LIFE
by Kenji Ozawa
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1994
- Label: Eastworld
- Country: Japan
- Length: 51:07
- Community rating: 4.16/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Ozawa's second album carries the Scha Dara Parr collaboration 'Konya wa Boogie Back (Nice Vocal)', the single that carried Shibuya-kei's hip hop crossover into the Japanese mainstream. Around it he arranges brass driven pop with the polish that made him the scene's 'Prince of Shibuya'.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, infectious, dance, accessible, retro
Tracklist
- 愛し愛されて生きるのさ = Love Is What We Need (4:22)
- ラブリー = Lovely (7:19)
- 東京恋愛専科・または恋は言ってみりゃボディー・ブロー = Love Is Like A Body Blow (5:54)
- いちょう並木のセレナーデ = Stardust Rendevous (5:23)
- ドアをノックするのは誰だ?（ボーイズ・ライフ Pt.1:クリスマス・ストーリー) = Who's Gonna Knock The Door? (Boy's Life Pt.1: A Christmas Story) (6:19)
- 今夜はブギー・バック [Nice Vocal] = Boogie Back (6:08)
- ぼくらが旅に出る理由 = Letters, Lights, Travels On The Streets (6:54)
- おやすみなさい、仔猫ちゃん! = Good Night, Girl! (7:57)
- いちょう並木のセレナーデ（Reprise）= And On We Go (0:51)
Credits
- Akemi Nakano - hair, make-up
- Izumi Awano - promotion [heads of promotion]
- Kyoko Koizumi - promotion [heads of promotion]
- Natsuko Kawabe - stylist [styling]
- Yasuharu Nakanishi - piano, electric piano, keyboards
- Masahiko Kitahara - arranged by [horn], trombone
- Takayuki Hattori - arranged by [strings], arranged by [orgel]
- Gamou - tenor saxophone [tenor sax], tenor saxophone [tenor sax], soprano saxophone [soprano sax]
- Masako Saito - art direction, design
- Genta Tamai - engineer [assistant]
- Kazuaki Fujita - engineer [assistant]
- Masatatsu Tsubuki - engineer [assistant]
- Hiroyuki Hamano - engineer [recording & mixing]
- Keiichi Ishizaka - executive-producer
- Masao Nakazato - mastered by [mastering engineer]
- Takeigoodman - photography by [cover photo and other photographs]
- Makoto Koushima - written-by
- Shinsuke Matsumoto - written-by
- Yousuke Matsumoto - written-by