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Emerging out of the ecstasy of Japan's boomtime economy in the late '70s and early '80s, City Pop fused the country's mainstream pop traditions with Western grooves and an ephemeral, high-gloss perfectionism that was as cosmopolitan as it was catchy. Its closest Western analogs would have to be Yacht Rock or British sophisto-pop, but without the cocaine divo...
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Makoto Matsushita, Vocals, MainArtist - Makoto Matsushit, Composer
© 1983 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN INC. ℗ 1983 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN INC.
Masataka Matsutoya, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Yumi Arai, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kunihiko Murai, Producer - Shouro Kawazoe, Producer
℗ 2019 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
Taeko Onuki, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Arranger
(P) 1980 Sony Music Labels Inc.
kuro, Lyricist - KYOZO, Lyricist - Tomoko Soryo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yasunori Souryou, Composer, Arranger
(P) 1977 BMG Funhouse, Inc.
Yasunori Soryo, Composer, Arranger - Tomoko Soryo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kuro & Kyozo, Lyricist
(P)1977 Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Junko Yagami, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
© 1985 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN INC. ℗ 1994 east west japan Inc.
Yukihiro Takahashi, Author - Masayoshi Takanaka, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1976 UNIVERSAL SIGMA, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
Mariya Takeuchi, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Tatsuro Yamashita, Producer, Arranger
© 1984 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN INC. ℗ 1992 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN INC.
Hiroshi Sato, Composer, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorrain Feather, Lyricist
(P) 1982 ALFA MUSIC,INC.
Masayoshi Takanaka, Composer, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UNIVERSAL SIGMA, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
Akira Inoue, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Denise Swinnerton, Lyricist
(P) 1983 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Yoshiyuki Sahashi, Composer - Masako Arikawa, Lyricist - Tetsuji Hayashi, Arranger - Yurie Kokubu, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tadashi Yamashia, Arranger
(P)1983 Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Eiichi Ohtaki, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bannai Tarao, Arranger - Takashi Matsumoto, Lyricist
(P) 2021 THE NIAGARA ENTERPRISES.
Tatsuro Yamashita, Arranger - Minako Yoshida, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1982 ALFA MUSIC, INC.
Kimiko Kasai, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Piano, Producer - Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock, Associated Performer - H. Hancock, Composer, Lyricist - M. Ragin, Composer, Lyricist - Bennie Maupin, Soprano Saxophone - J. Cohen, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Obiedo, Guitar - Webster Lewis, Piano - Paul Jackson, Bass - Alphonse Mouzon, Drums - Bill Summers, Percussion - Mari Kaneko - Yuka Kamebuchi - David Rubinson & Friends, Inc., Producer - Fred Catero, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Tomoo Suzuki, Recording Engineer - Bryan Bell, Recording Engineer - David Rubinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1979 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Eiichi Ohtaki, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bannai Tarao, Arranger - Takashi Matsumoto, Lyricist
(P) 2021 THE NIAGARA ENTERPRISES.
Yumi Matsutoya, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Masataka Matsutoya, Producer, Recording Arranger, Synthesizer Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Keishi Urata, Synthesizer Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 EMI Records Japan, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
Piper, MainArtist - Keisuke Yamamoto, Composer, Author
1984 Light In The Attic Records 1984 Light In The Attic Records
Piper, MainArtist - Keisuke Yamamoto, Composer, Author
1983 Light In The Attic Records 1983 Light In The Attic Records
KAN CHINFA, Lyricist - Nobuo Kurata, Arranger - Kingo Hamada, Composer, Arranger, Performance, MainArtist - Hamada Kingo, Composer, Arranger - Kan Tinfa, Lyricist - Kurata Nobuo, Arranger
© 2001 east west japan Inc. ℗ 1982 east west japan Inc.
Akira Jimbo, Composer - Issei Noro, Arranger - Casiopea, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P)1980 ALFA MUSIC,INC.
Glenn Miller, Composer, Lyricist - Haruomi Hosono, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Yellow Magic Band, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Haruomi Hosono & The Yellow Magic Band, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1978 ALFA MUSIC, INC.
Momoko Kikuchi, Composer, Author, MainArtist
2020 Light In The Attic Records 2020 Light In The Attic Records
Makoto Matsushita, Composer, Lyricist, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1981 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN INC. ℗ 1981, 2018 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN INC.
Akira Inoue, Arranger - Mioko Yamaguchi, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1980 A KAY MUSIC RECORDING
Harold Wheeler, Arranger - EPO, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Haruomi Hosono, Composer, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1978 Sony Music Labels Inc.
Haruomi Hosono, Arranger - Bread And Butter, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kazuko Kobayashi, Lyricist - Fuyumi Iwasawa, Composer
(P) 1979 ALFA MUSIC, INC.
Yuji Toriyama, Arranger - Cindy, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chinfa Kan, Lyricist - Hiroshi Narumi, Arranger
(P)1990 BMG FUNHOUSE, INC.
Shigeru Suzuki, Composer, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1978 Sony Music Labels Inc.
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Emerging out of the ecstasy of Japan's boomtime economy in the late '70s and early '80s, City Pop fused the country's mainstream pop traditions with Western grooves and an ephemeral, high-gloss perfectionism that was as cosmopolitan as it was catchy. Its closest Western analogs would have to be Yacht Rock or British sophisto-pop, but without the cocaine divorcée ennui of the former or the languid melodrama of the latter. This was energetic, earnest and very poppy music that was both proficiently smooth and quirkily adventurous. This playlist gathers up some of the highlights of the genre, with icons like Yumi Arai, Eiichi Ohtaki, and Haruomi Hosono alongside genre stalwarts like Piper, Momoko Kikuchi, Epo, and Shigeru Suzuki. Photo: Haruomi Hosono, courtesy of Light in the Attic/Mike Nogami
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