Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy (バーニーの大冒険)

Title: The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy (バーニーの大冒険)
Artist: Joanna Wang (王若琳)
Medium: CD ablum
Genre: Fusion, Progressive rock, Classical, Fantasy, Folk
Audience: All ages

Summary
The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy is a concept album. As the meaning the of the title, it is about a musical adventure of a boy name Bernie. The album/adventure started with the song titled the Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy and ended with the song titled the Adventure Comes to an End. Songs were sung in English.

List of songs in the album:
01. The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy / バーニーの大冒険 
02. Apathy / 无関心
03. Chitterchat / うわさ话
04. Plotting Revenge / 复习
05. The Fool / 马鹿
06. Only Child / ひとりっ子
07. We Just Won't Know / みんなの孤独
08. The Bug / バグ
09. I Blame it on You / あなたのせい
10. The Chicken Circus / チキンサーカス
11. Chitterchat (Reprise) / うわさ话(重奏)
12. The Revenge of the Farm Animals / 家畜の大リベンジ
13. The Adventure Comes to an End / 冒険のエピローグ

Review
The songs in the album tell little stories about Bernie' adventure. The stories have black and humor that created mix feeling, which feels like a story as a whole. Joanne lively vocal makes the listeners get into the stories. It has a terrific combination of different genres music that was comfortable for listeners. The fantasy element of the songs makes it appropriate child. Amazing music album.

Note
Joanne Wang is a Taiwanese singer, but this album is only released in Japan.

Track #8 The Bug on youtube

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