Alone

by Masayoshi Takanaka

Alone cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 December 1981
  • Label: Kitty
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 46:43
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Alone' perfectly encapsulates the breezy, sun-drenched aesthetic of Japan's burgeoning city pop movement. Masayoshi Takanaka provides effervescent guitar leads draped over immaculate, funk-infused rhythms, generating an idyllic soundtrack that evokes tropical escapism and sophisticated urban leisure.

Genres

Descriptors: fusion, melodic, virtuosic, japanese, guitar-driven, guitars, instrumental, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. SPEED OF LOVE (5:17)
  2. FEEDBACK’S FEEL (5:51)
  3. ALONE (5:41)
  4. THE NIGHT DELAY (6:18)
  5. SHE’S RAIN (6:21)
  6. リオの夢 (7:36)
  7. はいやぁ～っ！ (4:24)
  8. PENGUIN DANCER (5:15)

Credits

  • Getao Takahashi - bass guitar
  • Masakazu Goto - bass guitar
  • Yasuo Tomikura - bass guitar
  • Masahiro Miyazaki - drums
  • Yuichi Togashiki - drums
  • Haruo Togashi - keyboards
  • Hiroki Inui - keyboards
  • Kiyosumi Ishikawa - keyboards

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