Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Nanako Sato -- Shuumatsu no Highway（週末のハイウェイ）

 

Number: 043

Lyricist: Nanako Sato

Composers: Nanako Sato and Motoharu Sano

Arranger: Shouji Yokouchi

From Sato's 1977 album "Sweet Swingin'"

Just when she sings "...outside the window..." in her languid voice, the atmosphere suddenly shifts, and it's at that point when the world according to Nanako Sato（佐藤奈々子）unmistakably opens up. "Shuumatsu no Highway" is representative of the "Subterranean no Futari Botchi"（サブタレニアン二人ぼっち）honeymoon period between the singer and Motoharu Sano（佐野元春）due to the comfortably swinging melodies they contributed. The city scenes that she was looking for are always seemingly lonely and precious even now.

The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).