Pacific (1978 album)
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| Pacific | ||||
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| Released | June 21, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, jazz fusion, exotica | |||
| Length | 38:45 | |||
| Label | CBS/Sony | |||
| Producer | Masatoshi Sakai | |||
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Pacific is a 1978 album featuring instrumental compositions by Japanese musicians Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuro Yamashita. It is the first in the CBS/SONY Sound Image Series.[1]
The album shows a small island named Motu Fara that is part of the Avatoru Pass.
Critical reception
[edit]Jen Monroe of Listen to This called the album "a classic," stating "its unabashed tropical nostalgia acts as a jumping off point for flitting between genres (lounge, funk, disco, rhumba, smooth jazz, Latin fusion, synth pop), all delivered in full-color with jaunty, winking songwriting."[2]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Composition/Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "The Last Paradise (最後の楽園)" | Hosono | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Coral Reef (コーラル・リーフ)" | Suzuki | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Nostalgia of Island (Part 1: Wind Bird, Part 2: Walking on the Beach)(ノスタルジア・オブ・アイランド～パート1:バード・ウィンド/パート2:ウォーキング・オン・ザ・ビーチ)" | Yamashita | 9:37 |
| 4. | "Slack Key Rumba (スラック・キー・ルンバ)" | Hosono | 3:02 |
| 5. | "パッション・フラワー (Passion Flower)" | Suzuki | 3:35 |
| 6. | "ノアノア (Noanoa)" | Suzuki | 4:10 |
| 7. | "キスカ (Kiska)" | Yamashita | 5:26 |
| 8. | "Cosmic Surfin'" | Hosono | 5:07 |
Personnel
[edit]- Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuro Yamashita – Music
- Tsuguya Inoue (井上嗣也) – Designer
- Shinichi Hashimoto (橋本伸一) – Director
- Yuichi Maejima (前島祐一) – Engineer
- "Teppei" Kasai (笠井“鉄平”) – Associate Engineer
- Shinpei Asai (浅井慎平) – Photographer
- Masatoshi Sakai (酒井政利) – Producer
References
[edit]- ^ "Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita – Pacific". Discogs.
- ^ Monroe, Jen (August 23, 2017). "Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita – Pacific, 1978". Listen to This. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
