Utaite Myouri ~Sono Ichi~

Infobox Album
Name = "Utaite Myouri ~sono ichi~"
"唄ひ手冥利 ～其ノ壱～"
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Shiina Ringo


Released = May 27, 2002
Recorded =
Genre = J-pop, Folk music, Opera, musicals, Rhythm and blues, Blues, Lied, Classical music, French pop music, Chanson, American pop, Adult contemporary music, Bossa nova, The Motown Sound, Rock
Length = 32:52 (DISC1)
34:56 (DISC2)
Label = Toshiba EMI
Virgin Music
Producer = Uni Inoue/井上うに (DISC1 .2)
Masashi Kudo/工藤雅史(DISC1)
Reviews =
Last album = "Zecchoushuu"
(2000)
This album ="Utaite Myouri ~sono ichi~"
(2002)
Next album = "Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana"
(2003)

nihongo|唄ひ手冥利 ～其ノ壱～|Utaite Myouri ~sono ichi~|Singer's Luck ~part one~ is Shiina Ringo’s the first cover album which is the set of two discs.

Outline

For Shiina Ringo, this album is the first work after the interval of 1 year 2 months from her maternity leave.

The songs of the musicians who had an influence on her until now is recorded on this album.She usually writes a lyrics and music, but she devoted herself to "a singer" this time.And she entrusted the arrangement to Seiji Kameda who arranged her first and second album together and Toshiyuki Mori who arranged her third album together.She selected famous songs mainly by herself from the music which had an influence on her, and ordered them to arrange these songs in their own way.

She parodied the name of arrangers, and the notation of 2 disks is "Kame-pact Disc" and "Mori-pact Disc" respectively.

"Kame-pact Disk" was recorded at once by a garage rock style which she chose daringly in the early days because of lack of the budget.However, in "Mori-pact Disc", a music sequencer is used, and multitrack recording is adopted. That was succeeded in her 3rd album.

The album jacket is designed by Shiina Ringo and Yumi Ota who is the employee of her private office.Shiina Ringo is in charge of the photograph and the illustration of the booklet, and she and Ryosuke Nagaoka(Ukigmo) design the notation of the letter. The model of hands and feet is Hisako Tabuchi.

Two guest singers participate in the each disks and the bonus truck arranged by Shiina Ringo is collected respectively.

Background

It wasn't certain whether Shiina Ringo returned, so Toshiba EMI intended to release the Greatest hits at first to fulfill the number of the CD contracted with her in the contract term.Actually, she said at a TV program recently, "I even thought that I would just retire as it is during my maternity leave".But she refused that plan obstinately, so this cover album was released as the compromise.

Track listing

亀パクトディスク "Kame-pact Disc"

#nihongo|灰色の瞳|Haiiro No Hitomi|Grey Eyes
#:Katou Tokiko & Hasegawa Kiyoshi cover; originally Uña Ramos's Aquellos ojos grises
#More
#:Andy Williams cover
#nihongo|小さな木の実|Chiisana Kinomi|Small Fruits
#: Japanese classic, music taken from Bizet. This song was made based on the serenade in Bizet's opera "La jolie fille de Perth".
#I Wanna Be Loved by You
#: Marilyn Monroe cover, original by Helen Kane.
#nihongo|白い小鳩|Shiroi Kobato|White Dove
#: Shuri Eiko cover
#Love is Blind
#: Janis Ian cover
#nihongo|木綿のハンカチーフ|Momen no Handkerchief|Cotton Handkerchief
#: Oota Hiromi cover. The duet song to which Shina Ringo took charge of the male part, and Matsuzaki Nao took charge of the female part.
#Yer Blues
#:The Beatles cover

pecial thanks truck

#nihongo|野薔薇|Nobara|Wild Roses ("Heideröslein")
#: German classical music. Lyrics: Goethe, music: Schubert.

森パクトディスク "Mori-pact Disc"

#nihongo|君を愛す|Kimi wo Aisu|I Love You, ("Ich Liebe Dich")
#: Carmen Dragon cover. Lyrics: Edvard Grieg, music: Hans Christian Andersen.
#Jazz a go-go
#: France Gall cover
#nihongo|枯葉|Kareha|dry leaves, ("") / ("Autumn Leaves")
#:Edith Piaf cover
#I Won't Last a Day Without You
#:The Carpenters cover, with Utada Hikaru.
#nihongo|黒いオルフェ|Kuroi Orufe|Black Orpheus, ("Manhã de Carnaval")
#: The theme song of the movie "Orfeu Negro" cover.
#Mr. Wonderful
#:Peggy Lee cover.
#nihongo|玉葱のハッピーソング|Tamanegi no Happy Song|The onion happy song, ("The Onion Song")
#: Marvin Gaye cover. The duet song with Shiina Junpei, her elder brother.
#Starting Over
#: John Lennon cover

pecial thanks truck

#nihongo|子守唄|Komori Uta|Lullaby
#:Chopin's Waltz in A minor. One passage from "Grande Valse brillante en la bémol majeur, op. 34 n° 2" is used for this song.

Personnel

Kame-pact Disc (Disc1)

* Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar: 弥吉淳二 Junji Yayoshi
* Electric bass guitar: 亀田誠治 Seiji Kameda
* Piano, Organ, Melodica, Synthesizer, Tambourine: 皆川真人 Masato Minagawa (from Thinners, SPARKY)
* drums, Cowbell: 村石雅行 Masayuki Muraishi
*Music sequencer (#2, 3): 中山信彦 Nobuhiko Nakayama
*String instrument (#6): 金原千恵子 Chieko Kinbara
* Hand craps and footsteps: Gyakutai Glycogen, Shiina Ringo, and several assistants (#3)

Mori-pact Disc (Disc2)

* Music sequencer, The whole keyboard instrument, Electric guitar (#1), Bass synthesizer: 森俊之 Toshiyuki Mori
* Double bass, Electric bass guitar: 渡辺等 Hitoshi Watanabe
* drums, Tambourine: 沼澤尚 Takashi Numazawa
* Fingers napping (#3): 井上うに Uni Inoue and the others