Under the Sun (Yosui Inoue album) explained
| Under the Sun |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Yosui Inoue |
| Cover: | underthesun_inoue.jpg |
| Released: | September 15, 1993 |
| Recorded: | Paradise Studio Komazawa, Studio Jive, Adagio Atelier, Hitokuchizaka, Burnish Stone (Tokyo, Japan)
Little Mountain, Warehouse (Vancouver, Canada) |
| Genre: | J-pop (Folk rock, adult contemporary) |
| Length: | 52:21 |
| Label: | For Life |
| Prev Title: | The Night Without a Guide |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Eien no Shuru |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Under the Sun is the 16th studio album by 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. The song became the highest-charting single for Inoue, reaching number-two on the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles charts, selling in excess of 800,000 copies. Sato also arranged the song, and his arrangement won him a prize at the 35th Japan Record Awards.[1]
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.[2]
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 Akimoto) - 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 Kobayashi - 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
Chart positions
Singles
| Year | Single | B-Side | Chart | Position | Sales | RIAJ Certification |
|---|
| 1992 | "Gogatsu no Wakare" | "Be-Pop Juggler" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 27 | 89,000 | Gold |
| "Make-Up Shadow" | "Present" | 2 | 817,000 | 3× Platinum |
| "Canadian Accordion" | "Hikiage Mono no Uta" | 35 | 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 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 35th Award Winners. Japan Composer's Association. ja. 2008-12-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080615043009/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1993.htm. 2008-06-15.
- Web site: Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Yosui Inoue. ja. 2009-04-12. dead. https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_yousui.html. 2007-06-19.
