 위한 노래는
Comes as sweet and clear
달콤하고 맑게 다가와요
As moonlight through the pines
소나무 사이로 비치는 달빛처럼 요.
Other arms reach out to me
다른 이의 팔이 내게 닿고
Other eyes smile tenderly
다른 시선이 부드럽게 웃어주지만
Still in peaceful dreams I see
난 여전히 평화로운 꿈을 꿔요.
The road leads back to you
이 길은 당신에게 돌아가게 하죠.
I said Georgia, oh Georgia
조지아, 오 조지아
No peace I find (peace I find)
내가 찾는 평화는 없고
Just an old sweet song
그 오래된 달콤한 노래처럼
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
조지아가 마음속을 떠나지 않아요.
Annie Lennox - Georgia on My Mind (Live) - YouTube
http://me2.do/FQl45dmB
3.
Annie Lennox Mood Indigo 노래가사
You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue,
당신은 우울하진 않죠, 그래요, 우울하진 않아요.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
당신은 무척 우울한 기분이 들었기 했죠. 지금까지요.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
당신의 그 기분들이 저마저 우울하게 만들고 있어요.
While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
그래서 저도 앉아 한숨만 쉬죠. 저리 가란 말이야, 우울한 것들아!
Always get that mood indigo,
Since my baby said goodbye.
내 사랑이 떠난 이래로, 난 항상 우울했어요.
In the evenin' when lights are low,
불빛이 흐려지는 저녁이 올 때면
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
나는 외로워서 울었죠.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
왜냐면 나를 돌봐 줄 아무도 없었으니까요.
I'm just as bluer as blue could be.
전 미칠 것처럼 우울해요.
Always get that mood indigo,
항상 기분이 우울해요.
Since my baby said goodbye.
내 사랑이 떠났기 때문에요.
Blues on my mind, Blues all around my head
내 마음의 우울함은 매 온 몸을 우울하게 해죠. 생각조차도.
Blues on my mind, Blues all around my head
내 온 마음의 우울함이 제 온 몸을 우울하게 해요.
Woke up this morning but I'll be better off a day
오늘 아침에 깨어났죠, 그러나 오늘은 더 나아질거예요.
You ain't been blue; no, no, no., You ain't been blue,
당신은 우울하지 않아요. 그래요. 당신은 우울하지 않아요.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
당신이 그 기분에 잠기기는 했죠.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
그 느낌이 나마저 우울하게 해요.
While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Blues on my mind, Blues all around my head
Blues on my mind, Blues all around my head
Woke up this morning but I'll be better off a day
Annie Lennox - Mood Indigo - YouTube
http://me2.do/F6U1JLqd
4.
Annie Lennox - Summertime
Summertime
Summertime and the livin' is easy
여름날의 삶은 평온했어요.
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is fine
물고기들은 뛰어놀고, 농사는 잘 되었죠.
Oh your Daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
그래요. 당신의 아빠는 부자였고 엄마는 예뻤죠.
So hush little baby, don't you cry
그러니, 예쁜 아가야, 울지 말아라.
One of these mornings
어느 날 차임에
You're goin' to rise up singing
너는 다 자라서 노래를 부르겠지.
Then you'll spread your wings
그때 너는 너의 날개를 활짝 펼 거야.
And you'll take the sky
그리고 너는 하늘 높이 날 수도 있을 거야.
But till that morning
그러나 그날 아침이 올 때까지
There's a nothin' can harm you
너를 해칠 것은 아무 것도 없단다.
With daddy and mammy standin' by
Annie Lennox - Summertime - YouTube
http://me2.do/FujGTxct
위키에서)
Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954)는 스코티쉬 가수이며 작곡가, 정치 행동가며 자선 활동가이다. 뉴 웨이브 밴드 The Tourists의 멤버로써 1970년대 후반에 적당한 성공을 거둔 후에 그녀와 친구 음악가인 David A. Stewart는 Eurythmics로써 1980년대 더 큰 국제적인 성공을 성취해갔다. 6번의 최고의 영국 여성 예술가상을 포함하여 총 8개의 브리티쉬 상을 탄 레녹스는 어떤 다른 여성보다도 더 뛰어났다. 그녀는 영국의 챔피언 중의 챔피언 이라고 또 불리워 왔다.
Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). Aside from her eight Brit Awards, she has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine.[2] In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, notable for raising money and awareness for HIV/ AIDS as it affects women and children in Africa. In 2011, Lennox was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes". on 4 June 2012 she performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace. Lennox performed the song "Little Bird" during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London on 12 August 2012.
Lennox has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.[3] In 2012, she was rated No. 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music.[4] She has earned the distinction of "most successful female British artist in UK music history" due to her commercial success since the early 1980s. As of June 2008, including her work within Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide.[5]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career 2.1 1976–1990: Dragon's Playground, The Tourists and Eurythmics
2.2 1992–1993: Diva
2.3 1995–2000: Medusa and return to Eurythmics
2.4 2003–2007: Bare and work in Africa
2.5 2007–2008: Songs of Mass Destruction and AIDS activism
2.6 2008–2009: The Annie Lennox Collection and departure from Sony
2.7 2010–2013: Island Records and A Christmas Cornucopia
2.8 2014–present: Nostalgia
3 Public image 3.1 Charity and political activism
3.2 Gay icon
3.3 Exhibition
4 Music videos
5 Personal life
6 Discography 6.1 Studio albums
6.2 Compilation albums
7 Awards and nominations
8 References
9 External links
Early life
Annie Lennox was born on Christmas Day 1954 in Summerfield Maternity hospital, Aberdeen, the daughter of Dorothy (née Ferguson) and Thomas Allison Lennox.[6]
In the 1970s, Lennox won a place at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied the flute, piano and harpsichord for three years. She lived on a student grant and worked at part-time jobs for extra money. Lennox was unhappy during her time at the Royal Academy and spent her time wondering what other direction she could take.[7]
Lennox's flute teacher's final report stated: "Ann has not always been sure of where to direct her efforts, though lately she has been more committed. She is very, very able, however." Two years later, Lennox reported to the Academy: "I have had to work as a waitress, barmaid, and shop assistant to keep me when not in musical work." She also played and sang with a few bands, such as Windsong, during the period of her course. In 2006, the academy made her an honorary Fellow.[8] Lennox also was made a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama that year.[9]
Career
1976–1990: Dragon's Playground, The Tourists and Eurythmics
Lennox in the mid-1980s
In 1976, Lennox was flautist with a band called Dragon's Playground, leaving before they appeared on TV's New Faces.[10] Between 1977 and 1980, she was the lead singer of The Tourists (initially known as The Catch), a British pop band and her first collaboration with Dave Stewart.
Lennox and Stewart's second collaboration, the 1980s synthpop duo Eurythmics, resulted in her most notable fame, as the duo's alto, soul-tinged lead singer. Early in Eurythmics' career, Lennox was known for her androgyny,[11][12] wearing suits and once impersonating Elvis Presley. Eurythmics released a long line of singles in the 1980s, including "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (a US number one and UK number two), "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" (UK number one), "Love Is A Stranger", "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves", "Who's That Girl?", "Would I Lie to You?", "Missionary Man", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart", "Thorn in My Side", "The Miracle of Love" and "Don't Ask Me Why". Although the Eurythmics never officially disbanded, Lennox made a fairly clear break from Stewart in 1990. Thereafter, she began her solo career.[13]
Lennox and Stewart reconvened Eurythmics in the late 1990s with the album Peace, their first album of new material in ten years. A subsequent concert tour was completed, with profits going to Greenpeace and Amnesty International.[2]
Lennox (far right) and David A. Stewart (left) performing as Eurythmics in 1987.
