Benisuzume (Japanese: 紅雀, English: "Red Sparrow"), sometimes called Linnet / Beni Suzume, is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya. It was released through EMI Music Japan on 5 March 1978.
Background This is the first album released after Matsutoya's marriage to Masataka Matsutoya and thus her first under the name Yumi Matsutoya (she had previously recorded under the name Yumi Arai). The album features Latin and South American musical influences.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.紅雀 (Media notes). Yumi Matsutoya. EMI Music Japan. 5 March 1978.
Musicians
Yumi Matsutoya — lead vocals, chorus Masataka Matsutoya — keyboards, flat mandolin Tatsuo Hayashi — drums, syndrum Nobu Saito — percussion, tuning tom Kenji Takamizu, Haruomi Hosono — bass Shigeru Suzuki, Masaki Matsubara — electric guitar Ted M. Gibson — acoustic guitar Koji Hatori — trumpet, flugel horn Mitsuru Honda — trumpet, flugel horn Tokiichi Sugiyama — trumpet, flugel horn Kenji Nakazawa — trumpet, flugel horn Sumio Okada, Katsuyuki Sugimoto, Susumu Kazuhara, Yasuo Hirauchi — trombone Ryo Koyama, Eishige Yamada, Yuichi Tominari, Manabu Umeda — French horn Jake H. Concepcion — saxophone, clarinet, chorus Shunzo Sunahara — saxophone Ichiro Mimori — saxophone, flute Kiyoshi Saito — saxophone, flute Shigeo Suzuki — saxophone, flute Seiji Kuniyoshi, Mitsuru Soma — flute Hiroyuki Saka — oboe Hideo Koide, Takeru Koyama — kena David Rankin — chorus Junichi Hiiro, Eiji Shirai, Jo Watanabe, Masashi Shinozaki, Teiji Okubo, Shigeki Oshita, Toshiki Akiyama, Michiyo Toda, Nao Saito, Teruko Ogino — violin Katsuhiko Toyama, Toshio Yokoi — viola Masatoshi Maeda, Masashi Abe — cello Keiko Yamakawa — harp
Technical
Masataka Matsutoya — producer
References