Decisions

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:49:30
The Beu Sisters: Candice Beu, Christie Beu, Jilaine Beu, Danielle Beu. Producers: Michael Mangini, Steve Greenberg, Stephen Lironi, Mark Hudson, David Kahne. Personnel: Jilaine Beu, Danielle Beu, Christie Beu, Candice Beu (vocals); Michael Mangini (guitar, keyboards, programming); Marc Ciprut, Jimmy Bones, Gary Philips (guitar); Krystof Kuznik, Bruno Eicher, Ellen Payne, Soohyun Kwon, Anna Rabinova, Myung Hi Kim, Sandra Park, Lisa Kim, Todd Reynolds , Sharon Yamada (violin); Peter Kenote, Dawn Hannay, Robert Rinehart (viola); Elizabeth Dyson, Michael Mermagen, Qiang Tu (cello); Sheldon Steiger (piano, keyboards, programming); Stephen Lironi (keyboards, programming); John R. Angier (keyboards); David Rosi, Dave Rossi (upright bass); Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Pop Rox (programming). Audio Mixers: Flip Osman; Sheldon Steiger; Mick Guzauski. Recording information: Battery Studios, New York, NY; Cutting Room Studios, New York, NY; Mojo Studios, New York, NY; Right Track Studios, New York, NY. Photographer: Roger Moenks. Despite a relatively shallow production and a rhythm track that's less intrusive and intense than one expects from this genre, the Beu Sisters' debut leaves an agreeable aftertaste. Where your typical femme pop icon pummels her songs with suggestive groans and ersatz gospel affectations, these young ladies take a lighter, more airy approach; their harmonies float like feathers, unruffled by vibrato, behind guileless lead vocals. The issues they address seem drawn from a time when teens suffered a more innocent kind of angst: Concerns such as those raised in "Decisions" ("Do I want to go from being somebody's daughter to somebody's wife?") seem quaint in an era of bondage videos and crotch-grab choreography. Yet there's a sense throughout this album that real-life kids might identify more with the Beu brood than to the humanoid Olympians of big-time pop -- which, like the confectionary sound of of Decisions, isn't so bad at all. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)