Toki no Nai Hotel
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is the ninth studio album by Japan
ese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya
, released in June 1980.
Pictures featured on the back and front sleeve art were taken at the Brown's Hotel in London. No songs were released as a single except "Tamerai", which was first appeared on B-Side of a non-album track "Daydream" released in May 1980.
Like other studio albums which came out after she moved to EMI in 1977, Toki No Nai Hotel was released on CD for the first time in 1985. The album was reissued in 1999, with digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman
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" – 5:00
Footnotes
Japan
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ese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya
Yumi Matsutoya
', nicknamed , is an influential Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. She is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice, and live performances, and is an important figure in Japanese popular music....
, released in June 1980.
Pictures featured on the back and front sleeve art were taken at the Brown's Hotel in London. No songs were released as a single except "Tamerai", which was first appeared on B-Side of a non-album track "Daydream" released in May 1980.
Like other studio albums which came out after she moved to EMI in 1977, Toki No Nai Hotel was released on CD for the first time in 1985. The album was reissued in 1999, with digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman
-Biography:He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1983 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan and Brian Gardner, mastered 37 projects which received Grammy Award nominations in 2005.Grundman...
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Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yumi Matsutoya, arranged by Masataka Matsutoya.- ""– 5:26
- "" – 4:15
- "Miss Lonely" – 4:28
- "Ame ni Kieta JogerThe term "Joger" is a misspelling of "Jogger".
" – 5:00
- "" – 3:46
- "" – 4:30
- "" – 6:22
- "" – 7:18
- "" – 4:02
Footnotes
Recorded versions
- "Mizu no Kage" was originally recorded by the female folk duo called Simons in 1978.
- "Tamerai" was originally written for Midori Hagio. The song was later covered by Yoshiko Miyazaki, Keiko Saito, and the ex-Pink Lady Keiko MasudaKeiko MasudaKeiko Masuda is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She is better known by her nickname Kei, and was one half of Pink Lady, the top idol group of Japan in the 1970s...
. - Queen's Fellows, a 2002 tribute album for Matsutoya includes two cover versions of the songs which were featured on Toki no Nai Hotel; "Cecile no Shumatsu" performed by aiko and the title track by Takao Tajima.
Personnel
- Masataka Matsutoya - keyboards
- Tatsuo Hayashi - drums
- Jun Aoyama - drums
- Yuichi Tokashiki - drums
- Nobu Saito - percussion
- Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar
- Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitar
- Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar
- Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
- Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Hiromi Yasuda - acoustic guitar
- Masamichi Sugi - backing vocals
- Kiyoshi Saito - saxophone
- Jake H Conception - saxophone
- Shunzo Sunabara - saxophone
- Yukio Eto - flute
- Eiju Yamada - horn
- Yasuhiro Okita- horn
- Tomato Strings Unsemble - strings
- Junichi Hiiro - violin
- Leona - backing vocals
- Clara - backing vocals
- Lilika - backing vocals
- Hideki Matsutake - synthesizer programming
Chart position
| Year | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Japan | Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) |
3 | 24 | 210,000+ |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 14 | 24 |