Chat Chat

Chat Chat is the debut studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa, released on June 25, 1995 by Polystar.[3]

Chat Chat
Studio album by Takako Minekawa
Released	June 25, 1995
Studio	Alfa Studio A (Tokyo) Music Inn (Tokyo) Think Sync (Tokyo)
Genre	Shibuya-kei[1]
Length	51:37
Label	Polystar
Producer	Takako Minekawa Kenichi Makimura Daiji Okai
Takako Minekawa chronology
Chat Chat (1995) (A Little Touch Of) Baroque in Winter (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love" (Tom T. Hall cover)	Hall	2:30
2.	"Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran cover)	Cochran Jerry Capehart	4:35
3.	"Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä" (風の谷のナウシカ, Narumi Yasuda cover)	Haruomi Hosono Takashi Matsumoto	4:22
4.	"Clover"	Takako Minekawa	5:28
5.	"Moonlight Shadow" (Mike Oldfield cover)	Oldfield	5:09
6.	"My Love" (Susan cover)	Peter Barakan Yukihiro Takahashi	6:54
7.	"Drive My Car" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:08
8.	"Gotta Pull Myself Together" (The Nolans cover)	Ben Findon Mike Myers Bob Puzey	4:38
9.	"Circling Times Square" (originally recorded by Minekawa's band L⇔R)	Minekawa	5:09
10.	"I Love (Instrument)"	Hall	2:30
11.	"Mimi"	Minekawa	4:01
12.	"Love" (Victoria Williams cover)	Williams	4:13
Total length:			51:37

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

Musicians Takako Minekawa – vocals, guitar, keyboards, toy instruments Takashi Furuta – drums Yoshie Hiragakura – drums, percussion Kōji Kurumatani – guitars Takamune Negishi – bass Hirofumi Tokutake – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Hitoshi Watanabe – acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, cello, mandolin, percussion, ukulele, arrangement Eiji Yoshikawa – keyboards, sound manipulation, arrangement Toben Yukawa – arrangement

Production Takako Minekawa – production Kenichi Makimura – production Masao Nakazato – mastering Daiji Okai – production Hiroshi Saisu – mixing, recording Yasuhiko Terada – mixing, recording Design Takako Minekawa – art direction Mach5 Go! – design Yuji Shiba – photography

References

1. Rosean, Samuel (December 29, 2018). "A Beginner's Guide: Shibuya Kei". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
2. Jourdan, Michael. "Chat Chat – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
3. "CHAT CHAT | 嶺川貴子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
4. Chat Chat (liner notes). Takako Minekawa. Polystar. 1995. PSCR-5381.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Chat Chat at Discogs