Sunday, September 25, 2011

Akina Nakamori: UNBALANCE + BALANCE & 歌姫

Akina's first two releases of the 90's (technically '89 & '90) are two fantastic double disc live albums. Since my good blogger friend Fenikon already has them posted, please go to his page and get them. I am pretty positive most of you get to my site through his, but just in case: AKINA EAST LIVE INDEX-XXIII (1989) & Listen To Me (1991). To continue from there, this post includes: UNBALANCE + BALANCE, Akina's first LP of the 90's, and the first of her trilogy of cover albums 歌姫(Uta Hime). Roughly translating to songstress or diva, 歌姫 is a nine track album of past "idol" songs that influenced Akina. All the songs are reworked with a heavy orchestral and traditional framework. An instrumental disc was also included and to mix it up, I compiled together the original versions for everyone as well. The quality varies on the originals, so sorry in advance! Enjoy!

UNBALANCE + BALANCE ( 1993)

1. 永遠の扉
2. 愛撫
3. 黒薔薇
4. YOU ARE EVERYTHING
5. 光のない万華鏡
6. 眠るより泣きたい夜に
7. NORMA JEAN
8. NOT CRAZY TO ME (Edit)
9. 陽炎
BONUS from 2002 re-release
10. Everlasting Love
11. NOT CRAZY TO ME
12. 夜のどこかで 〜night shift〜
13. Rose Bud
14. 月華
15. BLUE LACE


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歌姫 (1994)

1. ダンスはうまく踊れない Seri Ishikawa (1977)
2. 愛染橋 Momoe Yamaguchi (1979)
3. 片想い Mie Nakao (1977)
4. 思秋期 Hiromi Iwasaki (1977)
5. 逢いたくて 逢いたくて Mari Sono (1966)
6. 終着駅 Cho Okumura (1971)
7. 魔法の鏡 Yumi Arai (1974)
8. 生きがい Saori Yuki (1970)
9. 私は風 Carmen Maki & OZ (1978)


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