A Long Vacation

by Eiichi Ohtaki

A Long Vacation cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 March 1981
  • Label: Niagara
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 39:59
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: wall-of-sound, melodic, japanese, polished, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. 君は天然色 (5:02)
  2. Velvet Motel (3:42)
  3. カナリア諸島にて (3:58)
  4. Pap-Pi-Doo-Bi-Doo-Ba物語（ストーリー） (3:14)
  5. 我が心のピンボール (4:24)
  6. 雨のウェンズデイ (4:24)
  7. スピーチ・バルーン (3:55)
  8. 恋するカレン (3:21)
  9. FUN×4 (3:26)
  10. さらばシベリア鉄道 (4:33)

Credits

  • Teruhiko Yumura - artwork [pattern]
  • Kayoko Ishu - backing vocals [chorus; voices of each]
  • Oshamanbe Cats - backing vocals [chorus; voices of each]
  • Rajie - backing vocals [chorus; voices of each]
  • Singers Three - backing vocals [chorus; voices of each]
  • Haruomi Hosono - bass
  • Kimio Koizumi - bass
  • Michio Nagaoka - bass

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