A Long Vacation

by Eiichi Ohtaki

A Long Vacation cover art

Eiichi Ohtaki's 'A Long Vacation' became a landmark of Japanese city pop and studio-crafted popular music. Drawing on American pop production history through Ohtaki's Niagara aesthetic, the album paired nostalgic vocal writing with elaborate arrangements that remained influential in Japanese pop reissues and rediscovery culture.

Genres

  • City Pop
  • Sunshine Pop
  • New Music

Tracklist

  1. 君は天然色
  2. Velvet Motel
  3. カナリア諸島にて
  4. Pap-Pi-Doo-Bi-Doo-Ba物語（ストーリー）
  5. 我が心のピンボール
  6. 雨のウェンズデイ
  7. スピーチ・バルーン
  8. 恋するカレン
  9. FUN×4
  10. さらばシベリア鉄道