Pacific (1978 album)

Pacific is a 1978 album featuring instrumental compositions by Japanese musicians Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuro Yamashita. It is the first in the CBS/Sony Sound Image Series.[1]

Pacific
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1978
GenreElectronic, jazz fusion, exotica
LabelCBS/Sony
ProducerMasatoshi Sakai
Haruomi Hosono chronology
Paraiso
(1978)
Pacific
(1978)
The Aegean Sea
(1979)

Critical reception

Jen Monroe of Listen to This called the album "a classic," stating "its unabashed tropical nostalgia acts as a jumping off point for flitting between genres (lounge, funk, disco, rhumba, smooth jazz, Latin fusion, synth pop), all delivered in full-color with jaunty, winking songwriting."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleComposition/ArrangementLength
1."The Last Paradise (最後の楽園)"Hosono4:03
2."Coral Reef (コーラル・リーフ)"Suzuki3:45
3."Nostalgia of Island (Part 1: Wind Bird, Part 2: Walking on the Beach)(ノスタルジア・オブ・アイランド~パート1:バード・ウィンド/パート2:ウォーキング・オン・ザ・ビーチ)"Yamashita9:37
4."Slack Key Rumba (スラック・キー・ルンバ)"Hosono3:02
5."パッション・フラワー (Passion Flower)"Suzuki3:35
6."ノアノア (Noanoa)"Suzuki4:10
7."キスカ (Kiska)"Yamashita5:26
8."Cosmic Surfin'"Hosono5:07

Personnel

  • Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuro Yamashita – Music
  • Tsuguya Inoue (井上嗣也) – Designer
  • Shinichi Hashimoto (橋本伸一) – Director
  • Yuichi Maejima (前島祐一) – Engineer
  • "Teppei" Kasai (笠井“鉄平”) – Associate Engineer
  • Shinpei Asai (浅井慎平) – Photographer
  • Masatoshi Sakai (酒井政利) – Producer

References

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