Coda

by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Coda cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 December 1983
  • Label: London
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 35:22
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functioning as an acoustic companion to his acclaimed synthesizer-heavy score for 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence', this album features Sakamoto reinterpreting those themes for solo piano. The stripped-down arrangements highlight his profound melodic genius, seamlessly weaving European impressionism with distinctly Japanese harmonic sensibilities.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, atmospheric, instrumental, piano, virtuosic, delicate, reflective

Tracklist

  1. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (4:45)
  2. Batavia (0:48)
  3. Germination (2:08)
  4. A Hearty Breakfast (1:14)
  5. Before The War (1:42)
  6. The Seed And The Sower (3:51)
  7. A Brief Encounter (2:20)
  8. Ride Ride Ride (0:59)
  9. The Fight (1:19)
  10. Dismissed! / Assembly (1:48)
  11. Beyond Reason (1:23)
  12. Sowing The Seed (1:28)
  13. Last Regrets (2:03)
  14. The Seed (1:06)
  15. Japan (3:00)
  16. Coda (5:28)

Credits

  • Stephen McCurdy - composed by
  • Michio Nakakoshi - tape op [tape operator, onkio haus]
  • Yoshifumi Iio - tape op [tape operator, studio "a"]

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