DRAGON FROM THE WEST
| 西辺来龍 DRAGON FROM THE WEST | |
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| Album by Tak Matsumoto | |
| Released | February 27, 2002 |
| Genre | Instrumental |
| Length | 22:13 |
| Label | Rooms Records |
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto |
西辺来龍 DRAGON FROM THE WEST is the fourth studio album by Tak Matsumoto, released on February 27, 2002. The album was released on the same day as Hana and featured rock-oriented compositions as opposed to its companion album's more traditional roots. The releases came ten years following his last original instrumental album Wanna Go Home in 1992.
The album is one of the few among Tak's solo work from 2002 onward to not have been released internationally. However, the closing track from the album, "Trinity", was included on the international edition of Hana as a bonus track. Later, tracks from the album would be included elsewhere in his catalogue, including on 2005's orchestral album House Of Strings and 2012's remasters and re-recordings album Strings Of My Soul.
The album was well-received at launch and sold enough copies to premiere at the number five spot on the Weekly Oricon Albums chart, premiering one spot beneath its sister album, Hana, that would go on to be considered by critics, fans, and Tak himself as his solo magnum opus of his career.
Production and information
The thematic dichotomy between the two simultaneously released albums is clear in that DRAGON FROM THE WEST was released as "Tak Matsumoto" in English while Hana was credited to "Takahiro Matsumoto" (松本孝弘) in Japanese kanji.
Track listing
All music composed by and all guitar performed by Tak Matsumoto.
- SACRED FIELD
- FIGHTING BULL
- DRAGON FROM THE WEST
- NOTTEKE
- Riverside Blues
- Trinity
Personnel
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
- Akihito Tokunaga: Bass (Tracks 2-4), Arrangement (Tracks 2-5)
- Atsuo Okamoto: Drums (Track 5)
- Hideo Yamaki: Drums (Track 6)
- Naoki Watanabe: Bass (Track 5)
- Vagabond Suzuki: Bass (Track 6)
- Akira Onozuka from DIMENSION: Acoustic Piano (Tracks 5 & 6)
- Shinozaki Strings: Strings (Track 6)
- Daisuke Ikeda: Arrangement (Tracks 1 & 6)
- t2o: Arrangement (Track 3)