Toki no Nai Hotel (Japanese: 時のないホテル, Toki no Nai Hoteru; English: "Hotels Without Time") is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, released in June 1980.
Pictures featured on the back and front sleeve art were taken at the Brown's Hotel in London. No songs were released as a single except "Tamerai", which first appeared as a B-side of the non-album track "Daydream", released in May 1980.
Like other studio albums which came out after she remained with EMI in 1977 when Alfa finally started operating as a record label, Toki no Nai Hotel was released on CD for the first time in 1985.のないホテル The album was reissued in 1999, digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman.cdjapan.co.jp
Track listing All songs written and composed by Yumi Matsutoya, arranged by Masataka Matsutoya.
Recorded versions "Mizu no Kage" was originally written for the female folk duo called Simons in 1978. "Tamerai" was originally written for Midori Hagio. The song was later covered by Yoshiko Miyazaki, Keiko Saito, and Pink Lady member Keiko Masuda. Queen's Fellows, a 2002 tribute album for Matsutoya includes two cover versions of the songs which were featured on Toki no Nai Hotel; "Cecile no Shumatsu" performed by Aiko and the title track by Takao Tajima.
Personnel Masataka Matsutoya - keyboards Tatsuo Hayashi - drums Jun Aoyama - drums Yuichi Tokashiki - drums Nobu Saito - percussion Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitar Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, mandolin Hiromi Yasuda - acoustic guitar Masamichi Sugi - backing vocals Kiyoshi Saito - saxophone Jake H Conception - saxophone Shunzo Sunabara - saxophone Yukio Eto - flute Eiju Yamada - horn Yasuhiro Okita- horn Tomato Strings Unsemble - strings Junichi Hiiro - violin Leona - backing vocals Clara - backing vocals Lilika - backing vocals Hideki Matsutake - synthesizer programming
Chart position YearCountryChartPositionWeeksSales/shipments1980JapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)3 24210,000+jpopmusic.comOricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)14 24
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