Akiko Yano: 峠のわが家 & ホントのきもち

These two gems come from a new friend to the site, Lynx. He has graciously provided me the links to these albums and allowed me to upload them to my site! I've been looking for these two for a while and now I'm two albums closer to completing Ms. Yano's discography.

A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU LYNX!!!

He also dabbles in music sharing as well through his youtube account which can be found here~

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnrMo6uhfBNlMqIIXhcan9A

It features some fantastic albums from various J-artists, most of which is brand new to me!

Check it out, I promise you won't regret it!

I've been able to interact with so many people around the world thanks to this blog and I am very happy that this community is filled with kind; generous individuals who can come together through the love of music! Enjoy!





峠のわが家 (1986)


1. The Girl of Integrity
2. David
3. ちいさい秋みつけた
4. 一分間
5. おてちょ。(Drop me a Line)
6. 海と少年 ***
7. 夏の終り
8. そこのアイロンに告ぐ ***
9. Home Sweet Home

ホントのきもち (2004)

1. 行かないで
2. N.Y.C.
3. まっ赤なビー玉
4. House of Desire (Burnin' Down)
5. おいてくよ
6. Night Train Home (acoustic version)
7. Too Good To be True
8. Our Lives
9. Nobuko
10. Night Train Home

Akiko Yano: オーエス オーエス & あそこのアッコちゃん

Here's two more from the sublime Akiko Yano. Thanks to an anonymous uploader, I was able to add these to my collection and now you can too! The album and tracks have been retagged in Japanese. 

オーエス オーエス is Yano's 7th album and it's fantastic. The album was recorded shortly after the first break-up of Yellow Magic Orchestra and with Yano having collaborated with the group numerous time and marrying member Ryuichi Sakamoto two years prior, you can definitely hear the members continued influence in this album. However, オーエス オーエス is more of an amalgamation of all the sounds and genres Yano had experimented with previously but put into a tighter and more cohesive package. This is a sound she would carry throughout the rest of the 80's and into the early 90's. 

あそこのアッコちゃん is a nice compilation filled with material from Yano's first three albums, live selections and a few b-sides. It's definitely worth a listen for those new to Yano or for you completionists out there. I'm still looking for 1986's 峠のわが家, 2000's Home Girl Journey and 2004's ホントのきもち, so if anyone has access to these it'd be greatly appreciated!



オーエス オーエス (1984)

1. おもちゃのチャチャチャ
2. HI,HI,HI
3. きょうのわたくし
4. HIGHLAND
5. SIMON SMITH AND THE AMAZING DANCING BEAR
6. ラーメンたべたい
7. 素顔
8. 終わりの季節
9. GREENFIELDS
10. ASSEMBLY

あそこのアッコちゃん (1989)

1. 丘を越えて
2. ふなまち唄パート1
3. アメフリ
4. 相合傘
5. 昨日はもう
6. やませ(東風) 
7. こどもたち
8. ヨ・ロ・コ・ビ
9. Waterways Flow Backwards Again
10. 気球にのって
11.  行け柳田
12. ハロー・ゼア

Sing Like Talking Studio Albums 1988-1998

Hope this makes up for my neglect takuma. I plan to do a discography for Susmu Hirasawa next. To save space, I put youtube links in the song titles for a highlight track from each album. Enjoy!



TRY AND TRY AGAIN (1988)

1. TRY AND TRY AGAIN
2. DANCIN' WITH YOUR LIES
3. 君がいなければ
4. PLATED PLANNER
5. DANCIN' WITH YOUR LIES (I'M HOT VERSION) 
6. FAIR ～JUST TWO OF US～
7. EVENING IN BYZANTIUM
8. 11月の記憶 ～RAINING BLUES～
9. WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?
10. 眠りに就くまで

City On My Mind (1989)

1. City On My Mind

2. Lovers

3. Go Along

4. On The Crazy Street

5. 長い道距(みちのり)の果てに

6. Don't Let Go

7. If You Are Kind To Us

8. 陽だまりの下で

9. Friend

10. Hope II

III (1990)

1. Interlude: Beats

2. Livin' For The Beat

3. Find It (In Your Heart) ～初夏の印象～

4. 未来のために

5. Hey, Dreamer

6. Time Of Love

7. Interlude: Working

8. Show Time

9. Is It You

10. さよならが云える時

11. Dreamin' About You

12. Interlude: Talking 0:39

13. So Fine ～A Guy's Life Style～

14. Interlude: Street

15. 雨が上がれば

16. 泡沫

0 [ラブ] (1991)

