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。
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」。
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。
Uptown's First Finale
Andrew Wyatt:Lead Vocals
Carlos Alomar:Guitar
Teenie Hodges:Guitar
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
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
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
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