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Neptune (Toshinobu Kubota album)

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Released
  
July 1, 1992

Neptune (1992)
  
The Baddest II (1993)

Release date
  
1 July 1992

Length
  
57:10

Artist
  
Toshinobu Kubota

Label
  
SME Records

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Recorded
  
1991-1992 Electric Lady Studios NYC

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Dance-pop

Producers
  
Toshinobu Kubota, Youichirou Kakizaki

Similar
  
Toshinobu Kubota albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Neptune is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota, released on July 1, 1992. The album charted at number 3 on the Oricon Monthly Albums chart and remained on the charts for total of 13 weeks. The album sold a total of 484,000 units, reaching double platinum certification.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Mayonaka no Taiyō (真夜中の太陽, "Midnight Sun")
  2. To the Limit
  3. Adeus Meu Amor
  4. Toranpetto Fukinagara (トランペット吹きながら, "Playing a Trumpet")
  5. Natsu no Shigosen (夏の子午線, "Summer Meridian")
  6. Sweet Dreams: Sotto Oyasumi (Ｓｗｅｅｔ　Ｄｒｅａｍｓ～そっとおやすみ～)
  7. Let's Get a Groove: Yo! Hips
  8. Our Masterpiece
  9. Pump Up Your Gold
  10. Get Six
  11. Chikai (誓い, "Oath")

Personnel

  • Artwork (art direction & design): Ryuzoh Nagasex (Sony Records)
  • Artwork (type setting): Art Press
  • Co-producer: Andres Levin (tracks 1, 4, 10), Camus Celli (tracks 1, 4, 10), Jeff Bova (tracks: 9), Yoichiro Kakizaki (tracks 2, 3, 5 to 8, 11)
  • Engineer: Stephen Seltzer
  • Engineer (assistant): Jenni Bette, Shannon Carr
  • Engineer (mastering): Ted Jensen
  • Executive producer: Hidenori Taga (Kitty), Yasohachi "88" Itoh (Sony Records)
  • Lyrics: Masumi Kawamura (tracks 2, 5), Toshinobu Kubota (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 to 11)
  • Mixing: Larry Alexander, Stephen Seltzer
  • Music: Yoichiro Kakizaki (track 9)
  • Photography: Yoshiaki Sugiyama
  • Photography (digital): Foton
  • Production, music: Toshinobu Kubota

    • Funkin' On Neptune Tour

    Staged from June 26 to October 1, 1992, and included songs from the album Neptune, as well as the songs "Time (Shower ni Utarete)" and "Eien no Tsubasa" from his previous album Groovin'.

    The opening act for the June 26 show was Yoshie Shimizu.

    Set list

    1. Let's Get a Groove: Yo! Hips
    2. Natsu no Shigosen
    3. To the Limit
    4. Our Masterpiece
    5. Eien no Tsubasa
    6. Mayonaka no Taiyō
    7. Time (Shower ni Utarete)

    Personnel

    Band
  • Bass: Dale Sanders
  • Guitar: Ichiro Haneda
  • Keyboard: Yoichiro Kakizaki, Takuo Sugiyama
  • Percussion: Obao Nakajima
  • Other instruments: Hiroshi Araki, Kazufumi Suzuki
    • Background vocalists
  • Dale Sanders
  • Rinko Urashima
  • Yoko Takahashi

    • Songs

    To the Limit
    Adeus Meu[~] Amor
    Let's Get A Groove〜Yo! Hips〜

    References

    Neptune (Toshinobu Kubota album) Wikipedia
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