原文鏈接：https://www.allmusic.com/album/play-mw0001544412/user-reviews

作者：Adam Greenberg

翻譯：Nomanlandever

One of her highest-selling albums, Namie Amuro's Play was a windfall of basic R&B-flavored dance pop in 2007. The album opens with an intriguing cascade of marching band and synths in "Hide & Seek" that sounds incredible on its own. Amuro adds little in this first round. With the second track, she starts to pick up her presence, playing the kitten over a slinky beat track. Urban horn loops hold up "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" in a format that's not too far from a Jennifer Lopez track. "It's All About You" simply tries too hard at being something grandiose but falls victim to its own speed, faltering under the slur of Amuro's vocals. "Funky Town" finds a similar fate, but with a STOMP-like backing drowning out Amuro's aspirations instead. "Hello" seems to take a clever stylistic hook from En Vogue's rendition of "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow," and balladry makes an appearance with "Should I Love Him?" "Top Secret" and "Violet Sauce" do little to pick the aesthetics back up, unfortunately, but "Baby Don't Cry" finally gives a peek at Amuro's vocals with less electronic additions, and the album-ending "Pink Key" heads into fairly standard territory but does so with a nice focus on Amuro's vocals and a simpler, more stripped-down bit of pop that serves her skills well. The fundamental change between her previous albums and Play was Amuro's significant shift from being primarily a ballad singer to taking on more ambitious dance-pop. The dance tunes don't always hit as squarely as Amuro might hope, but it's a good effort and worth the time of her fans.

《Play》是安室奈美惠最暢銷的專輯之一，簡(jiǎn)約的R&B風(fēng)味的舞曲在2007年出乎聽眾意料。專輯開場(chǎng)曲"Hide & Seek"中迎面而來(lái)的軍樂隊(duì)和合成器，聽起來(lái)不可思議。但安室奈美惠為第一首歌增色甚少。在第二首歌曲中，她開始奪回自己的存在感，在靈巧的節(jié)奏中大玩BDSM游戲（Kitten Play）。Urban式的喇叭循環(huán)樂段支撐起"Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick"，其氣勢(shì)與Jennifer Lopez不相上下。 "It's All About You" 用力過猛地追求浮華，成為節(jié)奏的犧牲品，在安室奈美惠含糊不清的歌聲中搖搖欲墜。"Funky Town"也有類似的問題，但重拍節(jié)奏壓過了她的歌聲?！癏ello”在風(fēng)格上借鑒了En Vogue的"Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow"?歌曲hook。"Should I Love Him?"? 糅雜了民謠元素。?不幸的是，"Top Secret" 和 "Violet Sauce"幾乎沒有聽覺上的美感。但"Baby Don't Cry"終以較少的電音元素令我們領(lǐng)略安室奈美惠鮮活的歌聲。專輯收尾曲"Pink Key"進(jìn)入了相當(dāng)常規(guī)的領(lǐng)域，但很好地聚焦于安室奈美惠的嗓音上，以及更簡(jiǎn)單、更精簡(jiǎn)的流行音樂，使她的技藝大顯身手?！禤lay》與安室奈美惠舊作專輯相比最根本的變化在于從抒情天后到雄心壯志的舞曲天后的轉(zhuǎn)型。安室奈美惠不能易如反掌的隨心演繹好所有舞曲，但這是不錯(cuò)的嘗試，值得粉絲翹首以盼。