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1979 studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Summer Nerves
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
ReleasedJune 21, 1979 (1979-06-21)
GenreJazz fusion
Synthpop
Contemporary classical
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Thousand Knives
(1978)
Summer Nerves
(1979)
B-2 Unit
(1980)

Summer Nerves (サマー・ナーヴス, Samā Nāvusu) is an album which recorded a so-called "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" between Jazz fusion musicians and Japanese rock musicians, led by Ryuichi Sakamoto at the time of the formation of Yellow Magic Orchestra. "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" of this album is regarded as a prototype of Kazumi Watanabe's "Kylyn session".

Background

Although CBS Sony proposed an original plan of one Bossanova album, Sakamoto didn't accept it and conversely proposed to challenge Reggae, and this album was created as the achievement.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryuichi Sakamoto (except where noted)

No.TitleLength
1."Summer Nerves" (Akiko Yano)4:10
2."You're Friend To Me" (Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers)5:02
3."Sleep On My Baby" (Akiko Yano)5:10
4."Theme For "Kakutougi"" (Yukihiro Takahashi & Aki Ikuta)6:17
5."Gonna Go To I Colony"4:40
6."Time Trip" (Kazumi Yasui)4:15
7."Sweet Illusion"6:30
8."Neuronian Network" (Haruomi Hosono)4:03

Personnel

  • Producer, Arranged By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • Keyboards – Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • Backing Vocals – Eve (track: 2), Akiko Yano (track: 3), Tatsuro Yamashita (tracks: 5 and 7), Minako Yoshida [ja] (track: 7)
  • Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi (tracks: 1)
  • Guitar – Kazumi Watanabe as Abdullah The "Busher" (tracks: 3, 7), Kenji Omura (tracks: 3, 7), Masaki Matsubara [ja] (tracks: 4, 5), Shigeru Suzuki (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
  • Bass – Ray Ohara (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
  • Drums – Yukihiro Takahashi
  • Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Pecker (tracks: 3, 5, 7)
  • Engineer – Yuichi Maejima*
  • Associate Engineer – Mikio Takamatsu
  • Recording Co-ordinator – Akira Ikuta
  • Mastered By – Eiji Taniguchi
  • Director – Shinichi Hashimoto
  • Design – Mitsuru Yamada
  • Illustration – Shigenari Ohnishi
  • Photography By – Youhei Nagasaka

References

  1. ^ "Summer Nerves – Sony Music". Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. Kumagai, Yoshihiro, ed. (2000). FUSION. Disk Guide Series 01. Shiko Music. p. 107.
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