Summer Nerves (サマー・ナーヴス, Samā Nāvusu) is an album which recorded a so-called "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" between Jazz fusion musicians and Japanese rock musicians, led by Ryuichi Sakamoto at the time of the formation of Yellow Magic Orchestra.[1] "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" of this album is regarded as a prototype of Kazumi Watanabe's "Kylyn session".[2]
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| Released | June 21, 1979[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion Synthpop Contemporary classical | |||
| Label | Sony Music Entertainment Japan | |||
| Producer | Ryuichi Sakamoto | |||
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Background
editAlthough CBS Sony proposed an original plan of one Bossanova album, Sakamoto didn't accept it and conversely proposed to challenge Reggae, and this album was created as the achievement.[1]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Ryuichi Sakamoto (except where noted)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Summer Nerves" (Akiko Yano) | 4:10 |
| 2. | "You're Friend To Me" (Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers) | 5:02 |
| 3. | "Sleep On My Baby" (Akiko Yano) | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Theme For "Kakutougi"" (Yukihiro Takahashi & Aki Ikuta) | 6:17 |
| 5. | "Gonna Go To I Colony" | 4:40 |
| 6. | "Time Trip" (Kazumi Yasui) | 4:15 |
| 7. | "Sweet Illusion" | 6:30 |
| 8. | "Neuronian Network" (Haruomi Hosono) | 4:03 |
Personnel
edit- Producer, Arranged By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Keyboards – Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Backing Vocals – Eve (track: 2), Akiko Yano (track: 3), Tatsuro Yamashita (tracks: 5 and 7), Minako Yoshida (track: 7)
- Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi (tracks: 1)
- Guitar – Kazumi Watanabe as Abdullah The "Busher" (tracks: 3, 7), Kenji Omura (tracks: 3, 7), Masaki Matsubara (tracks: 4, 5), Shigeru Suzuki (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
- Bass – Ray Ohara (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
- Drums – Yukihiro Takahashi
- Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Pecker (tracks: 3, 5, 7)
- Engineer – Yuichi Maejima*
- Associate Engineer – Mikio Takamatsu
- Recording Co-ordinator – Akira Ikuta
- Mastered By – Eiji Taniguchi
- Director – Shinichi Hashimoto
- Design – Mitsuru Yamada
- Illustration – Shigenari Ohnishi
- Photography By – Youhei Nagasaka
References
edit- ^ a b c "Summer Nerves – Sony Music". Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ Kumagai, Yoshihiro, ed. (2000). FUSION. Disk Guide Series 01. Shiko Music. p. 107.