Under the Sun (Yosui Inoue album)

Under the Sun
Studio album by Yosui Inoue
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
Yosui Inoue chronology
The Night Without a Guide
(1992)		 Under the Sun
(1993)		 Eien no Shuru
(1994)
Singles from Under the Sun
  1. "Gogatsu no Wakare"/"Be-Pop Juggler"
    Released: March 19, 1993
  2. "Make-Up Shadow"
    Released: July 21, 1993
  3. "Canadian Accordion"
    Released: November 3, 1993

Under the Sun is the 16th studio album by a 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. A song became the highest charting single for Inoue, reaching the number-two on the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles and selling in excess of 800,000 copies. Sato also arranged the song, and his arrangement won 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]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yosui Inoue (except where indicated)

  1. "Be-Pop Juggler" - 3:10
  2. "Eleven" - 4:43
  3. "Mizugameza no Yoru (水瓶座の夜?)" - 4:37
  4. "Power Down" - 4:42
  5. "Make-up Shadow" (Utsuru Ayame/Inoue) - 4:07
  6. "Canadian Accordion (カナディアン アコーデオン Kanadian Akōdeon?)" (Kyouhei Tsutsumi/Inoue) - 5:34
  7. "Kagi no Kazu (鍵の数?)" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 4:28
  8. "Stoic (ストイック Sutoikku?)" (Inoue/Jun Satō/Yasushi Akimoto) - 5:50
  9. "Go-gatsu no Wakare (5月の別れ?)" - 5:06
  10. "Under the Sun" - 5:41
  11. "Nagai Hanashi (長い話?)" (Inoue/Banana-UG-Kawashima) - 4:06

Personnel

Production

Chart positions

Album

Year Album Chart Position Weeks Sales RIAJ Cetification
1993 Under the Sun Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) 1 13 370,000 Platinum

Singles

Year Single B-Side Chart Position Weeks Sales RIAJ Certification
1992 "Gogatsu no Wakare" "Be-Pop Juggler" Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) 27 8 89,000 Gold
"Make-Up Shadow" "Present" 2 16 817,000 3x Platinum
"Canadian Accordion" "Hikiage Mono no Uta" 35 3 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

References

  1. ^ Japan Composer's Association "History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 35th Award Winners" (in Japanese). http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1993.htm Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
  2. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Yosui Inoue" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_yousui.html. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 
Preceded by
The Moment of the Moment by Shogo Hamada		 Japanese Oricon Weekly Chart number-one album
September 27 - October 3, 1993 (one week)		 Succeeded by
The Baddest II by Toshinobu Kubota
Yōsui Inoue
Studio albums
Danzetsu · Yōsui II: Sentimental · Kōri no Sekai · Nishoku no Koma · Shoutaijou no Nai Show · White · Sneaker Dancer · Every Night · Ayashii Yoru wo Matte · Lion & Pelican · Ballerina · 9.5 Carats · Negative · Handsome Boy · The Night Without a Guide · Under the Sun · Forever Surreal · Shopping (with Tamio Okuda) · Kudan · United Cover · Cassis · Blue Selection · Love Complex · Double Drive (with Tamio Okuda) · Maryoku
Live albums
Yōsui Live "Modori Michi" · Tokyo Washington Club · Clam Chowder · Stardust Rendez-vous: Live at Jingu (with Anzen Chitai) ·
Notable compilations
Good Pages · Golden Best · Best Ballade
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