Landsale (album)

Landsale is P-Model's second album. It has a sound similar to the band's previous album, In a Model Room, although it's harsher (with the exception of the opening track Ohayo, whose strings and piano hinted what direction P-Model leader Susumu Hirasawa would take with his music). The album deals with criticizing "the System" and the unnecessary formalities it imposes in society, with sarcastic lyrics; bassist Katsuhiko Akiyama contributes three songs, based around the album's concept as well as the band's image.^[1] Created with sales in mind, Landsale went on to become the band's first chart-topping album and the only one to top the mainstream charts. Hirasawa re-recorded the album (except for "Touch Me" and "Globe") in the style of the P-Model live shows of 1980 as Virtual Live-2 [P-Model Live at Shibuya Nylon 100% 1980].

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ohayo (オハヨウ)"	Susumu Hirasawa	4:50
2.	"Daijobu (ダイジョブ)"	Hirasawa	3:05
3.	""Love" Story (「ラヴ」ストーリー, 「Ravu」 Sutōrī)"	Yasumi Tanaka	2:41
4.	"Doctor Stop (ドクター・ストップ, Dokutā Sutoppu)"	Hirasawa	3:21
5.	"Touch Me (タッチミー, Tatchi Mī)"	Katsuhiko Akiyama	3:18
6.	"Na-Ka-Yo-Shi (ナ・カ・ヨ・シ)"	Akiyama	2:15
7.	"Missile (ミサイル, Misairu)"	Hirasawa	2:43
8.	"Little Boy (リトルボーイ, Ritoru Bōi)"	Tanaka	2:41
9.	"I am Only Your Model"	Hirasawa	2:34
10.	"One Way Love (ワンウェイラヴ, Wan Wei Ravu)"	Hirasawa	2:47
11.	"Alien (異邦人, Ihōjin)"	Hirasawa Tanaka (music)	4:08
12.	"Globe (地球儀, Chikyūgi)"	Akiyama	3:04

The romanization of the tracks' titles on the the albums center labels on the record release (as well as sources beside Hirasawa's official website) use slightly different romanizations: "Ohayo", is titled with a macron; "Daijobu" doesn't have the ending "u"; ""Love" Story" uses quotation brackets (standard brackets on Hirasawa's website), "Na-Ka-Yo-Shi" uses centered dots (Hirasawa's website gives no linking punctuation) and the "Shi" lacks the "h"; "Alien" and "Globe" are listed by their romanized titles instead of the translated ones.

Personnel

P-Model - Production, Arrangements

Susumu Hirasawa - Lead Vocals (all except "Touch Me"), Backing vocals ("Touch Me"), Guitar, Synthesizer
Yasumi Tanaka - Combo organ, Synthesizers, Sequencer, Piano ("Ohayo"), Backing vocals, Lead Vocals ("I am Only Your Model")
Sadatoshi Tainaka - Drums, Lead Vocals ("I am Only Your Model")
Katsuhiko Akiyama - Bass, Drum machine, Synthesizer, Piano ("Na-Ka-Yo-Shi"), Backing vocals, Lead Vocals ("Touch Me" & "I am Only Your Model")

Guest musicians & production

Noriko Amano Group - Strings ("Ohayo")
Makoto Furukawa - Engineering, Mixing
Michio Kawamata & Shunichi Kusayanagi - Assistant Engineering

Staff

Tomonari Sassa - Direction
Yūichi Hirasawa (credited as "You Hirasawa") - Art director
Takuya Usami & Hideki Namai - Photography
Model House - Productive Management
Thanks to: 21st Wonderland, Yūkun, Āchan, Masakazu Iwanari & many others

Release history

Date	Label(s)	Format	Catalog	Notes
April 25, 1980 (1980-04-25)	Warner-Pioneer	LP	K-10020W
April 25, 1980 (1980-04-25)	Warner-Pioneer	CS	LKF-5038
January 25, 1992 (1992-01-25)	Warner Music Japan	CD	WPCL-604	Released (alongside In a Model Room and Potpourri) a month before the release of P-Model.
May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10) July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04)	Chaos Union, Teslakite		CHTE-0005	Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of Disc 1 of the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set, alongside In a Model Room. Re-released with new packaging by Kiyoshi Inagaki.
November 20, 2003 (2003-11-20)	Warner Music Japan, sky station, SS RECORDINGS		SS-102	Packaged in a paper sleeve to replicate the original LP packaging. Includes new liner notes by music industry writer Dai Onojima.

"Daijobu" is included on the Burst! New Wave 1980 various artists compilation.
The album's single was reissued on CD on a paper sleeve to replicate its original packaging with the band's other Warner-Pioneer released singles as part of the Tower Records exclusive Warner Years Singles Box box set in 2012.

References

↑ Akiyama, Katsuhiko. "先ずは、曲作りから！". 秋山勝彦の宅録日記 (in Japanese).

External links

P-MODEL

Studio albums	IN A MODEL ROOM (1979) LANDSALE (1980) Potpourri (1981) Perspective (1982) ANOTHER GAME (1984) KARKADOR (1985) ONE PATTERN (1986) P-MODEL (1992) big body (1993) Fune (1995) ENOLA (1997) P-MODEL OR DIE (1999)

Other albums	DISALLOWED ALBUM (1983) SCUBA (1984)

Related	Susumu Hirasawa