译All Music评安室奈美惠2008年精选专辑《Best Fiction》（钻漾精选）（3.5星）

翻译：Nomanlandever

原文链接：https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-fiction-mw0001678051

text by Adam Greenberg

Still rumbling despite the usual turnover in idol singers, Namie Amuro returned to the J-pop scene in 2007 after some time spent in relative obscurity (her first turns at success had been over ten years prior, and her output had very slowly tapered off over the years). Rather than taking on the basic manufactured pop sound common to the J-pop world, Amuro spends more of her energy in a dance format, using pounding beats and sexualized lyrics to create a different sound from the light and innocent pop saturating the market, acting as something of a Japanese Madonna in a sense. With Best Fiction, her third greatest-hits compilation, her output from 2002 to 2008 is covered in full detail. The album opens with one of two originals, "Do Me More," starting out with an energetic bang of dance before moving to a largely English ballad, "Wishing on the Same Star," which allows Amuro to showcase her actual vocal ability with a basic R&B ballad that calls for some emotion along the way. "Alarm," from 2004, lets her work amidst some Timbaland-style electronic and percussion grooves, and "Want Me, Want Me" introduces a thick bhangra beat that Amuro uses with surprising fluidity as she slinks around the overly sexualized lyrics. There's some standard fare along the way as well -- items that are sure to hit the charts but leave less lasting impressions. Before the end, though, Amuro explores some older samples with bass-heavy tracks and bits of the Supremes, Aretha Franklin, and Irene Cara's "What a Feeling." There's a lot of range covered here, and all of it performed quite well. Not bad stamina for a onetime idol singer.

偶像行业日新月异的业态中，安室奈美惠依旧坚守着，在经历一段相对低谷的时期后，于2007年再次打入J-Pop主流市场（她的第一轮巅峰期是在十多年前，多年来她的音乐产量一直在缓慢下降）。安室奈美惠并未制作平平无奇的J-Pop流水线音乐，反而更注重舞曲方面，采用碰撞的节拍和性感的歌词创造出一种不同于市场上轻快和纯真的流行音乐，在一定程度上她是日本的Madonna。《Best Fiction》，她的第三张精选专辑，收录了所有她于2002年至2008年发行的单曲。精选专辑以两首新曲里的”Do Me More“开场，激情澎湃的爆炸舞曲后再切入一首以英语演唱为主的"Wishing on the Same Star,"，这首彰显出安室奈美惠唱将实力的简单R&B抒情曲讲述着寻求情感伴侣的故事。2004年的”Alarm“使她的作品库多了首Timbaland风的电子音乐和打击乐歌曲。"Want Me, Want Me" 使用了一种浓厚的邦格拉节奏，这在安室奈美惠狂拽说唱的过度性感的歌词中显得格外流畅。精选也收录了一些平庸之作——一些可以成为排行榜热单，但不能给人留下足够深刻印象的作品。在专辑收尾前，安室奈美惠开始探索经典重贝斯歌曲的采样魅力，以一首Supremes组合, Aretha Franklin和Irene Cara风范十足的 "What a Feeling." 作为专辑压轴曲目。这张精选专辑曲风覆盖万千，所有歌曲都被演绎的很棒。对于一位昔日偶像来说，还算长红。