For You (Tatsuro Yamashita album) explained

For You
Type:studio
Artist:Tatsuro Yamashita
Cover:For You (album cover).png
Released:January 21, 1982
Studio:CBS/SONY Roppongi Studio
Genre:City pop, Funk, Soul, Pop, Ballad
Length:39:02
51:18 (2002 reissue)
Label:AIR/RVC
AIR/BMG Funhouse (2002 reissue)
Sony Music Labels/Ariola (2023 remaster)
Producer:Tatsuro Yamashita
Prev Title:On the Street Corner
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita
Next Year:1982

For You is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in January 1982.

Overview

In 1980, the single Ride on Time became a hit, and the album of the same name. As a result, he would frequently hold live concerts throughout 1981. It was difficult to plan for the next album, but his band continued to improve as they performed live. With the success of his previous album, Yamashita said, "This album finally fulfills my dream from the time of Sugar Babe, I wanted to record as much as I wanted without worrying about budget and time".[1]

When the album was released in 1982, it would become his second hit studio album, peaking at number one on the Oricon LP charts and two on the CT charts. This was also his last studio album under the AIR/RVC label. Later that year, he would marry Mariya Takeuchi on April 6. Originally, the song "Morning Glory" was written for Takeuchi's album Miss M. The songs "Sparkle" and "Loveland Island" were used as commercial songs for Suntory beer. Meanwhile, the song "Your Eyes" was used as a commercial song for Nissui starring Bunta Sugawara.

At this time, advances were made in car stereos and Walkman devices that made it possible for music to retain sufficient audio quality while on the go. The album was produced and promoted with this in mind to reinforce the resort pop feeling, going as far as making the slogan "Summer, the sea, Tatsuro!" officially cementing his image as the "Summer Song Guy".[2] Originally, Yamashita was thinking of requesting Hiroshi Nagai to make the album cover. But at that time, he already decided to work on the album cover for Eiichi Ohtaki's album A Long Vacation. Eizin Suzuki instead worked on the album cover art.[1]

In the 2002 reissue of the album, four bonus songs were added into the tracklist. One of the bonus tracks "Every Night" was originally from the album Miss M, Yamashita also recorded a cover of the song but ended up being unpublished, it was later remastered and was included in the reissue. In addition, Loveland, Island / Your Eyes was released as a single on the same year. The song Loveland, Island was used as the ending theme for the Japanese drama series The Long Love Letter.

Track listing

2002 reissue

Credits

Sparkle

Electric Guitar, Percussion & Background Vocals

Keyboards

Trombone

Music Book

Electric Piano

Interlude A Part I

Morning Glory

Interlude A Part II

Futari

Loveland, Island

Interlude B Part I

Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)

Hey Reporter!

Interlude B Part II

Your Eyes

あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori](same personnel for TV Instrumental Version 1)

あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, TV Instrumental Version 2]

Every Night

Production / CreditsTaken from the inner sleeve notes of the album. (RAL-8801)

Chart positions

YearAlbumCountryChartPositionWeeksSales
1982For YouJapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)138439,000[3]
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)236257,000
1985For You [Limited edition, [[picture disc]]]Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)6034,000
2002For You [Remastered reissue]Oricon Weekly Albums Chart16539,000

Awards

24th Japan Record Awards
DateTitleCategoryWinner
December 31, 1982For You[4] Best 10 AlbumsTatsuro Yamashita

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog Number
JapanJanuary 21, 1982AIR/RVCLPRAL-8801
CTRAT-8801
1984CDRACD-4
June 5, 1985LPRAL-8827
September 15, 1986CDR32A-1020
March 15, 1987R28H-2806
August 21, 1990RCA/BMG VictorBVCR-7006
September 21, 1990BVCR-2504
June 4, 1997RCA/BMG JapanBVCR-1033
May 21, 1999BVCK-37011
February 14, 2002RCA/BMG FunhouseBVCR-17018
February 20, 2002LPBVJR-17008
May 3, 2023Sony Music Labels/AriolaBVJL-90
CTBVTL-2

Notes and References

  1. NHK-FM Sound Creator's File. Broadcast on
  2. Web site: COME ALONG RADIO: For You by Tatsuro Yamashita. March 17, 2021. April 7, 2022.
  3. Web site: Tatsuro Yamashita [album chart positions] ]. Japanese . 2022-04-05 . dead . https://archive.today/20071111034222/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_yamasita.html . 2007-11-11 .
  4. Web site: List of the 24th Japan Record Awards Winners. Japanese. April 5, 2022. August 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210819151934/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco24.html. dead.