is the 10th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter

Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group.

, released on July 15, 1996 by One Up Music. The album features the hit singles " Yasumi no Gogo", " So Blue", and " La La Sunshine", as well as two commercial jingles for

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liquor products. "Gin Gin Gin" served as the basis for Moritaka's 1995 Christmas single "

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". ''Taiyo'' is also the second album in Moritaka's catalog to include a cover version of a

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song. A limited edition release included a lenticular cover featuring Moritaka changing her facial expressions and a 10-page photo book. The album reached No. 3 on

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's albums chart and sold over 386,000 copies. It was also Moritaka's last album to be certified Platinum by the

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Track listing

All lyrics are written by

Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group.

, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Yuichi Takahashi, except where indicated.

Personnel

* Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums (all tracks), rhythm guitar (2),

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(13, 15) * Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1–7, 9–10, 12–15) * Hideo Saitō – guitar, bass, horns, tambourine, backing vocals (8) * Yasuaki Maejima –

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(1–3, 11, 12), piano (4, 6, 8, 12), keyboards (7), percussion (7), organ (8) * Shin Hashimoto – piano (1, 4–5, 9-10, 13–14),

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(10, 14), keyboards (13–15), guitar (13–14) * Yukio Seto – bass (1–2, 4–6, 10, 13–15), guitar (2–4, 7, 11–12, 14),

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(11) * Masafumi Yokoyama – bass (3, 12) * Teruo Moritaka – bass (11) * Henderson – backing vocals (5) * Takahisa Yuzawa – backing vocals (10)

Charts

Certification

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1996 albums Chisato Moritaka albums Japanese-language albums