| Sava Sava | ||||
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| Studio album by Chisato Moritaka | ||||
| Released | September 9, 1998 (1998-09-09) | |||
| Recorded | 1997–1998 | |||
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| Length | 48:51 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | zetima | |||
| Producer | Yukio Seto | |||
| Chisato Moritaka chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Sava Sava | ||||
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Sava Sava (サバサバ, Saba Saba) is the 13th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on September 9, 1998, by zetima. The album is unique for containing a 22-page photo book and a fold-out poster featuring the same head shot of Moritaka in slightly different angles. It was Moritaka's final studio album prior to her marriage to actor Yōsuke Eguchi on June 3, 1999, and her subsequent retirement from the music industry.
The album reached No. 7 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 92,000 copies.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka
| No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Utopia" (Yūtopia (ユートピア)) | Shin Kōno | Kōno | 4:57 |
| 2. | "Denwa (Album Version)" ((電話, "Telephone")) | Yuichi Takahashi | Shunsuke Suzuki | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Tampopo no Tane" ((たんぽぽの種, "Dandelion Seeds")) | Shikao Suga | Suga | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Itsumo no Mise" ((いつもの店, "The Usual Shop")) | Takahashi | Takahashi | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Nagasarete..." ((流されて・・・, "Washed Away...")) | Takahashi | Takahashi | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Two of Me" | Moritaka | Takahashi | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Umi made 5-fun (Album Version)" (Umi made Go-fun (海まで5分, "5 Minutes to the Sea")) | Toshinobu Kubota | Takahashi | 5:00 |
| 8. | "Wasurekakete Ita Yume" ((忘れかけていた夢, "Forgotten Dreams")) | Takahashi | Suzuki | 4:38 |
| 9. | "Zaru de Mizu kumu Koigokoro" ((ザルで水くむ恋心, "Love Feeling in a Colander")) | COIL | COIL | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Kiken na Hodō" ((危険な舗道, "Dangerous Pavement")) | Moritaka | Takahashi | 4:21 |
| 11. | "Snow Again" | Takahashi | Takahashi | 4:21 |
| Total length: | 48:51 | |||
Personnel
- Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums (all tracks)
- Yuichi Takahashi – guitar (1, 4, 6, 10–11), synthesizer programming (2, 4–7, 10), keyboards (11)
- Shin Kōno – keyboards & synthesizer programming (1), Fender Rhodes (7)
- Shin Hashimoto – piano (4, 10–11), Fender Rhodes (4), keyboards (11)
- Yasuaki Maejima – piano (5), Fender Rhodes (5)
- Shunsuke Suzuki – guitar (1–2), ukulele (2), sitar (2), synthesizer programming (2), pedal steel guitar (8), mandolin (8)
- Shikao Suga – guitar (3), bass (3), backing vocals (3)
- Yukio Seto – guitar (4–7, 11), percussion (7), bass (8, 11), wind chimes (8)
- Naoyuki Irie – bass (1)
- Udai Shika – cello (1)
- Masaaki Shigematsu – cello (1)
- Yasuo Maruyama – cello (1)
- Hideyuki Komatsu – bass (2)
- Fumitoshi Nakamura – manipulator (3)
- COIL – all instruments except drums (9)
- Sadayoshi "OK" Okamoto
- Yōsuke Satō
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 7 |
References
- "Biography". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- "SAVA SAVA". Kioku no Kiroku. The Federation of Music Publishers Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- "森高千里". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Sava Sava/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- "森高千里". Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
External links
- Official website (Chisato Moritaka)
- Official website (Up-Front Works)
- Sava Sava at MusicBrainz
- Sava Sava at Discogs
