No Borders (Keiko Matsui album)

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No Borders
Keiko Matsui - No Borders.jpg
Studio album by
Released1990
Studio
  • Aire L.A. Studios, Glendale, CA
  • Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • Milagro Sound Recorders, Glendale, CA
  • Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz, smooth jazz, new age
Length41:26
Label MCA
Producer Kazu Matsui, Ricky Schultz
Keiko Matsui chronology
Under Northern Lights
(1989)
No Borders
(1990)
Night Waltz
(1991)

No Borders is the third studio album by jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui, released in 1990 on MCA Records. [1] This album peaked at No. 16 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [2]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic's Jonathan Widran, in a 4/5-star review, commented "One of the spiritual minded, jazz meets mystical keyboardist's best early efforts, helping her bridge from pure Eastern tinged new age music into gently funky smooth jazz... Keiko's beautiful writing however, is what holds the marvelous collection together." [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Keiko Matsui except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The First Four Years" Keiko Matsui 04:45
2."Light in the Rain"Keiko Matsui04:33
3."The White Corridor"Keiko Matsui04:42
4."Mover"Jeff Day/Keiko Matsui04:39
5."The Wind and the Wolf"Keiko Matsui05:20
6."In the Mist"Keiko Matsui03:26
7."Three Silhouettes"Keiko Matsui04:55
8."Kappa (Water Elf)"Keiko Matsui04:37
9."Souvenir"Keiko Matsui04:36
10."Believer"Keiko Matsui04:35

Personnel

References

  1. Keiko Matsui - No Borders (album). MCA Records. 1990.
  2. "Top Contemporary Jazz Albums" (PDF). Billboard . July 7, 1990. p. 62. Retrieved August 31, 2025 via worldradiohistory.com.
  3. 1 2 Widran, Jonathan. "Keiko Matsui – A Drop of Water: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved August 31, 2025.