Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Hi-Fi Set -- Hoshi no Stranger（星のストレンジャー）

 

Number: 075

Lyricist: Yumi Arai

Composer: Masataka Matsutoya

Arranger: Masataka Matsutoya

From Hi-Fi Set's 1976 album: "Fashionable Lover"

There are so many well-known songs born from the collaboration between Hi-Fi Set（ハイ・ファイ・セット）and Yumi Arai（荒井由実）, beginning with "Sotsugyo Shashin"（卒業写真）and "Chuo Freeway"（中央フリーウェイ）, but it's been difficult to put a definitive finger on a City Pop song by them. "Hoshi no Stranger" is a song that has the triple punch of a solid melody, a performance reminiscent of Tin Pan Alley and those characteristic Hi-Fi Set harmonies, and so when it comes to their discography, this song has more of Tin Pan Alley coming to the fore here.

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