Cassis (album) explained
| Cassis |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Yōsui Inoue |
| Cover: | cassis_inoue.jpg |
| Released: | July 24, 2002 |
| Recorded: | 1996–2002 |
| Genre: | Folk rock, adult contemporary |
| Length: | 47:00 |
| Label: | Forlife Music Entertainment |
| Producer: | Yōsui Inoue |
| Prev Title: | United Cover |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Blue Selection |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Cassis is the 20th solo studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in July 2002.
The album includes "Kimerareta Rhythm", which was featured on the Academy Award-nominated motion picture The Twilight Samurai, directed by Yoji Yamada. The song "You are the Top" was originally contributed to the same-titled musical by Kōki Mitani. Two singles were cut from the album: "Kono Yo no Sadame" and "Final Love Song"; both songs were featured on the TV advertisings of Kirin Beverage starring Inoue himself.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise indicated
- "" - 4:23
- "" - 5:00
- "Final Love Song" - 4:25
- "" - 4:28
- "" - 6:18
- "" - 3:19
- "" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 3:10
- "" (Inoue/Hirai) - 2:28
- "You are the Top" (Inoue/Hirai/Kōki Mitani) - 4:28
- "" - 4:47
- "" - 4:13
Personnel
- Yōsui Inoue - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand-claps
- Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Haruo Kubota - electric guitar
- Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar
- Tsuneo Imabori - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, computer programming
- Chiharu Mikuzuki - electric bass, uplight bass, 12-string guitar
- Masafumi Minato - drums
- Hideo Yamaki - drums
- Matarou Misawa - percussion
- Yahiro Tomohiro - percussion
- Nobuo Kurata - acoustic piano
- Natsumi Hirai - acoustic piano
- Yasuharu Nakanishi - acoustic piano, electric piano
- Yoshiki Kojima - acoustic piano, keyboards, organ
- Yūta Saitō - acoustic piano, keyboards
- Masao Ōmura - keyboards
- Banana U-G - keyboards, computer programming
- Kazuya Miyazaki - computer programming
- Tetsuo Ishikawa - computer programming
- Yōichi Murata - trombone, bass trombone
- Kōji Nishimura - trumpet
- Shirou Sasaki - trumpet
- Masahiko Sugasaka - trumpet
- Takuo Yamamoto - saxophone
- Bob Zang - saxophone
- Masakuni Takeno - saxophone
- Udai Shike - cello
- Jun - background vocals
- Chie Nagai - background vocals
Chart positions
Singles
| Year | Single | B-Side(s) | Chart | Position | Sales |
|---|
| 2001 | "Kono Yo no Sadame" | "Kegani", "Kyoto Tabemono Jijou" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 60 | 7,000 |
| 2002 | "Final Love Song" | "Yagi no Milk" | 43 | 8,000 |
| "Mori Hana Shojo Rin" | "Kimerareta Rhythm" | - | - | |
