Kokoro no Uta
Kokoro no Uta is Rimi Natsukawa's sixth original album, released on. The album was a 2-CD set, with the first CD featuring studio recordings, and the second performances from her "Uta Sagashi no Tabi 2008-2009 tour. The limited edition also featured a DVD.
Background
Umui Kaji was released after two singles. "Sayōnara Arigatō (Ama no Kaze)/Mirai" in August 2006 was a re-arrangement of her song "Sayōnara Arigatō" by the song's writer, Kentarō Kobuchi of Kobukuro. The second A-side, "Mirai," did not feature on the album. "Furusato" was written by singer Noriyuki Makihara, and was used as the theme song for the drama Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan.Contents
The studio disc features a greater variety of songwriters/arrangers than Natsukawa's previous works. "Unju no Furusato" was a collaboration between Chiharu Tamashiro of the band Kiroro and entertainer Gorie. It was used as the movie "Minami no Shima no Furimun"'s theme song. The bonus track, "Māmāhō," is a cover of the song sung by Josephine Siao in the 1960 Chinese film Ku Er Liu Lang Ji. The original version features on "Famureuta."The live disc was recorded at Natsukawa's Uta Sagashi no Tabi concert at the Chukyo University Culture Meeting Hall on December 23, 2008. Two exceptions are "Amazing Grace" and "Toki no Wakare ni Mi o Makase," which were recorded at the Machida town hall on October the 24th, 2008.
The entire live disc is made up of cover songs. Tracks #1-#4 are songs that did not make it onto the Uta Sagashi: Request Cover Album in 2007. Tracks #5-#8 are covers already released by Natsukawa
The limited edition DVD features recordings from the December concert.