Light within the Attic to Release Japanese “City Pop” Compilation

Light in the Attic has introduced a brand new compilation known as Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986. According to the label, the document marks the “first-ever fully authorized overview of Japan’s ‘city pop’ genre outside of Japan.” The 16-track compilation options cowl artwork by Japanese artist Hiroshi Nagai, who has contributed cowl paintings for a lot of traditional metropolis pop albums of the 1980s. The compilation will probably be out there May three on vinyl and CD, and you may pre-order it here. Find the tracklist and album artwork under.

The songs on Pacific Breeze have by no means been formally launched exterior of Japan till now. The compiliation options music by Hitomi Tohyama, Minako Yoshida, Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, and extra. Light within the Attic will launch deluxe bundles of the compilation, which can embody a printed seaside towel, liner notes, a customized die-cut obi card, and extra. LP variations will probably be out there in commonplace black vinyl in addition to “beach ball” tri-color vinyl.

Tracklist:

01 Tomoko Soryo – “I Say Who”
02 Taeko Ohnuki – “Kusuri Wo Takusan”
03 Minako Yoshida – “Midnight Driver”
04 Nanako Sato – “Subterranean Futari Bocci”
05 Haruomi Hosono – “Sports Men”
06 Izumi Kobayashi – “Coffee Rumba”
07 F.O.E. – “In My Jungle”
08 Akira Inoue, Hiroshi Sato, Masataka Matsutoya – “Sun Bathing”
09 Hiroshi Satoh – “Say Goodbye”
10 Yukihiro Takahashi – “Drip Dry Eyes”
11 Masayoshi Takanaka – “Bamboo Vender”
12 Shigeru Suzuki – “Lady Pink Panther”
13 Haruomi Hosono, Takahiko Ishikawa, Masataka Matsutoya – “Mykonos No Hanayome”
14 Yasuko Agawa – “L.A. Night”
15 Hitomi Tohyama – “Exotic Yokogao”
16 Tazumi Toyoshima – “Machibouke”

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