Keisuke Kuwata (album)

Keisuke Kuwata
Studio album by Keisuke Kuwata
Released July 9, 1988[1]
Recorded July 1987 – May 1988, at the Victor Aoyama Studio (Tokyo, Japan)
Genre Rock, pop, adult contemporary
Length 48:20
Language Japanese, English
Label Victor Entertainment/Taishita
Producer Keisuke Kuwata, Takeshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Fujii
Keisuke Kuwata chronology
Keisuke Kuwata
(1988)		 Kodoku no Taiyō
(1994)
Singles from Keisuke Kuwata
  1. "Itsuka Dokoka de (I Feel the Echo)"
    Released: October 6, 1987
  2. "Kanashii Kimochi"
    Released: March 16, 1988

Keisuke Kuwata is the eponymous studio album recorded by Keisuke Kuwata, a frontman of the Japanese rock band Southern All Stars. It was released by Taishita label under the Victor Entertainment in July 1988, shortly after the 10th anniversary of the band. Aside from the 1982 live recording album Kamon Yuzo and Victor Wheels Live released under the pseudonym Yūzō Kamon, it was first Kuwata's solo effort.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Keisuke Kuwata. 

No. Title Length
1. "Kanashimi no Prisoner (哀しみのプリズナー)"   4:16
2. "Ima demo Kimi o Aishiteru (今でも君を愛してる)"   3:27
3. "Robō no Ie nite (路傍の家にて)"   3:33
4. "Dear Boys"   3:18
5. "Heart ni Burei Bijin (ハートに無礼美人) (Get out of My Chevvy)"   3:39
6. "Itsuka Dokoka de (いつか何処かで) (I Feel the Echo)"   5:19
7. "Big Blonde Boy"   3:44
8. "Blue (こんな夜には眠れない Konna Yoru ni wa Nemurenai)"   4:50
9. "Tōi Machikado (遠い街角) (The Wanderin' Street)"   3:57
10. "Kanashii Kimochi (悲しい気持ち) (Just a Man in Love)"   3:54
11. "Aibu to Satsui no Kōsaten (愛撫と殺意の交差点)"   3:36
12. "Dareka no Kaze no Ato (誰かの風の跡)"   4:44

Personnel

Additional players
  • Satoshi Kadokura – synthesizer, synth bass, co-arrangement on track 11
  • Susumu Osada – guitar
  • Sueaki Harada – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele
  • Makoto Saito – acoustic guitar
  • Toshiaki Usui – acoustic guitar
  • Junichi Kawauchi – acoustic guitar
  • Jun Shimoyama – guitar
  • Jin Takuma – bass
  • Tatsuhiko Hizawa – bass
  • Hideo Yamaki – snare, cymbals
  • Soul Toul – mallet cymbals
  • Osamu Matsumoto – trombone
Guest vocalists
  • Ann Lewis – chorus
  • Mariya Takeuchi – chorus
  • Yūko Hara – chorus
  • Masamichi Sugi – chorus
  • Haruko Kuwana – chorus
  • Yūki Kuwata – shout

Accolades

Japan Record Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
1988 Keisuke Kuwata Excellent Albums [2] Won

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1988) Position Sales
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[3] 1 655,000+ [4]

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Position
Japanese Albums Chart[5] 6

References

  1. ↑ "DISCOGRAPHY > 桑田佳祐 > ALBUM > Keisuke Kuwata". sas-fan.net (in Japanese). Southern All Stars official site. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  2. ↑ 第30回日本レコード大賞 [The 30th Record Awards Winners]. jacompa.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Composers Association. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Keisuke Kuwata／桑田佳祐-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for Keisuke Kuwata by Keisuke Kuwata]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  4. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  5. ↑ 年間アルバムヒットチャート 1988年（昭和63年） [Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1988] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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