Jun Shibata's sixth album, Shinainaru Kimihe, continues her series of releases built around strong ballads and an exceptional ability on the part of Shibata to modulate her voice to fit the songs just right.
In the opening single, "Colourful," Shibata croons with a jazz club sensibility while stretching the ends of her lines just a touch to accentuate the display.
More powerful vocals are on display in "Tsubaki," and there's a nice jazzy turn in "Melody." There's an interesting (for a vocalist) piano solo in "38 C," and then a sweet and lilting ballad that verges on the hymnal in "Kimi He." There are nice piano-driven melodies throughout the album, but the star is always Shibata and her vocals.
Along with a decent pitch range, it's her ability to transform her voice to both fit into a scene and to set a scene that makes her worth hearing.
Compositionally, most of the songs are fairly standard for J-Pop balladry.
Performance-wise though, there's some treasure hidden here.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | カラフル (Colorful) | Jun Shibata | Play | 05:36 | 12 MB | 41 MB |
| 2 | 椿 (Tsubaki) | Jun Shibata | Play | 05:44 | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| 3 | 愛をする人 (Ai wo Suru Hito) | Jun Shibata | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | メロディ (Melody) | Jun Shibata | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | 38.0℃ ～piano solo～ | Jun Shibata | Play | 01:15 | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| 6 | 君へ (Kimi He) | Jun Shibata | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 7 | 十数えて (Juusuuete) | Jun Shibata | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 8 | ふたり (Futari) | Jun Shibata | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | 泣いていい日まで (Naite Ii Hi Made) | Jun Shibata | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 10 | 小鳥と風 (Kotori to Kaze) | Jun Shibata | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 45 mins | 104 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 295 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun Shibata | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |