Electric Youth ［3CD+DVD］

デビー・ギブソンの1989年2NDが3CD+DVDのデラックス・エディションで登場!!

デビューアルバム「OUT OF THE BLUE」で爆発的なヒットを記録したデビー・ギブソンは、世界的に印象的なヒット曲を連発。"Only In My Dreams"、"Foolish Beat"、"Shake Your Love"などのデビュー当時のシングル曲は、瞬く間に彼女をスターの座へと押し上げています。

1989年に発売された本作は、ビルボードホット100で5週連続首位を獲得し、200万枚以上の売り上げを記録。海外でも200万枚のセールスを記録し、イギリスではトップ10入りしゴールドディスクを獲得。このアルバムには、全米ナンバーワン・シングル"Lost In Your Eyes"が収録されており、デビーの代表曲としても知られるナンバー。また、ミリオンセラーとなったアメリカのシングル"Electric Youth"(アメリカ11位、イギリス14位)、"No More Rhyme"(アメリカ17位)、アッパーな"We Could Be Together"(イギリス22位)なども収録。

さらに、シェップ・ペティボーンによる「エレクトリック・ユース」のリミックス、アルバム以外の楽曲、「エレクトリック・ユース」からの4枚のシングル・ビデオ、レーザーディスク・コンサート「LIVE AROUND THE WORLD」からのパフォーマンスをディスク1枚分収録!!

デビー・ギブソンが書き下ろした2021年のイントロダクションと、オリジナル・アルバムのトラックごとの解説も掲載。

■DISC ONE:ELECTRIC YOUTH
■DISC TWO:ELECTRIC YOUTH REMIXES
■DISC THREE:REMIXES & B-SIDES
■DISC FOUR:THE PROMOS & LIVE AROUND THE WORLD

Following up her enormously popular debut, Out of the Blue, Debbie Gibson sought to grow from the teen fan base she had established, while not alienating those who made her a household name. The result is slickly produced teen pop, like her debut, but it's not as squeaky clean or as compulsively likable. That is not to say it's a bad album. "Lost in Your Eyes" is a pretty ballad that showcases her songwriting skills, her clear voice, and her talent on the piano. "Electric Youth" is a bouncy, frenetic song that is ridiculously sing-alongable, but at the same it is time hard to really identify with it unless you're 12 (or at least young at heart). "We Could Be Together," in which she basically tells her friends and family to go fly a kite, is practically anthemic in its joy at taking a risk on love: "I'll take this chance/I'll make this choice/I'll give up my security/for just the possibility/that we could be together/for a while." It's teen pop at its best: it makes you feel young, it makes you want to sing, it makes you want to fall in love. "Silence Speaks (A Thousand Words)" is a beautiful ballad about lack of communication that is vastly different from any of her other work, with a flute solo and lyrics that many adult songwriters can't nail. The same can be said for "No More Rhyme," a minor hit about a relationship's first hurdle. Gibson really exercised her writing chops on those songs, but much of the rest the album is only passable filler; "Who Loves Ya Baby?," "Helplessly in Love," and "Over the Wall" do little more than give her voice a reason to shine, while "Shades of the Past" is excruciatingly grating. ~ Bryan Buss