Matsui Best [Import]

Track Listings

 
1. Japanese
2. Japanese
3. Japanese
4. City
5. Wednesday
6. Glacier
7. Deep Sky
8. Science
9. Last Angel
10. Japanese
11. Japanese / Balleri
12. Shadow Of The Moon
13. Be Quiet
14. Dna
15. Japanese
16. Japanese / (Sunset Version)
17. All Lined Up
18. Yorokobii No Uta
19. Silvery White Goddess
20. Mother
See all 24 tracks on this disc

Matsui Best,Tsunematsu Matsui,Toshiba EMI,World Music
The Very Best of Keiko Matsui
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Kudos for that talented artist!
  • Fan or New to Keiko, consider this CD...
  • Not disappointed
  • Where is she in this CD?
  • Too Early In Her Career
The Very Best of Keiko Matsui
Keiko Matsui
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00020IO06
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

  1. Flight Of The Angels
  2. The First Four Years
  3. Mountain Shakedown
  4. Light In The Rain
  5. Secret Forest
  6. The Wind And The Wolf
  7. The Morning Moon
  8. The White Corridor
  9. Under Northern Lights
  10. Mover
  11. Souvenir

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Kudos for that talented artist!.......2006-06-12


The originality of this talented keyboard's talent has allowed her to establish and even to maintain a curious status among a fascinating blend of New Music, hardly to be qualified. But I still rather to recommend it instead of searching a special category, since all possible categorization is merely reductionism.

Keiko Matsui is fundamentally a creator of atmospheres; and that's her main achievement.

5 out of 5 stars Fan or New to Keiko, consider this CD..........2006-02-26

This CD is nice to add to any Keiko Matsui collection - I own 31 of her CD's including this one (US + Import + reissue). It's a cross section blend of tracks from two of her earlier CD's:
'Under Northern Lights' -1989
'No Borders' -1990

This CD can compliment her 'Best Selection' -2001 collection but be aware that the following 4 tracks appear on both:
The Wind and the Wolf; Light in the Rain; Souvenir; The First Four Years.

Another review comments on the band accompanying Keiko on piano - well, that is how most of her CD's are produced and that's how she performs live...

Oh, and after buying this one, get her truly *Very Best* CD: 'Spring Selection' -2003(Import).
(Track 5 "Water Fairy" is not to be found elsewhere on US disks and is simply a wonderful track.)

3 out of 5 stars Not disappointed.......2005-07-22

Opposed to previous reviewers, I am not disappointed with this CD. I am familiar with Keiko's work, and have seen her in concert. And though I do enjoy her work, her style...I think the addtion of brass, sax, and vocals is a nice variation on this CD. More specifically, Greg Walker's rendition of MOVER (track 10) is really quite marvelous. He moves around those lyrics so adeptly ... with such enthusiam...I can almost visualize her (the mover) dancing across the floor ...yelling "Argentina". However, I am completely perplexed as to why he is not listed on the credits...not listed anywhere ???

1 out of 5 stars Where is she in this CD?.......2005-07-17

I have 4 other K.M. cds and they are all beautiful sounds, I like piano music.This CDis a big disappointment because it sounds like a smooth jazz group like ForePlay or the Rippingtons, with very little of K.M. piano solo music. I actually thought I had received a mis-labeled cd from my club who I ordered this from but that was not the case.

3 out of 5 stars Too Early In Her Career.......2005-02-22

With some artists, the earlier in their career the better;
but with the wonderful Keiko Matsui, I believe, the later in her
career the better...and this is no fault of hers. Her earlier
albums are produced with WAY TOO MANY VOCALS AND CHEESY SAXAPHONE SOLOS, while her later albums have her genius backed up by electronica, deep bass, etc. without voclas. In other words, "they"
finally figured out how to best present her. This "Very Best of" CD is a prime example. Consisting of selections from her 2nd and 3rd CDs, it has WAY TOO MAY VOCALS AND CHEESY SAXAPHONE SOLOS...though Keiko's work itself is always beautiful.
Summer Selection Best
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    Summer Selection Best
    Keiko Matsui
    Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    JapanJapan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music
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    New AgeNew Age | Imports | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B0001Z2XAO
    Release Date: 2004-05-31

    Tracks:

    1. Sail South
    2. From My Window
    3. Souvenir
    4. Mountain Shakedown
    5. Moon Light Sailor
    6. Rainy Season
    7. Secret Forest
    8. Midnight Stone
    9. Three Silhouettes
    10. Garden
    Matsui Best
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Matsui Best
      Tsunematsu Matsui
      Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00005RGXO
      Release Date: 2001-11-28

      Tracks:

      1. Japanese
      2. Japanese
      3. Japanese
      4. City
      5. Wednesday
      6. Glacier
      7. Deep Sky
      8. Science
      9. Last Angel
      10. Japanese
      11. Japanese / Balleri
      12. Shadow Of The Moon
      13. Be Quiet
      14. Dna
      15. Japanese
      16. Japanese / (Sunset Version)
      17. All Lined Up
      18. Yorokobii No Uta
      19. Silvery White Goddess
      20. Mother
      21. Tears
      22. Through The Eyes
      23. Delirious Moon
      24. Alone
      Best Selection
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        Best Selection
        Keiko Matsui
        Manufacturer: Pione
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        JapanJapan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Jazz FusionJazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Smooth JazzSmooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
        JazzJazz | Imports | Stores | Music
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        ASIN: B00003WG9W

        Tracks:

        1. Rainy Season
        2. Moon Light Sailor
        3. Wind and the Wolf
        4. Walking on the Bridge
        5. Light in the Rain
        6. Souvenir
        7. First Four Years
        8. Sail South
        9. Eyes Were Made to Cry
        10. Lake of the White Owl
        11. White Gate (Birth of My Wind)
        12. Cherry Blossom
        13. Kappa (Water Elf)
        14. Night Waltz
        15. Believer
        Walls Of Akendora
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          Walls Of Akendora

          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B0007X150O

          Product Description

          1. Overture for the City 2. CRYSTAL SHADOW 3. MOUNTAIN SHAKEDOWN 4. CANVAS 5. AKENDORA'S CLOCK 6. WALKING THROUGH IT 7. BLUE BUTTERFLY 8. GENTLE SANDS 9. WALLS OF AKENDORA 10. BAY OF DESTINY 11. WALKING THROUGH IT -SOLO PIANO 12. GENTLE SANDS -SOLO PIANO
          EVER AFTER (Japanese Release)
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            EVER AFTER (Japanese Release)

            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000B67MCC

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