Keisuke Kuwata (album)

Keisuke Kuwata is the eponymous studio album recorded by Keisuke Kuwata, the frontman of the Japanese rock band Southern All Stars. It was released by Taishita label under the Victor Entertainment in July 1988, shortly after the 10th anniversary of the band. Aside from the 1982 live recording album Kamon Yuzo and Victor Wheels Live released under the pseudonym Yūzō Kamon, it was first Kuwata's solo effort.

Keisuke Kuwata
Studio album by Keisuke Kuwata
Released	July 9, 1988[1]
Recorded	July 1987 – May 1988, at the Victor Aoyama Studio (Tokyo, Japan)
Genre	Rock, pop, adult contemporary
Length	48:20
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Victor Entertainment/Taishita
Producer	Keisuke Kuwata, Takeshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Fujii
Keisuke Kuwata chronology
Keisuke Kuwata (1988) Kodoku no Taiyō (1994)
Singles from Keisuke Kuwata
"Itsuka Dokoka de (I Feel the Echo)" Released: October 6, 1987 "Kanashii Kimochi" Released: March 16, 1988

Track listing

All tracks are written by Keisuke Kuwata.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kanashimi no Prisoner (哀しみのプリズナー)"	4:16
2.	"Ima demo Kimi o Aishiteru (今でも君を愛してる)"	3:27
3.	"Robō no Ie nite (路傍の家にて)"	3:33
4.	"Dear Boys"	3:18
5.	"Heart ni Burei Bijin (ハートに無礼美人) (Get out of My Chevvy)"	3:39
6.	"Itsuka Dokoka de (いつか何処かで) (I Feel the Echo)"	5:19
7.	"Big Blonde Boy"	3:44
8.	"Blue (こんな夜には眠れない, Konna Yoru ni wa Nemurenai)"	4:50
9.	"Tōi Machikado (遠い街角) (The Wanderin' Street)"	3:57
10.	"Kanashii Kimochi (悲しい気持ち) (Just a Man in Love)"	3:54
11.	"Aibu to Satsui no Kōsaten (愛撫と殺意の交差点)"	3:36
12.	"Dareka no Kaze no Ato (誰かの風の跡)"	4:44

Personnel

• Keisuke Kuwata – vocals, chorus, produce, arrangement
• Takeshi Kobayashi – keyboards, synthesizer, synth bass, background vocals, produce, arrangement
• Takeshi Fujii – drum programming, synth programming, sequencing, computer programming, produce, arrangement

Additional players Satoshi Kadokura – synthesizer, synth bass, co-arrangement on track 11 Susumu Osada – guitar Sueaki Harada – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele Makoto Saito – acoustic guitar Toshiaki Usui – acoustic guitar Junichi Kawauchi – acoustic guitar Jun Shimoyama – guitar Jin Takuma – bass Tatsuhiko Hizawa – bass Hideo Yamaki – snare, cymbals Soul Toul – mallet cymbals Osamu Matsumoto – trombone

Guest vocalists Ann Lewis – chorus Mariya Takeuchi – chorus Yūko Hara – chorus Masamichi Sugi – chorus Haruko Kuwana – chorus Yūki Kuwata – shout

Accolades

Japan Record Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1988	Keisuke Kuwata	Excellent Albums [2]	Won

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988) Position Sales Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[3] 1 655,000+ [4]

Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position Japanese Albums Chart[5] 6

References

1. "DISCOGRAPHY > 桑田佳祐 > ALBUM > Keisuke Kuwata". sas-fan.net (in Japanese). Southern All Stars official site. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
2. 第30回日本レコード大賞 [The 30th Record Awards Winners]. jacompa.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Composers Association. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
3. "Keisuke Kuwata／桑田佳祐-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for Keisuke Kuwata by Keisuke Kuwata]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
4. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
5. 年間アルバムヒットチャート 1988年（昭和63年） [Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1988] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-11-13.