Momoko Kikuchi
Ocean Side (Japan Import)
Label: VAP
Catalog: 30152-28
Year: 1984
Media Condition: VG+
Sleeve Condition: VG+
Genre: City Pop, Disco, Funk, Soul
Includes colour insert and OBI. Japan Import.
2023 Reissue on Pink Vinyl.
Adopted remastered sound sources for all songs, double-page spread lyric cards that reproduce the original specifications, reprinted with belt specifications.
The 1st album released in 1984 with an impressive artwork floating in the ennui sea.
80’s J-POP, such as the 80’s funk number “Blind Curve”, which was re-evaluated after being covered by Indonesian singer Rainych, and the wet ballad “So Many Dreams”, which also has sorrowful lyrics. A debut work colored with songs that represent . In addition, Tetsuji Hayashi, who composes and arranges all songs, supports the world view that does not end with a simple idol record.
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar – Chuei Yoshikawa
- Arranged By [Brass] – 兼崎順一* (tracks: A1)
- Bass – Kenji Takamizu, Yasuo Tomikura
- Chorus – Etsuko Yamakawa, Kiyoshi Hiyama, S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe, Tetsuji Hayashi, Yasuhiro Kido
- Composed By, Arranged By – 林 哲司*
- Concept By [Story By] – Koichi Fujita, Yasushi Akimoto
- Design – Isao Sakai, Yumiko Ohta
- Design Concept [Visual Concept] – Koichi Fujita
- Drums – Jun Aoyama, Masahiro Miyazaki, Shuichi Ponta Murakami*, Tatsuo Hayashi
- Electric Guitar – Masaki Matsubara, Touru Aoyama*, Tsuyoshi Kon
- Engineer [Assistant] – Junichi Fujimori, Mizuo Miura, Satoshi Yoshii, Yoshiaki Matsuoka
- Engineer [Cutting] – Osamu Shimoju
- Engineer [Recording] – Hiroshi Fujita, Jun Wakao, Katsuo Sekine, Kunihiko Shimizu
- Engineer [Remix] – Kunihiko Shimizu
- Executive-Producer – Katsuhiko Endo
- Keyboards – Akira Nishimoto, Haruo Togashi, Nobuo Kurata, Shoji Nanba*
- Lyrics By – 佐藤純子* (tracks: A2, B3), 青木久美子* (tracks: A1), 秋元 康* (tracks: A3 to B2, B4)
- Make-Up – Tsukasa Shinbori
- Management [Artist] – Hiromi Negishi, Kazumi Iwasaki, Minoru Ichihara
- Percussion – Nobu Saito
- Photography By [Back Cover] – Akira Tateishi, Katsutoshi Itoh*
- Photography By [Front Cover & Inner] – Tadayasu Ozawa
- Producer – Koichi Fujita
- Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Hiroshi Sukegawa
- Saxophone – Jake H. Concepcion, Satoshi Nakamura
- Saxophone [Solo] – Jake H. Concepcion (tracks: A1)
- Sound Designer [Sound Creator] – Tetsuji Hayashi
- Strings – Joe Kato Group
- Stylist – Satoshi Ouno*
- Supervised By [Assistant Director] – Kazuya Ebine
- Supervised By [Director] – Norihiro Sawada, Yoshiaki Ishiwata
- Trombone – Sumio Okada, Yasuo Hirauchi
- Trumpet – Junichi Kanezaki, Kenichiro Hayashi