1991 studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Heartbeat is the ninth solo studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto , released in 1991 by Virgin Records . A second version of the album was released in the United States and Europe in 1992, which replaced the original version of "Tainai Kalki" with the David Sylvian -featuring version, "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb ", as well as English versions of "High Tide" and "Sayonara", and bonus song "Cloud #9".
Track listing
Japanese version Title Writer(s) 1. "Heartbeat" Ryuichi Sakamoto, Satoshi Tomiie , Jeffrey Cohen 4:46 2. "Rap the World" Sakamoto, Jungle DJ Towa Towa, Super DJ Dmitry 4:53 3. "Triste" Sakamoto, FFF, Marco Prince 4:23 4. "Lulu" Sakamoto 4:19 5. "High Tide" (sung in Japanese) Sakamoto 4:47 6. "Song Lines" Sakamoto 2:56 7. "Nuages" (Traditional) 2:15 8. "Sayonara" (sung in Japanese) Sakamoto 5:24 9. "Borom Gal" Sakamoto 3:59 10. "Epilogue" Sakamoto 3:42 11. "Tainai Kaiki II" Sakamoto, Arto Lindsay 5:20 Total length: 46:43
International version Title Writer(s) 1. "Heartbeat" Ryuichi Sakamoto, Satoshi Tomiie , Jeffrey Cohen 4:46 2. "Rap the World" Sakamoto, Jungle DJ Towa Towa, Super DJ Dmitry 4:53 3. "Triste" Sakamoto, FFF, Marco Prince 4:23 4. "Lulu" Sakamoto 4:19 5. "High Tide" (sung in English) Sakamoto 4:47 6. "Song Lines" Sakamoto 2:56 7. "Nuages" (Traditional) 2:15 8. "Sayonara" (sung in English) Sakamoto 5:24 9. "Borom Gal" Sakamoto 3:59 10. "Epilogue" Sakamoto 3:42 11. "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb " Sakamoto, David Sylvian , Arto Lindsay 5:20 12. "Cloud #9" Sakamoto, Sylvian 5:17 Total length: 52:00
Personnel
Performers
Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, piano, lead vocals (5, 8)
Steven Bernstein – trumpet (1, 3, 4)
Dee Dee Brave – vocals (1, 8)
Satoshi Tomiie – percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 8)
Magic Dick – harmonica
Marco Prince – vocals (3)
John Lurie – sax (4)
Debra Barsha – backing vocals (4)
Arto Lindsay – vocals (5)
Houria Aïchi – vocals (7)
Youssou N'Dour – vocals (9)
Bill Frisell – guitar (11, 12)
Ingrid Chavez – vocals (11, 12)
John Cage – voice (11)
David Sylvian – vocals (11, 12)
Technical
Lolly Grodner – engineer (11, 12)
Patrick Dillett – engineer (all tracks except 12)
Yoshifumi Iio – engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
Jungle DJ Towa Towa – co-producer (2)
Axel Niehaus – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
Fernando Aponte – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
Jim Caruana – assistant engineer (11, 12)
Koichiro Nagao – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
Wes Naprstek – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
Charts
References
^ Hayes, Kevin. "Beauty" . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved January 31, 2016 .
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 242.
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