''Seychelles'' is the debut studio album by the legendary Japanese jazz fusion guitarist

Masayoshi Takanaka is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. He was born in 1953 in the Shinagawa ward in Tokyo, Japan. Takanaka's music was influential in the city pop genre of the late 1970s and '80s. Early life Takanaka was born to a Chinese fathe ...

, released via Kitty Records in July 1976. The album's initial release was distributed via a

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, and was re-released as a CD in 1984. The album is named after the

Seychelles islands Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...

Reception

According to ''

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'', Takanaka's debut album ''Seychelles'' "helped pioneer Japan's rock-fusion scene". The record's tracks are characterized by melodic guitar solos with a slightly tropical vibe.

Track listing

;''Seychelles'' track listing

Personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from liner notes *

– producer, composer, arranger, guitar, percussion, lead vocals *

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– lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 6) *

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– bass * Yosui Inoue – chorus * Tatsuo Hayashi – drums, percussion * Akio Itoh – engineer * Susumu Ohno – engineer * Yasunori Kitajima – engineer * Atsuya Yasumuro – executive producer * Hiroshi Imai – keyboards * Tan Tan – lead vocals, chorus * Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion * Nobuo Saitoh – percussion * Yasuo Azuma – photography * Jake H. Concepcion – saxophone

Release history

References

External links

{{Discogs master, 602189 1976 debut albums Masayoshi Takanaka albums