River's Island

River's Island (Japanese: リヴァース・アイランド) is the second album by Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe, released by VAP on March 21, 1984. The album includes two singles, "Asphalt Lady" and "Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue," which peaked at #36 and #12 on the Oricon charts, respectively. The album itself peaked at #3.

River's Island
Studio album by
Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe
ReleasedMarch 21, 1984 (1984-03-21)
Studio
  • Nichion
  • Victor Aoyama
GenreCity pop · kayōkyoku · funk[1][2]
Length41:48[lower-alpha 1]
LabelVAP
ProducerKoichi Fujita
Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe
studio album chronology
Aqua City
(1983)		 River's Island
(1984)		 Never Ending Summer
(1984)
Singles from River's Island
  1. "Asphalt Lady"
    Released: October 21, 1983
  2. "Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue"
    Released: January 21, 1984

Background
The inner photo, designed to mimic a city guide.

In the previous album, Aqua City, the songs centered around summer and the sea, but in this work, there many songs were set in the city. "River's Island" is the title of Manhattan Island, New York City.[3] The lyrics card of the record is made like a guide that introduces local plays, orchestras, and music facilities. However, all the production, including recording, was done in Japan. The sound also changed to adult with black contemporary in mind.

The previous single , "Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue," was a long hit, and recorded almost double the sales of the previous single, "Asphalt Lady." The album was ranked 23rd on the 1984 Annual Album Chart.

Track listing
Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."River's Island"Yasushi AkimotoTetsuji HayashiTetsuji Hayashi4:43
2."Asphalt Lady"Chinfa KangTetsuji HayashiTetsuji Hayashi5:08
3."Do It Again"Chinfa KangTetsuji HayashiTetsuji Hayashi4:30
4."Saturday's Generation"Yasushi AkimotoKiyotaka Sugiyama, Toshitsugu NishiharaMakoto Matsushita4:42
Total length:19:03
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue" (君のハートはマリンブルー)Chinfa KangTetsuji HayashiTetsuji Hayashi4:45[lower-alpha 2]
2."Saigo No Night Flight" (最後のナイトフライト)Yasushi AkimotoKiyotaka SugiyamaKen Shiguma4:32
3."Because"Yasushi AkimotoTetsuji HayashiTetsuji Hayashi4:20
4."Rainy Harbor Light"Kazuko KobayashiTetsuji HayashiTetsuji Hayashi4:18
5."Silent Romance"Chinfa KangTetsuji HayashiTetsuji Hayashi4:50
Total length:22:45[lower-alpha 3]

Personnel
  • Producer: Koichi Fujita
  • Exective Producers: Katsuhiko Endo, Atsushi Kitamura
  • Directors: Shigeru Matsuhashi, Ken. Σ
  • Sound Advisor: Tetusji Hayashi
  • Recording Engineers: Kunihiko Shimizu, Jun Wakao
  • Second Engineers: Yoshiaki Matsuoka
  • Musician Coordinator: Akira Kawashima
  • Artist Management: Triangle Production
  • Photography: Cerard Champlong (Front cover), Takatsugu Kitagawa (Back cover and inner photo), Tadayasu Ozawa (artists)
  • Design: Isao Sakai, Kanoko Showji

Charts
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Oricon 3

References
  1. "S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe – River's Island". Discogs.
  2. "杉山清貴＆オメガトライブ - リヴァース・アイランド - 30136-28". Snow Records.
  3. Kondo, Masayoshi (August 3, 2016). "杉山清貴＆オメガトライブ オリジナル・アルバム5タイトル 2016.8.3ハイレゾ配信 start". VAP (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 25, 2018.
  1. 41:58 according to others.[1]
  2. 4:45 according to others.[1]
  3. 22:55 according to others.[1]
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