9.5 Carats (9.5カラット, 9.5 Karatto) is the 12th studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Yosui Inoue, released in December 1984. It mostly features cover versions of the songs that Inoue wrote for other performers, except "Isso Serenade" which was released as a lead single in October 1984. It is the most commercially successful album for him, its sales are estimated to be 1.1-1.8 million copies.[1][2]
In addition to "Isso Serenade" which became Inoue's third top-ten hit single as a singer, 9.5 Carats also includes his own rendition of four of his successful compositions around the early 1980s. One of them, "Wine Red no Kokoro" was originally recorded by Inoue's former backing band Anzen Chitai and co-written by the group's frontman Koji Tamaki.[3] A song that Inoue contributed the lyrics was released as a single in 1983, and topped the Japanese Oricon chart in the following year. The band rose to fame owing to the hit of "Wine Red no Kokoro", and the song itself won the 26th Japan Record Award for "Gold Prize".[4] It has been one of the signature songs for both Inoue and Anzen Chitai, and recorded by the multiple artists including Mariko Takahashi, Junko Ohashi, Naoko Ken, Kiyotaka Sugiyama, Mucc, Megumi Ogata, Park Yong-ha, and the song's composer himself (on his 1999 same-titled album). Inoue also wrote the lyrics for some of the group's successful follow-ups to "Wine Red no Kokoro", including "Koi no Yokan" which reached the #2 on the chart in autumn 1984. Also in the same year, he composed the song "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" for a pop iconAkina Nakamori who was at the pinnacle of popularity at the time. Nakamori's version was issued as a single in November 1984 and topped the chart, becoming one of her biggest hit singles with sales of over 620,000 copies.[5] Nakamori remade the song for several times in later years, and also covered two of other Inoue's compositions on 9.5 Carats album ("Koi no Yokan" and "Dance wa Umaku Odorenai"). Before Inoue married to a singer Seri Ishikawa in 1978, he contributed some songs for her 1977 album Amagumo. One of them "Dance wa Umaku Odorenai" was not successful at the time, but the song was widely recognized because of cover version by an actress Mio Takaki. It was featured on the TV dramaKako no Nai On-na Tachi and became a hit, peaking at #3 on the chart in 1982. Like "Winered no Kokoro", "Dance wa Umaku Odorenai" has been covered by several other singers, including Naoko Ken and Hideaki Tokunaga. [6]
Receptionedit
9.5 Carats gained commercial success immediately upon its release, becoming his first chart-topper since 1976 Shoutaijou no Nai Show and most massively successful LP after his breakthrough album Kōri no Sekai issued in 1973.[7] The album debuted at the summit of the Japanese Oricon chart, and stayed there for 9 weeks consecutively.[8] It sold in excess of 1.1 million copies while the album was entering the chart, and eventually became the 1985's biggest selling album in Japan.[9] In the history of the Japanese music industry, it is also one of the best-selling albums by male solo artist during the 1980s, along with Akira Terao's Reflections (released in 1981 and sold over 1.6 million copies to date), Eiichi Otaki's A Long Vacation (released in 1981 and retailed approximately 1.08 million copies) and Michael Jackson's Thriller (released in 1982 and estimated to be selling between 1.7 and 2.5 million units so far).[1][10][11][12][13]
Track listingedit
Side one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Original performer
Length
1.
"Harbour Lights (はーばーらいと, Hābāraito)" (arranged by Katz Hoshi)
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carats, 5カラット, karatto, 12th, studio, album, japanese, singer, songwriter, yosui, inoue, released, december, 1984, mostly, features, cover, versions, songs, that, inoue, wrote, other, performers, except, isso, serenade, which, released, lead, single, october, . 9 5 Carats 9 5カラット 9 5 Karatto is the 12th studio album by a Japanese singer songwriter Yosui Inoue released in December 1984 It mostly features cover versions of the songs that Inoue wrote for other performers except Isso Serenade which was released as a lead single in October 1984 It is the most commercially successful album for him its sales are estimated to be 1 1 1 8 million copies 1 2 9 5 CaratsStudio album by Yōsui InoueReleasedDecember 21 1984GenreFolk rock kayokyokuLength39 49LabelFor LifeProducerYōsui InoueYōsui Inoue chronologyBallerina 1983 9 5 Carats 1984 Myoujou 1985 Contents 1 Album overview 1 1 Songs information 1 2 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Decade end charts 5 Release history 6 ReferencesAlbum overview editSongs information edit In addition to Isso Serenade which became Inoue s third top ten hit single as a singer 9 5 Carats also includes his own rendition of four of his successful compositions around the early 1980s One of them Wine Red no Kokoro was originally recorded by Inoue s former backing band Anzen Chitai and co written by the group s frontman Koji Tamaki 3 A song that Inoue contributed the lyrics was released as a single in 1983 and topped the Japanese Oricon chart in the following year The band rose to fame owing to the hit of Wine Red no Kokoro and the song itself won the 26th Japan Record Award for Gold Prize 4 It has been one of the signature songs for both Inoue and Anzen Chitai