Junko Yagami - State of Amber (1991)

Husband and producer John Stanley made the album a revolutionary album for Junko Yagami, as progressive as Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" and charismatic as Prince's "Purple Rain". He praised it with his album cover. With this album, Junko Yagami has become one of the top female vocalists in the world. When.
Although I hesitate a little to praise it so much, I can see the fulfilling life of Mr. and Mrs. Yagami in Los Angeles. A masterpiece of a very up-to-date pop album aimed at the era of 1991.
Sharp sounds such as "Living in Brazil", "TOUCH THE SUN ~ Island toward the sun ~", cool dance pops "LOVE SHOT", and mellow love ballad "TALK RADIO", which have a comfortable Latin taste since their debut. There is also a taste that all the hands that have been cultivated so far are shown in one album based on the above.
The title does not mean "the nation of America where the danger signal lights up" after entering the Gulf War (-it appears prominently in "Quiet Storm"). Then, from there, we will further expand to the meaning of "we who are going to the dangerous state of the present age."
The songs such as "Cosmopolitan" that decorates the opening, the title song "STATE OF AMBER" in the middle of the album, and the climax "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" (-of course, the cover of Led Zeppelin) symbolize it very much. It's pop, but political tension wraps the whole album thinly, leaving a hard impression at the end of listening. It may be said that the album is one of the consequences of an artist named Junko Yagami.