Chat Chat
{{Infobox album
| name = Chat Chat
| type = studio
| artist = Takako Minekawa
| cover = Chat Chat Takako Minekawa.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1995|06|25}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|Alfa Studio A (Tokyo)|Music Inn (Tokyo)|Think Sync (Tokyo)}}
| genre = Shibuya-kei{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4152186-a-beginners-guide--shibuya-kei|title=A Beginner's Guide: Shibuya Kei|website=Drowned in Sound|date=December 29, 2018|access-date=September 13, 2020|last=Rosean|first=Samuel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618084829/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4152186-a-beginners-guide--shibuya-kei|archive-date=June 18, 2021|url-status=live}}
| length = {{duration|m=51|s=37}}
| label = Polystar
| producer = {{hlist|Takako Minekawa|Kenichi Makimura|Daiji Okai}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = (A Little Touch Of) Baroque in Winter
| next_year = 1995
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chat-chat-mw0001071588|title=Chat Chat – Takako Minekawa|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 13, 2020|last=Jourdan|first=Michael}}
}}
Chat Chat is the debut studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa, released on June 25, 1995 by Polystar.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/254525/products/206519/1/|title=CHAT CHAT {{!}} 嶺川貴子|publisher=Oricon|access-date=September 13, 2020|language=ja}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = I Love
| note1 = Tom T. Hall cover
| writer1 = Hall
| length1 = 2:30
| title2 = Summertime Blues
| note2 = Eddie Cochran cover
| writer2 = {{hlist|Cochran|Jerry Capehart}}
| length2 = 4:35
| title3 = Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
| note3 = {{Nihongo2|風の谷のナウシカ}}, Narumi Yasuda cover
| writer3 = {{hlist|Haruomi Hosono|Takashi Matsumoto}}
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = Clover
| writer4 = Takako Minekawa
| length4 = 5:28
| title5 = Moonlight Shadow
| note5 = Mike Oldfield cover
| writer5 = Oldfield
| length5 = 5:09
| title6 = My Love
| note6 = Susan cover
| writer6 = {{hlist|Peter Barakan|Yukihiro Takahashi}}
| length6 = 6:54
| title7 = Drive My Car
| note7 = The Beatles cover
| writer7 = {{hlist|John Lennon|Paul McCartney}}
| length7 = 2:08
| title8 = Gotta Pull Myself Together
| note8 = The Nolans cover
| writer8 = {{hlist|Ben Findon|Mike Myers|Bob Puzey}}
| length8 = 4:38
| title9 = Circling Times Square
| note9 = originally recorded by Minekawa's band L⇔R
| writer9 = Minekawa
| length9 = 5:09
| title10 = I Love (Instrument)
| writer10 = Hall
| length10 = 2:30
| title11 = Mimi
| writer11 = Minekawa
| length11 = 4:01
| title12 = Love
| note12 = Victoria Williams cover
| writer12 = Williams
| length12 = 4:13
| total_length = 51:37
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Chat Chat|others=Takako Minekawa|publisher=Polystar|year=1995|id=PSCR-5381|type=liner notes}}
Musicians
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- Takako Minekawa – vocals, guitar, keyboards, toy instruments
- Takashi Furuta – drums
- Yoshie Hiragakura – drums, percussion
- Kōji Kurumatani – guitars
- Takamune Negishi – bass
- Hirofumi Tokutake – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Hitoshi Watanabe – acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, cello, mandolin, percussion, ukulele, arrangement
- Eiji Yoshikawa – keyboards, sound manipulation, arrangement
- Toben Yukawa – arrangement
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Production
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- Takako Minekawa – production
- Kenichi Makimura – production
- Masao Nakazato – mastering
- Daiji Okai – production
- Hiroshi Saisu – mixing, recording
- Yasuhiko Terada – mixing, recording
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Design
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- Takako Minekawa – art direction
- Mach5 Go! – design
- Yuji Shiba – photography
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs release|2594380|Chat Chat}}
{{Takako Minekawa}}
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