and recorded by the multiple artists including Mariko Takahashi Junko Ohashi Naoko Ken Kiyotaka Sugiyama Mucc Megumi Ogata Park Yong ha and the song s composer himself on his 1999 same titled album Inoue also wrote the lyrics for some of the group s successful follow ups to Wine Red no Kokoro including Koi no Yokan which reached the 2 on the chart in autumn 1984 Also in the same year he composed the song Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa for a pop icon Akina Nakamori who was at the pinnacle of popularity at the time Nakamori s version was issued as a single in November 1984 and topped the chart becoming one of her biggest hit singles with sales of over 620 000 copies 5 Nakamori remade the song for several times in later years and also covered two of other Inoue s compositions on 9 5 Carats album Koi no Yokan and Dance wa Umaku Odorenai Before Inoue married to a singer Seri Ishikawa in 1978 he contributed some songs for her 1977 album Amagumo One of them Dance wa Umaku Odorenai was not successful at the time but the song was widely recognized because of cover version by an actress Mio Takaki It was featured on the TV drama Kako no Nai On na Tachi and became a hit peaking at 3 on the chart in 1982 Like Winered no Kokoro Dance wa Umaku Odorenai has been covered by several other singers including Naoko Ken and Hideaki Tokunaga 6 Reception edit 9 5 Carats gained commercial success immediately upon its release becoming his first chart topper since 1976 Shoutaijou no Nai Show and most massively successful LP after his breakthrough album Kōri no Sekai issued in 1973 7 The album debuted at the summit of the Japanese Oricon chart and stayed there for 9 weeks consecutively 8 It sold in excess of 1 1 million copies while the album was entering the chart and eventually became the 1985 s biggest selling album in Japan 9 In the history of the Japanese music industry it is also one of the best selling albums by male solo artist during the 1980s along with Akira Terao s Reflections released in 1981 and sold over 1 6 million copies to date Eiichi Otaki s A Long Vacation released in 1981 and retailed approximately 1 08 million copies and Michael Jackson s Thriller released in 1982 and estimated to be selling between 1 7 and 2 5 million units so far 1 10 11 12 13 Track listing editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Original performerLength1 Harbour Lights はーばーらいと Habaraito arranged by Katz Hoshi Yosui Inoue Takashi MatsumotoYutaka Mizutani4 382 Dance wa Umaku Odorenai ダンスはうまく踊れない arranged by Joe Hisaishi InoueSeri Ishikawa4 293 Transit arranged by Katz Hoshi Inoue Yumi MatsutoyaAsami Kobayashi4 194 A B C D arranged by Katz Hoshi InoueKenji Sawada4 235 Koi no Yokan 恋の予感 arranged by Mitsuo Hagita Inoue Koji TamakiAnzen Chitai4 18 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Original performerLength1 Isso Serenade いっそ セレナーデ arranged by Katz Hoshi Inoue original composition 3 132 Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa 飾りじゃないのよ 涙は arranged by Joe Hisaishi InoueAkina Nakamori4 383 Karatachi no Hana からたちの花 arranged by Katz Hoshi Inoue Inutaroh NagareboshiKanako Higuchi4 284 Wine Red no Kokoro ワインレッドの心 Wain reddo no Kokoro arranged by Mitsuo Hagita Inoue TamakiAnzen Chitai5 23Personnel editThe following session musicians were credited in the liner notes for box set No Selection released in 1991 Yosui Inoue vocals Yutaka Uehara drums Takayuki Hijikata guitar Ken Yajima guitar Yutaka Takezawa guitar Fujimal Yoshino guitar Yuji Nakamura bass guitar Kenji Takamizu bass guitar Yasuharu Nakanishi keyboards Jun Satou keyboards Joe Hisaishi synthesizer Hidefumi Toki synthesizer Yuji Kawashima synthesizer Masatsugu Shinozaki violin Ohno Group strings Katou Strings stringsCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart Position SalesJapanese Oricon Albums Chart LP 14 1 1 14 million 15 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart CT Japanese Oricon Albums Chart CD 29Year end charts edit Chart 1985 PositionJapanese Albums Chart 15 1 Decade end charts edit Chart 1980 89 PositionJapanese Albums Chart 15 5Release history editCountry Date Label Format Catalog number NotesJapan December 21 1984 For Life Records LP 28K81Audio cassette 28C62CD 35KD4February 21 1990 FLCF 29035May 30 2001 FLCF 3855 Original recording digitally remasteredMarch 25 2009 For Life Music Entertainment BMG SHM CD FLCF 5008 2001 Digital remasterReferences edit a b 歴代アルバムランキング List of million selling albums on the Japanese Oricon chart January 1970 August 2009 in Japanese 2009 08 10 Archived from the original on 2012 01 03 Retrieved 2009 08 26 井上陽水 バラードベストアルバムを年末にリリース Yosui Inoue s ballad best album will be released in late 2008 Retrieved 2009 05 09 Yahoo Music music yahoo co jp in Japanese Yahoo Japan Archived from the original on 2007 03 17 Retrieved 2008 08 26 History of the Japan Record Awards List of the 26th Award Winners Japan Composer s Association in Japanese Archived from the original on 2008 06 11 Retrieved 2009 08 25 Yahoo Music music yahoo co jp in Japanese Yahoo Japan Archived from the original on 2009 03 03 Retrieved 2009 08 26 Hideaki Tokunaga s cover album Vocalist will be released on September 14 oops music com in Japanese 徳永英明 9 14 カヴァーアルバム VOCALIST 発売 2005 09 05 Archived from the original on 2010 02 06 Retrieved 2009 08 26 Yamachan Land Archives of the 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