Weekend Fly to the Sun

by Toshiki Kadomatsu

Weekend Fly to the Sun cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 April 1982
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 41:16
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Los Angeles with a legendary crew of top-tier American session musicians, this sophomore effort significantly elevated the sleek, urban grooves of the Japanese singer-songwriter. The album effortlessly blends sun-drenched yacht rock aesthetics with tight, brass-heavy funk and infectious boogie baselines. It is celebrated as a definitive, high-water mark of the endlessly optimistic 1980s city pop boom.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, funky, breezy, polished, japanese

Tracklist

  1. Office Lady (5:13)
  2. Rush Hour (5:42)
  3. Brunch (4:32)
  4. Space Scraper (5:23)
  5. Friday To Sunday (5:00)
  6. Crescent Aventure (6:22)
  7. I'll Never Let You Go (4:54)
  8. 4 A.M. (4:10)

Credits

  • Tom Tom 84 - arranged by
  • Abraham Laboriel - bass
  • Louis Johnson - bass
  • Nathan East - bass
  • John Robinson - drums
  • Al McKay - guitar
  • Carlos Rios - guitar
  • The Phenix Horns - horns

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