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For You

His sixth album, number one on Oricon, with a summer-and-sea cover and the slogan Summer, the sea, Tatsuro.
Tatsuro Yamashita, 1982

It was his last studio album under AIR/RVC. Ryuzo Junior Kosugi was associate producer, Tamotsu Yoshida the engineer, and Eizin Suzuki made the cover, Hiroshi Nagai having been considered but busy on Ohtaki's A Long Vacation. Music is by Yamashita throughout, with lyrics by Minako Yoshida on "Sparkle", "Music Book", "Futari" and "Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)", and "Your Eyes" is by Alan O'Day. Short interludes link the songs. "Sparkle" and "Loveland, Island" were used in Suntory beer commercials and "Your Eyes" in a Nissui one. It reached 1 on the Oricon weekly LP chart, selling 439,000, and won Best 10 Albums at the 24th Japan Record Awards. It was reissued on CD in 1984, with bonus tracks in 2002 and a remaster on May 3, 2023. We found no critical quotes.

Track listing

  1. Sparkle4:13
  2. Music Book5:08
  3. Interlude A Part I0:23
  4. Morning Glory3:28
  5. Interlude A Part II0:25
  6. Futari5:46
  7. Loveland, Island4:29
  8. Interlude B Part I0:16
  9. Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)5:50
  10. Hey Reporter!5:33
  11. Interlude B Part II0:17
  12. Your Eyes3:14

More from Tatsuro Yamashita

Add Some Music To Your Day (1972), Joy (1989), Season's Greetings (1993), Cozy (1998), On The Street Corner 3 (1999), On The Street Corner 0 Analog (2000), Sonorite (2005), Ray Of Hope (2011), Joy2 (2026)

Sources

  1. For You (Tatsuro Yamashita album), Wikipedia
  2. The artisan: the inimitable genius of Tatsuro Yamashita, Red Bull Music Academy Daily (2014-12)