A Rose Is Still A Rose

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Personnel includes: Aretha Franklin (vocals); Carl-So-Lowe, JD (various instruments); Michael J. Powell (guitar, drums, percussion, programming); Johari Newton, Vernon "Ice" Black, Teddy Franklin (guitar); Indigo Quartet (strings); Vance Taylor, Vernon Fails, James Poiser, Darryl Houston (piano); Louis "Kingpin" Biancaniello (keyboards, bass, programming); Daryl Simmons, James Fischer, Erik "E Smooth" Hicks (keyboards, programming); Ronnie Garrett, Vere Isaac, Colin Wolfe, Al Turner (bass); Ron Otis (drums); Stevie J., Dent, Vada Nobles (programming); Kelly Price, Lauryn Hill, Debra Killings, Trina Broussard, Darcy Aldridge, Vickie McKisic, Shunda Howard, Tann, Graice Ridgeway, Gloria Ridgeway, Ester Ridgeway (background vocals). Producers include: Sean "Puffy" Combs, Lauryn Hill, Dallas Austin, Narada Michael Walden. Engineers include: Warren Riker, Steve Allen, Thom "TK" Kidd. A ROSE IS STILL A ROSE was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best R&B Album. "A Rose Is Still A Rose" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. Personnel: Debra Killings (vocals); Johari Newton, Vernon "Ice" Black (guitar); Indigo Quartet (strings); Darryl Houston, James Poiser, Vance Taylor (piano); Louis Biancaniello (keyboards, programming, drum programming); James Fischer, Eric Hicks (keyboards, programming); Daryl Simmons (keyboards, drum programming); Vernon D. Fails (keyboards); Isaac Vere (bass guitar); Michael J. Powell (drums, percussion); Ron Otis (drums); Dent, Stevie J, Vada Nobles (programming); Claytoven Richardson, Sandy Griffith, Annie Stocking, Darcy Aldridge, Tann, Tina Gibson, Esther Ridgeway, Fred Ross, Gloria Ridgeway, Gracie Ridgeway, Jeanie Tracy, Kelly Price, Lauryn Hill, Nikita Germaine, Skyler Jett, Trina Broussard (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Commissioner Gordon; David Frazer; Gerard Smerek; Jermaine Dupri; Jon Gass; Phil Tan; Aretha Franklin; Leslie Brathwaite. Recording information: Bosst; Chung King Studios, New York, NY; Doppler Studios; Silent Sound Studios; Vanguard Recording Complex, Oak Park, MI. Illustrator: Artis Lane. Photographer: Michael Wong . Arrangers: Dallas Austin; Lauryn Hill; Narada Michael Walden. The Queen of Soul's final studio album of the century doesn't measure up to her groundbreaking late-'60s and early-'70s output, but on its own terms it's one her best '90s efforts, in part because Franklin seems completely comfortable with the hip-hop inflected backings Young Turk producers including Puffy Combs and Lauren Hill bring to the party. Of course, Franklin's soaring voice sounds good in almost any context, but here she sounds more energized than she has in years, in particular in Hill's smokily atmospheric title song and her own elegant soul ballad "Woman."
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)