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{{Notability|Music|date=April 2015}}
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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==
==Track listing==
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|title6=Time Trip
|title6=Time Trip
|note6 = Kazumi Yasui
|length6=4:15
|length6=4:15
|title7=Sweet Illusion
|title7=Sweet Illusion
|length7=6:30
|length7=6:30
|title8=Neuronian Network
|title8=Neuronian Network
|note8 = [[Haruomi Hosono]]
|length8=4:03
|length8=4:03
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*Producer, Arranged By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
*Backing Vocals – [[Akiko Yano]] (tracks: 3)
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*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)
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*Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi (tracks: 1)
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*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)
*Bass – Ray Ohara (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
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*Design – Mitsuru Yamada
*Drums – [[Yukihiro Takahashi]]
*Drums – [[Yukihiro Takahashi]]
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*Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Pecker (tracks: 3, 5, 7)
*Engineer – Yuichi Maejima*
*Engineer – Yuichi Maejima*
*Associate Engineer – Mikio Takamatsu
*Associate Engineer – Mikio Takamatsu
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*Guitar – [[Kazumi Watanabe]] (tracks: 3, 7), Kenji Omura (tracks: 3, 7), Masaki Matsubara (tracks: 4, 5), [[Shigeru Suzuki]] (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
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*Illustration – Shigenari Ohnishi
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*Keyboards – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]
*Recording Co-ordinator – Akira Ikuta
*Recording Co-ordinator – Akira Ikuta
*Mastered By – Eiji Taniguchi
*Mastered By – Eiji Taniguchi
*Director – Shinichi Hashimoto
*Director – Shinichi Hashimoto
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*Design – Mitsuru Yamada
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*Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Pecker (tracks: 3, 5, 7)
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*Illustration – Shigenari Ohnishi
*Photography By – Youhei Nagasaka
*Photography By – Youhei Nagasaka
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*Producer, Arranged By – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]
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*Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi (tracks: 1)


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1979 albums]]
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Latest revision as of 00:35, 3 September 2023

Summer Nerves
Studio album by
Ryuichi Sakamoto
ReleasedJune 21, 1979 (1979-06-21)[1]
GenreJazz fusion
Synthpop
Contemporary classical
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Thousand Knives
(1978) 		Summer Nerves
(1979) 		B-2 Unit
(1980)

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

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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

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

No.TitleLength
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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c "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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