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Summer Nerves
Summer Nerves
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	June 21, 1979
Genre	Jazz fusion; Synthpop; Contemporary classical
Label	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Producer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Summer Nerves (サマー・ナーヴス, Samā Nāvusu) is an album which recorded a so-called "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" between Jazz fusion musicians and Japanese rock musicians, led by Ryuichi Sakamoto at the time of the formation of Yellow Magic Orchestra.^[1] "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" of this album is regarded as a prototype of Kazumi Watanabe's "Kylyn session".^[2]

Background

Although CBS Sony proposed an original plan of one Bossanova album, Sakamoto didn't accept it and conversely proposed to challenge Reggae, and this album was created as the achievement.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryuichi Sakamoto (except where noted)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Summer Nerves" (Akiko Yano)	4:10
2.	"You're Friend To Me" (Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers)	5:02
3.	"Sleep On My Baby" (Akiko Yano)	5:10
4.	"Theme For "Kakutougi"" (Yukihiro Takahashi & Aki Ikuta)	6:17
5.	"Gonna Go To I Colony"	4:40
6.	"Time Trip" (Kazumi Yasui)	4:15
7.	"Sweet Illusion"	6:30
8.	"Neuronian Network" (Haruomi Hosono)	4:03

Personnel

Producer, Arranged By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
Keyboards – Ryuichi Sakamoto
Backing Vocals – Eve (track: 2), Akiko Yano (track: 3), Tatsuro Yamashita (tracks: 5 and 7), Minako Yoshida [ja] (track: 7)
Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi (tracks: 1)
Guitar – Kazumi Watanabe as Abdullah The "Busher" (tracks: 3, 7), Kenji Omura (tracks: 3, 7), Masaki Matsubara [ja] (tracks: 4, 5), Shigeru Suzuki (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
Bass – Ray Ohara (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
Drums – Yukihiro Takahashi
Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Pecker (tracks: 3, 5, 7)
Engineer – Yuichi Maejima*
Associate Engineer – Mikio Takamatsu
Recording Co-ordinator – Akira Ikuta
Mastered By – Eiji Taniguchi
Director – Shinichi Hashimoto
Design – Mitsuru Yamada
Illustration – Shigenari Ohnishi
Photography By – Youhei Nagasaka

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Summer Nerves – Sony Music". Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ Kumagai, Yoshihiro, ed. (2000). FUSION. Disk Guide Series 01. Shiko Music. p. 107.

[sony-1] "Summer Nerves – Sony Music". Retrieved June 27, 2020.

[2] Kumagai, Yoshihiro, ed. (2000). FUSION. Disk Guide Series 01. Shiko Music. p. 107.

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+{{Nihongo|'''''Summer Nerves'''''|サマー・ナーヴス|Samā Nāvusu}} is an album which recorded a so-called "{{Nihongo|[[Martial arts]]|格闘技|kakutougi}} session" between [[Jazz fusion]] musicians and Japanese rock musicians, led by [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] at the time of the formation of [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]].<ref name="sony" />
-{{Nihongo|'''''Summer Nerves'''''|サマー・ナーヴス|Summer Navusu}}  is [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]'s second solo studio album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Summer Nerves – Sony Music|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/SakamotoAndKakutougi/discography/MHCL-30130|website=Sony Music|publisher=Sony Music|accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref>
+"{{Nihongo|Martial arts|格闘技|kakutougi}} session" of this album is regarded as a prototype of [[Kazumi Watanabe]]'s "Kylyn session".<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=FUSION |editor1-last=Kumagai |editor1-first=Yoshihiro  |publisher=Shiko Music |series=Disk Guide Series 01 |page=107 |date=2000 }}</ref>
+==Background==
+Although [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|CBS Sony]] proposed an original plan of one [[Bossanova]] album, Sakamoto didn't accept it and conversely proposed to challenge [[Reggae]], and this album was created as the achievement.<ref name="sony">{{cite web|title=Summer Nerves – Sony Music|url=https://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?site=S&cd=MHCL000030130|access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref>
 ==Track listing==
 {{Tracklist
-|all_writing=[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]
+|all_writing=[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] (except where noted)
 |title1=Summer Nerves
+|note1 = [[Akiko Yano]]
 |length1=4:10
 |title2=You're Friend To Me
+|note2 = [[Bernard Edwards]] & [[Nile Rodgers]]
 |length2=5:02
 |title3=Sleep On My Baby
+|note3 = [[Akiko Yano]]
 |length3=5:10
 |title4=Theme For "Kakutougi"
+|note4 = [[Yukihiro Takahashi]] & Aki Ikuta
 |length4=6:17
 |title5=Gonna Go To I Colony
 |length5=4:40
 |title6=Time Trip
+|note6 = Kazumi Yasui
 |length6=4:15
 |title7=Sweet Illusion
 |length7=6:30
 |title8=Neuronian Network
+|note8 = [[Haruomi Hosono]]
 |length8=4:03
 }}
 ==Personnel==
+*Producer, Arranged By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
-*Backing Vocals – [[Akiko Yano]] (tracks: 3)
+*Keyboards – Ryuichi Sakamoto
+*Backing Vocals – [[Eve (Japanese singer)|Eve]] (track: 2),  [[Akiko Yano]] (track: 3), [[Tatsuro Yamashita]] (tracks: 5 and 7), {{ill|Minako Yoshida|ja|吉田 美奈子}} (track: 7)
+*Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi (tracks: 1)
+*Guitar – [[Kazumi Watanabe]] as Abdullah The "Busher" (tracks: 3, 7), Kenji Omura (tracks: 3, 7), {{ill|Masaki Matsubara|ja|松原正樹}} (tracks: 4, 5), [[Shigeru Suzuki]] (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
 *Bass – Ray Ohara (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
-*Design – Mitsuru Yamada
 *Drums – [[Yukihiro Takahashi]]
+*Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Pecker (tracks: 3, 5, 7)
 *Engineer – Yuichi Maejima*
 *Associate Engineer – Mikio Takamatsu
-*Guitar – [[Kazumi Watanabe]] (tracks: 3, 7), Kenji Omura (tracks: 3, 7), Masaki Matsubara (tracks: 4, 5), [[Shigeru Suzuki]] (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
-*Illustration – Shigenari Ohnishi
-*Keyboards – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]
 *Recording Co-ordinator – Akira Ikuta
 *Mastered By – Eiji Taniguchi
 *Director – Shinichi Hashimoto
+*Design – Mitsuru Yamada
-*Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Pecker (tracks: 3, 5, 7)
+*Illustration – Shigenari Ohnishi
 *Photography By – Youhei Nagasaka
-*Producer, Arranged By – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]
-*Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi (tracks: 1)
 ==References==
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+{{Authority control}}
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