release date: Jun. 17, 1994
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,54]
producer: Ryuichi Sakamoto
label: Elektra Records - nationality: Japan
Track highlights: 2. "Moving On" - 4. "Regret" - 7. "Sweet Revenge" - 9. "Same Dream, Same Destination" (feat. Roddy Frame) - 11. "Water's Edge"
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Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto originally released in Japan by For Life Music with two additional tracks. All tracks is with music credited Sakamoto and with the majority of the compositions with lyrics written by various guests artists including J-Me (tracks #2, #4, and #8), Paul Alexander (track #5), Holly Johnson (track #6), Vivien Goldman (tracks #3 and #11), Roddy Frame (track #9), and Latasha Natasha Diggs (track #10).
This is mainly art pop and sophisti-pop with strong influences from jazz pop.
To me, the clearly strongest track on the album is track #9 featuring Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame on vocals. In 1993 Sakamoto as producer stood behind Dreamland by Aztec Camera.
The album has a nice lounge feel and may be filed as art pop, but the sensation is really a warm and laid-back compilation of sophisticated jazz pop that doesn't stir up the party but may function as the perfect album for pre-party warm-up or a natural choice for after dinner conversation.
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5 stars ]
