Sava Sava Explained

Sava Sava
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chisato Moritaka
Cover:	Chisato Moritaka - Sava Sava.jpg
Recorded:	1997–1998
Language:	Japanese
Label:	zetima
Producer:	Yukio Seto
Prev Title:	Kotoshi no Natsu wa More Better
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	The Best Selection of First Moritaka 1987–1993
Next Year:	1999

is the 13th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on September 9, 1998, by zetima. The album is unique for containing a 22-page photo book and a fold-out poster featuring the same head shot of Moritaka in slightly different angles. It was Moritaka's final studio album prior to her marriage to actor Yōsuke Eguchi on June 3, 1999, and her subsequent retirement from the music industry.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The album reached No. 7 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 92,000 copies.^{[4] [5]}

Personnel

• Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums (all tracks)
• Yuichi Takahashi – guitar (1, 4, 6, 10–11), synthesizer programming (2, 4–7, 10), keyboards (11)
• Shin Kōno – keyboards & synthesizer programming (1), Fender Rhodes (7)
• Shin Hashimoto – piano (4, 10–11), Fender Rhodes (4), keyboards (11)
• Yasuaki Maejima – piano (5), Fender Rhodes (5)
• Shunsuke Suzuki – guitar (1–2), ukulele (2), sitar (2), synthesizer programming (2), pedal steel guitar (8), mandolin (8)
• Shikao Suga – guitar (3), bass (3), backing vocals (3)
• Yukio Seto – guitar (4–7, 11), percussion (7), bass (8, 11), wind chimes (8)
• Naoyuki Irie – bass (1)
• Udai Shika – cello (1)
• Masaaki Shigematsu – cello (1)
• Yasuo Maruyama – cello (1)
• Hideyuki Komatsu – bass (2)
• Fumitoshi Nakamura – manipulator (3)
• COIL – all instruments except drums (9)

• Sadayoshi "OK" Okamoto

• Yōsuke Satō

External links

• (Chisato Moritaka)
• (Up-Front Works)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography . Chisato Moritaka Official Website . . 2020-04-02.
2. Web site: SAVA SAVA . Kioku no Kiroku . The Federation of Music Publishers Japan . 2020-04-02.
3. Web site: 森高千里 . Idol.ne.jp . 2020-04-02.
4. Web site: Sava Sava/森高千里 . . 2020-04-02.
5. 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 .