Taiyo (Chisato Moritaka album) explained

Taiyo
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chisato Moritaka
Cover:	Chisato Moritaka - Taiyo.jpg
Recorded:	1995–1996
Label:	One Up Music
Prev Title:	Do the Best
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Peachberry
Next Year:	1997

is the 10th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on July 15, 1996, by One Up Music. The album features the hit singles "Yasumi no Gogo", "So Blue", and "La La Sunshine", as well as two commercial jingles for Suntory liquor products. "Gin Gin Gin" served as the basis for Moritaka's 1995 Christmas single "Jin Jin Jingle Bell". Taiyo is also the second album in Moritaka's catalog to include a cover version of a Beatles song. A limited edition release included a lenticular cover featuring Moritaka changing her facial expressions and a 10-page photo book.^{[1] [2]}

The album reached No. 3 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 386,000 copies.^{[3] [4]} It was also Moritaka's last album to be certified Platinum by the RIAJ.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Yuichi Takahashi, except where indicated.

Personnel

• Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums (all tracks), rhythm guitar (2), recorder (13, 15)
• Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1–7, 9–10, 12–15)
• Hideo Saitō – guitar, bass, horns, tambourine, backing vocals (8)
• Yasuaki Maejima – Fender Rhodes (1–3, 11, 12), piano (4, 6, 8, 12), keyboards (7), percussion (7), organ (8)
• Shin Hashimoto – piano (1, 4–5, 9-10, 13–14), taishōgoto (10, 14), keyboards (13–15), guitar (13–14)
• Yukio Seto – bass (1–2, 4–6, 10, 13–15), guitar (2–4, 7, 11–12, 14), wind chime (11)
• Masafumi Yokoyama – bass (3, 12)
• Teruo Moritaka – bass (11)
• Henderson – backing vocals (5)
• Takahisa Yuzawa – backing vocals (10)

Certification

Notes and References

1. Web site: TAIYO . Kioku no Kiroku . The Federation of Music Publishers Japan . 2020-04-03.
2. Web site: 森高千里 . Idol.ne.jp . 29 December 2018 . 2020-04-03.
3. Web site: TAIYO/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 .