Toki no Nai Hotel
| Toki no Nai Hotel | ||||
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| Released | June 21, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 45:06 | |||
| Label | Toshiba-EMI/Express | |||
| Producer | Masataka Matsutoya | |||
| Yumi Matsutoya chronology | ||||
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Toki no Nai Hotel (時のないホテル, Toki no Nai Hoteru) is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, released in June 1980.
Pictures featured on the back and front sleeve art were taken at the Brown's Hotel in London. No songs were released as a single except "Tamerai", which first appeared as a B-side of the non-album track "Daydream", released in May 1980.
Like other studio albums which came out after she remained with EMI in 1977 when Alfa finally started operating as a record label, Toki no Nai Hotel was released on CD for the first time in 1985.[1] The album was reissued in 1999, digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman.[2]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written and composed by Yumi Matsutoya, arranged by Masataka Matsutoya.
- "Cecile no Shūmatsu (セシルの週末, Seshiru no Shūmatsu)"– 5:26
- "Toki no Nai Hotel (時のないホテル, Toki no Nai Hoteru)" – 4:15
- "Miss Lonely" – 4:28
- "Ame ni Kieta Jogger[nb 1] Ame ni Kieta Jogā (雨に消えたジョガー)" – 5:00
- "Tamerai (ためらい)" – 3:46
- "Yosoyuki Gao de (よそゆき顔で)" – 4:30
- "5cm no Mukougishi (5cmの向こう岸, 5 Senchi no Mukougishi)" – 6:22
- "Compartment (コンパートメント, Konpātomento)" – 7:18
- "Mizu no Kage (水の影)" – 4:02
Footnotes
- ^ The term "Joger" is a misspelling of "Jogger".
Recorded versions
[edit]- "Mizu no Kage" was originally written for the female folk duo called Simons in 1978.
- "Tamerai" was originally written for Midori Hagio. The song was later covered by Yoshiko Miyazaki, Keiko Saito, and Pink Lady member Keiko Masuda.
- Queen's Fellows, a 2002 tribute album for Matsutoya includes two cover versions of the songs which were featured on Toki no Nai Hotel; "Cecile no Shumatsu" performed by Aiko and the title track by Takao Tajima.
Personnel
[edit]- Masataka Matsutoya - keyboards
- Tatsuo Hayashi - drums
- Jun Aoyama - drums
- Yuichi Tokashiki - drums
- Nobu Saito - percussion
- Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar
- Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitar
- Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar
- Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
- Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Hiromi Yasuda - acoustic guitar
- Masamichi Sugi - backing vocals
- Kiyoshi Saito - saxophone
- Jake H Conception - saxophone
- Shunzo Sunabara - saxophone
- Yukio Eto - flute
- Eiju Yamada - horn
- Yasuhiro Okita- horn
- Tomato Strings Unsemble - strings
- Junichi Hiiro - violin
- Leona - backing vocals
- Clara - backing vocals
- Lilika - backing vocals
- Hideki Matsutake - synthesizer programming
Chart position
[edit]| Year | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) | 3 [3] | 24 | 210,000+[4] |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 14 [3] | 24 |
References
[edit]- ^ のないホテル
- ^ cdjapan.co.jp
- ^ a b "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Yumi Matsutoya" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ jpopmusic.com
