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, released in January 1982.

Overview

In 1980, the single ''

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'' became a hit, and the album of the '' same name''. As a result, he would frequently hold live concerts throughout 1981. It was difficult to plan for the next album, but his band continued to improve as they performed live. With the success of his previous album, Yamashita said, "This album finally fulfills my dream from the time of ''Sugar Babe'', I wanted to record as much as I wanted without worrying about budget and time".NHK-FM Sound Creator's File. Broadcast on When the album was released in 1982, it would become his second hit studio album, peaking at number one on the Oricon LP charts and two on the CT charts. This was also his last studio album under the AIR/RVC label. Later that year, he would marry ''

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'' on April 6. Originally, the song "Morning Glory" was written for Mariya Takeuchi's album Miss M. The songs "Sparkle" and "Loveland Island" were used as commercial songs for Suntory beer. Meanwhile, the song "Your Eyes" was used as a commercial song for

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. At this time, advances were made in car stereos and

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devices that made it possible for music to retain sufficient audio quality while on the go. The album was produced and promoted with this and mind to reinforce the resort pop feeling, going as for as making the slogan "Summer, the sea, Tatsuro!" officially cementing his image as the "Summer Song Guy". Originally, Yamashita was thinking of requesting Hiroshi Nagai to make the album cover. But at that time, he already decided to work on the album cover for Eiichi Ohtaki's album ''

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''. Eizin Suzuki instead worked on the album cover art. In the 2002 reissue of the album, four bonus songs were added into the tracklist. One of the bonus tracks "Every Night" was originally from the album Miss M, Yamashita also recorded a

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of the song but ended up being unpublished, it was later

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ed and was included in the

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. In addition, ''Loveland, Island / Your Eyes'' was released as a single on the same year. The song ''Loveland, Island'' was used as the ending theme for the Japanese drama series ''

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''.

Track listing

2002 reissue

Credits

Sparkle *

: Electric Guitar, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *

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: Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo *Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet *

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: Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone *Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax Music Book *Tatsuro Yamashita: Percussion & Background Vocals *Yuichi Togashiki: Drums *Akira Okazawa: Bass *Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar * Hiroshi Sato: Electric Piano *Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion *Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone Solo *Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet *Yasuo Hirauchi: Trombone *Sumio Okada: Trombone *Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax *Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master Interlude A Part I *Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices Morning Glory *Tatsuro Yamashita: Acoustic Piano, Electric Guitar,

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, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar *Hiroyuki Namba: Electric Piano *Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone *Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax Interlude A Part II *Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices Futari *Tatsuro Yamashita: ELectric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroshi Sato: Acoustic Piano & Electric Piano *Hiroyuki Namba: KORG λ String (KORG Lambda) *Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax *Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master Loveland, Island *Tatsuro Yamashita: ELectric Guitar (Right) & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboard *Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion *Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo *Keiko Yamakawa: Harp Interlude B Part I *Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices Love Talkin' (Honey It's You) *Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano. Glocken, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Hiroyuki Namba: KORG PS-3100 Synthesizer *Keiko Yamakawa: Harp *Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals Hey Reporter! *Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Electric Piano & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Hiroyuki Namba: Acoustic Piano Interlude B Part II *Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices Your Eyes *Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Electric Piano,

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, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Tadahide Yoshikawa: Acoustic Guitar *Hiroyuki Namba: Acoustic Piano *Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo *Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master *Hiroki Inui: Strings Arrangement あまく危険な香り maku Kiken na Kaori'' ''(same personnel for TV Instrumental Version 1)'' *Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar (Left), Acoustic Piano Solo & Percussion *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar (Right) *Hiroyuki Namba: Electric Piano *Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion *Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone *Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax *Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master *Masahide Sakuma: Strings Arrangement あまく危険な香り

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'' *Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar & Percussion *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo Every Night *Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar & Percussion *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboards *Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion Production / Credits Taken from the inner sleeve

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of the album. (RAL-8801) *Produced by Tatsuro YYamashita for Smile Company *Associate Producer: Ryuzo "Junior" Kosugi *Production Co-ordinator: Nobumasa Uchida *Recording Engineer Tamotsu Yoshida, Toshiro Itoh *Re-mix Engineer: Tamotsu Yoshida *Assistant Engineers: Masato Ohmori, Shigemi Watanabe, Akira Fukada *Instrument Maintenance: Takeshi Yamamoto *Recorded at CBS/SONY Roppongi Studio A & B *Re-mixed at CBS/SONY Roppongi Studio B *Mastering Studio: JVC Yokohama Cutting Studio *Disc Mastering Engineer: Tohru Kotetsu *Cover Illustration: Eizin Suzuki *Design: Hiroshi Takahara *Inner Photograph:

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Overview

Track listing

2002 reissue

Credits

Chart positions

Awards

Release history

References