Travels (Jake Shimabukuro album)

Travels
Studio album by Jake Shimabukuro
Released	October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09)
Studio	Island Sound Studios Studio 143
Genre	Pop/Rock New Age
Length	70:25
Label	Hitchhike Records
Producer	Milan Bersota Dean Taba
Jake Shimabukuro chronology
Grand Ukulele (2012) Travels (2015) Live in Japan (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Travels is the eleventh solo album by Japanese-American ukulele virtuoso, Jake Shimabukuro. It was released on October 9, 2015, by Hitchhike Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard World Albums chart and No. 11 on its Heatseekers Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jake Shimabukuro, unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Departure Suite, Pt. 1"	Jake Shimabukuro Dean Taba	2:56
2.	"Train Ride"		3:45
3.	"Low Rider"	Jerry Goldstein War (Thomas Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen; Harold Ray Brown; Moris "B.B." Dickerson; Leroy Jordan; Charles Miller; Lee Oskar; Howard E. Scott)	5:35
4.	"Travels"		6:09
5.	"Interlude 1"		0:48
6.	"Passport"	Jake Shimabukuro Dean Taba	3:16
7.	"Hi'ilawe"	Traditional	2:26
8.	"Everything Is Better with You"		4:01
9.	"Departure Suite, Pts. 2-3"		3:17
10.	"Oama"		3:55
11.	"I'll Be There"	Berry Gordy Hal Davis Willie Hutchison Bob West	4:33
12.	"Haven't We Been Here Before?"	Jake Shimabukuro Dean Taba	3:00
13.	"Interlude 2"	Dean Taba	1:16
14.	"Kawika"	Traditional	5:38
15.	"Red-Eye"		3:15
16.	"Ichigo Ichie"		5:25
17.	"Dinner & a Movie"		5:35
Total length:			70:25

Musicians

• Jake Shimabukuro – baritone ukulele, clapping, ukulele, vocals
• Del Beazley – guitar, vocals
• Michael Grande – keyboards, clapping
• Chris Kamaka – upright bass, vocals
• Noel Okimoto – drums, marimba, percussion, vibraphone, clapping
• Jeff Richman – guitar
• Dean Taba – bass, clapping
• Sharene Taba – harp
• Bryan Tolentino – ukulele, vocals
• Asa Young – 12 string guitar, vocals
• Chae Choe – clapping
• Yukari Takai – clapping
• Van Fletcher – clapping

Production

• Milan Bersota – Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer
• Dean Taba – Producer
• John Baldwin – Mastering Engineer
• Paul Grosso – Art Direction, Design
• Carl Dunn – Photography
• Chae Choe – Assistant Engineer
• Yukari Takai – Management
• Van Fletcher – Management

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[2]

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US World Albums (Billboard) [3]	2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [4]	11

References

1. Monger, Timothy. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
2. Travels (liner notes). Jake Shimabukuro. Hitchhike Records. 2015. EOM-CD-5262.
3. "Jake Shimabukuro Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
4. "Jake Shimabukuro Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.