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Playing the Piano : ウィキペディア英語版 | Playing the Piano
''Playing the Piano'' is a concept album by Ryuichi Sakamoto which was first released in Japan in 2009. The album is completely instrumental and features Sakamoto covering his earlier work, such as the soundtracks to ''Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'' and ''The Last Emperor'', and also pop songs such as "Thousand Knives," by rearranging them to be played on a single piano. Sakamoto himself refers to the album as a "Self covers" album.〔(Ryuichi Sakamoto – Playing the Piano / Out of Noise – Decca – Audiophile Audition ). Audaud.com (2010-11-23). Retrieved on 2010-12-03.〕 In North America it was released as a deluxe double album along with the experimental album ''Out Of Noise'' on 28 September 2010.〔(A Ryuichi Sakamoto Web Site : What's New ). siteSakamoto (2010-09-28). Retrieved on 2010-12-03.〕 Sakamoto promoted the album in North America with an 11-date tour in October and November 2010.〔(A Ryuichi Sakamoto Web Site : What's New ). siteSakamoto (2010-10-17). Retrieved on 2010-12-03.〕 ==Reception==
Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek states "For the most part, it is a spare and lovely beauty of an album, with few surpises save for the elegance that Sakamoto performs these indelible pieces with". PopMatters John Garrett noted "An important selling point for ''Playing the Piano'' is how Ryuichi Sakamoto takes the opportunity to “cover himself”, so to speak. His soundtrack work is up for grabs as well as a fantastic pre-Yellow Magic Orchestra composition called “Thousand Knives”. The advantage of this is that Sakamoto boils these pieces down to their skeletal form, presenting them to the listener in a way that’s probably close to how he was writing them all these years ago".〔Garrett, J., (PopMatters Review ), 27 September 2010〕 Sputnikmusic stated "This album is a testament to the fact that a truly wonderful song needs nothing else to make it special. Although not every song shines, every one of them has something unique about it. That makes this album grand. Only one piano creates true emotion, and unique songs".〔(Sputnikmusic Review ), 24 July 2014〕
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