1. Steps of love

2. Do what U want 2 do 4 luv

3. La La La

4. Interlude: I long for you

5. 迷いの要塞 ～Heart to Heart～

6. 嵐の最中 ～Reintroduction～ ***

7. Interlude: P.P

8. Gigolette

9. 愛といえるまで

10. 此の手は離せない

11. Interlude: You are love

12. Your Smile

13. 願いを込めて

14. Missin' you

Humanity (1992)

1. 飛べない翼

2. Hold On

3. 遥かな航海へ

4. Pray

5. With You

6. Rise

7. Sunday Afternoon

8. Slow Love Down

9. 感じるまま ～Humanity～

10. 追憶 ～窓辺の風景～

11. I'm In Love

12. It's City Life

13. きっと何時の日か

togetherness (1994)

1. Together

2. Joy

3. 風に抱かれて

4. My Eye's On You

5. Between Us

6. 幻に恋する日々

7. Night Rhythm

8. Will

9. Your Love

10. Standing

11. 点し火のように

DISCOVERY (1995)

1. 素晴らしい夢の中で

2. Keeps Me Runnin'

3. 見つめる愛で

4. そんな時は

5. Burnin' Love

6. 心の扉

7. Today

8. 夏の彼方

9. 瞬く星に

10. Perfect Love

Welcome To Another World (1997)

1. Seasons Of Change

2. Real Life

3. Starting Over ～ありあまる想いで～

4. Skylark

5. Forever

6. 君の風

7. Rendezvous

8. Spirit Of Love (Sanctified Version)

9. Frame (Remix)

10. Speed

11. The Light Is You

BONUS

Firecracker [1998 SINGLE] ***

Mishio Ogawa: 小川美潮, 4to3, ウレシイノモト & 檸檬の月

I've been having a troubling time with uploading to Mediafire so I decided to try Mega, but then I was having issue with that. Very frustrating.

I apologize for the delay but these are definitely worth the wait! If you enjoyed her work with Chakra, then you will definitely enjoy her solo efforts. 

The first track I ever heard from her was "走れ自転車" which was featured in the brilliant anime film "老人Z" which former Chakra member, Bun Itakura, composed the soundtrack for. Ogawa and Itakura have frequently collaborated with one another over the years and 走れ自転車 is a great example of this.

Each of the albums highlights Ogawa's distinct style while simultaneously bringing something new to each individual effort. Her self titled debut is mostly minimal and abstract however with the following three albums, Ogawa really builds upon a strong foundation with incrementally improving production values, powerful; emotive vocals  and a noticeable effort for a wider pop appeal.   

All these albums are courtesy of an anonymous post from Jpddl. Give them a listen and best wishes during this holiday season! Enjoy!





小川美潮 (1984)

1. おーい
2. 行っといで
3. 時計屋
4. ポテトロイド
5. おかしな午後
6. 光の糸 金の糸
7. 花の子供











4to3 (1991)

1. デンキ
2. Four to Three
3. 夜店の男
4. 野ばら
5. On the Road
6. 記憶
7. ほほえみ
8. 天国と地獄
9. 窓
10. おかしな午後






ウレシイノモト (1992)

1. ウレシイの素
2. きもちのたまご
3. Link
4. 恋
5. Marble
6. 走れ自転車 (album version)
7. Charming
8. Picnic
9. ひとりごと
10. 人と星の镚
11. 逪い夏
BONUS from 老人Z OST
走れ自転車









檸檬の月 (1993)

1. はじめて
2. 檸檬の月
3. ふたつのドア
4. Shambhaline I
5. Shambhaline II
6. Tall Noser
7. Dear Mr. Optimist
8. Monday
9. Chat Show
10. Blue

[REQUEST/REPOST] Anzen Chitai: 安全地帯II & 安全地帯IV

A request for a repost from "99". Hopefully with the holiday coming up this week I can cover some more new post and past reposts! Enjoy!



安全地帯II (1984)

1. ワインレッドの心
2. 真夜中すぎの恋

3. 眠れない隣人

4. マスカレード

5. あなたに

6. ・・・ふたり・・・

7. 真夏のマリア

8. つり下がったハート

9. ダンサー

10. La-La-La

安全地帯IV (1985)

1. 夢のつづき

2. デリカシー

3. 碧い瞳のエリス

4. 合言葉

5. こしゃくなTEL.

6. 消えない夜

7. 悲しみにさよなら

8. 彼女は何かを知っている

9. ガラスのささやき

10. ありふれないで