Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve.

Acoustic Guitar – Pierre Zogo
Arranged By, Written-By – Manu Dibango
Bass – Long Manfred*
Drums – Joby Jobs
Electric Guitar – Manu Rodanet
Lacquer Cut By – GP*
Percussion – Freddy Mars
Photography By – Xavier Auvert
Piano – Georges Arvanitas, Patrice Galas

The mysterious afro-soul of Shaolin Afronauts first echoed across the dance floors of Australia in late early 2008. Heavily inspired by the sounds of 1970′s West Africa, Ethiopia and the pioneering avant-garde jazz artists of the same period the Shaolin Afronauts draw on the this highly innovative and sometimes volatile era in music, using it as inspiration to create music with the same fire and intensity. Their spirited performances have fast gained a reputation as some of the most exciting live shows around. Though there is something refreshing and original about the Afronauts, their music could be described as somewhere in between the heavy Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and the Ethio-Jazz of Mulatu Astatke.

来自密苏里州的新星 Chappell Roan 并不介意事无巨细地唱出她的所感所想。继动人的首支单曲《Good Hurt》引起关注之后，在这次的首张专辑《The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess》里，她讲述了一个个关于放纵与绝望的故事，也完整记录了逐渐明晰自身酷儿身份、决心活出自信人生的心路历程。

在专辑的开场曲中，Roan 先是伴着钢琴的颤音、美妙的和声，悲伤地讲起自己遇人不淑的过往；随着节拍逐渐加强，具有力量感的高昂声调最终主宰了整首歌曲，她也意识到自己需要成为“女性现象”（Femininomenon）的一份子，应该获得尊重，追求属于自己的快乐。接下来的 13 首歌，都采用了这种“急转直上”的结构。Synth-Pop 风格的《Casual》异常诚实地剖析了一段非正式关系；没心没肺的舞曲《Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl》带着不屑，吐槽了一个“超级超级讨厌的男孩”（hyper mega bummer boys），以讽刺的独白开场，在欢腾的合唱中收尾。Roan 也没有忘记抒情歌的老本行：她在《California》里低吟浅唱，与乡愁和沮丧缠斗；在曲风华丽的《Coffee》里道尽关系里的犹豫与分手的艰难。

无论是笑里藏刀的《My Kink Is Karma》，还是挑逗意味十足的《Red Wine Supernova》，Roan 的音乐总是伴着渴望，就连调性内敛的作品也不例外，欲望觉醒也让 Roan 的人生豁然开朗，但归根结底，“性”只是欲望的一部分。无论是福是祸，Chappell Roan 都极尽诚实地面对自身复杂的感受，再加上大胆新奇的创想，让这张流行专辑令人欲罢不能。