Adult Contemporary Music in Japan

Monthly Recommended Discs Page

Many Adult Contemporary Music CD are releasing every month. SO, I would hereby show you Adult Contemporary Music CD New Release ( also including Reissue) information. As "Recommended Discs of The Month" , I would highly recommend to buy several albums with my personal review. In addition, I would also give you release information regarding other remarkable recent titles supported by one of the well-known on-line music stores "CD Now" and "Amazon.com" as "Noteworthy Discs of The Month" .

Contents

• Recommended Discs of This Month (Back to latest monthly recommendation)
• Recommended Discs of November, 1996
  • New Releases
    1. King Of Hearts / Midnight Crossing
    2. Boz Scaggs / Fade Into Ligjt
    3. Lara Fabian /Pure

RECOMMENDED DISCS OF NOVEMBER, 1996

KING OF HEARTS / MDNIGHT CROSSING <ACM Rating: >

  King of Hearts another version of their second album has released in Germany. Bruce Gaitsch and Tommy Funderburk would offer you great Westcoast Pop music also in Europe! You can find out another "king Of Hearts" aspects by listening to the tracks "In So Many Words" only on German Version !

• Label : Intercord Record Service, Germany (IRS 993.167)
• Release Date: October, 1996
• Tracks:
  1. In So Many Words
  2. Closer To The Edge
  3. Hold On To Love
  4. I Heard Heaven Is A Better Place
  5. Joy Will Come
  6. I Surrender All
  7. Dancing With The Light
  8. Only You
  9. Remember When (Different Mix)
  10. Stranger In A Strangers Town
  11. Midnight Crossing
  12. Was It Good For You

      1. International Order AOR HEAVEN Georg Siegl Landshuter Str. 11 84051 ALTHEIM, Germany Phone / Fax +49 8703 8517 Website: http://www.aorheaven.com

BOZ SCAGGS / FADE INTO LIGHT <ACM Rating: >

Boz Scaggs has just released his ballads album only for Japanese market. It includes 3 new songs "Fade Into Light" etc., and new recording unplugged versions of his hits such as "Low Down" and "We Are All Alone".

• Label : Virgin (Toshiba EMI VJCP-25260)
• Release Date: November 13, 1996
• Producers: Michael Omartian, Ricky Fataar and himself
• Musicians:
  • Piano: Randy Kerber, Kevin Bents
  • Keyboards: Michael Omartian, William Smith
  • Drums: Curt Bisquera, Jim Keltner, Ricky Fataar
  • Bass: Neil Stubenhaus, Dave Carpenter, Nathern East
  • Keyboard and Drum Programming: Michael Rodriguez
  • Guitars: Fred Tackett
  • Sax: Norbert Stachel
  • Backing Vocals: Lisa Frazier, Kathy Merrick
• Tracks:
  1. Lowdown (Unplugged)
  2. Something Happen
  3. Just Go
  4. Fade Into Light
  5. Harbor Lights (Unplugged)
  6. Lost It (Valley Version)
  7. Time
  8. Sierra
  9. We Are All Alone (Unplugged)
  10. Simone (Unplugged)
  11. I'll Be The One (Remix)
• Remarks: Track 7 and 8 are same versions including his former album "Some Change".

 

LARA FABIAN / PURE <ACM Rating: >

To be honest, I don't know at all how awesome singer Lara Fabian is! I could say now that She is really one of greatest French-Canadian female vocalists. Lara Fabian sings in French, however it is no problem, only if you would love music. I dare to say that Lara Fabian's "Pure" is much better than any of recent Celine Dion's albums.

For your information, her former album "Carpe Diem" (1994) is also good album, on which you can find the name of Stan Meissner, Richard Marx, Amy Sky and Bruce Gaitsch as songwriters.

• Label : Arpege Musique, Canada (AMCD-905)
• Release Date: October 15, 1996
• Producers: Rick Allison and herself
• Musicians:
  • Piano and keyboards: Rick Allison, Dave Pickell
  • Piano: Daniel Seff
  • Synth Pad: Janey Clewer
  • Drums and Percussion: Benoit Clément
  • Bass: Rémy Malo
  • Guitars: Pierre Dumont Gauthier, Bruce Gaitsch
  • Percussion: Luc Boivin
  • Sax: Francois D'Amours
  • Trumpet: Jocelyn Couture
  • Violin: Francis Covan
  • Backing Vocals: Catherine Leveillée, Dominique Faure, Julie Leblanc, Vincent Thoma
• Tracks:
  1. Tout
  2. J'ai zappé
  3. La différence
  4. Humana
  5. Urgent désir
  6. Les amoureux de l'an deux mille
  7. Ici
  8. Alléluia
  9. Je t'aime
  10. Je t'appartiens
  11. Perdere l'amore
• Remarks: You can get more information about Lara Fabian at Lara Fabain Official Homepage.

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