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| Released | May 25, 1973 October 3, 2012(Bellwood 40th Anniversary Collection re-issue) | |||
| Recorded | 15 February–16 March 1973 HOSONO HOUSE, 11–36 Unoki, Sayama, Saitama | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 31:33 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
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| Producer | Haruomi Hosono | |||
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Hosono House is the debut solo album of Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono, released on May 25, 1973.
Besides Hosono, this album also features performances by the group "Caramel Mama" (featuring Hosono's fellow Happy End member Shigeru Suzuki). Hosono wanted to emulate The Band's Music from Big Pink and James Taylor's One Man Dog . With this album, recording equipment technology had evolved enough for domestic recordings of good quality to be feasible, and going to the center of the city to reach a recording studio was somewhat inconvenient. The album was recorded for five hours every afternoon in a 144 square feet (13.4 m2) large bedroom in Hosono's residence in Sayama, Japan with a 16-track mixing console in his living room. The instruments were recorded unprocessed from the amplifiers in a small room, leading to the album's unique sound. Hosono continued to develop the tropical style of Hosono House in his following works, Tropical Dandy and Bon Voyage co. .
All tracks are written by Haruomi Hosono, except "Owari no Kisetsu", with music by Hosono and lyrics by Mondo Uno ('Mondo Uno' is an alias of Hosono); "Fuyu Koe" & "Jūsho Futei Mushoku Teishūnyū", written by Hosono with horns arranged by Kinji Yoshino and "Party", with music by Hosono and lyrics by Ryōko Suzuki & Yasushi Nakayama
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Rock-a-Bye My Baby" (ろっか・ばい・まい・べいびいRokka Bai Mai Beibī) | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Boku wa Chotto" (僕は一寸) | 3:52 |
| 3. | "Choo Choo Gatagoto" (CHOO CHOO ガタゴト) | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Owari no Kisetsu" (終わりの季節) | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Fuyu Koe" (冬越え) | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Party" (パーティーPātī) | 2:02 |
| 7. | "Fuku wa Uchi Oni wa Soto" (福は内 鬼は外) | 2:28 |
| 8. | "Jūsho Futei Mushoku Teishūnyū" (住所不定無職低収入) | 2:35 |
| 9. | "Koi wa Momoiro" (恋は桃色) | 2:47 |
| 10. | "Rose and Beast" (薔薇と野獣Bara to Yajū) | 4:24 |
| 11. | "Aiaigasa" (相合傘) | 0:18 |
| Total length: | 31:33 | |
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