Neptune (Toshinobu Kubota album)

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Neptune is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota, released on July 1, 1992. The album charted at number 3 on the Oricon Monthly Albums chart and remained on the charts for total of 13 weeks.[1] The album sold a total of 484,000 units, reaching double platinum certification.

Neptune
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1, 1992
Recorded1991–1992
Electric Lady Studios NYC
GenreR&B, pop, dance, dance-pop
Length57:10
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan
ProducerToshinobu Kubota, Yoichiro Kakizaki
Toshinobu Kubota chronology
Kubojah: Parallel World I
(1991)
Neptune
(1992)
The Baddest II
(1993)

Track listing

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  1. Mayonaka no Taiyō (真夜中の太陽, "Midnight Sun")
  2. "To the Limit"
  3. "Adeus Meu Amor"
  4. Toranpetto Fukinagara (トランペット吹きながら, "Playing a Trumpet")
  5. Natsu no Shigosen (夏の子午線, "Summer Meridian")
  6. Sweet Dreams: Sotto Oyasumi (Sweet Dreams~そっとおやすみ~)
  7. "Let's Get a Groove: Yo! Hips"
  8. "Our Masterpiece"
  9. "Pump Up Your Gold"
  10. "Get Six"
  11. Chikai (誓い, "Oath")

Personnel

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  • Artwork (art direction & design): Ryuzoh Nagasex (Sony Records)
  • Artwork (type setting): Art Press
  • Co-producer: Andres Levin (tracks 1, 4, 10), Camus Celli (tracks 1, 4, 10), Jeff Bova (tracks: 9), Yoichiro Kakizaki (tracks 2, 3, 5 to 8, 11)
  • Engineer: Stephen Seltzer
  • Engineer (assistant): Jenni Bette, Shannon Carr
  • Engineer (mastering): Ted Jensen
  • Executive producer: Hidenori Taga (Kitty), Yasohachi "88" Itoh (Sony Records)
  • Lyrics: Masumi Kawamura (tracks 2, 5), Toshinobu Kubota (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 to 11)
  • Mixing: Larry Alexander, Stephen Seltzer
  • Music: Yoichiro Kakizaki (track 9)
  • Photography: Yoshiaki Sugiyama
  • Photography (digital): Foton
  • Production, music: Toshinobu Kubota

Funkin' On Neptune Tour

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Staged from June 26 to October 1, 1992,[2] and included songs from the album Neptune, as well as the songs "Time (Shower ni Utarete)" and "Eien no Tsubasa" from his previous album Groovin'.[3]

The opening act for the June 26 show was Yoshie Shimizu.[4]

Set list

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  1. Let's Get a Groove: Yo! Hips
  2. Natsu no Shigosen
  3. To the Limit
  4. Our Masterpiece
  5. Eien no Tsubasa
  6. Mayonaka no Taiyō
  7. Time (Shower ni Utarete)

Personnel

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Band
  • Bass: Dale Sanders
  • Guitar: Ichiro Haneda
  • Keyboard: Yoichiro Kakizaki, Takuo Sugiyama
  • Percussion: Obao Nakajima
  • Other instruments: Hiroshi Araki, Kazufumi Suzuki
Background vocalists
  • Dale Sanders
  • Rinko Urashima
  • Yoko Takahashi

References

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  1. ^ "Toshinobu KubotaのCDアルバムランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  2. ^ ●久保田利伸●tour'92『FUNKIN' ON NEPTUNE TOUR』パンフ●即決. Yahoo Japan. Retrieved on October 12, 2012
  3. ^ 久保田利伸(1992.LIVE). Tuduo. Retrieved on October 12, 2012. (in Chinese)
  4. ^ "清水美恵さんプロフィール ~ by Elly".