6.28.2007

中森明菜全新專輯 - 艷華 Enka 華麗登場


曾幾何時霉過霉菜的80年代歌姬中森明菜,自02年憑『歌姬II』來過大翻身後,『翻唱』似乎成為了她的必殺技!全新專輯『 艷華Enka』玩翻唱演歌名曲,初時以為明菜真的會以演歌腔唱演歌,難免替她汗顏。所以昨晚一碟(初回盤B)在手,即緊張地把CD放進電腦,經過i-tunes播放.. 結果原來是『虛驚』一場,因為全碟風格十分『歌姬』!近年與明菜緊密合作的編曲家千住明貫徹『歌姬』系列風格,以big band包裝演歌,編曲華麗,加上明菜的招牌低沉震音,令整件事變得更動人。如果家裡有一台“無間道”喇叭,那麼真是極上享受。以下是碟中幾首搶耳作品:

越過天城;原唱:石川小百合


越冬燕子;原唱:森昌子


第七夜櫻花;原唱:坂本冬美


矢切渡船;原唱:細川高志


*剛剛check過oricon細碟榜,以27日單日計算,『艷華Enka』的銷量暫時排名第10,論非當紅,成績已有交待。另外,灣仔竟然快過旺角有得買,集成中心聲威閣買$240。

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I posted this below but here I go again...I got 艶華-Enka-初回盤A and 初回盤B today in Tokyo and am listening to it now. I like it but found the musical arrangement too 歌姫ish, that is too subtle and minimal. I like enka because it's melodramatic and so full of emotion. Akina's interpretions are very low key and not the kind of enka I would have expected. Then again, she's doing it to prove that she can sing anything she likes and delivers, and she did. Not disappointed but could be better. And the instrumental cut "艶華" is suprisingly good....

Wordy said...

幾首歌都試聽了一半,音樂上挺新派(第七夜櫻花的編曲挺「有型」),我興趣更大。坦白說,近年明菜的聲線有點破,一本正經地唱,反怕會變成「踩鋼線」。

To Fun:
怎麼不買 A 盤?原來聲威閣有,下班後去碰碰運氣。

Fun said...

明菜的聲線的確有點"爛",但仍可接受。其實我還發覺她在幾首歌中都表現得有點吃力,人老乎?

因B盤有bonus track『空港』!MV對於我來說吸引力不是那麼大,或遲一點才補購吧。

聲威閣,老字號,我由中一已開始幫襯..

Wordy said...

生活打擊、煙酒傷身、年紀漸大,聲線怎會不變(壞)?

我決定買 B 就是這兩個原因。或者遲些在 Youtube 看得到 MV 呢。

聲威閣真的便宜,前幾天才去光顧,而且比去信和順路。

best actor said...

I think Akina's contiued crossover from pop to adult contemporary/traditional was pleasant, dignified, and befitting her experience and stature, notwithstanding her career took a serious nosedive in the past and all those tabloid stories that cast her in such an unfavourable light. I am happy to see her latest project reaching top 10 on the chart. This is no small feat, considering all major music markets are dwindling in one way or the other....

Anonymous said...

艷華Enka is #7 on the June 27 Oricon daily CD chart today....It should debut within Top 10 for next week's issue.

Anonymous said...

艷華Enka debuts at this week's Oricon at #10 selling 29,402 copies last week. And I am happy to say that I bought 2 copies (初回盤A & B). The more I listen to 艷華, the more I like it.

There is also "中森明菜選曲 演歌集 -艶華", which has all the "originals" of what makes up 艶華. Interesting thing is that 矢切の渡し is by テレサ・テン which I think makes perfect sense as Akina is singing the song as a woman, not as a man as the version by 細川たかし. Ditto for 日野美歌's version of 氷雨, instead of 佳山明生's......