Lovebeat
{{Infobox album
| name = Lovebeat
| type = studio
| artist = Yoshinori Sunahara
| cover = Lovebeat cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|05|23}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Electronic
| length = {{Duration|m=58|s=28}}
| label = Ki/oon Records
| producer = Yoshinori Sunahara
| prev_title = The Sound of '70s
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Works '95–'05
| next_year = 2007
}}
Lovebeat is the fourth solo studio album by Yoshinori Sunahara. It was released on Ki/oon Records on May 23, 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/YoshinoriSunahara/discography/KSC2-387|title=LOVEBEAT|website=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|language=ja|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/210375/products/442231/1/|title=LOVEBEAT {{!}} 砂原良徳|website=Oricon|language=ja|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Snoozer
| rev1score = favorable{{cite journal|first1=Jiro|last1=Dai|first2=Keiji|last2=Mura|first3=Ryota|last3=Kato|title=どこまでも透明に張りつめた、残酷な愛のビートが君を醒ます|journal=Snoozer|publisher=Little More|language=ja|date=June 2001|page=49}}
| rev2 = The Wire
| rev2score = favorable{{cite journal|first=Ken|last=Hollings|title=Electronica|journal=The Wire|date=November 2002|page=83}}
}}
Ken Hollings of The Wire wrote, "Sunahara's fourth solo album finds the Techno dreamer extraordinaire returning to basics in its reappraisal of origins and influences."
Snoozer placed the album at number 8 on the "50 Best Albums of the Year" list.{{cite journal|title=50 Best Albums of the Year|journal=Snoozer|publisher=Little More|language=ja|date=February 2002|pages=54–61}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Earth Beat
| length1 = 4:56
| title2 = Balance
| length2 = 6:24
| title3 = In and Out
| length3 = 5:00
| title4 = Lovebeat
| length4 = 7:26
| title5 = Spiral Never Before
| length5 = 5:38
| title6 = Echo Endless Echo
| length6 = 3:13
| title7 = Hold'on Tight
| length7 = 4:49
| title8 = Sun Beats Down
| length8 = 5:48
| title9 = Bright Beat
| length9 = 7:30
| title10 = The Center of Gravity
| length10 = 7:43
| total_length = 58:28
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|51790|Lovebeat}}
{{Yoshinori Sunahara}}
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