Can I Sing?
| Can I Sing? | ||||
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| Released | 5 October 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 38:36 | |||
| Label | Kitty | |||
| Producer | Masayoshi Takanaka | |||
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Can I Sing? is the twelfth studio album by Japanese musician, producer, and composer Masayoshi Takanaka, released by Kitty Records on 5 October 1983.[1]
Charts
The album reached number 2 on the Oricon chart.[2] It reached number 2 on the Music Labo albums chart,[3] having debuted at number 7.[4] It reached number 2 on the Cash Box of Japan LPs chart published on 12 November 1983,[5] but no Japanese chart was published the following week.
Single
The single Jumping Take Off reached number 70 on the Oricon Singles Chart.[2]
Track listing
All music is composed by Masayoshi Takanaka.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tokyo…Singin' in the City" | Diane Silverthorn | 3:19 |
| 2. | "我ら星の子" (Warera Boshi no Ko, "Us Children of the Stars") | 3:39 | |
| 3. | "Sail on Fire" | Chris Mosdell | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Straight from Your Heart" | Mosdell | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Jumping Take Off" | 4:16 | |
| 6. | "Santigo Bay Rendez-Vous" | Silverthorn | 4:26 |
| 7. | "Funk'n'Roll Train" | 2:53 | |
| 8. | "Cry Baby Cry" | 4:19 | |
| 9. | "Noon" | Etsuko Kisugi | 3:04 |
| 10. | "Can I Sing…For You" | 4:36 |
Personnel
Credits and personnel adapted from liner notes.[6]
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See also
References
- 高中正義 / CAN I SING? (紙ジャケット仕様) (限定)(廃盤). CDJournal.
- 高中正義 / CAN I SING? (SHM-CD). CDJournal.
- 高中正義 日本を代表するスーパーギタリストのKittyイヤーズの人気作3作品がリマスター/180g重量盤カラーアナログ化. Tower Records. 20 October 2025.
- ↑ Kitty Records catalogue numbers 28MS 0045, 3133-8 (35KT) and 28CS 0045.
- 1 2 Oricon
- ↑ "Japan" in "Hits of the World". Billboard. 29 October 1983, p 65. 5 November 1983, p 65.
- ↑ Billboard. 22 October 1983, p 66.
- ↑ Cash Box. 12 November 1983, p 27.
- ↑ Masayoshi Takanaka - Can I Sing?, 1983, retrieved 14 April 2026
