Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: The Popular Music

Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: the popular music
Compilation album by Various artists
Released July 11, 2007
Genre Pop
Length 49:52
Language Japanese
Label Nayutawave/Universal

Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute (筒美京平トリビュート), subtitled the popular music, is a tribute album to a Japanese composer Kyōhei Tsutsumi, released in 2007 by Natutawave Records under the distribution of Universal Music Group.


Album information

The album was produced to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Tsutsumi's professional career as a songwriter. Tadataka Watanabe, his younger brother who has worked as a record executive of Warner Music Japan, was credited as a producer of the whole album.

From among over five-hundreds of his compositions that entered the Japanese chart, following songs were chosen for the album. [1]These original versions were also compiled on CD entitled The Popular Music: Original Compilation, and simultaneously released with tribute album.[2]

Title Lyricist Original Performer Notes
"Saraba Koibito" Osamu Kitayama Masaaki Sakai
  • Release date – May 1, 1971
  • Chart position: #2
"Blue Light Yokohama" Jun Hashimoto Ayumi Ishida
  • Release date – December 25, 1968
  • Chart position: #1
"Tasogare My Love" Yū Aku Junko Ōhashi
  • Release date – August 5, 1978
  • Chart position: #2
"Sexual Violet No.1" Takashi Matsumoto Masahiro Kuwana
  • Release date – June 21, 1979
  • Chart position: #1
"Ningyo" Nokko Nokko
  • Release date – March 9, 1994
  • Chart position: #2
"Osewa ni Narimashita" Michio Yamagami Jun Inoue
  • Release date – September 21, 1971
  • Chart position: #17
"Tonde Istanbul" Tetsuya Chiaki Mayo Shono
  • Release date – April 1, 1978
  • Chart position: #3
"Miserarete" Yoko Aki Judy Ongg
  • Release date – February 25, 1979
  • Chart position: #1
"Natsu no Klaxon" Masao Urino Junichi Inagaki
  • Release date – July 21, 1983
  • Chart position: #23
"Manatsu no Dekigoto" Jun Hashimoto Miki Hirayama
  • Release date – May 25, 1971
  • Chart position: #5
"Momen no Handkerchief" Takashi Matsumoto Hiromi Ōta
  • Release date – December 21, 1975
  • Chart position: #2
"Mata Au Hi Made" Yū Aku Kiyohiko Ozaki
  • Release date – March 5, 1971
  • Chart position: #1

About this project, Tsutsumi said as follow: "Songs I wrote 30 or 40 years ago were revisited by younger artists. They have completed 12 tracks for this album, in their own very distinctive and attractive renditions. As a songwriter, I couldn't be happier. I would like to show my greatest gratitude to all the artists and personnel who took part in producing the album."[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Kyōhei Tsutsumi

  1. "Saraba Koibito (さらば恋人)" – 3:04
  2. "Blue Light Yokohama (ブルー・ライト・ヨコハマ)" – 3:30
    • Performer – Kou Shibasaki
    • Arranger – Keiji Tanabe (with strings arrangement by Yasuaki Maejima)
  3. "Tasogare My Love (たそがれマイ･ラブ)" – 3:59
  4. "Sexual Violet No.1" – 4:44
    • Performer – Tsunku
    • Arranger – Shunsuke Suzuki
  5. "Ningyo (人魚)" – 4:39
    • Performer – Bonnie Pink
    • Arranger – Shuntaro Kobayashi
  6. "Osewa ni Narimashita (お世話になりました)" (renewed lyrics by ET-King) – 2:58
    • Performer – ET-King
  7. "Tonde Istanbul Homme (飛んでイスタンブール Homme)" – 5:54
  8. "Miserarete (魅せられて)" – 3:49
  9. "Natsu no Klaxon (夏のクラクション)" – 4:12
    • Performer – Gospellers
    • Arranger – Akira Inoue
  10. "Manatsu no Dekigoto (真夏の出来事)" – 5:09
    • Performer – melody.
    • Arranger – melody., Yuichi Hamamatsu
  11. "Momen no Handkerchief (木綿のハンカチーフ)" – 5:06
    • Performer – Masamune Kusano (from Spitz)
    • Arranger – Shintarō Tokita (from Sukima Switch)
  12. "Mata Au Hi Made (また逢う日まで)" – 2:48
    • Performer – Crazy Ken Band
    • Arranger – Masao Onose, Trio the Dog Horns

Chart positions

Chart (2007) Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[4] 12

References

  1. ↑ 総売上7,400万枚超!筒美京平トリビュート [Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute]. hmv.co.jp (in Japanese). HMV. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Nayutawave Records - the popular music". universal-music.co.jp (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ↑ 12アーティストによる筒美京平トリビュート・アルバムが完成 [Tribute Album to Kyohei Tsutsumi by 12 artists] (in Japanese). barks.jp. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  4. ↑ "ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks of the popular music: Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute by Various artists]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.