No Jacket Required＜Orange Vinyl/限定盤＞

UK発のアルバムの祭典"ナショナル・アルバム・デー"!第3回の今年のテーマは"ザ80's"! 人生を変え、ポップ・カルチャーに影響を与えてきた"アルバム"にスポットライトを当てるこのお祭りに、ワーナーミュージック・グループの名盤も限定盤カラー・アナログで参戦!「ススーディオ」、「ワン・モア・ナイト」などのヒットが生まれたフィル・コリンズの大ヒット・サード・ソロ・アルバムがオレンジ・アナログで登場!

UK発祥のアルバムの祭典"ナショナル・アルバム・デー"。70年以上にも亘り、世の音楽リスナーに影響を与え、人生を変え、そしてUKポップ・カルチャーの大事な一部にもなってきた「アルバム」にスポットライトを当て、アルバムならではの音楽の楽しみ方を再発見するため、この日、英国では様々なイベントが予定されているそう。今年のテーマは、21世紀の今でも多くの若いジェネレーションに影響を与えている"ザ80's"!

その"ナショナル・アルバム・デー"に合わせ、ワーナーミュージック・グループからも80'sの名盤が限定盤カラー・アナログで復刻!リアルタイム世代には懐かしく、若い世代には新鮮なサウンドと形態での登場です!

【PHIL COLLINS / NO JACKET REQUIRED】
フィル・コリンズの代表作とも呼べる85年発表の3作目。プリンス的なサウンド・アプローチが斬新な「ススーディオ」や、全米No.1に輝いたスロー・バラードの代表曲「ワン・モア・ナイト」など、フィルの魅力を存分に味わえる。スティングや旧友ピーター・ガブリエルがコーラスで参加するなどゲスト陣も豪華。(1985年作品)

オレンジ・ヴァイナル仕様

After the one-two punch of Phil Collins' first two solo albums, Face Value and Hello, I Must Be Going!, plus the hits he was concurrently having with Genesis, it might seem like he was primed for an artistic and commercial drop-off. Instead, he responded with the biggest album of his career. No Jacket Required topped the charts in the U.S. and U.K., won a Grammy for Album of the Year, and spawned four Top Ten singles, including two number ones in "Sussudio" and "One More Night." It was such a monster success that it made Collins one of the biggest stars on the planet, something that a few years before seemed unlikely if not impossible. The reason why No Jacket was such a smash is simple: it combined the aching honesty of Face Value with the pop smarts of Hello, added some seriously focused songwriting, then coated it all in slick digital production that sounded great on the radio. Collins' gift for a huge hook came through most obviously on the Prince-inspired "Sussudio," where he turns nonsense into something almost profound, but also on tracks like the big rocker "I Don't Wanna Know" and the soulful "Inside Out," which featured some of his trademark gated drum bashing. His knack for spilling his guts in heartbreaking everyman fashion hits a new high on "One More Night," one of the most affecting ballads of the '80s. When he combines the hooks and the heartbreak, it comes together brilliantly. "Take Me Home" is a wrenching, soaring song that inspires singalongs and teardrops; "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore" has the perfect combo of big drums, the catchy chorus, and the weary heart. Add in flashy radio monsters like "Don't Lose My Number" and "Only You Know and I Know" that retain the horn-heavy sound of his earlier work while adding up-to-date keyboards, the even more Prince-inspired "Who Said I Would," and the closing piano ballad "We Said Hello Goodbye," and No Jacket Required ends up earning all the sales and accolades it got. Collins was at the top of his considerable game, the sound was state of the art, and there were more classic songs on one record than most pop stars could put together in an entire career. Too bad its chart and airwave dominance was so great that it inspired something of a backlash, one Collins never really recovered from despite having more hits in the future. While Face Value is still his solo masterpiece due to the raw emotion it transmits, No Jacket Required comes very, very close to topping it. ~ Tim Sendra