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[Machine Translation] Chikako Sawada, known for her big hit "Aitai", is now covering Western music on her new album! Chikako Sawada, a popular singer whose 1991 hit "Aitai" sold 1.3 million copies, won the Japan Cable Broadcasting Award, and participated in the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, has produced a new album of Japanese covers of Western songs, produced by lyricist Goro Matsui. Included in the album are "Close To You," "Over the Rainbow," "Smile," "Rose," "Alone Again," "Unchained Melody," and many other classic Western songs that are now considered standards. Goro Matsui wrote the Japanese lyrics for all songs. While respecting the original English lyrics, the lyrics are not merely translated into Japanese, but are easy to sing and easy to listen to as Japanese songs.

「会いたい」の大ヒット曲で知られる、沢田知可子のニューアルバムは洋楽カヴァー! 1991年「会いたい」が130万枚の大ヒットとなり、日本有線放送大賞受賞、NHK紅白歌合戦出場するなど、人気歌手の沢田知可子のニューアルバムは作詞家・松井五郎氏プロデュースによる洋楽の日本語詞カバー。収録曲は「Close To You」「虹の彼方に」「スマイル」「ローズ」「アローン・アゲイン」「アンチェインド・メロディ」・・・など、いまやスタンダードともいえる洋楽の名曲ばかり。松井五郎氏が全曲、日本語詞を担当。オリジナルの英語歌詞の聴感を尊重しながら、ただの訳詞に留まらず、日本語の歌としても歌いやすく聴きやすい作品に仕上げている。