New Season (ニューシーズン , Nyū Shīzun ) is the debut studio album by Japanese singer Chisato Moritaka , released on July 25, 1987 by Warner Pioneer . It was produced by Yūzō Shimada, who also produced albums by Akina Nakamori , Naomi Tamura , and Aco . At the time of the album's recording, Moritaka had not started to write songs; instead, the album's songs were written by several composers such as Hiromasa Ijichi , Hideo Saitō , and Shingo Kanno (of the band Orquesta de la Luz ).[ 1] [ 2]
New Season Released July 25, 1987 (1987-07-25 ) Recorded 1987 Studio Sound Inn Hitokuchizaka Smile Garage Cherry Island Sound Valley Onkio Haus Warner-Pioneer Studio Genre Length 42 :27 Language Japanese Label Warner Pioneer Producer Yūzō Shimada
New Season (1987)
Mi-ha (1988)
The album peaked at No. 21 on Oricon 's albums chart and sold over 43,000 copies.[ 3] [ 4]
Side A Title Lyrics Music Arrangement 1. "Namida Good-bye" (Namida Guddo Bai (涙 Good-bye , "Good-bye Tears") ) Shingo Kanno Takumi Yamamoto WISE (Kanno/Yamamoto) 4:57 2. "Yume no Owari" ((夢の終り , "The End of a Dream") ) Kanno Hideo Saitō Saitō 4:16 3. "Ringoshū no Rule" (Ringoshū no Rūru (林檎酒のルール , "Apple Cider Rules") ) Ren Takayanagi Ken Shima Shima 4:14 4. "Otis Redding ni Kampai" (Ōtisu Redingu ni Kanpai (オーティスレディングに乾杯 , "Cheers to Otis Redding ") ) Takayanagi Hiromichi Tsugaki Tsugaki 4:16 5. "Ways" Hiromi Fukunaga Tsugaki Tsugaki 4:03
Side B Title Lyrics Music Arrangement 1. "Period" (Piriodo (ピリオド ) ) HIRO Saitō Saitō 4:45 2. "Ano Hi no Photograph" (Ano Hi no Fotogurafu (あの日のフォトグラフ , "The Photograph of That Day") ) Hiromasa Ijichi Shima Shima 5:02 3. "Miss Lady" Ijichi Ijichi WISE 4:58 4. "New Season " HIRO Saitō Saitō 5:48
Chisato Moritaka – vocals, piano (B2), Fender Rhodes (A1), keyboard (B4)
Hideo Saitō – guitar (A2, B1, B4), backing vocals (A2, B1, B4)
Akira Wada – guitar (A3)
Makoto Matsushita – guitar (B2)
Kazuhiko Iwami – guitar (A1, B3)
Ken Shima – keyboards (A3, B2)
Hiromichi Tsugaki – keyboards (A4, A5)
Nobita Tsukada – keyboards (A2, B1, B4)
Yasuhiko Fukuda – keyboards (B4)
Kenji Takamizu – bass (A3)
Yasuo Tomikura – bass (B2)
Hiroshi Sawada – bass (A1, B3)
Chiharu Mikuzugi – bass (B4)
Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami – drums (A3)
Eiji Shimamura – drums (B2)
Reuben Tsujino – drums (B4)
Mansaku Kimura – drums (A1, B3)
Ryo Saito – percussion (A2, B1)
Carlos Kanno – percussion (A1, A3, B3)
Nobu Saitō – percussion (B2)
Kazuo Kamada – saxophone (A1, B3)
Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone (A3, A4)
Kōyō Murakami – trombone (B3)
Harumi Mita – trombone (A4)
The Three Pinkies – backing vocals (A1, A3, A4, A5)
Yukari Fujiu – backing vocals (B4)
Hiromasa Ijichi – backing vocals (B3)
Maeda Strings – string orchestra (A3)
Tomoda Strings – string orchestra (B2)
Tomoaki Arima – synthesizer programming (A1, A4, A5, B3)
Takanori Umeno – synthesizer programming (A3, B2)