アップタウン・スペシャル

『アップタウン・スペシャル』（UpTown Special.）は、マーク・ロンソンの4枚目のアルバム。2015年3月15日にRCA Records、Columbia Records、Sony Music Entertainmentより発売された。

**概要**
前作「Record Collection」から5年ぶりのアルバム。先行シングル「Uptown Funk」は全米・全英チャート1位を獲得、全米チャートでは歴代2位タイの14週連続1位を記録。このアルバムは全英チャート1位を記録したものの、全米チャートでは5位にとどまるなど、シングルと比べると売り上げは振るわなかった。
Mark Ronsonはこのアルバムについて「聴いて良い気分になれるアルバムにしたかったんだ。自分が聴きたいアルバムに。パーティーアルバムなんだけど、その中に知性がある。素晴らしいシンガーを招いて、ビートがあって、ノリノリな曲が多い。だけど考えさせられる歌詞だったり、良い意味で期待を裏切るものがあるから、そこから知性を感じてほしいね」。

**収録曲**
# Uptown's First Finale 1:38
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:Additional Produced by Emile Haynie
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon)
#:*客演にStevie WonderとAndrew Wyattが参加。この楽曲のメロディーを作ったときにStevieのハーモニカじゃなきゃダメだと思い、会ったこともないStevieのマネージャーに連絡したところ、レコーディングの許可を得たという。Markは曲作りにおいてStevieに影響を受けており、レコーディングの日は「人生最良の日だったよ」と振り返った。
# Summer Breaking 3:07
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:Additional Produced by Emile Haynie
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon, Kevin Parker)
#:*客演にKevin Parkerが参加。
# Feel Right 3:42
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker
#:Additional Produced by Boys Noize
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Brody Brown, Homer Steinweiss, Michael Tyler, Nick Movshon, Phillip Lawrence, Thomas Brenneck)
#:*11thシングル「Uptown Funk」のCD盤に収録され、2015年3月29日にシングルカットされた。客演にMystikalが参加している。
# Uptown Funk 4:29
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker, Phillip Lawrence, Nicholas Williams, Devon Gallaspy)
#:*11thシングル。客演にBruno Marsが参加。
# I Can't Lose 3:16
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:Additional Produced by Emile Haynie, DJ Zinc, TEED
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon)
#:*客演にKeyone Starrが参加。このアルバムの中でMarkのお気に入りの曲。Keyoneはアメリカ南部をドライブしている途中で見つけたという。
# Daffodils 4:58
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:Additional Produced by James Ford, Riton
#:(作詞・作曲：Kevin Parker, Michael Chabon)
#:*客演にKevin Parkerが参加。制作前からKevinがギター・リフを作っており、そこから曲が広がった。
# Crack in the Pearl 2:25
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:Additional Produced by Emile Haynie
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon)
#:*客演にAndrew Wyattが参加。
# In Case of Fire 4:33
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon, Alex Greenwald, Nick Movshon, Rufus Wainwright)
#:*客演にJeff Bhaskerが参加。
# Leaving Los Feliz 4:18
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon, Kevin Parker, Emile Haynie, Chris Vatalaro)
#:*客演にKevin Parkerが参加。
# Heavy and Rolling 3:57
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:Additional Produced by Emile Haynie
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon, Andrew Wyatt)
#:*客演にAndrew Wyattが参加。
# Crack in the Pearl Pt. II 2:16
#:Produced by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker
#:(作詞・作曲：Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Michael Chabon)
#:*客演に Stevie WonderとJeff Bhaskerが参加。

