Asian Dreamer is the twenty-seventh studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1994. This album features re-arranged and re-recorded versions of their original songs with their second lineup (Yoshihiro Naruse on bass, Noriaki Kumagai on drums) of the band after their original, first lineup.
| Asian Dreamer | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 16, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | at Studio Jive, Tokyo  , 1994 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 89:40 | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon PCCR-00129 | |||
| Producer | Casiopea | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
Track listing edit
All music is composed by Issei Noro
| No. | Title | from album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Asayake" | "Super Flight" | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Space Road" | "Casiopea" | 5:50 |
| 3. | "Midnight Rendezvous" | "Casiopea" | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Domino Line" | "Cross Point" | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Hoshi-Zora" | "Halle" | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Black Joke" | "Casiopea" | 3:53 |
| 7. | "Eyes Of The Mind" | "Make Up City" | 5:26 |
| 8. | "North Sea" | "Halle" | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Misty Lady" | "Photographs" | 4:26 |
| 10. | "The Soundgraphy" | "The Soundgraphy" | 3:49 |
| Total length: | 45:15 | ||
| No. | Title | from album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Looking Up" | "Photographs" | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Conjunction" | "Sun Sun" | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Take Me" | "Super Flight" | 4:55 |
| 4. | "Down Upbeat" | "Down Upbeat" | 4:10 |
| 5. | "The Continental Way" | "Down Upbeat" | 4:54 |
| 6. | "Coast To Coast" | "Sun Sun" | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Twilight Solitude" | "Down Upbeat" | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Swear" | "Cross Point" | 5:00 |
| 9. | "Galactic Funk" | "Cross Point" | 5:26 |
| 10. | "Asian Dreamer" | "Perfect Live II" | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 44:25 | ||
Personnel edit
Production edit
- Sound Produced - CASIOPEA
- Executive Producer - Yoshiaki Mizutani, Yuzo Watanabe
- Recording Director - Toshiyuki Yashiro
- Recording Engineer - Koji Sugimori, Hiroyuki Shimura
- Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori
- Mastering Engineer - Tohru Kotetsu
- Assistant Engineer - Kenji Igarashi, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Yanagisawa
- Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi, Hiroyuki Yamada
- Basses Build Up Technician - Yoshiki Murayama
- Art Direction & Design - Shigekazu Tsujimori
- Digital Art & Design - Keiko Akiyama
- Design - Koji Miyazaki
- Photography - Junichi Takahashi, IPS, MON-TRESOR
- Hair & Make Up - Eisuke Shibusawa
- Stylist - Emiko Seki
Release history edit
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | December 16, 1994 | Pony Canyon | double CD | PCCR-00129 | |
| November 20, 2008 | remastered double CD | PCCR-50009 | DSD, HQCD | ||
| Japan Australia Canada U.S.A. U.K. |
August 24, 2010 | Digital distribution | 389208297 | iTunes Store[2] |
References edit
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Casiopea ASIAN DREAMER". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
External links edit
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