No Music No Life 09/2007

itunes: 徳永英明, Vocalist 3 (2007)

The list of CDs that I have bought this month:


Joni Mitchell, Mingus (1979)
With this CD, I have completed Joni Mitchell's two decade discography. She can be one of the most influential female artist, uncompromising and fiercely independent in her music, fusing her deep folk style with other genres like jazz and world music. Her new album, Shine surface this month after 2003's Travelogue which she claimed her last recorded work. Really looking forward to it...


James Blunt, Back To Bedlam (2004)
I know this is a great album (from the empteen times listening to it at recording station in the CD shops) but somehow I did not intend to buy it at a full price. I got this used copy on yahoo auction at half the price. Haha it's never too late to own a piece of good music.


小田和正, K.Oda (1986)
Debut solo album of the frontman of the 70s Japanese rock band, Off Course. His recent years albums are good, so I'm going back to sample his older solo works.


徳永英明, Vocalist 3 (2007)
This is one of my most anticipated album this month. The final instalment of this vocalist series, which remakes the hit songs of many female artists' popular songs. In this album, he did one of Amuro Namie (安室奈美恵)'s earlier hit "Can You Celebrate?" and Imai Miki (今井美樹)'s big hit "Pride". What makes these 3 albums appealing is the simplistic arrangement which he produced and sang, a big departure from the originals and breath a new life in these old hits.