Romantic (EP) explained

Romantic
Type:	EP
Artist:	Chisato Moritaka
Cover:	Chisato Moritaka - Romantic.jpg
Recorded:	1988
Studio:	Warner-Pioneer Studios
Label:	Warner Pioneer
Producer:	Yukio Seto
Prev Title:	Mi-ha
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Mite
Next Year:	1988

is an EP by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on July 10, 1988 by Warner Pioneer. The EP is themed around summer, headlined by Moritaka's cover of Dionne Warwick's "Do You Know the Way to San Jose". While the album is packaged in a standard 12 cm CD case, the disc itself is an 8 cm mini CD.^{[1] [2]}

The album peaked at No. 22 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 24,000 copies.^{[3] [4]}

Personnel

• Chisato Moritaka – vocals
• Takumi Yamamoto – vocals (1)
• Ken Shima – piano, keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1–3)
• Keiji Toriyama – synthesizer programming (2–3)
• Tomoaki Arima – synthesizer programming (4–5)
• Yukio Seto – guitar (3)
• Keiichi Ishibashu – bass (1)
• Kenji Takamizu – bass (2–3)
• Yuichi Togashiki – drums (1)
• Masahiro Yamazaki – drums (2–3)
• Shingo Kanno – percussion (2)
• Nana – backing vocals (4)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romantic . Kioku no Kiroku . The Federation of Music Publishers Japan . 2020-04-02.
2. Web site: 森高千里 . Idol.ne.jp . 29 December 2018 . 2020-04-02.
3. Web site: Romantic/森高千里 . . 2020-04-02.
4. Web site: 森高千里 . Yamachan Land . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814081514/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_moritaka.html . 2021-06-23. 2011-08-14 .