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。

マーク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。
# **[[アップタウン・ファンク|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

## 脚注