4年ぶり5枚目のソロ・アルバムは、圧巻のヴォーカリゼーションが堪能できる作品に。ギターの大賀好修など、B'zのサポート・メンバーとしてお馴染みの面々と共にエネルギッシュにロックする曲もあるが、ピアノ、ストリングス、フルートなどによる室内楽的なアレンジが施された楽曲で見せる繊細な表情が特に印象的。孤独を前提にした歌詞の独特な言葉選びも流石で、“念書”はタイトルからしてニヤリとさせられる。
[English Translation]
Koshi Inaba "Singing Bird"
The 5th solo album after 4 years is a collection that enables the listener to enjoy to his (or her) heart's content, Inaba's miraculous vocalization. While some tracks rock energetically with the performance of household support members for B'z, such as Yoshinobu Ohga on guitar, the delicate expressions seen on tracks given chamber music taste arrangements using the sounds of piano, strings and flute stand out strikingly too. As may be expected, his distinctive selection of words based on the theme 'isolation' are fabulous as always, - take for instance the track "Nensho (meaning Memorandum of Understanding)", the title itself is enough to bring one to a grin.
