Utaite Myōri: Sono Ichi

Utaite Myouri ~sono ichi~ (唄ひ手冥利～其ノ壱～, Singer's Luck ~part one~) is Ringo Sheena’s first cover album released on May 27, 2002 by Toshiba EMI, which is the set of two discs. The album reached #1 and has since sold 409,000 copies. It was certified Platinum by the RIAJ.^[1]

Outline

For Ringo Sheena, 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. Sheena 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.

Sheena 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 Sheena and Yumi Ota who is the employee of her private office. Sheena is in charge of photographs and illustrations of the booklet, and she and Ryosuke Nagaoka (Ukigmo) design the lettering. The model of hands and feet is Hisako Tabuchi.

Four guest singers participated in each disk by two people. All of them are Sheena's acquaintances. Masamune Kusano is from the same town with her, and he is a senior of her elder brother's high school. He made Seiji Kameda a producer of his band "Spitz" later. Nao Matsuzaki is Sheena's friend. Hikaru Utada is Sheena's friend, too, and she sang a duet in the same song with Utada at Toshiba EMI party before, which was floating around all over Japan by Napster. Junpei Shiina is her elder brother.

Sheena arranged one bonus track to every two disk.

Background

It wasn't clear whether Ringo Sheena returned to the entertainment world, 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 I was during my maternity leave". But she refused that plan obstinately, so this cover album was released as the compromise.

Track listing

Disc1: Kame-pact Disc (亀パクトディスク)

All songs arranged by Seiji Kameda except for track 9.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Haiiro No Hitomi (灰色の瞳, Grey Eyes) feat. Masamune Kusano (from Spitz)" (Tokiko Kato & Kiyoshi Hasegawa cover^[2])	Tito Veliz, Tokiko Kato (Japanese translation)	Uña Ramos	4:24
2.	"More" (Andy Williams cover)	Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell (English lyrics)	Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero	3:34
3.	"Chiisana Kinomi (小さな木の実, Small Fruits)" (Japanese classic, music taken from Bizet^[3])	Hiroshi Unno	Bizet	3:35
4.	"I Wanna Be Loved by You" (Marilyn Monroe cover, original by Helen Kane)	Bert Kalmar	Herbert Stothart, Harry Ruby	1:44
5.	"Shiroi Kobato (白い小鳩, White Dove)" (Shuri Eiko cover)	Michio Yamagami	Shunichi Tokura	3:39
6.	"Love Is Blind" (Janis Ian cover)	Janis Ian	Janis Ian	3:34
7.	"Momen no Handkerchief (木綿のハンカチーフ, Cotton Handkerchief) feat. Nao Matsuzaki^[4]" (Hiromi Ōta cover)	Takashi Matsumoto	Kyōhei Tsutsumi	6:00
8.	"Yer Blues" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	4:13

Special thanks track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
9.	"Nobara (野薔薇, Wild Roses), ("Heidenröslein")" (German classical music)	Goethe	Schubert	Ringo Sheena	2:11

Disc2: Mori-pact Disc (森パクトディスク)

All songs arranged by Toshiyuki Mori except for track 9.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Kimi wo Aisu (君を愛す, I Love You), ("Ich Liebe Dich")" (Carmen Dragon cover)	Hans Christian Andersen	Edvard Grieg	3:13
2.	"Jazz a go-go" (France Gall cover)	Robert Gall	Alain Goraguer	2:38
3.	"Kareha (枯葉, dry leaves), ("Autumn Leaves")" (Edith Piaf cover)	Jacques Prevert	Joseph Kosma	6:30
4.	"I Won't Last a Day Without You feat. Hikaru Utada" (The Carpenters cover)	Roger Nichols, Paul Williams	Roger Nichols, Paul Williams	4:22
5.	"Kuroi Orufe (黒いオルフェ, Black Orpheus), ("Manhã de Carnaval")" (The theme song of the movie Orfeu Negro cover written by Vinicius de Moraes)	Antônio Maria de Araújo Morais (Portuguese lyrics) Francois Llenas, Marcel Camus (French lyrics) George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore (English translation)	Luiz Bonfá	4:51
6.	"Mr. Wonderful" (Peggy Lee cover)	Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener	Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener	3:20
7.	"Tamanegi no Happy Song (玉葱のハッピーソング, The onion happy song), ("The Onion Song") feat. Junpei Shiina^[5]" (Marvin Gaye cover)	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	3:21
8.	"Starting Over" (John Lennon cover)	John Lennon	John Lennon	3:51

Special thanks track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
9.	"Komori Uta (子守唄, Lullaby)" (Chopin's "Grande valse brillante" Op.34 No.2 in A minor)	Ringo Sheena	Ringo Sheena, Chopin^[6]	Ringo Sheena	2:50

Credits and personnel

Disc1: Kame-pact Disc

Gyakutai Glycogen (虐待グリコゲン, Abuse Glycogen)

Junji Yayoshi: Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar
Seiji Kameda: Electric bass guitar
Makoto Minagawa (from Thinners, SPARKY): Piano, Organ, Melodica, Synthesizer, Tambourine
Masayuki Muraishi: Drums, Cowbell
Nobuhiko Nakayama: Music sequencer (#2, 3)
Chieko Kinbara: String instrument (#6)
Gyakutai Glycogen, Ringo Sheena, and several assistants: Handclaps and footsteps (#3)

Guest vocalists

Masamune Kusano (#1)
Nao Matsuzaki (#7)

Disc2: Mori-pact Disc

Bōtoku Vitamin (冒涜ヴァイタミン, Blasphemy Vitamin)

Toshiyuki Mori: Music sequencer, The whole keyboard instrument, Electric guitar (#1), Bass synthesizer
Hitoshi Watanabe: Double bass, Electric bass guitar
Takashi Numazawa: Drums, Tambourine
Uni Inoue and the others: Finger snapping (#3)

Guest vocalists

Hikaru Utada (#4)
Junpei Shiina (#7)

References

↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2002年5月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. May 2002 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. 512: 12. July 10, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
↑ Originally Uña Ramos's "Aquellos ojos grises"
↑ This song was made based on the serenade in Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth.
↑ Shina Ringo is the male part, and Matsuzaki is the female part.
↑ He is her elder brother.
↑ One passage from "Grande Valse brillante en la bémol majeur, op. 34 n° 2" is used for this song.

Ringo Sheena

Discography Videography Production Songs Associated bands

Studio albums	Muzai Moratorium Shōso Strip Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana Sanmon Gossip Hi Izuru Tokoro

Compilation albums	Watashi to Hōden Ukina Mitsugetsu-shō Chuixian San Chi

Other albums	Ze-Chyou Syuu Utaite Myōri Heisei Fūzoku Saturday Night Gossip Gyakuyunyū

Live video releases	Gekokujyo Xstasy Gokiritsu Japon Electric Mole Ringohan Zazen Xstasy

Related topics	EMI Music Japan Tokyo Jihen

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