For You (Tatsuro Yamashita album)

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For You
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Studio album by
Tatsuro Yamashita
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1982
StudioCBS/SONY Roppongi Studio
Genre City pop, Funk, Soul, Pop, Ballad
Length39:02
51:18 (2002 reissue)
Label AIR/RVC
AIR/BMG Funhouse (2002 reissue)
Sony Music Labels/Ariola (2023 remaster)
Producer Tatsuro Yamashita
Tatsuro Yamashita chronology
On the Street Corner
(1980)		For You
(1982)		 Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita
(1982)
Singles from For You
  1. "Loveland, Island / Your Eyes"
    Released: January 23, 2002

For You is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in January 1982.

Contents

Overview

In 1980, Tatsuro Yamashita's single Ride on Time became a hit, as did the album of the same name. Yamashita would hold frequent live concerts throughout 1981 as a result, making it difficult to plan for his next album, but his band continued to improve as they performed. Yamashita said about the success of Ride on Time, "This album finally fulfills my dream from the time of Sugar Babe, I wanted to record as much as I wanted without worrying about budget and time". [1]

When For You released in 1982, it became Yamashita's second hit studio album, peaking at number one on the Oricon LP charts and number two on the CT charts. It was also his last studio album under the AIR/RVC label. Later that year, he married Mariya Takeuchi on April 6. Originally, the song "Morning Glory" was written for Takeuchi's album Miss M. The songs "Sparkle" and "Loveland Island" were used as commercial songs for Suntory beer. Meanwhile, the song "Your Eyes" was used as a commercial song for Nissui starring Bunta Sugawara.

At this time, advances were made in car stereos and Walkman devices that gave portable music devices improved audio quality. The album was produced and promoted with this in mind to reinforce the 'resort pop' feeling, with the slogan "Summer, the sea, Tatsuro!" officially cementing his image as the "Summer Song Guy". [2] Originally, Yamashita was thinking of requesting Hiroshi Nagai to make the album cover, but at that time Nagai had already decided to work on the album cover for Eiichi Ohtaki's album A Long Vacation . Eizin Suzuki instead created For You's cover art. [1]

In the 2002 reissue of the album, four bonus tracks were added. The bonus track "Every Night" was an unpublished cover Yamashita recorded of Mariya Takeuchi's song from her album Miss M. Loveland, Island / Your Eyes was released as a single the same year. The song Loveland, Island was used as the ending theme for the Japanese drama series The Long Love Letter .

Track listing

All music is composed by Tatsuro Yamashita [3]

Side A
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Sparkle" Minako Yoshida (ja)4:13
2."Music Book"Minako Yoshida5:08
3."Interlude A Part I"—0:23
4."Morning Glory"Tatsuro Yamashita3:28
5."Interlude A Part II"—0:25
6."Futari"Minako Yoshida5:46
Total length:19:23
Side B
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Loveland, Island"Tatsuro Yamashita4:29
2."Interlude B Part I"—0:16
3."Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)"Minako Yoshida5:50
4."Hey Reporter!"Tatsuro Yamashita5:33
5."Interlude B Part II"—0:17
6."Your Eyes" Alan O'Day 3:14
Total length:19:39

2002 reissue

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Sparkle"Minako Yoshida4:15
2."Music Book"Minako Yoshida5:10
3."Interlude A Part I"—0:22
4."Morning Glory"Tatsuro Yamashita3:29
5."Interlude A Part II"—0:25
6."Futari"Minako Yoshida5:50
7."Loveland, Island"Tatsuro Yamashita4:29
8."Interlude B Part I"—0:16
9."Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)"Minako Yoshida5:52
10."Hey Reporter!"Tatsuro Yamashita5:34
11."Interlude B Part II"—0:17
12."Your Eyes"Alan O'Day3:19
13."あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, Sweet and Dangerous Scent]"Tatsuro Yamashita3:22
14."あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, TV Instrumental Version 1]"—3:00
15."あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, TV Instrumental Version 2]"—1:44
16."Every Night"Alan O'Day3:54
Total length:51:18

Credits

Sparkle

Music Book

Interlude A Part I

Morning Glory

Interlude A Part II

Futari

Loveland, Island

Interlude B Part I

Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)

Hey Reporter!

Interlude B Part II

Your Eyes

あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori](same personnel for TV Instrumental Version 1)

あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, TV Instrumental Version 2]

Every Night

Production / Credits Taken from the inner sleeve notes of the album. (RAL-8801)

Chart positions

YearAlbumCountryChartPositionSales
1982For YouJapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)1439,000 [4]
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)2257,000 [4]
1985For You [Limited edition, picture disc]Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)604,000 [4]
2002For You [Remastered reissue]Oricon Weekly Albums Chart1639,000 [4]

Awards

24th Japan Record Awards
DateTitleCategoryWinner
December 31, 1982For You [5] Best 10 AlbumsTatsuro Yamashita

Release history

CountryDate Label Format Catalog Number [3]
JapanJanuary 21, 1982AIR/RVC LP RAL-8801
CT RAT-8801
1984 CD RACD-4
June 5, 1985LPRAL-8827
September 15, 1986CDR32A-1020
March 15, 1987R28H-2806
August 21, 1990RCA/BMG VictorBVCR-7006
September 21, 1990BVCR-2504
June 4, 1997RCA/BMG JapanBVCR-1033
May 21, 1999BVCK-37011
February 14, 2002RCA/BMG FunhouseBVCR-17018
February 20, 2002LPBVJR-17008
May 3, 2023Sony Music Labels/AriolaBVJL-90
CTBVTL-2

See also

References

  1. 1 2 NHK-FM Sound Creator's File. Broadcast on September 2, 2012
  2. ↑ "COME ALONG RADIO: For You by Tatsuro Yamashita". March 17, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "FOR YOU" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Tatsuro Yamashita [album chart positions]" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ "List of the 24th Japan Record Awards Winners" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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