Cassis (album)

Cassis is the 20th solo studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in July 2002.

The album includes "Kimerareta Rhythm", which was featured on the Academy Award-nominated motion picture The Twilight Samurai, directed by Yoji Yamada. The song "You are the Top" was originally contributed to the same-titled musical by Kōki Mitani. Two singles were cut from the album: "Kono Yo no Sadame" and "Final Love Song"; both songs were featured on the TV advertisings of Kirin Beverage starring Inoue himself.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise indicated

1. "" - 4:23
2. "" - 5:00
3. "Final Love Song" - 4:25
4. "" - 4:28
5. "" - 6:18
6. "" - 3:19
7. "" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 3:10
8. "" (Inoue/Hirai) - 2:28
9. "You are the Top" (Inoue/Hirai/Kōki Mitani) - 4:28
10. "" - 4:47
11. "" - 4:13

Personnel

• Yōsui Inoue - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand-claps
• Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Haruo Kubota - electric guitar
• Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar
• Tsuneo Imabori - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, computer programming
• Chiharu Mikuzuki - electric bass, uplight bass, 12-string guitar
• Masafumi Minato - drums
• Hideo Yamaki - drums
• Matarou Misawa - percussion
• Yahiro Tomohiro - percussion
• Nobuo Kurata - acoustic piano
• Natsumi Hirai - acoustic piano
• Yasuharu Nakanishi - acoustic piano, electric piano
• Yoshiki Kojima - acoustic piano, keyboards, organ
• YÅ«ta Saitō - acoustic piano, keyboards
• Masao Ōmura - keyboards
• Banana U-G - keyboards, computer programming
• Kazuya Miyazaki - computer programming
• Tetsuo Ishikawa - computer programming
• Yōichi Murata - trombone, bass trombone
• Kōji Nishimura - trumpet
• Shirou Sasaki - trumpet
• Masahiko Sugasaka - trumpet
• Takuo Yamamoto - saxophone
• Bob Zang - saxophone
• Masakuni Takeno - saxophone
• Udai Shike - cello
• Jun - background vocals
• Chie Nagai - background vocals

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References