Toki no Nai Hotel
| Toki no Nai Hotel | ||||
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| Released | June 21, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 45:06 | |||
| Label | Toshiba-EMI/Express | |||
| Producer | Masataka Matsutoya | |||
| Yumi Matsutoya chronology | ||||
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Toki no Nai Hotel (Japanese: 時のないホテル, Toki no Nai Hoteru; English: "Hotels Without Time") 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.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cecile no Shūmatsu (セシルの週末; Seshiru no Shūmatsu)" | 5:26 |
| 2. | "Toki no Nai Hotel (時のないホテル; Toki no Nai Hoteru)" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Miss Lonely" | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Ame ni Kieta Jogger (雨に消えたジョガー; Ame ni Kieta Jogā)" | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Tamerai (ためらい)" | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Yosoyuki Gao de (よそゆき顔で)" | 4:30 |
| 7. | "5cm no Mukougishi (5cmの向こう岸; 5 Senchi no Mukougishi)" | 6:22 |
| 8. | "Compartment (コンパートメント; Konpātomento)" | 7:18 |
| 9. | "Mizu no Kage (水の影)" | 4:02 |
| Total length: | 45:07 | |
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 [3] | 24 | 210,000+[4] |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 14 [3] | 24 |
References
- ↑ のないホテル
- ↑ cdjapan.co.jp
- 1 2 "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Yumi Matsutoya" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ jpopmusic.com