This is the last collaboration between Taeko Onuki and Takeshi Kobayashi. In the first half of the 90s Onuki approached a new sound arranged by keyboardist and producer Kobayashi. That led to release the albums NEW MOON, DRAWING, and Shooting Star in the Blue Sky. Informally known as the "Kobayashi Trilogy". Some songs would be well known from this era such as "Shiawase no Sandwich" "Haru no Tegami" Aitai Kimochi" "dreamland" and "Kanashimi no Ashioto". Also, her vocal range declined and her voice became weaker. I would say this is her weakest era, and it seems she was a bit lost, again looking for her sound (like on her first 3 albums). In the mid 90s she would reunite with her old friend Ryuichi Sakamoto and "LUCY" was born. That is a great album. Also albums like "Attraction" have a better balance with arrangements by cellist and composer Hajime Mizoguchi and Pianist Febian Reza Pane (long time collaborators on her "pure acoustic" concert series) as well as a the French band "Lilicub". Also on the last half of the 90s she would be releasing "Tokyo Biyori" which led her to win a prize for her music. That was Taeko first soundtrack for film. This concert released on VHS was a digest of a Live CD which had more songs, including 3 songs she performed with Tatsuro Yamashita during a revival of the SUGAR BABE era. I hope that CD would be here sometime.
このアルバムが小林武史との最終作になるんだけれども、渋谷陽一の言った「幸せな大貫妙子に名曲は書けない」を地で行く展開になってしまった気が…前2作が良いだけに(小林武史と作ったNEW MOONとDrawing)… 東芝EMIでの次作で教授との復活作Lucyが若干エッジの効いた作品になったところを見るとなおその思いを強くする 30年経ってもそう思うなぁ shooting star in the blue skyが好きな方、目汚しすみません でも感想を書いておきたかった とは言えター坊の他の曲と比べたらという贅沢な話で、肩の力が抜けた佳曲たちだとは思う(愛の行方みたいなのが好きなんです(^_^;)
