Saravah!

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Saravah!
Yukihiro Takahashi Saravah!.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1978 (1978-06-21)
Recorded Alfa Studio "A", Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo
Genre Pop music Techno Kayo (Kayokyoku)
Length35:58
Label Seven Seas (King Records)
Producer Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Yukihiro Takahashi chronology
Saravah!
(1978)
Murdered by the Music
(1980)

Saravah! is the debut solo studio album by Japanese multi-instrumentalist Yukihiro Takahashi. Named after Pierre Barouh's record label of the same name, Takahashi conceived the album during his tenure on The Sadistics. The album is based on French pop music, and would later show up on early Yellow Magic Orchestra material. Besides Takahashi, this album features performances by members of The Sadistics, YMO and Tin Pan Alley. Due to the album being made before YMO members started using computers, Sakamoto got involved in arranging the music; all the keyboard parts on the album are dubbed instead of sequenced.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yukihiro Takahashi, except where noted. All song arrangements and production by Takahashi (rhythm) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (brass, strings and keyboards).

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)" Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci Modugno, Matteo Treppiedi2:26
2."Saravah!"  4:03
3."C'est si bon" André Hornez, Jun'ichi Nakahara Henri Betti 3:12
4."La Rosa"  Kazuhiko Katō 5:04
5."Mood Indigo" Irving Mills Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard 2:51
6."Elastic Dummy"instrumentalSakamoto5:03
7."Sunset"  4:04
8."Back Street Midnight Queen"Takahashi, Chris Mosdell  4:15
9."Present"  4:46

Personnel

Saravah! at Discogs (list of releases)