{"id":130227,"date":"2025-01-09T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=records&#038;p=130227"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:39:11","slug":"opus-ryuichi-sakamoto-top-albums-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/opus-ryuichi-sakamoto-top-albums-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Opus &#8211; Ryuichi Sakamoto (Top Albums 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Recorded in September 2022, just six months before his passing, <em>Opus<\/em> feels less like a farewell and more like a quiet conversation between Ryuichi Sakamoto and his listener. Stripped down to just Sakamoto, a piano, and the weight of his presence, it\u2019s a final gift to his devoted fans\u2014intimate, unadorned, and unmistakably him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanied by a black-and-white film, the album opens with a tender rendition of \u201cLack of Love.\u201d Its Chopin-like melodies immediately set the somber, reflective tone that is to run the course of this disc. Even on a song like \u201cTong Poo,\u201d first recorded with Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978, Sakamoto slows things down, trading its original, restless energy for something more elegiac\u2014less about movement and more about memory. Two new pieces, \u201cBB\u201d and \u201cfor J\u00f3hann,\u201d honor lost collaborators Bernardo Bertolucci and J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson. Both feel like prayers, their sparse chords heavy with grief, love, and finality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You can hear the fragility in the recording itself. On \u201cAndata,\u201d Sakamoto\u2019s soft breaths blend with the notes, and the creaks of the piano bench and pedals remind you there\u2019s a body behind the music\u2014frail, but still reaching for something beautiful. Even in his final months, Sakamoto\u2019s playing feels deliberate and full of emotion, proof that his creativity never dimmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Opus<\/em> doesn\u2019t feel like a grand goodbye. It\u2019s more personal than that. It\u2019s a celebration of a life spent making art\u2014an album that finds beauty in vulnerability and meaning in every note. It\u2019s not perfect, but it doesn\u2019t need to be. 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