Miss M
by Mariya Takeuchi
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 December 1980
- Label: RCA
- Country: Japan
- Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded in Los Angeles with elite American session musicians including members of Toto and Airplay, 'Miss M' elevated Mariya Takeuchi's city pop sound to an international standard of production. The album seamlessly blends West Coast yacht rock aesthetics with slick, sophisticated Japanese pop melodies. It is celebrated as a pinnacle of early 1980s AOR crossover.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, japanese, sophisticated, funky, polished
Tracklist
Credits
- Mariya Takeuchi - primary artist, lyrics by, music by
- Jay Graydon - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, arranged by [rhythm], music by, backing vocals, arranged by [chorus]
- Steve Lukather - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Nobuyuki Shimizu - arranged by, keyboards, piano
- Osamu Totsuka - arranged by
- David Foster - arranged by [rhythm], keyboards, music by, backing vocals, arranged by [chorus]
- Greg Mathieson - arranged by [strings and horns]
- Buzz - backing vocals