説明
(JPN / POLYDOR / 28MM 0186 / 1982 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX- 帯付)
アーバン・メロウ・フュージョン金字塔！ANNIE、AESOP ROCK、GROOVE ARMADA他、全方位的クラブミュージック〜近年もVAPORWAVE周辺でサンプリング例多数！
ANNIE「NO EASY LOVE」での鮮やかな引用も印象的だった「EASIER SAID THAN DONE」はDAFT PUNK「AROUND THE WORLD (MOTORBASS MIAMI MIX)」やGROOVE ARMADA「CHOC CHOP」など、サンプリング例多数。「RIO NIGHTS」はAESOP ROCK「NONE SHALL PASS」でもネタにされ、タイトル曲「NIGHT BIRDS」は近年ではTHEORY OF SOUNDやTOKIMEKI RECORDSにもカヴァーされました。ライト・メロウ、シティポップ、ACID JAZZ好きも必携・必聴の一枚。
TRACKLIST
A1 NIGHT BIRDS
A2 STREETWALKIN’
A3 RIO NIGHTS
A4 FLY THE WIND
B1 EASIER SAID THAN DONE
B2 BITCH TO THE BOYS
B3 LIGHT ON MY LIFE
B4 TAKIN’ OFF
MANUFACTURED BY – POLYDOR K.K.
ART DIRECTION – ALWYN CLAYDEN
BASS [MUSIC MAN STING RAY, G&L 2000E] – GEORGE ANDERSON
DRUMS [SONOR], CYMBAL [ZILDJIAN] – ROGER ODELL
ELECTRIC PIANO [FENDER RHODES], SYNTHESIZER [OBERHEIM O.B.X., PROPHET 10], ARRANGED BY [BRASS], TROMBONE, PRODUCER – NIGEL WRIGHT
ENGINEER – JOHN BUCKLEY
EXECUTIVE-PRODUCER – LES MCCUTCHEON
GRAND PIANO [BOSENDORFER], ELECTRIC PIANO [FENDER RHODES], SYNTHESIZER [OBERHEIM O.B.X., ARP ODYSSEY, PROPHET 10] – BILL SHARPE
GUITAR [YAMAHA SG 2000, GIBSON 345], ACOUSTIC GUITAR [OVATION], EFFECTS [MESA BOOGIE AMPLIFICATION, CUSTOM PEDAL BOARD] – KEITH WINTER
MASTERED BY [CUT] – JACK ADAMS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – PETER ASHWORTH
TRUMPET – STUART BROOKS
VOCALS – JACKIE RAWE, JILL SAWARD, LORNA BANNON
WRITTEN-BY – BILL SHARPE, ROGER ODELL (TRACKS: A1 TO B3)
