Utaite Myouri ~Sono Ichi~

Kame Pact side of Utaite Myouri

Mori Pact side of Utaite Myouri

Artist

Shiina Ringo

Featured Artists

Kusano Masamune, Matsuzaki Nao, Utada Hikaru, Shiina Junpei and Saitou Koutarou

Album

Utaite Myouri ~Vol. I~ (唄ひ手冥利～其ノ壱～)

Released

2002.05.27

Tracklist

Kame-Pact Disc (亀パクトディスク)

1. Haiiro no Hitomi (duet with Kusano Masamune) (灰色の瞳)
2. More
3. Chiisa na Kinomi (小さな木の実)
4. I Wanna Be Loved By You
5. Shiroi Kobato (白い小鳩)
6. Love is Blind
7. Momen no Handkerchief (duet with Matsuzaki Nao) (木綿のハンカチーフ)
8. Yer Blues
9. Nobara [Bonus Track] (野薔薇)

Mori-Pact Disc (森パクトディスク)

1. Kimi wo Aisu (君を愛す)
2. Jazz a Go Go
3. Kareha (枯葉)
4. I Won't Last a Day Without You (duet with Utada Hikaru)
5. Kuroi Orufe (黒いオルフェ)
6. Mr. Wonderful
7. Tamanegi no Happy Song (duet with Shiina Junpei) (玉葱のハッピーソング)
8. Starting Over
9. Komori Uta [Bonus Track] (duet with Saitou Koutarou on Cello) (子守唄)

Information

Utaite Myouri is Shiina Ringo's double CD cover album, and sold 397,000 units. The album reached #1 in Oricon Charts and charted for 9 weeks. This is technically her third album, though Shiina does not really count it as her third album. Songs on this album are sung in English, Japanese, German, Portugese and French. This album was released on the anniversary of the Shiina Ringo's debut single, Koufukuron. 'Utaite Myouri' translates to 'A Singer's Luck' (it should be noted that 'Utaite' is spelt with a very traditional word, and is comparitively rare compared to a more modern word for singer, 'Kashu'. Even the way it is spelt is outdated. The 'Kame-Pact Disc' is a reference to the fact that Kameda Seiji was the producer of it, and similarly the 'Mori-Pact Disc' was produced by Mori Toshiyuki.

Utaite Myouri is a collection of Shiina Ringo's favourite songs, and Shiina felt like she was letting her fans down by releasing an album full of covers instead of original pieces. Several tracks are duets (Tamanegi no Happy Song even being sung with her brother, Shiina Junpei.) Shiina Junpei released his album, discover, on the very same day (it even contained a duet with Shiina Ringo called 'WHERE IS THE LOVE')

The title could be similarly romanised to 'Utaite Myouri ~Sono Ichi~' or 'Utaite Myoli'.

If the languages that are found on Utaite Myouri are counted up (and a mix of languages is counted as 1/2 of a song) then there are:

9 English songs

5 Japanese songs

2 German songs

1 and 1/2 French songs

and 1/2 of a Portugese song.

Original Artists / Languages

Japanese Newspaper Advertisment for Utaite Myouri.

Kame-Pact Disc (亀パクトディスク)

1. Haiiro no Hitomi - Originally Uña Ramos's "Aquellos ojos grises", sung in Japanese.
2. More - Originally by Andy Williams, sung in English.
3. Chiisana Kinomi - Japanese traditional (from Bizet), sung in Japanese.
4. I Wanna Be Loved By You - Originally by Helen Kane, sung in English.
5. Shiroi Kobato - Originally by Akari Eiko, sung in Japanese.
6. Love is Blind - Originally by Janis Ian, sung in English.
7. Momen no Handkerchief - Originally by Oota Mari, sung in Japanese.
8. Yer Blues - Originally by The Beatles, sung in English.
9. Nobara - Originally Franz Schubert's Heiden Röslein, sung in German.

Mori-Pact Disc (森パクトディスク)

1. Kimi wo Aisu - Originally Carmen Dragon's Ich Liebe Dich, sung in German.
2. Jazz a Go Go - Originally by France Gal, sung in French.
3. Kareha - Originally Edith Piaf's Les Feuilles Mortes aka Autumn Leaves, sung in a blend of French and English.
4. I Won't Last a Day Without You - Originally by The Carpenters, sung in English.
5. Kuroi Orufe From the Orfeo Negro soundtrack, sung in a blend of Portugese and English.
6. Mr. Wonderful - Originally by Peggy Lee, sung in English.
7. Tamanegi no Happy Song - Originally Marvin Gaye's The Onion Song, sung in English.
8. Starting Over - Originally by John Lennon, sung in English.
9. Komori Uta - Originally Chopin's Op.34 No.2, now sung with Shiina's own lyrics in Japanese.