Love Songs
by Mariya Takeuchi
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 March 1980
- Label: RCA
- Country: Japan
- Length: 41:56
- Community rating: 3.76/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Serving as her third studio album, 'Love Songs' features Mariya Takeuchi leaning heavily into the breezy, cosmopolitan sound of Japanese city pop. The record incorporates lush string arrangements and polished sunshine pop elements, perfectly matching her highly melodic and sentimental vocal delivery. It helped solidify her status as a premier vocalist in Japan's booming urban pop scene.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, breezy, polished, velvety, sophisticated
Tracklist
- Fly Away (3:17)
- さよならの夜明け = Sayonara No Yoake (4:13)
- 磁気嵐 = Jikirashi (4:08)
- 象牙海岸 = Zouge Kaigan (4:04)
- 五線紙 = Gosenshi (3:30)
- Lonely Wind (4:11)
- 恋の終わりに = Koi No Owarini (3:35)
- 待っているわ = Matteiruwa (3:38)
- September (4:36)
- 不思議なピーチパイ = Fushigina Peach Pie (4:24)
- Little Lullaby (2:20)
Credits
- Mariya Takeuchi - primary artist, lyrics by, backing vocals, lyrics by, music by, noises [background noises]
- David Boruff - alto saxophone
- Gene Page - arranged by, arranged by [strings]
- Gene Merlino - backing vocals
- Michael Redman - backing vocals
- Stan Farber - backing vocals
- Leland Sklar - bass
- Russ Kunkel - drums