Chat Chat

Chat Chat is the debut studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa, released on June 25, 1995 by Polystar.^[3]

Chat Chat
Studio album by Takako Minekawa
Released	June 25, 1995 (1995-06-25)
Studio	Alfa Studio A (Tokyo) Music Inn (Tokyo) Think Sync (Tokyo)
Genre	Shibuya-kei^[1]
Length	51:37
Label	Polystar
Producer	Takako Minekawa Kenichi Makimura Daiji Okai
Takako Minekawa chronology
Chat Chat (1995) (A Little Touch Of) Baroque in Winter (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love" (Tom T. Hall cover)	Hall	2:30
2.	"Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran cover)	Cochran Jerry Capehart	4:35
3.	"Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä" (風の谷のナウシカ, Narumi Yasuda cover)	Haruomi Hosono Takashi Matsumoto	4:22
4.	"Clover"	Takako Minekawa	5:28
5.	"Moonlight Shadow" (Mike Oldfield cover)	Oldfield	5:09
6.	"My Love" (Susan cover)	Peter Barakan Yukihiro Takahashi	6:54
7.	"Drive My Car" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:08
8.	"Gotta Pull Myself Together" (The Nolans cover)	Ben Findon Mike Myers Bob Puzey	4:38
9.	"Circling Times Square" (originally recorded by Minekawa's band L⇔R)	Minekawa	5:09
10.	"I Love (Instrument)"	Hall	2:30
11.	"Mimi"	Minekawa	4:01
12.	"Love" (Victoria Williams cover)	Williams	4:13
Total length:			51:37

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

Musicians

• Takako Minekawa – vocals, guitar, keyboards, toy instruments
• Takashi Furuta – drums
• Yoshie Hiragakura – drums, percussion
• Kōji Kurumatani – guitars
• Takamune Negishi – bass
• Hirofumi Tokutake – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Hitoshi Watanabe – acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, cello, mandolin, percussion, ukulele, arrangement
• Eiji Yoshikawa – keyboards, sound manipulation, arrangement
• Toben Yukawa – arrangement

Production

• Takako Minekawa – production
• Kenichi Makimura – production
• Masao Nakazato – mastering
• Daiji Okai – production
• Hiroshi Saisu – mixing, recording
• Yasuhiko Terada – mixing, recording

Design

• Takako Minekawa – art direction
• Mach5 Go! – design
• Yuji Shiba – photography

References

1. Rosean, Samuel (December 29, 2018). "A Beginner's Guide: Shibuya Kei". Drowned in Sound. from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
2. Jourdan, Michael. "Chat Chat – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
3. "CHAT CHAT | 嶺川貴子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
4. Chat Chat (liner notes). Takako Minekawa. Polystar. 1995. PSCR-5381.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• Chat Chat at Discogs