Traumatic Kyokutotanteyidan

Traumatic Kyokutotanteyidan (Japanese: TRAUMATIC 極東探偵団 or トラマティック極東探偵団), released in the US as Traumatic, is the fourteenth studio album by Japanese musician, producer, and composer Masayoshi Takanaka, released by Eastworld on 20 July 1985.Masayoshi Takanaka - Traumatic, 1985. Amherst Records catalogue numbers AMH-3303, AMH 53303 and AMH-93303. Eastworld catalogue numbers WTP-90340, ZH28-1545 and CA32-1147.

Reception The album has been reviewed by Billboard"Jazz/Fusion" in "Reviews". Billboard. 8 February 1986. p 72. and CDJournal.高中正義 / 極東探偵団 (再発)(廃盤). CDJournal.

Charts The album reached number 6 in the Music Labo albums chart,"Japan" in "Hits of the World". Billboard. 17 August 1985, p 64. 21 September 1985, p 60. having debuted at number 7.Billboard. 10 August 1985, p 65. It appeared in the Cash Box of Japan LPs charts.Cash Box. 19 October 1985, p 38. 14 September 1985, p 35. 7 September 1985, p 45.

Awards The album won an excellent album award (優秀アルバム賞, yūshū album-shō) at the 27th Japan Record Awards.第27回日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association.

Singles The songs "Nagisa Moderato", "China", "Teaser" and "The Line is Busy", which are included in this album, were released as singles.

Nagisa Moderato

The single Nagisa Moderato (渚・モデラート) reached number 30 on the Oricon Singles Chart.シングル売上TOP1作品. Oricon News. In 2011, this song came third in a popularity poll of Takanaka's songs.高中正義、ライブで演奏して欲しい曲ベスト10. BARKS. 6 December 2011.高中正義、リクエスト・ランキングが発表！. CDJournal. 5 December 2011.

China

The single China has been reviewed by CDJournal.高中正義 / チャイナ (廃盤). CDJournal.

Teaser In the United States, the single Teaser reached number 87 in the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart,Billboard. 19 April 1986. p 28.Joel Whitburn's top R & B singles, 1942-1995. Billboard. p 432. and number 82 in the Cash Box Black Contemporary Singles chart.Cash Box. 3 May 1986, p 19. The song was placed in rotation in that country."Significant Action" in "Black/Urban" in "Radio & Records National Airplay". Radio & Records. 28 March 1986. p 70. 4 April 1986, p 74. 11 April 1986, p 106. 18 April 1986, p 58. The single has been reviewed by BillboardBillboard. 15 February 1986. p 71. and Cash Box."Feature Picks" in "Single Releases". Cash Box. 12 April 1986. p 13.

The Line is Busy The single The Line is Busy has been reviewed by Billboard.Billboard. 24 May 1986. p 77. Cash Box said this was a record to watch."Records to Watch" in "Single Releases". Cash Box. 24 May 1986, p 11. The song was placed in rotation in the United States."Significant Action" in "Black/Urban" in "Radio & Records National Airplay". Radio & Records. 20 June 1986, p 74. Personnel include Tom Browne.

Track listing

Personnel Credits and personnel adapted from liner notes.

Masayoshi Takanaka – electric and acoustic guitars, programming, arrangements Hiroshi Shinkawa – electric and acoustic pianos, synthesizers, arrangements Rickie C. Mangum, Billy T. Scott – backing vocals, rap Eve, Fumiko Hiratsuka, Jamillah Muhammed, Eunice Peterson, Robyn Sansone – backing vocals Jun Aoyama – additional toms on "Teaser" Yumi Matsutoya, Akiko Yano – vocals on "China" Motoya Hamaguchi, Nobu Saito – percussion on "China," "Nagisa-Moderato" and "Jackie's Trail" Toshihiro Nakanishi – strings on "China" and "Nagisa-Moderato" Tom Browne – trumpet on "The Line Is Busy" Kyoko Kashida – narrator on "Traumatic" Jake H. Concepcion – saxophone on "Traumatic"

Masayoshi Takanaka – producer Ken Sugaya – director Toshio Tamakawa – recording Juri Kawai, Moira Marquis, Andrew Spiegelman, Kinya Takayama, Shinichi Yano – assistant engineers Ron Saint Germain – mixing Kohshi Yamagishi – mastering Yoshio Okabe – artist manager Kenichi Nomura, Noriyuki Ohta – A&R coordinators Goh Hotoda – NYC production coordinator Kei Ishizaka – executive producer

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