is the 11th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter
Chisato Moritaka, released on July 16, 1997 by
One Up Music. The album marked the 10th anniversary of Moritaka's music career. A limited edition release was packaged in a cardboard box and included 13 photographs; each with lyrics to a corresponding song.
''Peachberry'' draws inspiration from Moritaka's love of
the Beatles' music, with some of the tracks recorded at
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music c ...
.
The song "Tony Slavin" is named after the
Liverpool barber shop that the Beatles referenced in their 1967 song "
Penny Lane".
The album reached No. 4 on
Oricon's albums chart and sold over 322,000 copies.
It was also Moritaka's last studio album to be certified Gold by the
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include p ...
.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Chisato Moritaka; all music is arranged by Yuichi Takahashi, except where indicated.
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums (all tracks), tambourine (2, 10),
shaker
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* Shakers, a historically significant Christian sect
* Indian Shakers, a smaller Christian denomination
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* Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone
* Cock ...
(2),
timbales (6),
recorder
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* ''The Recorder'' (Massachusetts newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
(7), accordion (7), piano (8),
kalimba (8),
pianica (11), clarinet (12), percussion (13)
* Yuichi Takahashi – guitar (1–2, 4–5, 7, 9–11, 13), keyboards (1–3, 5, 7–9, 11, 13)
* Shin Hashimoto – piano (1–2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13),
Fender Rhodes
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(1, 3, 5, 8), synthesizer (2, 5, 8–9),
Wurlitzer (4), guitar (7, 11), kalimba (8),
taishōgoto
The , or Nagoya harp, is a Japanese stringed musical instrument. The name derives from the Taishō period (1912–1926) when the instrument first appeared. It has also become naturalized in East Africa, often under the name ''Taishokoto''.
His ...
(13)
* Shin Kōno – piano (6, 10), Fender Rhodes (6, 10), percussion (6), keyboards (10)
* Yukio Seto – bass (1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 11, 13), guitar (1–7, 9–10, 13),
conga
The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...
(1), shaker (1, 6),
bar chimes
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(5, 9–10), percussion (5, 13),
djembe
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According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...
(8–9, 11),
didgeridoo
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(8), timbales (9)
* Masafumi Yokoyama – bass (6, 10)
* Shuhei Miyachi – bell (4)
* Toshio Araki – trumpet (6)
* Kōji Nishimura – trumpet (6)
* Masakuni Takeno – alto saxophone (6)
* Takuo Yamamoto – tenor saxophone (6, 10), flute (6)
* Masanori Hirohara – trombone (6)
* Junko Yamashiro – bass trombone (6)
*
Something Else – backing vocals (2)
:* Nobutaka Okubo
:* Daisuke Itō
:* Chihiro Imai
Charts
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1997 albums
Chisato Moritaka albums
Japanese-language albums