Seychelles

by Masayoshi Takanaka

Seychelles cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 July 1976
  • Label: Kitty
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 40:21
  • Community rating: 4.33/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as a fundamental cornerstone of the breezy Japanese City Pop movement, Masayoshi Takanaka's debut solo album is an absolute explosion of sun-drenched joy. 'Seychelles' weaves wonderfully warm, fiercely melodic jazz-fusion guitar lines with intensely rhythmic, beautifully tropical jazz-funk grooves to create a profoundly uplifting, happy summer classic.

Genres

Descriptors: fusion, rhythmic, melodic, funky, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. OH! TENGO SUERTE (4:12)
  2. トーキョーレギー (4:20)
  3. 蜃気楼の島へ (3:38)
  4. 憧れのセーシェル諸島 (6:08)
  5. FUNKEE MAH－CHAN (5:02)
  6. サヨナラ・・・・・・FUJIさん (4:28)
  7. バードアイランド急行 (3:42)
  8. TROPIC BIRDS (8:50)

Credits

  • Masayoshi Takanaka - primary artist, producer, composed by, arranged by, guitar, percussion, lead vocals
  • Tsugutoshi Goto - bass
  • Yosui Inoue - chorus
  • Tatsuo Hayashi - drums, percussion
  • Akio Ito - engineer
  • Susumu Ohno - engineer
  • Yasunori Kitajima - engineer
  • Katsuya Yasumuro - executive-producer
  • Hiroshi Imai - keyboards
  • Tan Tan - lead vocals, chorus
  • Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion
  • Nobu Saito - percussion
  • Yasuo Azuma - photography by
  • Jake H. Concepcion - saxophone
  • Yukihiro Takahashi - lyrics by

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