ヒカシュー / 夏 / LP /

(JPN / EASTWORLD / EWS-81345 / 1980 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX- 帯付)

中毒性・刺激大の国産テクノポップ/テクノ歌謡！
和モノ・ニューウェイヴ/テクノポップを語る上では絶対に欠かせない彼等が、ファースト・アルバムからわずか5ヶ月で放った2ND。本作もアルバム・プロデュースは近田春夫。クラフトワークへの回答的な「パイク」はもちろん、アヴァンギャルドな「スイカの行進」、モンドでエキセントリックな「ピノ・パイク」や「マスク」など、ミニマル・シンセものとしても中毒性・刺激大。加藤和彦プロデュースの「アルタネイティヴ・サン」など、全12曲を収録。

TRACKLIST
A1 アルタネイティヴ・サン (ALTERNATIVE SUN) 2:36
A2 不思議のマーチ (FUSHIGI NO MARCH) 2:16
A3 パイク (PIKE) 3:45
A4 イルカは笑う (LAUGHING) 1:33
A5 モーニング・ウォーター (MORNING WATER) 2:41
A6 謎の呪文 (A MYSTERIOUS SPELL) 3:12
B1 オアシスの夢 (THE DREAM OF OASIS) 3:01
B2 マスク (MASK) 2:09
B3 ふやけた (FUYAKETA) 2:42
B4 スイカの行進 (MARCHING WATERMELON) 3:26
B5 ビノ・パイク (BINO PIKE) 2:43
B6 瞳の歌 (THE SONG FOR EYES) 4:35

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CREDITS
BASS – KŌICHI MAKIGAMI
COORDINATOR – HIRO TAKAO
CORNET – KŌICHI MAKIGAMI (TRACKS: A1)
DESIGN – SEIOH IWAMOTO, HAJIME KOBAYASHI
ENGINEER – YOSHIHISA WATANABE
ENGINEER [ASSISTANT] – FUMISUKE USUI
EXECUTIVE-PRODUCER – KEI ISHIZAKA
GROOVEBOX [RHYTHMBOX CELESTA] – YASUSHI YAMASHITA (TRACKS: A6)
GUEST, DRUMS – TOSHIO TAKAGI (TRACKS: A1 TO B1, B3, B6)
GUITAR – MASAMICHI MITAMA
GUITAR [PREPARED] – SATOSHI TOBE (TRACKS: B2)
LACQUER CUT BY – MITSUHARU KOBAYASHI
LEAD VOCALS – KŌICHI MAKIGAMI (TRACKS: A1 TO A4, A6 TO B2, B4, B6), MASAMICHI MITAMA (TRACKS: B3), SATOSHI TOBE* (TRACKS: A5)
LINER NOTES [INSERT] – 森脇美貴夫, 藤野ともね, 仲邨杳一
LYRICS BY – 巻上公一
MANAGEMENT [DIRECTED BY] – KEN SUGAYA
MELLOTRON – MAKOTO INOUE (2) (TRACKS: A1, A3 TO B1, B6)
MUSIC BY – 巻上公一 (TRACKS: A1, A2, A6, B1), 井上誠 (TRACKS: B2), 海琳正道 (TRACKS: A4, B1, B3, B6), 戸辺哲 (TRACKS: A5, B4), 山下康 (TRACKS: A3, B5)
ORGAN [HAMMOND] – MAKOTO INOUE (TRACKS: B4)
OTHER [STYLIST] – MARIKO CHIKADA
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – TAKEO YASOJIMA
PIANO – MAKOTO INOUE  (TRACKS: B3, B6), YASUSHI YAMASHITA (TRACKS: A4, B3)
PRODUCER – HARUO CHIKADA (TRACKS: A2 TO B6), KAZUHIKO KATOH (TRACKS: A1)
SAXOPHONE – SATOSHI TOBE (TRACKS: A1, A2, A4 TO B1, B3, B4, B6)
SITAR [ELECTRIC] – MASAMICHI MITAMA (TRACKS: A3)
SYNTHESIZER – MAKOTO INOUE, YASUSHI YAMASHITA
TIMPANI – YASUSHI YAMASHITA (TRACKS: A3)
TWELVE-STRING GUITAR – MASAMICHI MITAMA (TRACKS: A1)