Lennox has received eight Brit Awards, the most of any female artist.[14] Four of the awards were given during her time with Eurythmics, and another was given to the duo for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999.[15]
The 1988 single, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", was a duet with Al Green recorded for the soundtrack of the movie Scrooged. Though it was produced by Dave Stewart, it was credited to Lennox and Green. This one-off single peaked at No. 2 on the US Adult Contemporary chart, No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was a top 40 hit in the UK.[16][17] Lennox performed the song "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", a Cole Porter song, that same year for a cameo appearance in the Derek Jarman film Edward II. She then appeared with David Bowie and the surviving members of Queen at 1992's Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at London's Wembley Stadium, performing "Under Pressure".[18]
1992–1993: Diva
Main article: Diva (Annie Lennox album)
Lennox began working with former Trevor Horn protégé Stephen Lipson, beginning with her 1992 solo début album, Diva. It was a commercial and critical success, charting No. 1 in the UK, No. 6 in Germany, and No. 23 in the US where it went double platinum.[19][20] Lennox's profile was boosted by Diva's singles, which included "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". "Why" won an MTV Award for Best Female Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, while the video for "Walking on Broken Glass" set in the British Regency period, featured actors Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich.[21][22] "Little Bird" also formed a double A-side with "Love Song for a Vampire", a soundtrack cut for Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula.[23] The B-side of her single "Precious" was a self-penned song called "Step by Step", which was later a hit for Whitney Houston for the soundtrack of the film The Preacher's Wife.[23] The song "Keep Young and Beautiful" was included on the CD release as a bonus track (the original vinyl album had only ten tracks).
The album entered the UK album chart at no.1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum.[24] It was also a success in the US where it was a top 30 hit and has sold in excess of 2,700,000 copies.[19] In 1993, the album was included in Q magazine's list of the "50 Best Albums of 1992". Rolling Stone magazine (25 June 1992, p. 41) described the album as "...state-of-the-art soul pop..." and it is included in Rolling Stone's (13 May 1999, p. 56) "Essential Recordings of the 90's" list. The album won Best British Album at the 1993 Brit Awards.[25]
1995–2000: Medusa and return to Eurythmics
Main articles: Medusa (Annie Lennox album) and Peace (Eurythmics album)
Although Lennox's profile decreased for a period because of her desire to bring up her two children outside of the media's glare, she continued to record. Her second album, Medusa, was released in March 1995. It consisted solely of cover songs, all originally recorded by male artists including Bob Marley, The Clash, and Neil Young. It entered the UK album chart at No. 1 and peaked in the US at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over 2,000,000 to date in the United States.[19] It has achieved double platinum status in both the UK and the US.[24][26] The album yielded four UK singles: "No More I Love You's" (which entered the UK singles chart at No. 2, Lennox's highest ever solo peak),[17] "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Waiting in Vain" and "Something So Right". The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards of 1996,[27] losing to Turbulent Indigo by Joni Mitchell, however, Lennox won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "No More I Love You's".[28] Although Lennox declined to tour for the album, she did perform a large scale one-off concert in New York's Central Park, which was filmed and later released on home video.[29] Lennox provided an extensive solo vocal performance (without lyrics) for the soundtrack score of the film Apollo 13 in 1995.[30]
In 1997, Lennox re-recorded the Eurythmics track "Angel" for the Diana, Princess of Wales tribute album, and also recorded the song "Mama" for The Avengers soundtrack album. In 1998, following the death of a mutual friend (former Tourists member Peet Coombes), she re-united with Dave Stewart.[31] Following their first performance together in eight years at a record company party, Stewart and Lennox began writing and recording together for the first time since 1989. This resulted in the album Peace. The title was designed to reflect the duo's ongoing concern with global conflict and world peace. The record was promoted with a concert on the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior II, where they played a mixture of old and new songs. "I Saved the World Today" was the lead single, reaching number eleven on the UK singles chart.[32] Another single, released at the beginning of 2000, "17 Again", made the UK top 40, and topped the US dance chart.[33] In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine, with Editor-in-Chief Timothy White describing her as one of "the most original and unforgettably affecting artists in the modern annals of popular music."[2]
