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#'''Live Life''' | |||
#'''Trinity''' | |||
#'''Blue''' | |||
#'''Hana''' | |||
#'''Koi-Uta''' | |||
#'''Sasanqua~Winter Sun''' | |||
#'''The Wings''' | |||
#'''Sukiyaki (feat. Larry Carlton)''' | |||
#'''My Favorite Things''' | |||
#'''Romeo & Juliet''' | |||
== Personnel == | == Personnel == |
Revision as of 07:53, 22 February 2014
Strings Of My Soul | |
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Album by Tak Matsumoto | |
Released | June 20, 2012 |
Genre | Instrumental, Rock, Jazz |
Length | 53:52 (Japan) 45:53 (International) |
Label | Vermillion Records House Of Strings (Japan) 335 Records (International) |
Producer | Tak Matsumoto |
Strings Of My Soul is the ninth studio album by Tak Matsumoto, released on June 20, 2012. Following its domestic Japanese release, the album was issued physically and digitally in the United States and Europe by 335 Records on August 7, 2012. The release is between a traditional studio album and compilation, featuring both new and old tracks alike. Included in the limited edition of the Japanese release was a DVD disc containing all of Tak's solo music videos to date along with previously unreleased live footage from B'z concerts as well as excerpts from Tak's showing with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in 2004.
The album would be the work that was Tak's first created with an international team at heart, with Tak producing the album alongside Paul Brown and Robert Williams. Brown also co-wrote the lyrics to the album's only vocal song, "Live Life", with Dax Reynosa as well as contributing to the arrangement. Several months following the album's release, the track was released as a digital single in the United States and Japan with both a new instrumental version and the original vocal rendition included.
While fundamentally the same, differences exist between the Japanese and international editions of the album. The tracks "#1090 Sen Mu Ichiya", collected here but originally from 2002's Hana, and "99", originally from 1992's Wanna Go Home, were not included for the international edition, leaving "The Moment" and "Romeo & Juliet" to open and close the album, respectively. Additionally, the album's cover of "SUKIYAKI" featuring Larry Carlton was given a different mix in the international edition compared to the original, while "THE WINGS" would be shortened with slightly different guitar work outside of Japan.
Track listing
All music composed by and guitar performed by Tak Matsumoto unless otherwise noted.
- #1090 Sen Mu Ichiya — Thousand Dreams, 千夢一夜
- Based on the version found on the 2002 studio album Hana The song is a reinterpretation of Tak's second and most successful solo single "#1090 ~Thousand Dreams~". The version found here is roughly the same as that found on the aforementioned album but has been remixed to raise the volume of the guitar throughout and features a new guitar solo. The Hana version of the song has also long served as the ending theme to the television music program Music Station, on which the original version has opened the show for decades. The song was not included on the international version of the album.
- The Moment
- Live Life
- TRINITY
- BLUE
- Hana — Flower, 華
- Koi Uta — Love Song, 恋歌
- sasanqua~Fuyu no Hi — Winter Sun, 冬の陽
- THE WINGS
- Exists in two versions, with the American edition being edited to a shorter runtime with extra guitar phrases not in the Japanese release.
- SUKIYAKI featuring LARRY CARLTON
- The domestic Japanese version of the song was mixed by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, while Paul Brown was responsible for the American version's mixing.
- MY FAVORITE THINGS
- Romeo & Juliet
- 99
- Not included in the international edition.
International Edition
- The Moment
- Live Life
- Trinity
- Blue
- Hana
- Koi-Uta
- Sasanqua~Winter Sun
- The Wings
- Sukiyaki (feat. Larry Carlton)
- My Favorite Things
- Romeo & Juliet
Personnel
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition (Tracks 1-9, 13), Arrangement
- Sam Drysdale: Vocals (Track 3)
- Larry Carlton: Guitar (Track 10)
- Dax Reynosa: Lyric Composition (Track 3)
- Paul Brown: Lyric Composition (Track 3), Arrangement (Tracks 2 & 3), Mixing (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
- Wachidai Nakamura: Music Composition (Track 10)
- Rokusuke Ei: Lyric Composition (Track 10)
- Richard Rogers: Music Composition (Track 11)
- Oscar Hammerstein II: Lyric Composition (Track 11)
- Nino Rota: Music Composition (Track 12)
- Akihito Tokunaga: Arrangement (Tracks 1, 7, 9)
- Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 10, 13)
- Daisuke Ikeda: Arrangement (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12)
- t2o: Arrangement (Track 7)
- Takeshi Hayama: Arrangement (Track 13)
- Masao Akashi: Arrangement (Track 13)
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi: Mixing (Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)