Under the Sun (Yosui Inoue album)
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Under the Sun is the 16th studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in September 1993.
Two songs "Gogatsu no Wakare" and "Make-Up Shadow" were released as a single prior to the album, and the latter became a massive hit.
"Make-Up Shadow" was featured as the theme song for Subarashikikana Jinsei, a television drama aired on Fuji TV. The music was composed by Jun Sato (who used the pseudonym Utsuru Ayame), and Inoue wrote the lyrics. A song became the highest charting single for Inoue, reaching the number-two on the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles and selling in excess of 800,000 copies. Sato also arranged the song, and his arrangement won the 35th Japan Record Award
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The album debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon, and became his fifth chart-topping non-compilation album since 9.5 Carats released in 1984.
Two songs "Gogatsu no Wakare" and "Make-Up Shadow" were released as a single prior to the album, and the latter became a massive hit.
"Make-Up Shadow" was featured as the theme song for Subarashikikana Jinsei, a television drama aired on Fuji TV. The music was composed by Jun Sato (who used the pseudonym Utsuru Ayame), and Inoue wrote the lyrics. A song became the highest charting single for Inoue, reaching the number-two on the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles and selling in excess of 800,000 copies. Sato also arranged the song, and his arrangement won the 35th Japan Record Award
Japan Record Award
for outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association, is major music awards show held annually in Japan.- Categories :The Japan Record Award are four awards which are not restricted by genre....
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The album debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon, and became his fifth chart-topping non-compilation album since 9.5 Carats released in 1984.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yosui Inoue (except where indicated)- "Be-Pop Juggler" - 3:10
- "Eleven" - 4:43
- "" - 4:37
- "Power Down" - 4:42
- "Make-up Shadow" (Utsuru Ayame/Inoue) - 4:07
- "" (Kyouhei Tsutsumi/Inoue) - 5:34
- "" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 4:28
- "" (Inoue/Jun Satō/Yasushi AkimotoYasushi Akimotois a Japanese television writer, lyricist, record producer, professor and vice president at Kyoto University of Art and Design. He also created some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise.- Career :...
) - 5:50 - "" - 5:06
- "Under the Sun" - 5:41
- "" (Inoue/Banana-UG-Kawashima) - 4:06
Personnel
- Yosui Inoue - Lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jun Sato - Piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals
- Banana-UG-Kawashima - Synthesizer, piano
- Yoshinobu Kojima - Organ, piano
- Yasuharu Nakanishi - Piano
- Yasuhiro KobayashiYasuhiro KobayashiYasuhiro "Coba" Kobayashi is a Japanese musician, accordionist, composer and arranger. His music has sold over 1,000,000 CDs. Yasuhiro started playing accordion when he was nine...
- Accordion - Tsuyoshi Kon - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
- Susumu Osada - Electric guitar
- Haruo Kubota - Electric guitar
- Koki Ito - Bass guitar
- Chiharu Mikuzuki - Bass guitar
- Hiroshi Igarashi - Auto harp, banjo, steel drums
- Motoya Hamaguchi - Percussion, kalimba
- Nobu Saito - Percussion
- Hideo Yamaki - Drums
- Jun Aoyama - Drums
- Shin Kazuhara - Trumpet
- Jake H. Conception - Saxophone
- Taro Kiyooka - Trombone
- Hidefumi Toki - Clarinet
- Aska Strings (conducted by Aska Kaneko) - Strings
- Ma*To - Computer programming
- Keishi Urata - Computer programming
- Hideki Matsutake - Computer programming
- Naoki "Taro" Suzuki - Drums programming
- Seri - Background vocals
- Nisa - Background vocals
- Anna - Background vocals
- Eve - Background vocals
Production
- Arranger: Yosui Inoue (#1,4), Jun Sato (#5,6,8,9), Tsuyoshi Kon (#2), Banana-UG-Kawashima (#3,11), Yasuharu Nakanishi (#7), Haruo Kubota (#10)
- Composer: Yosui Inoue (All tracks except #5,6), Utsuru Ayame (#5), Kyohei Tsutsumi (#6), Natsumi Hirai (#7), Jun Sato (#8), Banana-UG-Kawashima (#11)
- Lyricist: Yosui Inoue (All tracks except #9), Yasushi Akimoto (#9)
- Mixing Engineer: Tamotsu Yoshida, Jun Tendo, Takayoshi Yamanouchi, Yuta Kagema
- Recording Engineer: Jun Tendo, Junichi YAmazaki, Takayoshi Yamanouchi, Yuji Kuraishi, Kazuya Yoshida, Kazuya Miyazaki
- Session Support Engineer: Kenji Igarashi, Yutaka Uematsu, Motoyoshi Komine, Junichi Hohrin, Yuko Suzuki, Hajime Nagai, Kenji Matsunaga, Kaoru Matsuyama
- Mastering Engineer: Toru Kotetsu, Masayoshi Nakajo
- Art/Styling: Sachico Ito
- Photographer: Kenji Miura
- Artwork producer: Noriko Shimoyama
- Artwork designer:Shuzo Hayashi
- Artwork supervisor: Tomio Watanabe
- Artwork: Hiroshi Shoji
- Promotion Staff: Mitsuo Sakauchi, Yasuhide Sasa
- Production Coordinator: Sei Sato, Takashi Yokoo, Yasuko Makino, Chiharu Senoma
- Production Manager: Nao Funatsu
- Production Assistant: Hidenori Muto, Rie Nishioka, Satoko Ishizaki
Album
| Year | Album | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales | RIAJ Cetification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Under the Sun | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 1 | 13 | 370,000 | Platinum |
Singles
| Year | Single | B-Side | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales | RIAJ Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Gogatsu no Wakare" | "Be-Pop Juggler" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 27 | 8 | 89,000 | Gold |
| "Make-Up Shadow" | "Present" | 2 | 16 | 817,000 | 3x Platinum | ||
| "Canadian Accordion" | "Hikiage Mono no Uta" | 35 | 3 | 24,000 | — |
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | September 15, 1993 | For Life Records | CD | FLCF-30220 |
| Audio cassette | FLTF-28040 | |||
| March 25, 2009 | For Life Music Entertainment/BMG | SHM-CD | FLCF-5013 |