Sun Sun
{{Infobox album
| name = Sun Sun
| type = Studio
| artist = Casiopea
| cover = CasiopeaSunSunalbumcover.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 10, 1986
| recorded = from June 8 to June 29, 1986
| venue =
| studio = The Hit Factory, New York City
| genre = Jazz fusion
| length = {{Duration|m=51|s=14}}
| label = Alfa Records
ALR-28085
| producer = Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro
| prev_title = Casiopea Live
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Casiopea Perfect Live II
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Sun Sun
| type = Studio
| single1 = Sun/Mr. Unique/Samba Mania ALR-12005
| single1date = August 25, 1986
}}
}}
Sun Sun is the fifteenth album and the eleventh studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1986.
Track listing
=LP=
{{track listing
| headline = Side A
| total_length = 20:38
| title1 = Conjunction
| lyrics1 = -
| music1 = Issei Noro
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = Coast To Coast
| lyrics2 = -
| music2 = Issei Noro
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Keepers
| lyrics3 = -
| music3 = Issei Noro
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = Lunar Shade
| lyrics4 = -
| music4 = Issei Noro
| length4 = 4:16
| title5 = Sun
| lyrics5 = Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro
| music5 = Carlos Alomar
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = After Glow
| lyrics6 = -
| music6 = Akira Jimbo
| length6 = 3:18
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side B
| total_length = 19:33
| title1 = Departure
| lyrics1 = -
| music1 = Akira Jimbo
| length1 = 3:05
| title2 = Someone's Love
| lyrics2 = Carlos Alomar
| music2 = Issei Noro
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Mi Señora
| lyrics3 = -
| music3 = Tetsuo Sakurai
| length3 = 3:22
| title4 = Something's Wrong (Change It)
| lyrics4 = Carlos Alomar
| music4 = Carlos Alomar
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = Transformation 1
| lyrics5 = -
| music5 = Minoru Mukaiya
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = Planetoid ~ Mother Earth
| lyrics6 = -
| music6 = Issei Noro
| length6 = 5:12
}}
=CD=
{{track listing
| headline =
| total_length = 51:14
| title1 = Conjunction
| lyrics1 = -
| music1 = Issei Noro
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = Coast To Coast
| lyrics2 = -
| music2 = Issei Noro
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Keepers
| lyrics3 = -
| music3 = Issei Noro
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = Lunar Shade
| lyrics4 = -
| music4 = Issei Noro
| length4 = 4:16
| title5 = Sun
| lyrics5 = Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro
| music5 = Carlos Alomar
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = After Glow
| lyrics6 = -
| music6 = Akira Jimbo
| length6 = 3:18
| title7 = Mr. Unique
| note7 = CD, 12inch bounus track
| lyrics7 = -
| music7 = Issei Noro
| length7 = 4:16
| title8 = Samba Mania
| note8 = CD, 12inch bounus track
| lyrics8 = -
| music8 = Minoru Mukaiya
| length8 = 3:12
| title9 = Departure
| lyrics9 = -
| music9 = Akira Jimbo
| length9 = 3:05
| title10 = Someone's Love
| lyrics10 = Carlos Alomar
| music10 = Issei Noro
| length10 = 3:45
| title11 = Mi Señora
| lyrics11 = -
| music11 = Tetsuo Sakurai
| length11 = 3:22
| title12 = Something's Wrong (Change It)
| lyrics12 = Carlos Alomar
| music12 = Carlos Alomar
| length12 = 4:31
| title13 = Transformation 1
| lyrics13 = -
| music13 = Minoru Mukaiya
| length13 = 3:23
| title14 = Planetoid ~ Mother Earth
| lyrics14 = -
| music14 = Issei Noro
| length14 = 5:12
}}
Personnel
Casiopea are
:Issei Noro – electric guitar (Yamaha Issei Model, SG-3000 Fretless & Kramea Pitchrider-7000 with DX-7)
:Minoru Mukaiya – keyboards (Yamaha DX-7, KX-88, KX-76, TX-816, QX-1, Korg DSS-1, EX-8000, Roland SBX-0, TR-727, Emulator-II, AKAI S-900 & acoustic piano)
:Tetsuo Sakurai – electric bass (Yamaha Tetsuo Model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless & Kramer KMZ-6000)
:Akira Jimbo – drums (Yamaha YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjan cymbals, Simmons SDS-5)
Additional musicians
- John Waite – lead vocal on "Something's Wrong (Change It)"
- Frank Simms – lead Vocal on "Sun"
- Background vocals on "Someone's Love" & "Conjunction" – Diva Gray, Vivian Cherry & Leatrice Griffin
- Background vocals on "Sun" & "Something's Wrong (Change It)" – Casiopea
- Borneo Horns – Horns
- Stan Harrison – alto saxophone
- Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
- Steve Elson – tenor & baritone saxophone
- Earl Gardner – trumpet
- Lenny Pickett – horn arrangements
- Pablo Rosario – Latin percussion
- Guilmerue Franco, Marcio Sapel – Brazilian percussion on "Samba Mania"
Production
- Producer – Carlos Alomar
- Co-producer – Issei Noro
- Engineer – Andy Heermans
- Assistant engineer – Victor Deyglio, Lance Mcvickar, Tim Reppert
- Sound adviser – Shun Miyazumi
- A&R co-ordinator – Masato Arai, Toshikazu Awano
- Mastering – Howie Weinberg
- Management – Fumiaki Takahashi
- Supervisor – Shinichi Toyama
- Equipment co-ordinator: Katsuhiro Maruichi
- Photo – Fumio Tomita
- Design – Toshinao Tsukui
- Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)
Release history
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs release|id=3276011|name=CASIOPEA – Sun Sun|type=album}}
- {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=723b5ab6-43e0-435e-91ee-c1370bf374e7|name=Sun Sun}}
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