Heartbeat is the ninth solo studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, released in 1991 by Virgin Records. A second version of the album was released in the United States and Europe in 1992, which replaced the original version of "Tainai Kaiki" with the David Sylvian-featuring version, "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb", as well as English versions of "High Tide" and "Sayonara", and bonus song "Cloud #9".
Track listing
Personnel
Performers
- Ryuichi Sakamoto â keyboards, piano, lead vocals (5, 8)
- Steven Bernstein â trumpet (1, 3, 4)
- Dee Dee Brave â vocals (1, 8)
- Satoshi Tomiie â percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 8)
- Magic Dick â harmonica
- Marco Prince â vocals (3)
- John Lurie â sax (4)
- Debra Barsha â backing vocals (4)
- Arto Lindsay â vocals (5)
- Houria Aïchi â vocals (7)
- Youssou N'Dour â vocals (9)
- Bill Frisell â guitar (11, 12)
- Ingrid Chavez â vocals (11, 12)
- John Cage â voice (11)
- David Sylvian â vocals (11, 12)
Technical
- Lolly Grodner â engineer (11, 12)
- Patrick Dillett â engineer (all tracks except 12)
- Yoshifumi Iio â engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
- Jungle DJ Towa Towa â co-producer (2)
- Axel Niehaus â assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
- Fernando Aponte â assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
- Jim Caruana â assistant engineer (11, 12)
- Koichiro Nagao â assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
- Wes Naprstek â assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
Charts
References