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This is a period of change for De Ville, whose real name is Williams Borsos, born in 1950. Previously with his group, he went by "Mink De Ville," but now he's gone solo and calls himself Willy.
However, his change isn't just in name and therefore cosmetic, but also musical. He has left the group and therefore instrumentally the sax and horns, opening up to Latin sounds and atmospheres, influenced by Van Morrison, Lou Reed, and Dire Straits.
The musicians accompanying Willy in this sonic adventure are top-notch: Chet Atkins, guitarist and producer for greats like Roy Orbison, the Chieftains, Ray Charles, and none less than Elvis Presley, Jeff Porcaro, a drummer of great class, and from Dire Straits, Guy Fletcher on keyboards and Mark Knopfler on guitar and in this case also producer.
Miracle is a great album. By diving into those aforementioned and favored Latin sounds, De Ville manages to express his great compositional talent, giving his best.
None of the ten songs on the album diminishes the quality of this excellent record. The first track, "Gun Control", immediately makes us understand what he means by rock, offering us this soul-tinged cinematic "script". Right after, we move to one of the absolute gems, "Could You Would You", one of the most beautiful and intense songs by Them, a Morrissonian gem that our gypsy interprets excellently. "Heart and Soul" makes us hear the Mexican sound. It's a sweet and intense track, masterfully interpreted, with its splendid sweetness it will become a timeless piece. The next two tracks, "Assassin of Love" and "Spanish Jack", feel the presence of Knopfler, thus having Straits-like atmospheres: slow, introspective, and nocturnal. The title track "Miracle" is a piano ballad, syncopated and creative, and also the most radio-friendly. "Angel Eyes" is another splendid track. Willy, who is of Puerto Rican descent, gives us this thrilling Latin-Caribbean gem that gives you goosebumps. Slow and once again nocturnal is instead "Night Falls", a track that De Ville renders dense and dramatic at the same time. "Southern Politician" is the track where producer Mark's presence is most felt, perhaps a bit at the expense of De Ville, though despite this, class is evident and undeniable... The album ends with "Storybook Love", a quintessential De Ville ballad (nominated for an Oscar for "The Princess Bride", in Italy known as "La Storia Fantastica"). It will be a piece that Willy often accompanies live concerts with, thanks to its touching and balanced melody.
This song ends this wonderful album that manages to deliver strong emotions, loaded with powerful atmospheres, sounds, and colors, with no loss of quality but instead full of ideas and, above all, notes.
Another album that withstands the passage of time, and like all masterpieces, with each subsequent listening over the years, "renews" the cells in our audio-encephalon.
To be included in our "Timeless" collection.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
06 Miracle (04:52)
Please help me up
You let me down
If there's a way
Please show me how
I can't go on, without your love
So lift me up
Give me your hand
Look way down deep
You'll understand
If you walk away
Away from me
Then I'm gonna need a Miracle now
Yes and I'm gonna need a Miracle now
Give back to me
What I lost to you
It's so hard to live
When you just lose
They say life goes on
Yes on and on
Yes if I could, just forget
Put back the pieces
Like they once fit
It might look right
But there's a piece thats gone
And I need a Miracle now
Yes and I'm gonna need a Miracle now
Every night I hope and pray
That you'll be mine
Again some day
Only you, can stop this pain
If there's a way to live again
So say a prayer, a prayer for me
and I, need a Miracle now
Yes and I'm gonna need a Miracle now
Yeah heayheayeee...yeahhh
I need a Miracle now
yeah I need a Miracle now
Hmm..hmm..hmm
I need a Miracle
Right here right now
And if I got on my knees
Would you give this Miracle to me
Just to walk, just to talk
just to, Pleaseeee
10 Storybook Love (04:28)
Come my love, I'll tell you a tale
Of a boy and girl and their love story
And how he loved her oh, so much,
And all the charms she did possess.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel;
It's as real as the feelings I feel.
Now this did happen once upon a time,
When things were not so complex.
And how he worshipped the ground she walked on.
When he looked in her eyes, he became obsessed.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel;
it's as real as the feelings I feel.
This love was stronger than the powers so dark,
A prince could have within his keeping;
His spells to weave and steal a heart,
Within her breast, but only sleeping.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel;
it's as real as the feelings I feel.
He said, "Don't you know I love you oh, so much,
And lay my heart at the foot of your dress?"
She said, "Don't you know that storybook loves
Always have a happy ending?"
Then he swooped her up, just like in the books,
And on his stallion they rode away.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story.
But it's as real as the feelings I feel;
it's as real as the feelings I feel.
13 It's So Easy (02:13)
You know you're sliding down
Against your heart
Yeah, you got one
Just close your eyes
So you can see
So you can see
No baby, I don't care
What they say
It's so easy
No baby, I don't care
What they say
It's so easy
Yeah, it's coming on
It's getting sweeter
And sweeter
If you're gonna drown
Then do it the right way
Do it the right way
I don't care what they say
It's so easy
I don't care what they say
It's so ha ha ha ha...
It's so easy
It's so easy
It's so easy
Ha ha ha ha
Oh baby...
Yeah yeah...
It's so easy
It's so easy...
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