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 edit
Although 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 edit
All 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.