Various Artists

Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR and Boogie 1976-1986


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"Pacific Breeze" documents  Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world’s second largest economy.

Japan’s financial buoyancy also permeated its popular culture, birthing an audio analog called City Pop, an amalgam of AOR, R&B, Jazz Fusion, Funk, Boogie and Disco.

Includes classics from Taeko Ohnuki, Hiroshi Sato and the ever-present genius of Haruomi Hosono.
Tracklist
I Say Who - Tomoko Soryo
Kusuri Wo Takusan - Taeko Ohnuki
Midnight Driver - Minako Yoshida
Subterranean Futari Bocci - Nanako Sato
Sports Men - Haruomi Hosono
Coffee Rumba - Izumi Kobayashi
In My Jungle - F.O.E.
Sun Bathing - Akira Inoue, Hiroshi Sato, Masataka Matsutoya
Say Goodbye - Hiroshi Sato
Drip Dry Eyes - Yukihiro Takahashi
Bamboo Vendor - Masayoshi Takanaka
Lady Pink Panther - Shigeru Suzuki
Bride of Mykonos - Haruomi Hosono, Takahiko Ishikawa, Masataka Matsutoya
L.A. Night - Yasuko Agawa
Exotic Yokogao - Hitomi Tohyama
Machibouke - Tazumi Toyoshima
Soundwave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_IIsittDxA