Under the Sun (Yosui Inoue album)


Under the Sun is the 16th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in September 1993.
Two songs "Gogatsu no Wakare" and "Make-Up Shadow" were released as a single prior to the album, and the latter became a massive hit.
"Make-Up Shadow" was featured as the theme song for Subarashikikana Jinsei, a television drama aired on Fuji TV. The music was composed by Jun Sato, and Inoue wrote the lyrics. The song became the highest-charting single for Inoue, reaching number-two on the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles charts, selling in excess of 800,000 copies. Sato also arranged the song, and his arrangement won him a prize at the 35th Japan Record Awards.
The album debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon, and became his fifth chart-topping non-compilation album since 9.5 Carats released in 1984.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yosui Inoue
  1. "Be-Pop Juggler" - 3:10
  2. "Eleven" - 4:43
  3. "Mizugameza no Yoru" - 4:37
  4. "Power Down" - 4:42
  5. "Make-up Shadow" - 4:07
  6. "Canadian Accordion" - 5:34
  7. "Kagi no Kazu" - 4:28
  8. "Stoic" - 5:50
  9. "Go-gatsu no Wakare" - 5:06
  10. "Under the Sun" - 5:41
  11. "Nagai Hanashi" - 4:06

    Personnel

  • Yosui Inoue - Lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jun Sato - Piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals
  • Banana-UG-Kawashima - Synthesizer, piano
  • Yoshinobu Kojima - Organ, piano
  • Yasuharu Nakanishi - Piano
  • Yasuhiro Kobayashi - Accordion
  • Tsuyoshi Kon - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Susumu Osada - Electric guitar
  • Haruo Kubota - Electric guitar
  • Koki Ito - Bass guitar
  • Chiharu Mikuzuki - Bass guitar
  • Hiroshi Igarashi - Auto harp, banjo, steel drums
  • Motoya Hamaguchi - Percussion, kalimba
  • Nobu Saito - Percussion
  • Hideo Yamaki - Drums
  • Jun Aoyama - Drums
  • Shin Kazuhara - Trumpet
  • Jake H. Conception - Saxophone
  • Taro Kiyooka - Trombone
  • Hidefumi Toki - Clarinet
  • Aska Strings - Strings
  • Ma*To - Computer programming
  • Keishi Urata - Computer programming
  • Hideki Matsutake - Computer programming
  • Naoki "Taro" Suzuki - Drums programming
  • Seri - Background vocals
  • Nisa - Background vocals
  • Anna - Background vocals
  • Eve - Background vocals

    Production

  • Arranger: Yosui Inoue, Jun Sato, Tsuyoshi Kon, Banana-UG-Kawashima, Yasuharu Nakanishi, Haruo Kubota
  • Composer: Yosui Inoue, Utsuru Ayame, Kyohei Tsutsumi, Natsumi Hirai, Jun Sato, Banana-UG-Kawashima
  • Lyricist: Yosui Inoue, Yasushi Akimoto
  • Mixing Engineer: Tamotsu Yoshida, Jun Tendo, Takayoshi Yamanouchi, Yuta Kagema
  • Recording Engineer: Jun Tendo, Junichi YAmazaki, Takayoshi Yamanouchi, Yuji Kuraishi, Kazuya Yoshida, Kazuya Miyazaki
  • Session Support Engineer: Kenji Igarashi, Yutaka Uematsu, Motoyoshi Komine, Junichi Hohrin, Yuko Suzuki, Hajime Nagai, Kenji Matsunaga, Kaoru Matsuyama
  • Mastering Engineer: Toru Kotetsu, Masayoshi Nakajo
  • Art/Styling: Sachico Ito
  • Photographer: Kenji Miura
  • Artwork producer: Noriko Shimoyama
  • Artwork designer:Shuzo Hayashi
  • Artwork supervisor: Tomio Watanabe
  • Artwork: Hiroshi Shoji
  • Promotion Staff: Mitsuo Sakauchi, Yasuhide Sasa
  • Production Coordinator: Sei Sato, Takashi Yokoo, Yasuko Makino, Chiharu Senoma
  • Production Manager: Nao Funatsu
  • Production Assistant: Hidenori Muto, Rie Nishioka, Satoko Ishizaki

    Chart positions

Album

Singles

Release history