Amaku Kiken na Kaori explained

Amaku Kiken na Kaori
B-Side:	Music Book
Type:	Single
Artist:	Tatsuro Yamashita
Album:	Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita
Cover:	Amaku Kiken na Kaori (Single cover).png
Released:	April 5, 1982
Length:	8:29 (Side A & B)
Label:	AIR/RVC
Producer:	Tatsuro Yamashita
Prev Title:	Down Town
Prev Title2:	Paredo
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Koukiatsu Girl
Next Year:	1983

Amaku Kiken na Kaori (あまく危険な香り, Sweet & Dangerous Scent) is the ninth single by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in April 1982. This was his last single under the AIR/RVC label.

Overview

Amaku Kiken na Kaori was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama series of the same name.

This song was included in his Greatest hits album Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita, Opus (All Time Best 1975-2012). The remastered reissue of For You contains an instrumental version and a one-shot long version recorded for BGM. The reissue of Ride on Time also included a karaoke version and the live album Joy contains a live version of the song. Meanwhile, "Music Book" is taken from his studio album For You. It is said that this song was transcribed from a passage called "Music Book" that Minako Yoshida wrote down in her notebook.^[1]

Yamashita originally wrote this song with the intention of having someone veteran singer sing it, but at the recommendation of director Ryuzo Kosugi, he said that he would release it as his own single, and the low-pitched piano phrase of the interlude. It seems that the tune of the "adult line", which had never existed before, seemed to be fresh on the contrary.^[2]

Eizin Suzuki made the art for the jacket. The front cover design features a Schlitz beer and the sign at the horizon mostly resembles "Bob's Cafe" sign located at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 2019, the sign was removed and made for sale.^[3] In the back cover, the advertisement for the album For You can be seen.

Personnel

Amaku Kiken na Kaori

• Tatsuro Yamashita

Electric Guitar (Left), Acoustic Piano (Solo) & Percussion^[4]

• Jun Aoyama: Drums
• Koki Ito: Bass
• Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar (Right)
• Hiroyuki Namba

Keyboards

• Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion
• Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet
• Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet
• Shigeharu Mukai

Trombone

• Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone
• Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax
• Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax
• Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master
• Koji Hajima: Conductor
• Strings arranged by Masahide Sakuma

Music Book

(from the album For You)

• Tatsuro Yamashita: Percussion & Background Vocals^[5]
• Yuichi Togashiki: Drums
• Akira Okazawa: Bass
• Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar
• Hiroshi Sato

Electric Piano

• Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion
• Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone Solo
• Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
• Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet
• Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet
• Yasuo Hirauchi: Trombone
• Sumio Okada: Trombone
• Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax
• Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax
• Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master

Chart positions

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. (2002) Tatsuro Yamashita's "For You" album notes. AIR/BMG Funhouse (BVCR-17018).
2. (1997) Tatsuro Yamashita's "Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita" album notes. AIR/BMG Funhouse (BVCR-1541).
3. Web site: Bob's Cafe's iconic sign came down this morning, and now it's for sale. Argus Leader. August 22, 2019. April 12, 2022.
4. Web site: GREATEST HITS! OF TATSURO YAMASHITA. Japanese. April 12, 2022.
5. Web site: FOR YOU. Japanese. April 12, 2022.
6. Web site: Tatsuro Yamashita. Japanese. April 12, 2022. https://archive.today/20071016164223/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/yamasita.html. October 16, 2007. dead.
7. Web site: 年間シングルヒットチャート 1982年. Japanese. Private Life エンタメデータ＆ランキング. April 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20140911024609/http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music1982.html. September 11, 2014. dead.