Angelo

This is not a drill!
You've been missed, mama 🧡

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🎙️Cher
💿Forever (Sea Blue #vinyl)

Folk, Adult Contemporary, Disco, Pop, Rock, soulful covers, Dance Music... Cher did it all, still standing high across seven decades! Paraphrasing her own words: "After a nuclear explosion, there would be only cockroaches... and Cher."
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🎙️南佳孝 (Yoshitaka Minami)
💿Montage (1980)

Among his best albums, 'Montage' makes a cohesive fusion of several genres: City Pop, Tango, Jazz and much more. 'Crescent Night', 夜の翼 (Yoru No Tsubasa) and 回転扉 (Kaiten Tobira) are fine examples.
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KIRINJI's 16th studio album. The first ten albums are from its first phase as a duo. Six albums have been released by Takaki Horigome as a solo artist.

A highly talented musician and songwriter, Takaki Horigome managed to keep KIRINJI alive by coming to the forefront after parting ways artistically with his brother.

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🎙️キリンジ (KIRINJI)
💿 Steppin' Out (2023)

The duo KIRINJI was hit hard when younger brother and lead vocalist Yasuyuki Horigome decided to leave the band in 2013. Older brother Takaki Horigome kept the name and, six albums later as a solo act, remains a creative Pop genius.
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The Japanese pressing has an awesome, exclusive cover art.

Beloved non-album single 'Cut To The Feeling' was present on the Japanese edition way ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of EMOTION

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🎙️Carly Rae Jepsen
💿 E・MO・TION: Side B+

We can't talk about the parent album without mentioning its equally important sequel. Again, the Japanese edition is the gold standard: it has a cool manga-style cover art and 'Cut To The Feeling' added as track 1, hence the + sign.
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Me too! The 2LP edition with more bonus tracks is sold out in every official store. I hope they give another chance to those who weren't able to pre-order it.

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🎙️Carly Rae Jepsen
💿 E・MO・TION

Catchy choruses and addictive melodies may tempt a passerby to call Jepsen's music 'bubblegum'. Far from quickly losing its flavor, this album became a Pop classic, going 10 years stronger than ever.
The expanded Japanese CD is the way to go. 💙
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🎙️Joan Baez
💿Joan (1967)

The collaboration with producer Peter Schickele on 'Noël' led to this collection of Folk and popular songs tinged with Classical elements. 'Joan' was all about beautiful vocals, melodies and arrangements.
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Part of my CD collection. A Kylie album misplaced among several Japanese artists I enjoy 😁

My favorite format is #vinyl
I love using the turntable, handling, playing and looking at records. They are big & beautiful collectibles.

But I simply can't afford an entire collection on LP. I started as a CD collector, and still buy/play lots of #CDs regularly. I cherish them as well 💿
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🎙️宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada)
💿Science Fiction

Amazing deluxe package, no blunder in the song selection and many tracks slightly remixed or re-recorded make this a premium Greatest Hits that invites newcomers and pleases even diehard fans with alternate versions and mixes. A+
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🎙️Joan Baez
💿Noël (1966)

Maybe too early for it, but let's keep the chronological order.

Not aiming for cuteness nor jolly arrangements, Noël triumphs in its stark, dark and medieval atmosphere. In fact, it's production ended up influencing the sound of her next two albums.
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🎙️Joan Baez
💿Farewell, Angelina (1965)

One of her most acclaimed albums, for good reason: a top-notch selection of Folk songs crowned with 4 perfectly executed Dylan compositions.
A 60th (!!!) anniversary edition will be reissued on vinyl next month.
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🎙️松山千春 (Chiharu Matsuyama)
💿The Premium Best (Pony Canyon Years)

Generous 35-track compilation of his magical early Folk period. Selections from his first four albums and non-album tracks (1977-1980).
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Replay - Streaming (August)

Top Artist
#JoanBaez - Her discography aged so well! More comments on her albums coming soon
Top Song
メトロ (Metro) - Shinji Tanimura
Brazilian Bossa Nova in Japanese. What's not to love?
Top Album
マカリイ (Makarii) - #谷村新司 (Shinji Tanimura)
One of his best albums!
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Every song about her mother has so much power and resonance. The trilogy it forms with Mary's Eyes and Speaking With Trees, once again, reinforces the amazing resilience humans can muster despite unimaginable pain.

