is the debut album by Japanese singer-songwriter
Yōsui Inoue, released in May 1972.
Backing tracks of the album were mainly played by the instrumentalists of
The Mops, and they were arranged by the group's guitarist Katz Hoshi. Hoshi continued working as an arranger for most of Inoue's studio albums released in later years.
Prior to the album, "Jinsei ga Nido Areba" came out as a single (B-Side was the album's title track which features his aggressive vocals that homage Paul and Linda McCartney's song "Monkberry Moon Delight"). ''Danzetsu'' is best known by "Kasa ga Nai" which was released as the second single from the album. It became one of his signature songs, and later recorded by multiple artists like
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Mr. Children
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's frontman
Kazutoshi Sakurai
is a Japanese musician. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked No. 8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singe ...
and his musical collaborator Takeshi Kobayashi, interpreted the song "Kagirinai Yokubō" on their album Soushi Souai'' released in 2004.
Because of his breakthrough in the following year, ''Danzetsu'' enjoyed long-term commercial success on the Japanese Oricon charts during the mid-1970s, entering there for over three years.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, arranged by Katz Hoshi
Side one
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#"" – 3:57
#"" – 2:30
#"" – 3:09
#"" – 3:27
#"" – 5:00
Side two
#"" – 2:44
#"" – 2:27
#"" – 3:33
#"" – 4:24
#"" – 2:42
#"" – 5:31
Personnel
*Yosui Inoue –
folk guitar, vocals
*
Takao Kisugi –
folk guitar
*Shigeru Hara – folk guitar
*Katz Hoshi – folk and Electric guitars
*Taro Miyuki – bass guitar
*
Jun Fukamachi
was a Japanese jazz fusion composer, arranger, and keyboardist. He played with The Brecker Brothers and Steve Gadd and released albums for Polydor Records, Polydor and Toshiba Records, Toshiba in the 1970s.
Early life and career
At the age of ...
– piano, Hammond organ
*Johnny Yamazaki – electric Piano
*Mikiharu Suzuki – drums
Chart positions
Album
Single
Release history
References
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1972 albums
Yōsui Inoue albums