| Uta Monogatari | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | March 2, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 1981-1991, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 127:31 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
| Hiroko Yakushimaru chronology | ||||
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Uta Monogatari (歌物語) is the double retrospective CD of Japanese actress/singer Hiroko Yakushimaru. It was released by EMI Music Japan in March 2011 to celebrate her 30-year career as a recording artist, with 30 of the songs that Yakushimaru herself selected.
This collection mainly consists of the efforts from her EMI era when Yakushimaru had enjoyed successful recording career, and also includes the single version of her biggest hit "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun"—the original take of the song had rarely appeared on her previous compilations, because it was the sole material that she released via Kitty Records. Disc one is closed with a new song "Boku no Takaramono" which she recorded for the first time in 12 years. It was featured on a film Wasao starring her, and also released as a single.
None of the works released by BMG Funhouse during the late 1990s was featured on the album. The works collaborated with her former spouse Koji Tamaki were also completely disregarded, including top-ten hit single "Mune no Furiko" in 1987.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sailor-fuku to Kikanjū (セーラー服と機関銃, Yume no Tochū, 「夢の途中」)" (Single version) | Etsuko Kisugi | Takao Kisugi | Katz Hoshi | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Tantei Monogatari (探偵物語)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Eiichi Ohtaki | Akira Inoue | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Sukoshi Dake Yasashiku (すこしだけ やさしく)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Eiichi Ohtaki | Akira Inoue | 4:41 |
| 4. | "Main Theme (メイン・テーマ)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Yoshitaka Minami | Masao Ōmura | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Woman (W no Higeki Yori) (Woman "Wの悲劇"より)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Karuho Kureta | Masataka Matsutoya | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Anata o Motto Shiritakute (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Kyōhei Tsutsumi | Satoshi Takebe | 3:53 |
| 7. | "Suteki na Koi no Wasurekata (ステキな恋の忘れ方)" | Yōsui Inoue | Yōsui Inoue | Satoshi Takebe | 4:28 |
| 8. | "Sasayaki no Step (ささやきのステップ)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Ken Satō | Motoki Funayama | 4:18 |
| 9. | "Hitomi de Hanashite (瞳で話して)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Tetsuya Tsujihata | Akira Inoue | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Shinshi Dōmei (紳士同盟)" | Yōko Aki | Ryūdō Uzaki | Satoshi Takebe | 3:59 |
| 11. | "Hard Day's Rag (ハードデイズ・ラグ)" | Yōko Aki | Shigeru Umebayashi | Satoshi Takebe | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Jidai (時代)" | Miyuki Nakajima | Miyuki Nakajima | Motoki Funayama | 3:52 |
| 13. | "Kataritsugu Ai ni (語りつぐ愛に)" | Etsuko Kisugi | Takao Kisugi | Satoshi Takebe | 4:10 |
| 14. | "Kaze ni Notte (風に乗って)" | Chika Ueda | Chika Ueda | Nobuyuki Shimizu | 4:20 |
| 15. | "Yūgure o Tomete (夕暮れを止めて)" | Miki Fūdō | Seishirō Kusunose | Nobuyuki Shimizu | 5:01 |
| 16. | "Boku no Takaramono (僕の宝物)" | Chiharu Tamashiro | Shōgo Kaida | Akira Inoue | 4:52 |
| Total length: | 66:52 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Primavera" | Oroshi Momiji | Masao Ōmura | Masao Ōmura | 4:34 |
| 2. | "A Lover's Concerto" | Tokiko Iwatani (Japanese lyrics), Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer | Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer | Satoshi Takebe | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Akai Hana, Aoi Hana (赤い花、青い花)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Haruomi Hosono | Haruomi Hosono, Miharu Koshi, Yasuharu Konishi | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Destiny" | Taeko Ōnuki | Ryūichi Sakamoto | Ryūichi Sakamoto, Shinobu Narita | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Samishii Hito ni Naranaide (さみしい人にならないで)" | Eiko Kyo | Chika Ueda | Akira Inoue | 4:48 |
| 6. | "Mikansei (未完成)" | Miyuki Nakajima | Miyuki Nakajima | Kazuo Shiina | 5:12 |
| 7. | "Hyaku-tsubu no Namida (100粒の涙)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Kyōhei Tsutsumi | Satoshi Takebe | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Bamboo Boat (バンブー・ボート)" | Minako Yoshida | Takao Kisugi | Kazuo Shiina | 3:59 |
| 9. | "Utakata (うたかた)" | Minako Yoshida | Chika Ueda | Hiroki Inui | 4:26 |
| 10. | "Ten ni Hoshi, Chi ni Hana (天に星、地に花)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Kyōhei Tsutsumi | Hiroshi Shinkawa | 3:05 |
| 11. | "Ame wa Yamanai (雨は止まない)" | Amii Ozaki | Amii Ozaki | Akira Inoue | 4:10 |
| 12. | "Ame ni Sarawarete (雨にさらわれて)" | Ryō Aska | Ryō Aska | Taisuke Sawachika | 5:17 |
| 13. | "Genki o Dashite (元気を出して)" | Mariya Takeuchi | Mariya Takeuchi | Kazuo Shiina | 3:59 |
| 14. | "Toki no Okurimono (時の贈り物)" | Minako Yoshida | Minako Yoshida | Minako Yoshida | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 60:41 | ||||
Chart positions
| Chart | Position |
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| Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300)[1] | 43 |
References
- ↑ "Highest position and charting weeks of Uta Monogatari by Hiroko Yakushimaru". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved May 1, 2011.