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Distance by Hikaru Utada (CD, 2001)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelEMI Music Distribution

UPC4988006172098

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Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2001

GenreInternational

StyleJapanese

ArtistHikaru Utada

Release TitleDistance

Additional Product Features

DistributionMSI Music Distribution

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Additional informationBased on the staggering success of her debut album, 1999's FIRST LOVE, the biggest selling album in Japanese recording history, to say that Utada Hikaru's 2001 follow up, DISTANCE, was hotly anticipated would be a huge understatement. Following on from her debut's R&B influenced sound with little significant stylistic change, DISTANCE nevertheless stands out from other Japanese pop albums of the period with its rich production. "Wait & See (Risk)" and "Addicted to You" both feature the production talents of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Elsewhere, "Can You Keep a Secret?" remains a landmark in Japanese R&B, both in terms of the sophistication of its songwriting and its production. "Drama" shifts from the template slightly by introducing heavy, multilayered guitars and a darker, more rock-influenced sound, while "Kettobase!" mixes Utada's usual R&B with more rock guitar and techno influenced sequencer pattern. Despite coming relatively early on in her career, DISTANCE stands as one of Utada's most consistent and inventive albums, and comes across as a far more convincing example of R&B by a Japanese artist than her later attempts to crack the U.S. market.

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