2003–2007: Bare and work in Africa
Main article: Bare (Annie Lennox album)
Annie Lennox on stage in 2004
In 2003, Lennox released her third solo album, Bare. The album peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 4 in the US – her highest charting album in the US to date.[34] She embarked on her first tour as a solo artist to promote the album. The tour, simply titled Solo Tour, pre-dated the release of the album and visited both the US and Europe, with only a two-night stop in the UK at Saddler's Wells Theatre in London. The album has been certified Gold in both the UK and the US and was nominated for Best Pop Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.[35] The album was released with a DVD which included interviews and acoustic versions of songs by Lennox.[36]
In 2004, Lennox won the Academy Award for Best Song for "Into the West" from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,[37] which she co-wrote with screenwriter Fran Walsh and composer Howard Shore. Lennox performed the song live at the 76th Academy Awards. The song also won a Grammy award and a Golden Globe award. She had previously recorded "Use Well the Days" for the movie, which incorporates a number of quotations from Tolkien in its lyrics. This features on a bonus DVD included with the "special edition" of the movie's soundtrack CD. In mid-2004, Lennox embarked on an extensive North American tour with Sting.[2] In July 2005, Lennox performed at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London, along with Madonna, Sting, and other popular musicians.[38]
In 2005, Lennox and Stewart collaborated on two new songs for their Eurythmics compilation album, Ultimate Collection, of which "I've Got a Life" was released as a single in October 2005. The promotional video for the song features Lennox and Stewart performing in the present day, with images of past Eurythmics videos playing on television screens behind them. The single peaked at number fourteen in the UK Singles Chart and was a number-one US Dance hit.[16][17] on 14 November 2005, Sony BMG repackaged and released Eurythmics' back catalogue as 2005 Deluxe Edition Reissues.[39] Lennox also collaborated with Herbie Hancock doing the song "Hush, Hush, Hush" on his collaboration album, Possibilities in August 2005.[40]
2007–2008: Songs of Mass Destruction and AIDS activism
Main article: Songs of Mass Destruction
Ending her long association with Stephen Lipson, Lennox's fourth solo album, Songs of Mass Destruction, was recorded in Los Angeles with veteran producer Glen Ballard (known for producing Alanis Morissette's album, Jagged Little Pill). It was released on 1 October 2007, and was the last studio album of Lennox's contract with BMG. It peaked at No. 7 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.[16][17] Lennox stated that she believed the album consisted of "twelve strong, powerful, really emotive songs that people can connect to". If she achieves that, she says, "I can feel proud of [it], no matter if it sells ten copies or 50 million."[41] Lennox described it as "a dark album, but the world is a dark place. It's fraught, it's turbulent. Most people's lives are underscored with dramas of all kinds: there's ups, there's downs – the flickering candle."[42] She added, "Half the people are drinking or drugging themselves to numb it. A lot of people are in pain."[42]
The album's first single was "Dark Road", released on 24 September 2007. Another song on the album, "Sing", is a collaboration between Lennox and 23 prominent female artists: Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Kelis, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright. The song was recorded to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organisation Treatment Action Campaign.[43] Included among the group of vocalists are TAC activist members' own vocal group known as The Generics, whose CD of music inspired Lennox to make "Sing".[43]
To promote Songs of Mass Destruction, Lennox embarked on a primarily North American tour called Annie Lennox Sings, which lasted throughout October and November 2007.[44]
2008–2009: The Annie Lennox Collection and departure from Sony
Main article: The Annie Lennox Collection
