Artist: Dreams Come True: mp3 download Genre(s): Pop: Japan Pop Dreams Come True's discography: And I Love You Year: 2007 Tracks: 13 Diamond15 Year: 2004 Tracks: 15 LOVE UNLIMITED Year: 1996 Tracks: 12 The world-class Japanese pop grouping, Dreams Come True looks to be one of the few really Asian acts possible of widespread popularity in the Western human race, and the triad make no misunderstanding that that is one of their aspirations. Vocalist Miwas Yoshida, influenced by Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan piece ontogenesis up in Hokkaido, was singing computer backup vocals with a Tokyo group when she met freshwater bass musician and producer Masato Nakamura. The group came together in early 1988 with the addition of Yoshida's longtime supporter Takahiro Nishikawa on keyboards, and afterwards more than a year of rehearsals and recording, Dreams Come True released their self-titled debut album. It sold over one jillion copies in Japan, and its follow-up Love Goes On (released octad months by and by) more than dual the sales of the debut. Each of the subsequent 6 albums, from 1990's Curiosity 3 through 1997's Sing or Die sold at least two trillion copies, and fifth record album The Swinging Star (1992) became the best-selling album in Japanese account, at over four one million million million copies and tally. Dreams Come True decreased their workload over 1992-93. Nakamura remained busy, though; he composed the music for several picture games, including Transonic the Hedgehog, and released a solo album, Hikari Original Album Tracks. Dreams Come True came back with a hankering for connecting with Western audiences: the triplet collaborated with Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) on the individual "Wherever You Are," and recorded a song for the soundtrack of the animated photographic film The Swan Princess. Miwa's 1995 solo album Beauty and Harmony featured such American musicians as Jai Winding, Michael Brecker, David T. Walker and Ralph MacDonald. A limited shrink with Virgin Records to congeal up a sub-label (Virgin/DCT) for increased Western distribution introduced Dreams Come True's ninth proper album, 1997's Whistle or Die. Despite doing well in Asia as expected, the trio failed to move Western audiences as hoped. |