====== Notes on Japanese Music ======

^ Asano, Yuko ／ 浅野ゆう子 ^^^^
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^ Stop The Conversation ^^^^
| COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER | //Summer Champion// (サマーチャンピオン) popped up in my Youtube recs, and I forgot that I liked it before. Haven't listened to Yuko Asano for ages, but used to listen to //Yuko In Disco// a bit. Thought I'd try the album it's off and some others.\\ //Summer Champion// is still the standout, but there are few ohers with //[[outrun_series|OutRun]]// vibes that are okay, and a bunch of boring stuff.\\ 3, 4, 6 is okay, 9 and the ones I like. |||
| |  | [[discogs>12979881|Discogs]] | [[yt>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eTj-_RXqz8|Full album]] |
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^ Kewbie ／ キュービィ ^^^^
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^ High Quality In Myself ^^^^
| COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER | This is kinda a genre of pop that doesn't quite grab me usually, like I'm supposed to think it's experimental or something, but it aint.\\ Anyway, this is alright. I wish it was a bit less muddy. I like the title. |||
| |  - -  | [[discogs>8390913|High Quality in Myself]] | [[ytpl>PLuGAvXrEzoIkAuJON2H9QWBDjxHdgR3y0|High Quality in Myself]]|
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^ Moritaka, Chisato ／ 森高千里 ^^^^
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^ ミーハー ^^^^
| COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER | Very annoyed that I will one day have to buy this very expensive record to get the album version of //Good-Bye Season//.\\ Anyway most of these songs are good, and //Good-bye Season// and //Overheat Night// are two of my most fave J-Pop songs. //PIANO//'s a dud, but at the end of side A.\\ Update: got a much more reasonable price on Amazon Japan :) |||
| | [[wp>Mi-Ha]] | [[discogs>1185767|ミーハー]] | [[ytpl>PL0smOSXydEJ4NcVnKlYPNc1fwqzv26MMR|ミーハー]] |
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^ [[akina_nakamori|Nakamori, Akina]] ／ 中森明菜 ^^^^
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^ //[[Bitter and Sweet]]// ^^^^
| COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER | One of my favourite albums. I have to skip //Babylon// (kindly it's the last song on side A), but otherwise it's perfect. It feels really cohesive, but all the songs are produced by different people.\\ [[noriko_sakai|Noriko Sakai]] released an album called //Sweet 'n' Bitter// in 1991… |||
| | [[wp>Bitter_and_Sweet_(Akina_Nakamori_album)|Bitter and Sweet]] | [[discogs>836620|Bitter and Sweet]] | |
^ //D404ME// ^^^^
| COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER | nbjp Title is read like da-shi-oh-shi-mi ­— 出し惜しみ (Unwilling) |||
| | [[wp>D404ME]] | [[discogs>519472|D404ME]] | |
^ 不思議 ^^^^
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| | [[wp>Fushigi]] | [[discogs>1021171|不思議]] | |
^ //Stock// ^^^^
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| | [[wp>Stock_(album)|Stock]] | [[discogs>|1257166]] | |
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^ Tsutsui, Noriko ／ 筒井のり子 ^^^^
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^ Southern Island Imagination  ^^^^
| COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER\\ COVERCOVER | Starts out with some okay [[city pop]], but it's almost like each song is worse than the last. It's like [[rage]], once you get a few duds in a row it's time to turn it off. |||
| |  - -  | [[discogs>15189085|Southern Island Imagination]] | [[ytpl>PLuGAvXrEzoIkvcYzUgC3IkvI7nabAmSrL|Southern Island Imagination]]|
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^ [[tatsuro_yamashita|Yamashita, Tatsuro]] ／ 山下達郎 ^^^^
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=====See Also=====

  * [[japan]]

{{tag>Japan music recommendations}}