Utabiko

by Ichiko Aoba

Utabiko cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 January 2012
  • Label: Speedstar
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 36:40
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The third studio album from the Japanese singer-songwriter relies on her trademark intimacy, featuring only her crystalline voice and virtuosic classical guitar playing. Recorded directly to analog tape, the album presents incredibly delicate, poetic contemporary folk compositions that exude a deeply soothing and peaceful warmth.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, female-vocals, minimal, atmospheric, japanese

Tracklist

  1. IMPERIAL SMOKE TOWN (7:17)
  2. kanashii yume o mitara (2:59)
  3. watashi no nusubito (5:11)
  4. hadashi no niwa (3:25)
  5. anata no kazari (4:37)
  6. sanbiki no kuma (4:40)
  7. kiseki wa itsudemo (5:14)
  8. hikari no furusato (3:12)

Credits

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