Ryuichi Sakamoto Beauty 2LP 180g Vinyl Universal Music Virgin Limited Edition Made In Japan 2022 JP
Title: Beauty
Catalog Number: UIJY-75225/6
Label: Virgin
Reissued by: Universal
Barcode: 4988031524091
Original release year: 1989
Reissue year: 2022
Number of discs: 2
Revolutions per minute: 33⅓ rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Limited Edition: Yes
Total Item Weight: 536gr
Pressing country: Japan
For Market Release in: Japan
Added to catalog on: May 27, 2023
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: No
Ryuichi Sakamoto was a Japanese composer, record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra who influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres. Equally comfortable in futuristic techno, orchestral works, intimate piano solos, video game and film soundtracks, Sakamoto created timeless music.
- Limited Edition
- 2LP 180 Gram Vinyl
- Cut and Pressed at Toyokasei
- OBI Strip
- Made in Japan
Beauty is the eighth solo studio album by Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. First released in 1989, this album incorporates influences from funk, rock, flamenco, African, Japanese traditional and classical, techno, R&B and dance music, to create a collage of styles, rather than a seamless whole.
Beauty is notable for its "collage of styles" that range from rock, techno, and classical to flamenco, African, and Japanese traditional. In discussing whether music is narrative and illustrative or an abstract medium, Sakamoto said, "I have visions sometimes when I'm writing contemporary music, even when it's very logical. For example, for one of my songs on the album Beauty, I was always having visions of Amazonian rainforests, a little plane flying very low over the trees. Trees, trees, trees, and some birds. But the title of the song is 'Calling from Tokyo'."
Recorded at various sound studios throughout Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles, Beauty features many collaborators that include Arto Lindsay, Brian Wilson, Robbie Robertson, and Sly Dunbar. On his time working with Wilson, Sakamoto said, "I had asked Brian Wilson to sing on the album so I went to Los Angeles and we recorded with him. I had been informed that he had had a difficult time, some kind of mental illness, and I could sense that, even though he wasn't that surprising in the studio. But then the following day, I flew from LA back to New York to continue recording and he showed up without telling me, with his whole family in tow. The schedule was already tightly planned, but I was so grateful he'd come, so we made some time to work with him. It was a beautiful moment – one I won't forget for the rest of my life."
For his 1989 album Beauty, Sakamoto united an atlas of references and a phone book of friends. The guest list for “We Love You” is impressive: Willie Colón’s longtime percussionist Milton Cardona, the Congolese guitar savant Dali Kimoko-N’Dala, Soft Machine icon Robert Wyatt, and even Brian Wilson—all covering the Rolling Stones. What could have been an overcooked mess instead plays like a lost Madchester classic. “I want to be a citizen of the world,” Sakamoto said. “It sounds very hippie but I like that.”
Track Listing:
A1 Calling From Tokyo / コーリング・フロム・トーキョー
A2 Rose / ローズ
B1 Asadoya Yunta / 安里屋ユンタ
B2 Futique / フュティーク
B3 Amore / アモーレ
C1 We Love You / ウィ・ラヴ・ユー
C2 Diabaram / ジャバラム
C3 A Pile Of Time / ア・パイル・オブ・タイム
D1 Romance / ロマンス
D2 Chinsagu No Hana / ちんさぐの花
D3 Adagio / アダージオ
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