Keisuke Kuwata (album)

Keisuke Kuwata
Keisuke Kuwata
Studio album by Keisuke Kuwata
Released	July 9, 1988
Recorded	July 1987 – May 1988, at the Victor Aoyama Studio (Tokyo, Japan)
Genre	Rock, pop, adult contemporary
Length	48:20
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Victor Entertainment/Taishita
Producer	Keisuke Kuwata, Takeshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Fujii
Keisuke Kuwata chronology
Singles from Keisuke Kuwata
	"Itsuka Dokoka de (I Feel the Echo)"; Released: October 6, 1987; "Kanashii Kimochi"; Released: March 16, 1988;

Keisuke Kuwata is the studio album recorded by Keisuke Kuwata, the frontman of the Japanese rock band Southern All Stars. It was released by Taishita label under the Victor Entertainment in July 1988, shortly after the 10th anniversary of the band. Aside from the 1982 live recording album Kamon Yuzo and Victor Wheels Live released under the pseudonym Yūzō Kamon, it was first Kuwata's solo effort.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Keisuke Kuwata

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kanashimi no Prisoner (哀しみのプリズナー)"	4:16
2.	"Ima demo Kimi o Aishiteru (今でも君を愛してる)"	3:27
3.	"Robō no Ie nite (路傍の家にて)"	3:33
4.	"Dear Boys"	3:18
5.	"Heart ni Burei Bijin (ハートに無礼美人) (Get out of My Chevvy)"	3:39
6.	"Itsuka Dokoka de (いつか何処かで) (I Feel the Echo)"	5:19
7.	"Big Blonde Boy"	3:44
8.	"Blue (こんな夜には眠れない, Konna Yoru ni wa Nemurenai)"	4:50
9.	"Tōi Machikado (遠い街角) (The Wanderin' Street)"	3:57
10.	"Kanashii Kimochi (悲しい気持ち) (Just a Man in Love)"	3:54
11.	"Aibu to Satsui no Kōsaten (愛撫と殺意の交差点)"	3:36
12.	"Dareka no Kaze no Ato (誰かの風の跡)"	4:44

Personnel[edit]

Keisuke Kuwata – vocals, chorus, produce, arrangement
Takeshi Kobayashi – keyboards, synthesizer, synth bass, background vocals, produce, arrangement
Takeshi Fujii – drum programming, synth programming, sequencing, computer programming, produce, arrangement

Additional players

Satoshi Kadokura – synthesizer, synth bass, co-arrangement on track 11
Susumu Osada – guitar
Sueaki Harada – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele
Makoto Saito – acoustic guitar
Toshiaki Usui – acoustic guitar
Junichi Kawauchi – acoustic guitar
Jun Shimoyama – guitar
Jin Takuma – bass
Tatsuhiko Hizawa – bass
Hideo Yamaki – snare, cymbals
Soul Toul – mallet cymbals
Osamu Matsumoto – trombone

Guest vocalists

Ann Lewis – chorus
Mariya Takeuchi – chorus
Yūko Hara – chorus
Masamichi Sugi – chorus
Haruko Kuwana – chorus
Yūki Kuwata – shout

Accolades[edit]

Japan Record Awards[edit]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1988	Keisuke Kuwata	Excellent Albums ^[2]	Won

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1988)	Position	Sales
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[3]	1	655,000+ ^[4]

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1988)	Position
Japanese Albums Chart^[5]	6

References[edit]

^ "DISCOGRAPHY > 桑田佳祐 > ALBUM > Keisuke Kuwata". sas-fan.net (in Japanese). Southern All Stars official site. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
^ 第30回日本レコード大賞 [The 30th Record Awards Winners]. jacompa.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Composers Association. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Keisuke Kuwata／桑田佳祐-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for Keisuke Kuwata by Keisuke Kuwata]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
^ 年間アルバムヒットチャート 1988年（昭和63年） [Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1988] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-11-13.

[1] "DISCOGRAPHY > 桑田佳祐 > ALBUM > Keisuke Kuwata". sas-fan.net (in Japanese). Southern All Stars official site. Retrieved 2014-02-03.

[2] 第30回日本レコード大賞 [The 30th Record Awards Winners]. jacompa.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Composers Association. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

[3] "Keisuke Kuwata／桑田佳祐-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for Keisuke Kuwata by Keisuke Kuwata]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.

[JPCB-4] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

[5] 年間アルバムヒットチャート 1988年（昭和63年） [Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1988] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-11-13.

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