Best Ballade

[Machine Translation] Yosui Inoue has proven the power of his songwriting and voice with his best album "Dokitariki Passion". This year marks the 40th anniversary of Yosui Inoue's career as an artist, and he is releasing his best ballad album, a selection of ballads, which is one of the charms of Yosui Inoue. Yosui Inoue wrote the lyrics to "Koi no Anticipation," which is included in this album. It was released in 1984 as the seventh single by Safety Zone and became a big hit. The song "Show with No Invitation" is from Yosui Inoue's first album released by For Life, and is very popular among fans. Habaaraito" is a cover of Yutaka Mizutani's debut song as a singer, for which Yosui Inoue wrote the lyrics and composed the music. It is also included in Yutaka Mizutani's latest album "TIME CAPSULE," and remains a classic song that has not faded away.

弾き語りベスト・アルバム「弾き語りパッション」で、そのソングライティングと声の力の凄さを証明した井上陽水。アーティスト活動40周年を迎える2009年に向けて発売されるのは、井上陽水の魅力のひとつである"バラード"を厳選したバラード・ベスト! 今作収録の「恋の予感」は、作詞を井上陽水が担当。安全地帯の7枚目のシングルとして1984年に発売され大ヒットを記録。「招待状のないショー」は、井上陽水がフォーライフから初めてリリースしたアルバムからの収録で、ファンの間でも根強い人気を誇る曲。「はーばーらいと」は、井上陽水が作詞・作曲を手掛けた、水谷豊の歌手デビュー曲を井上陽水がカバー。水谷豊の最新アルバム「TIME CAPSULE」にも収録されるなど、いまだ色褪せることのない名曲。