**クレジット**
Uptown’s First Finale- Mark Ronson：Guitar, Electric Bongos- Andrew Wyatt：Lead Vocals- Stevie Wonder：Harmonica- Carlos Alomar：Guitar- Teenie Hodges：Guitar- Kevin Parker：Drums- Jeff Bhasker：Keyboards, Backing Vocals- Karl Vanden Bossche：Percussion- Peter Cottontale：Additional Keyboards- Geoff Zanelli：Synth Strings- Nico Segal：Trumpet- Keyone Starr：Backing Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Cristian F. Perez, Jeff Bhasker, Josh Blair, Rhys Downing- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
Summer Breaking- Mark Ronson：Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion- Kevin Parker：Vocals- Willie Weeks：Bass- Steve Jordan：Drums- Jeff Bhasker：Keyboards, Backing Vocals- Karl Vanden Bossche：Percussion- Andrew Wyatt：Backing Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Jeff Bhasker, Josh Blair, Rhys Downing- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
Feel Right- Mystikal：Vocals- Bruno Mars：Guitar, Background Vocals- Tommy Brenneck：Guitar- Nick Movshon：Bass- Homer Steinweiss：Drums- Trombone Shorty：Trumpet, Trombone- Daniel Oestreicher：Baritone Saxophone- Timothy Kinzy McFatter：Tenor Saxophone- Phillip Lawrence：Background Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Jeff Bhasker, Josh Blair, Rhys Downing, Tommy Brenneck- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
 Uptown Funk- Mark Ronson：Guitar, Linn Drum, Programming- Bruno Mars：Vocals, Drums- Jamareo Artis：Bass- Phred Brown：Additional Keyboards- Dave Guy：Trumpet- Jimmy King：Trumpet- Michael Leonhart：Trumpet- Kameron Whalum：Trombone- Ray Mason：Trombone- Ian Hendrixson-Smith：Baritone Saxophone- Dwayne Dugger：Tenor Saxophone- Neal Sugarman：Tenor Saxophone- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz, Inaam Haq, Josh Blair, Wayne Gordon- Additional Engineer：Devin Nakao, Ken Lewis, Matthew Stevens, Riccardo Damian- Mixed by Serban Ghenea- Mixed (Engineer) by John Hanes- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
I Can’t Lose- Mark Ronson：Guitar- Keyone Starr：Vocals- Carlos Alomar：Guitar- Nick Movshon：Bass- Homer Steinweiss：Drums- Jeff Bhasker：Keyboards, Backing Vocals- Daniel Oestreicher：Baritone Saxophone- Timothy Kinzy McFatter：Tenor Saxophone- Trombone Shorty：Trumpet, Trombone- Candise Rayborn-Marshall：Background Vocals- Jeanine Sharisse Norman：Background Vocals- Shontelle Norman：Background Vocals- Zane Lowe：Background Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Artie Smith, Jeff Bhasker, Tommy Brenneck- Mixed by Serban Ghenea- Mixed (Engineer) by John Hanes- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
Daffodils- Mark Ronson：Keyboards, Percussion- Kevin Parker：Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards- Carlos Alomar：Guitar- Kirin J Callinan：Guitar- Steve Jordan：Silky Disco Hihat- Jeff Bhasker：Keyboards- James Ford：Keyboards, Analogue Sequence- Riton：Analogue Sequence- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Artie Smith, James Ford, Jeff Bhasker, Josh Blair, Riccardo Damian- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
Crack In The Pearl- Mark Ronson：Guitar, Electric Bongos- Andrew Wyatt：Lead Vocals- Carlos Alomar：Guitar- Teenie Hodges：Guitar- Kevin Parker：Drums- Jeff Bhasker：Keyboards, Backing Vocals- Peter Cottontale：Additional Keyboards- Karl Vanden Bossche：Percussion- Geoff Zanelli：Synth Strings- Nico Segal：Trumpet- Keyone Starr：Background Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Cristian F. Perez, Jeff Bhasker, Josh Blair, Rhys Downing- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Randy Merrill
In Case Of Fire- Mark Ronson：Guitar- Jeff Bhasker：Vocals, Keyboards- Tommy Brenneck：Guitar- Nick Movshon：Bass- Homer Steinweiss：Drums- Candise Rayborn-Marshall：Background Vocals- Jeanine Sharisse Norman：Background Vocals- Shontelle Norman：Background Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Josh Blair- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
Leaving Los Feliz- Mark Ronson：Guitar, Drum Programming- Kevin Parker：Vocals, Keyboards- Carlos Alomar：Guitar- Jeff Bhasker：Keyboards, Backing Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Artie Smith, Jeff Bhasker- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
Heavy And Rolling- Mark Ronson：Guitar- Andrew Wyatt：Vocals, Programming, Backing Vocals- Willie Weeks：Bass- Steve Jordan：Drums- Jeff Bhasker：Keyboards, Backing Vocals- Karl Vanden Bossche：Percussion- Kevin Parker：Backing Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Jeff Bhasker, Josh Blair- Mixed by Tom Elmhirst- Assisted Mixed by Joe Visciano- Mastered by Tom Coyne
Crack In The Pearl, Pt. II- Mark Ronson：Lead Guitar, Bass, Electric Bongos- Jeff Bhasker：Lead Vocals, Synthesizer (Moog, Juno), Clavinet- Stevie Wonder：Harmonica- Carlos Alomar：Guitar- Kevin Parker：Drums- Andrew Wyatt：Backing Vocals- Keyone Starr：Backing Vocals- Engineer：Mark Ronson, Boo Mitchell, Cristian F. Perez, Jeff Bhasker, Joe Visciano, Josh Blair, Rhys Downing- Mixed by Ben Baptie- Assisted Mixed by Dakota Bowman- Mastered by Tom Coyne

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