Lovebeat

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Lovebeat
Lovebeat cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)
Genre Electronic
Length58:28
Label Ki/oon Records
Producer Yoshinori Sunahara
Yoshinori Sunahara chronology
The Sound of '70s
(1998)
Lovebeat
(2001)
Works '95–'05
(2007)

Lovebeat is the fourth solo studio album by Yoshinori Sunahara. It was released on Ki/oon Records on May 23, 2001. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Snoozerfavorable [3]
The Wire favorable [4]

Ken Hollings of The Wire wrote, "Sunahara's fourth solo album finds the Techno dreamer extraordinaire returning to basics in its reappraisal of origins and influences." [4]

Snoozer placed the album at number 8 on the "50 Best Albums of the Year" list. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Earth Beat"4:56
2."Balance"6:24
3."In and Out"5:00
4."Lovebeat"7:26
5."Spiral Never Before"5:38
6."Echo Endless Echo"3:13
7."Hold'on Tight"4:49
8."Sun Beats Down"5:48
9."Bright Beat"7:30
10."The Center of Gravity"7:43
Total length:58:28

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References

  1. "LOVEBEAT". Sony Music Entertainment Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. "LOVEBEAT | 砂原良徳". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. Dai, Jiro; Mura, Keiji; Kato, Ryota (June 2001). "どこまでも透明に張りつめた、残酷な愛のビートが君を醒ます". Snoozer (in Japanese). Little More: 49.
  4. 1 2 Hollings, Ken (November 2002). "Electronica". The Wire : 83.
  5. "50 Best Albums of the Year". Snoozer (in Japanese). Little More: 54–61. February 2002.