Chain of Life

[Machine Translation] You don't have a thousand years to live anyway. There's no point in worrying about it. This is an album of songs selected by TAKURO (GLAY), Tomoe Ayato's son, after listening to all of her songs for the past 15 years. It is a large volume of 17 songs, and also includes a new recording of "The Way We Were: Theme of Remembrance". It is an album dedicated to a mother from a child. The liner notes are also voluminous, describing Ayato's musical activities over the past 15 years, not from the perspective of the staff or fans, but from the perspective of his son, who has listened to Ayato's music the most. The two albums will be released two months in a row, "Chain of Life" from the child to the parent and "Forever Young" from the parent to the child, and both are based on the concept of a pair. Chain of Life" is a pair of albums that are released two months in a row. In addition, the selected albums also include John Beasley-produced albums ("TIME" and "Shine"), which were not included in the previous best-of albums because they were not considered to be personal to Ayato. Chie Ayato, through the eyes of her son, has digested and deepened her past songs that were said to be good. Please look forward to her new album "Forever Young," which is influenced by the selected album in a positive sense.

どうせ千年もない人生だ。悩んたってしょうがない。綾戸を聴いて涙を拭こう、綾戸を聴いて笑顔で暮らそう。TAKURO(GLAY)綾戸智恵の息子が15年間の全ての楽曲を聞き直し、選曲したアルバム。全17曲の大ボリュームで、さらに新録の「The Way We Were 追憶のテーマ」も収録されています。子から母へ捧げるアルバムとも言えるアルバムになっています。ライナーノーツもボリュームたっぷりで15年間の音楽活動をスタッフや、ファン目線ではない、一番綾戸の音楽を聞いてきた息子の目線で語られています。また4月17日(水)には通算28枚目(ベスト盤を含む)となるオリジナルアルバム『Forever Young』も発売予定。2ヶ月連続のリリースになる2枚のアルバムは『Chain of Life』は子から親へ、『Forever Young』は親から子へ向けた目線が含まれる対のコンセプトをも併せ持っています。また、今までのベスト盤には自分らしくないと思い、含まれなかったジョン・ビーズリーがプロデュースしたアルバム(『TIME』『Shine』)からも今回のセレクトアルバムには収録されています。そんな綾戸智恵は息子の目線を介して、良いと言われた過去の楽曲も消化し、深化しています。セレクト盤の影響を良い意味で受けた、新作『Forever Young』にもご期待下さい。