Finishing out her contract with Sony BMG, Lennox released the compilation album The Annie Lennox Collection. Initially intended for release in September 2008, the release date was pushed back several months to allow Lennox to recuperate from a back injury.[45] The compilation was eventually released in the US on 17 February 2009, and in the UK and Europe on 9 March 2009. Included on the track listing are songs from her four solo albums, one from the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, and two new songs. one of these is a cover of Ash's single, "Shining Light". The other is a cover of a song by the English band Keane, originally the B-side of their first single in 2000. Lennox renamed the song from its original title "Closer Now" to "Pattern of My Life". A limited 3-disc edition of the album included a DVD compilation featuring most of Lennox's solo videos since 1992, and also featured a second CD of rarer songs including a version of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" with Alicia Keys and Lennox's Oscar-winning "Into the West" from the third Lord of the Rings film. The album entered the UK Album Chart at No. 2 and remained in the top 10 for seven weeks.[46]
Lennox's recording contract with Sony BMG concluded with the release of Songs of Mass Destruction and the subsequent retrospective album The Collection, and much was made in the press in late 2007/early 2008 about the apparent animosity between Lennox and the record company. Lennox stated that while on a trip to South Africa in December 2007 to appear at the 46664 campaign in Johannesburg, the regional company office of the label failed to return phone calls and e-mails she made to them for three weeks, and had completely failed to promote the Sing project as planned. Upon her return to the UK, Lennox met with the head of Sony BMG UK, Ged Docherty, who was "mortified" by the problems she had encountered with the South African branch. However, the debacle (partly inflamed when Lennox's dissatisfaction with the South African office was made public on her blog) led to press reports falsely stating that she was being dropped by Sony BMG. The record company themselves quickly refuted the rumour stating that Lennox's contract with them had merely been fulfilled and that they hoped she would consider remaining with them. The British tabloid, Daily Mirror, subsequently printed a retraction of its story about her being dropped by the label.[47]
2010–2013: Island Records and A Christmas Cornucopia
Main article: A Christmas Cornucopia
In August 2010, Lennox signed a new contract with Island Records in the UK and Decca Records in the US (both part of the Universal Music Group).[48] Her first release was a Christmas album entitled A Christmas Cornucopia, issued on 15 November 2010. The album is a collection of Lennox's interpretations of traditional festive songs such as "Silent Night" and "The First Noel", along with one new composition, "Universal Child", which was released as a download-only single on 13 October 2010. Lennox had previously showcased the song on the American Idol Gives Back TV show in April 2010. She sang the song "Angels from the Realms of Glory" from the album for the TNT special Christmas in Washington.[49]
A music video was produced for a second single from the album, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Lennox also performed the track on the UK chat show Loose Women in December 2010, and was also interviewed.[50]
According to Metacritic, A Christmas Cornucopia has gained "generally favourable reviews".[51] Ian Wade of BBC Music gave the album a very positive review, saying "this collection could find itself becoming as much a part of the holiday season as arguments with loved ones."[52] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine awarded the album 3.5/5 and said "Lennox seems more inspired on A Christmas Cornucopia than she has in years."[53] John Hunt of Qatar Today magazine gave the album 9/10 and said "in particular, the vocal work and musical arrangement of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' are impactful to the point of being intimidating."[54]
On 4 June 2012, Lennox performed, as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace in London and on 12 August she performed "Little Bird" at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony.[55]
2014–present: Nostalgia
In October 2014, Lennox released her sixth solo album, Nostalgia.[56] The album is a collection of Lennox's childhood favourite soul, jazz and blues songs.[57] Critic Mike Wass of Idolator stated that Lennox "puts her own inimitable spin" on the selected tracks.[58] The lead single "I Put a Spell on You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2.[59] Upon release, the album entered the UK and US Top 10, and reached number one on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. on 28 January 2015, Lennox performed a live concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles entitled An Evening of Nostalgia with Annie Lennox. The show aired on PBS in the US in April 2015, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray internationally in May 2015.[60]
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