Quiet Skies

by Makoto Matsushita

Quiet Skies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 July 1983
  • Label: Moon Records
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 41:28
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The highly respected Japanese session guitarist and arranger delivers his final solo album of the decade, moving beyond the breezy aesthetics of standard city pop. 'Quiet Skies' heavily incorporates elements of progressive rock and fusion, resulting in a dense, highly sophisticated pop record with complex, atmospheric arrangements. It remains a masterpiece of 1980s Japanese studio craftsmanship.

Genres

Descriptors: fusion, progressive, melodic, atmospheric, complex

Tracklist

  1. Sight Of The Dawn (10:10)
  2. Views From Fire Mountain (5:03)
  3. Lucky Guy (6:23)
  4. Going Home (7:35)
  5. The Feather Heart (5:41)
  6. Cage Of Dreams (6:36)

Credits

  • Masahiro Miyazaki - drums [sonor], percussion
  • Yasuo Tomikura - fretless bass [hargustrum], bass [fender precision], composed by
  • Kotaro Ishii - percussion
  • Masato Matsuda - synthesizer [prophet 5], piano [yamaha acoustic], electric piano [fender rhodes], composed by
  • Chris Mosdell - voice [whisper], lyrics by
  • Akiko Matsushita - lyrics by

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