Euphony (Casiopea album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Euphony
| type = Studio album
| artist = Casiopea
| cover =Euphony (Casiopea album).jpg
|border=yes
| alt =
| released = April 25, 1988
| recorded = from January 7 to February 5, 1988
| venue =
| studio = Studio Jive, Tokyo {{flagicon|JPN}}
| genre = Jazz fusion
| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=55}}
| label = Polydor K.K. / AURA
28MX-2549
| producer = Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
| prev_title = Platinum
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Casiopea World Live '88
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Euphony
| type = Studio
| single1 = Bayside Express/Taiyo-Fu H10P-30002
| single1date = April 25, 1988
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|0|5}}[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r283269|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Euphony is the eighteenth album and the thirteenth studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1988.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Side A
| total_length = 20:52
| title1 = Taiyo-Fu
| note1 = The Wind From The Sun
| music1 = Issei Noro
| length1 = 4:13
| title2 = Shadow Man
| music2 = Issei Noro
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Super Sonic Movement
| music3 = Issei Noro
| length3 = 4:24
| title4 = Inishie
| note4 = Old Times
| music4 = Minoru Mukaiya
| length4 = 3:44
| title5 = Bayside Express
| music5 = Issei Noro
| length5 = 4:54
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side B
| total_length = 20:03
| title1 = Sentimental Avenue
| music1 = Issei Noro
| length1 = 3:25
| title2 = Solid Swing
| music2 = Akira Jimbo
| length2 = 1:58
| title3 = Hacker
| music3 = Minoru Mukaiya
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = Pure Green
| music4 = Issei Noro
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = Red Zone
| music5 = Tetsuo Sakurai
| length5 = 3:07
| title6 = Mei-Mu
| note6 = Shallow Dreams
| music6 = Issei Noro
| length6 = 3:58
}}
Re-released in 2009 with "Halle" (live version) added to the track listing.
Personnel
CASIOPEA are
:Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, G10 Guitar MIDI Controller with TX802 & D-50, RX-5), Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)
:Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA KX-88, DX-7, TX-816, TX-16W, QX-3, RX-5, EMULATOR II, KORG DSM-1, Acoustic Piano, ROLAND D-50 & D-550, DYNACORD ADD-one, OBERHEIM EXPANDER)
:Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-5000 & 5000 W/PIEZO PICK UP. STUD Bass, BB-3000 fretless)
:Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 & 6000 Series, ZILDJAN CYMBALS & Hooper Drum)
Production
- Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Executive producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
- Director - Koichi Nakagawa
- Recording & Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori
- Mixing engineer - Mitsuharu Kobayashi
- Digital Editing Engineer - Kazumi Sugiura
- Assistant Engineers - Hiroyuki Shimura, Yuji Kuraishi, Masashi Kudo
- Production management - Masato Arai
- Management - Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi, Hisashi Aratake
- Equipment Co-Ordinator - Hideji "Mahka" Uekusa
- Art Director - Masami Akiyama
- Photograph - Osamu Yabushita
- Stylist - Reiko Ohishi
- Hair & Make - Tadamichi Hiwatashi
- Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka
Release history
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! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog ! Note |
| rowspan="5"| Japan
| rowspan="2"| April 25, 1988 | rowspan="3"| Polydor K.K. / AURA | 30cmLP | 28MX-2549 | stereo |
| rowspan="2"| 12cmCD
| H33P-20241 | |
| July 1, 1992
| POCH-1222 | |
| June 24, 2009
| rowspan="2"| Universal Music LLC / AURA | rowspan="2"| remastered SHM-CD | UPCY-6539 | |
| June 24, 2017
| UPCY-9701 | J-FUSION 40th |
External links
- {{Discogs release|id=3806025|name=CASIOPEA – Euphony|type=album}}
- {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=5d388b31-a989-48d1-aa2d-46bb03d92648|name=Euphony}}
References
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