Yumiko Araki -- Haru ni Fukarete（春に吹かれて）

 

The first time that I had heard of Yumiko Araki（荒木由美子）was through her debut single "Nagisa de Cross"（渚でクロス）from June 1977 which I wrote about a little over a couple of years ago.

I've already given out much of her biography through "Nagisa de Cross", so let's cut to the chase with this track from her debut album "Virgin Road/Nagisa de Cross"（ヴァージン・ロード／渚でクロス）which was released in October of that same year. The husband-and-wife team of Ryudo Uzaki and Yoko Aki（宇崎竜童・阿木燿子）, who had also come up with "Nagisa de Cross", was also behind "Haru ni Fukarete" (Carried Away by Spring), this time with arrangements by Motoki Funayama（船山基紀）.

The debut single may have been a bit more rock n' roll but "Haru ni Fukarete" is more lighthearted with a touch of Latin in there. It's more like a stroll in some tropical paradise and there is that velvety singing by Araki herself. Not a bad thing to hear especially as the season is here.