Toki no Nai Hotel explained
| Toki no Nai Hotel |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Yumi Matsutoya |
| Cover: | tokinonaihotel.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 45:06 |
| Label: | Toshiba-EMI/Express |
| Producer: | Masataka Matsutoya |
| Prev Title: | Kanashii Hodo Otenki |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Surf and Snow Volume One |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, released in June 1980.
Pictures featured on the back and front sleeve art were taken at the Brown's Hotel in London. No songs were released as a single except "Tamerai", which first appeared as a B-side of the non-album track "Daydream", released in May 1980.
Like other studio albums which came out after she remained with EMI in 1977 when Alfa finally started operating as a record label, Toki no Nai Hotel was released on CD for the first time in 1985.[1] The album was reissued in 1999, digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman.[2]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yumi Matsutoya, arranged by Masataka Matsutoya.
- ""– 5:26
- "" – 4:15
- "Miss Lonely" – 4:28
- "Ame ni Kieta Jogger[3] " – 5:00
- "" – 3:46
- "" – 4:30
- "" – 6:22
- "" – 7:18
- "" – 4:02
Footnotes
- http://music.geocities.jp/yuming_release_concert_2006/disco/album/09.html のないホテル
- http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCT-10642 cdjapan.co.jp
- The term "Joger" is a misspelling of "Jogger".
Recorded versions
- "Mizu no Kage" was originally written for the female folk duo called Simons in 1978.
- "Tamerai" was originally written for Midori Hagio. The song was later covered by Yoshiko Miyazaki, Keiko Saito, and Pink Lady member Keiko Masuda.
- Queen's Fellows, a 2002 tribute album for Matsutoya includes two cover versions of the songs which were featured on Toki no Nai Hotel; "Cecile no Shumatsu" performed by Aiko and the title track by Takao Tajima.
Personnel
- Masataka Matsutoya - keyboards
- Tatsuo Hayashi - drums
- Jun Aoyama - drums
- Yuichi Tokashiki - drums
- Nobu Saito - percussion
- Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar
- Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitar
- Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar
- Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
- Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Hiromi Yasuda - acoustic guitar
- Masamichi Sugi - backing vocals
- Kiyoshi Saito - saxophone
- Jake H Conception - saxophone
- Shunzo Sunabara - saxophone
- Yukio Eto - flute
- Eiju Yamada - horn
- Yasuhiro Okita- horn
- Tomato Strings Unsemble - strings
- Junichi Hiiro - violin
- Leona - backing vocals
- Clara - backing vocals
- Lilika - backing vocals
- Hideki Matsutake - synthesizer programming
Chart position
| Year | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales/shipments |
|---|
| 1980 | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) | 3 [4] | 24 | 210,000+[5] |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 14 | 24 | |
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