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After 5 Clash

His fourth studio album, Oricon 18, reissued by Om/BMG Victor in 1994.
Toshiki Kadomatsu, 1984

Tasuku Okamura was executive producer, remixing was done at Nichion and mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Kadomatsu wrote and arranged everything; brass was arranged by Hiroyuki Iso on three tracks and by Jun Satoh on "Airport Lady", and Satoh arranged strings on "I Need You". The players included Nobuo Eguchi and Takeo Kikuchi on drums, Tomohito Aoki on bass, and Jun Satoh, Yoshihiro Tomonari and Yuzoh Hayashi on keyboards, with Hiroshi Satoh on piano for "I Need You". A Tildes post says it stayed relatively obscure until sampled in vaporwave and singles out "Step Into the Light" for funk. The ja Wikipedia tracklist spells the title track "After 5 Crash".

A Sputnik Music review contrasts it with the later Sea Is a Lady, calling the earlier record maximalist.

Track listing

  1. If You...4:49
  2. Midnight Girl4:30
  3. Airport Lady4:20
  4. Maybe It's Love Affair3:42
  5. Will You Wait for Me4:12
  6. Step Into the Light / After 5 Crash3:26
  7. Never Touch Again4:17
  8. I Need You4:38
  9. Heart Dancing (Ai Love You Ondo)3:32

More from Toshiki Kadomatsu

Sea Breeze (1981), Weekend Fly To The Sun (1982), On The City Shore (1983), T's Keys "Sea Is A Lady" (1987), All Is Vanity (1991), Time Tunnel (1999), The Gentle Sex (2000), Antinomy = 存在の証明 (2000), Summer 4 Rhythm (2003), Prayer (2006), No Turns (2009), Sea Breeze 2016 (2016), Sea Is A Lady 2017 (2017), Magic Hour ～Lovers At Dusk～ (2024)

Sources

  1. AFTER 5 CLASH, Japanese Wikipedia
  2. Toshiki Kadomatsu, Wikipedia