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''The Magazine'' is an album by Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1984. It is her third full-length studio album, and was released as the follow-up to ''Pirates'' (1981). The album was partly composed in France and was co-produced by Jones and James Newton Howard. == Genesis == After the release of ''Pirates'' in July 1981, Jones spent 1982 on the road on tour before kicking her addiction to heroin and cocaine. A 10-inch EP, ''Girl at Her Volcano'', had been released in 1983 and Jones took up residence in Paris in April 1983 for four months. Jones said: "I got an apartment for $800 on the Boulevard des Invalides, where they have all the political demonstrations. I wasn't in such great shape and, appropriately, I lived with the invalids." It was also in Paris that Jones kicked her alcohol habit. She told Timothy White in Musician in 1984: "I started drinking...more heavily than I had ever drunk in my life. I drank for about six weeks. When I started waking up and drinking in the day, I figured-umm, bad news. I don't know how I quit drinking; I finally just drank too much one night an said "That's enough of this, it's awful." I think I went to Paris to put it together; I had to be in an absolutely foreign environment, to take stock." Jones had been working on fragments of songs, such as "Juke Box Fury," "Gravity," and the initially Shirelles-inspired "Runaround," since 1981, before finding more inspiration in Paris. The first full song written was "Deep Space," precipitating a spurt of creativity from October 1983. Recording work for the album began on January 18, 1984 and was completed on June 1 before a September release date. The opening instrumental "Prelude to Gravity," written in France and London, was originally titled "Things Made of Glass" and was written by Jones for inclusion in a planned children's fantasy she wrote about "two little girls who keep their most prized possessions, thoughts and dreams in these special jars." The album ends with a musical suite entitled "Rorschachs," with "Theme for the Pope" co-written by long-time collaborator and former romantic partner Sal Bernardi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Magazine (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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