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🎙️Tori Amos
💿Native Invader (2017)

This brilliant album depicted the dark times ahead, choosing resilience over despair. The song 'Bang', a masterpiece, chronicles the human existence from its chemical genesis to the most recent cycle of fascism that plagues the world.
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Absolutely! They are mandatory in every playlist.

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🎙️Tori Amos
💿Unrepentant Geraldines (2014)

Not only this album aged like a fine wine, it remains one of my favorite eras: I was able to attend 3 concerts in the UK and even had the privilege to chat with Tori in her dressing room on one occasion! She's the best ❤️
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🎙️Joan Baez
💿5

Often overshadowed by its successor (Farewell Angelina), some songs from this excellent album were staples in her concerts until her final tour (There But For Fortune; It Ain't Me Babe).
The impressive Aria 'Bachianas Brasileiras N° 5' is also worthy of mention.
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Amazing that you have a copy of this one on vinyl!
I'm gutted that the latest reissue plan didn't go beyond Pele...

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🎙️Tori Amos
💿Ocean To Ocean

I don't walk among those who think Tori's music got tamed or uninteresting. Like her, I'm older and find myself much more concerned with macro, existential matters now. Our insecurities will always be there, but life goes way beyond that.
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I agree! Not only a great album by its own merits, it did bring comfort and became associated with good memories despite the hardships during lockdown.
I never get tired of revisiting this record.

If her upcoming album follows the steps of its predecessor, I believe fans will be satisfied.

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🎙️Mariah Carey
💿Caution (2018)

Carey's heyday is long gone due to ageism and her own fatigue with the business. Lately, she seems detached and so over it.

Still, 'Caution' did everything right and earned good reviews: it's concise, witty, fun and wisely understated.
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Quoting Ani DiFranco in 'My IQ':
"I sing sometimes for the war that I fight
'cause every tool is a weapon
if you hold it right."

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🎙️Tori Amos
💿Scarlet's Walk

Celebrating the birthday of one of the most talented artists on this planet. Long live our Queen!
P.S.: I can't help but wonder how Scarlet would be heartbroken by how things turned out in America and the world in general...
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#トーリ・エイモス

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🎙️Donna Summer
💿Once Upon A Time 🔮✨

I'm here again to show my love for this album. While there's no sign of a reissue on vinyl with the latest remastering, my Japanese SHM-CD will keep doing the job. It's the best sounding version I own and it's a mini-LP replica.
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🎙️Tori Amos
💿Night Of Hunters

A song cycle about the mystical journey of a shattered woman through space and time in order to rekindle her sense of self as well as her transcendental bond with her lover. All backed by Classical music.
Oh, Tori, the brain that you have!
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🎙️Taylor Swift
💿Folklore

For a long time Swift's best music was hidden on album tracks or sadly overshadowed by her celebrity and romantic life.
This virtually perfect album spoke for itself, earned her respect, expanded her audience and opened creative doors for life.
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🎙️Joan Baez
💿In Concert - Parts I & II (Original Master Series)

Joan used the stage to make a smooth transition into her definitive persona, adding protest songs and contemporary material to her repertoire. Her first take on Bob Dylan (Don't Think Twice It's Alright) is here.
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🎙️Taylor Swift
💿Evermore

Swift began her career as a teenager, and it's understandable that her early music might not be everybody's cup of tea.
However, it's a shame that some still dismiss the outstanding material from her mature phase due to preconceived notions only
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