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Mariya Takeuchi, Mariya Takeuchi – Love Songs = ラヴ・ソングス (NM/NM) – LP, JP 1980, With OBI
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Love Songs = ラヴ・ソングス is an LP by Mariya Takeuchi from 1980 released on the RCA label.
About this album
Love Songs is a polished early highlight in Mariya Takeuchi’s catalogue and one of the albums that helped define Japanese city pop. Issued in 1980, it blends pop rock, funk, disco and kayōkyoku into songs that feel bright, urbane and impeccably crafted. Takeuchi’s smooth vocal delivery and strong melodic instinct give the record its easy charm, while the arrangements balance dance-floor energy with a soft romantic glow. With songs such as “Fushigina Peach Pie” and “September”, the album captures the sophisticated, cosmopolitan sound that has made city pop newly celebrated well beyond Japan.
Genre: Global
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A1 Fly Away
A2 さよならの夜明け = Sayonara No Yoake
A3 磁気嵐 = Jikirashi
A4 象牙海岸 = Zouge Kaigan
A5 五線紙 = Gosenshi
B1 Lonely Wind
B2 恋の終わりに = Koi No Owarini
B3 待っているわ = Matteiruwa
B4 September
B5 不思議なピーチパイ = Fushigina Peach Pie
B6 Little Lullaby