Tokyo Rose (album)
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| Tokyo Rose | ||
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| Studio album by Van Dyke Parks | ||
| Released | July 1989 | |
| Length | 46:24 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Wickam | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Van Dyke Parks chronology | ||
| Jump! (1984) |
Tokyo Rose (1991) |
Fisherman & His Wife (1991) |
1989 album by American musician Van Dyke Parks. The album concerns the intersection between Japanese and American cultures, particularly as reflected in the competitive "Trade War" of the 1980s. The intersection between the two cultures is nowhere more obvious than in the album's first song, "America," an adaptation of "America the Beautiful" with numerous pentatonic shifts characteristic of Japanese music, played on a combination of standard Western instruments and traditional Japanese instruments, such as the Biwa and the Koto.
"Cowboy," a favorite among Parks fans, originally appears on this album.
[edit] Track listing
(all music and lyrics by Van Dyke Parks, except as noted)
- "America" (public domain, arranged and adapted by VDP) – 3:47
- "Tokyo Rose" – 5:08
- "Yankee Go Home" – 6:27
- "Cowboy" – 4:35
- "Manzanar" – 6:02
- "Calypso" – 4:27
- "White Chrysanthemum" – 4:00
- "Trade War" – 4:40
- "Out of Love" – 3:18
- "One Home Run" (Japanese lyrics by Amy Furumoto) – 4:00
