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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelPhantom Import Distribution
UPC4988005373359
eBay Product ID (ePID)25050182552
Product Key Features
Release Year2004
FormatCD
GenreR&B & Soul
ArtistJeff Golub, Hikaru Utada/Utada
Release TitleExodus
Additional Product Features
DistributionPhantom Import Distributi
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Number of Discs1
Additional information2004 Japanese issue As the child of Japanese musicians who reside in both New York City and Tokyo, Utada Hikaru was perhaps predestined for a career as a performer informed by multiculturalism. On her first major-label English-language album, Utada (who previously sold over nine million albums in Japan) delivers a diverse collection of urbane, modern, and, at times, almost avant-garde electronica and dance music. From the hard house beats of "Devil Inside" to the sing-song hip-hop/R&B amalgam of "Easy Breezy," EXODUS mixes progressive club music with a broad sense of experimentation rarely seen in the pop world. Of course, Utada's remarkable voice--which sounds like a cross between Tori Amos, Yoko Ono, and Madonna--is the center of the storm; on "Tippy Toe," the ex-Columbia University student swoops to great heights and back down again, matching her often intensely personal, wryly humorous lyrics with an unpredictable melody. A true fusion of Western and Eastern music's edgier elements thrown together in an after-hours disco melting pot, EXODUS heralds the American arrival of an unusual and challenging artist.