Name: 1969 [Digipak]
Brand: Heinz Records
SKU: 21181581
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1969 [Digipak]

Rating

Album: 1969 [Digipak]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Yuuzuki [Evening Moon]
2)	Mayonaka No Bossa Nova [Midnight Bossa Nova]
3)	Du Soleil Plein les Yeux [Eyes Full of Sun]
4)	Puff, the Magic Dragon
5)	Ii Janaino Shiawase Naraba [It's Okay If I'm Happy]
6)	Blue Light Yokohama
7)	Yoake No Scat [Melody for a New Dawn]
8)	Mas Que Nada
9)	Is That All There Is?
10)	Watashi Mo Anata To Naite Ii? [Consolation]
11)	Wasuretainoni [I Want to Forget You, But...]
12)	Kisetsu No Ashioto [Footsteps of the Seasons]

Album: 1969 [Digipak]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Yuuzuki [Evening Moon]
2)	Mayonaka No Bossa Nova [Midnight Bossa Nova]
3)	Du Soleil Plein les Yeux [Eyes Full of Sun]
4)	Puff, the Magic Dragon
5)	Ii Janaino Shiawase Naraba [It's Okay If I'm Happy]
6)	Blue Light Yokohama
7)	Yoake No Scat [Melody for a New Dawn]
8)	Mas Que Nada
9)	Is That All There Is?
10)	Watashi Mo Anata To Naite Ii? [Consolation]
11)	Wasuretainoni [I Want to Forget You, But...]
12)	Kisetsu No Ashioto [Footsteps of the Seasons]

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Dave Friedlander.
Recording information: Kung Fu Bakery, Portland, OR (03/2011-06/2011); Super Digital, Portland, OR (03/2011-06/2011).
Photographers: Hervie Yamaguchi; Yoshihisa Uchida; William Tennant; Thomas Lauderdale.
This collaboration between retro pastiche-masters Pink Martini and Saori Yuki -- sometimes described as "the Barbra Streisand of Japan" -- came about after Yuki heard the group's rendition of her song "Taya Tan" on Hey Eugene! (she also contributed to the band's holiday album Joy to the World). It's fitting, then, that 1969's highlights often recall the brooding beauty of the song that sparked this pairing. "Yuuzuki (Evening Moon)"'s sweeping drama and the torchy intimacy of "Ii Janaino Shiawase Naraba (It's Okay If I'm Happy)" are among the moments that do the most justice to Yuki's still-soaring voice. Like Streisand, she sounds wonderful singing just about anything, although some of these songs from 1969 ("Mas Que Nada," "Yoake No Scat [Melody for a New Dawn]") harness her vocal power more fully than others ("Puff, the Magic Dragon"). Still, Pink Martini fans and Yuki fans will find a lot to enjoy here. ~ Heather Phares

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he quiet devastation and lush orchestration of Yuki's Japanese torch-songs burn brightest, shaking off any hint of retro-kitsch irony."