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''Frames'' is the fifth studio album by Lee DeWyze. It is the second album that he has released since he won the ninth season of ''American Idol.'' Thirteen tracks are included on the standard release, while acoustic versions of each song are available on the deluxe edition. DeWyze has six solo writing credits on the album and was a co-writer on all of the other songs, collaborating with Drew Pearson, Julian Emery, Justin Irvin, Shelly Fairchild, Rick Seibold, Matthew Wilder and Toby Gad. DeWyze also served as one of the album's producers, along with Pearson, Emery, Seibold, Wilder, Gad, Phil Allen and Dr Zero. RCA Records dismissed DeWyze from his contract in 2011, due to the poor performance of his previous album, ''Live It Up''. Undaunted by this setback, DeWyze set out to write music that would be more in line with his own vision, feeling that RCA had not understood him as an artist. Having previously released two independent albums, he went back to the folk rock sound of those albums, while also incorporating elements of pop, rockabilly and bluegrass. Attracting Vanguard Records with his new music, he signed with the label in early 2013 and was given creative freedom while working on ''Frames.'' The album was released on August 20, 2013 to positive reviews. It debuted at number 116 on the ''Billboard'' 200 Chart and at number 38 on the Top Rock Albums Chart. "Silver Lining" was released as the lead single off of the album in April 2013 and a lyric video of the song was released in July. The second single, "Fight" was released in September 2013 and the music video was released in March 2014. Live in-studio videos have been made for both songs, as well as for "Stay Away" and "You Don't Know Me." Katie Stevens, who had competed on the ninth season of ''American Idol'' with DeWyze, accompanies him in the video for "Stay Away." ==Background== DeWyze, who had released two independent albums before winning the ninth season of ''American Idol,'' made his major-label debut with ''Live It Up'' in 2010. Released under RCA Records, it went on to become the worst-selling and lowest-charting debut album by a winner of the series. DeWyze has since expressed dissatisfaction with the album and said that winning ''American Idol'' did not turn out to be everything that he had thought it would be. The limited schedule for ''Live It Up'' meant that DeWyze had to write his songs while on tour, which he found to be an overwhelming task.〔 He has said this was one of the reasons for why the album did not live up to expectations and has also explained that there was pressure in trying to work with a large number of people, all of whom had their own ideas. He described the situation as "one of those too-many-cooks-in-the-kitchen kind of things".〔 Although DeWyze felt that he and RCA were not thinking the same thing regarding his musical style, he still had high hopes about recording a second album with them and trying to take it in a different direction,〔 but in September 2011, he was dismissed by the label. He said that this was disheartening and not what he would have expected, but that the decision was "fairly mutual" and followed a series of talks between him and RCA.〔 With 19 Recordings continuing to manage him,〔 DeWyze chose to take an optimistic view of the situation and saw it as an opportunity to finally make the record that he had always wanted to make. Feeling that he had been misunderstood as an artist, he returned to a folk rock sound, more comparable to what had been present on his independent albums. Many people were surprised to hear him release music in this style and drew comparisons to Mumford & Sons, but DeWyze responded, "anyone can go back and listen to what I was doing when I was sixteen or seventeen years old, those are the kind of records that I was making then. I just wasn't able to put them out there like I am now."〔〔 Without any record deal in place, DeWyze began writing new songs and created demo versions for two of them: "Silver Lining" and "Fight." After showing them to potential labels, he turned down multiple offers that were only made because of his success on ''American Idol.'' In January 2013, he signed with Vanguard Records, feeling that the label "genuinely believed" in his music. He said, "that was a huge stepping-stone for me, because to have my music representing me in the proper way, the way I want it to, and have people understand it and react to it and connect to it like that has been the goal all along for me."〔 Vanguard gave him a great amount of creative freedom and while DeWyze affirmed that he will always stand by ''Live It Up,'' calling it "a part of () musical journey," he has stated that ''Frames'' feels like his real debut.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frames (Lee DeWyze album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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