原文鏈接：https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-19-blues-mw0000920036

作者：Ted Mills

翻譯：Nomanlandever

Amuro's debut album came almost presold; four of its songs had already been number one hits in Japan's Oricon charts, all before the teen idol had hit her 19th birthday. (The melancholic passing of another sweet year of youth -- a particularly Japanese obsession -- was the subject of the album title and accompanying song.) But instead of packaging the existing songs with filler, producer/svengali Tetsuya Komuro turned in a brilliantly produced pop album, adding some slinky dance numbers that could have been singles in their own right, and revamping the singles "Body Feels Exit," "Chase the Chance," "Don't Wanna Cry," and "You Are My Sunshine" with remixes, new arrangements, or extended jams. For those used to the Euro-techno of the singles, the relative sophistication of the Steely Dan-isms and late-'70s jazz-soul of "I'll Jump" and "I Was a Fool" came as a shock. The maturity shown here had a close correlation to Janet Jackson, who similarly shed her young image overnight. Amuro's voice is limited, but she never goes beyond her reach or sounds like a little girl lost in an adult's arrangement. Listenable -- and danceable -- from beginning to end, any 19-year-old pop wunderkind couldn't ask for anything more. The album went on to sell 3.6 million copies in its first week, unprecedented for a Japanese act, and secured a place in Jpop history.

安室奈美惠的出道專輯差點(diǎn)提前發(fā)行，專輯里有4首歌曲都衛(wèi)冕日本公信榜冠軍，這一切都是在她19歲之前實(shí)現(xiàn)的。（青春又老去一年——一種日本人特別癡迷的意象——這是專輯名也是同名歌曲）。小室哲哉沒有在專輯里亂塞“填充曲”，而是做出一張制作出色的流行音樂專輯，收錄了一些流暢的舞曲，也可單獨(dú)發(fā)行單曲的舞曲，并將發(fā)行過的單曲"Body Feels Exit," "Chase the Chance," "Don't Wanna Cry," 和"You Are My Sunshine" 重新混音，重新編曲，做出新鮮嘗試。對(duì)于那些熱衷歐陸舞曲的聽眾來說，精彩依舊的Steely Dan樂隊(duì)風(fēng)格和七十年代晚期的爵士靈魂樂風(fēng)格的兩首單曲 "I'll Jump" 和"I Was a Fool"令人大跌眼鏡。這里顯露的成熟與Janet Jackson緊密相連，她也曾在一夜之間褪去少女形象。安室奈美惠的嗓音條件有限，但她從不失去掌控，或聽起來像是迷惘于成年人編曲里的小女孩。全專既悅耳——也適合跳舞——全專從頭到尾聽下來，這位19歲的流行巨星完美的不能再完美了。專輯在首周就狂銷360萬張，對(duì)于日本藝人來說可謂是前無古人后無來者，必定載入J-Pop史冊(cè)的成就。