Realize (album) explained

Realize
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hideaki Tokunaga
Cover:	Hideaki Tokunaga - Realize.jpg
Length:	51:00
Label:	Apollon
Prev Title:	Dear
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Hideaki Tokunaga Live
Next Year:	1990

is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Hideaki Tokunaga. Released on May 21, 1989, the album sold over 300,000 copies and peaked at No. 4 in Oricon's albums chart and was ranked at No. 46 in Oricon's 1989 year-ending album chart.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was also certified Gold by the RIAJ.

The album features the singles "Saigo no Iiwake", "Koibito", and "Myself ~Kaze ni Naritai~" / "Kokoro no Ball". The English-language song "You're in the Sky ~Eolia~" was used for TV commercials promoting Panasonic's Eolia air conditioner line.

Track listing

All music is composed by Hideaki Tokunaga and arranged by Ichizo Seo.

Personnel

• Keyboards: Ryoichi Kuniyoshi, Yu Toyama, and Nobuo Kurata
• Bass: Chiharu Mikuzuki
• Drums: Hideo Yamaki, Toru Hasebe
• Guitar: Tsuyoshi Ima, Masaki Matsubara, and Jun Kakuda
• Saxophone: Jake H. Conception
• Manipulator: Nobuhiko Nakayama, Keiji Urata, and Jun Toyama
• Chorus: Takafumi Hiyama, Yasuhiro Kido, and Junko Hirotani

External links

• Official website (Hideaki Tokunaga)
• (Universal Music Japan)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 徳永英明 - REALIZE . . 2020-03-14.
2. Web site: Hideaki Tokunaga - Realize . . 2020-03-14.
3. Web site: REALIZE / 徳永英明 . A Listener of Music Media . . 2020-03-14.