Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Sugar Babe -- Itsumo Douri (いつも通り)

 

Number: 011

Lyricist/Composer: Taeko Ohnuki

Arranger: Tatsuro Yamashita

From Sugar Babe's 1975 album: "SONGS"

"Itsumo Douri" is a vibrant Ohnuki（大貫妙子）classic of her Sugar Babe days to go alongside with her "Shinkirou no Machi" （蜃気楼の街）. Many of her songs between that era and her early solo period encompassed the city (namely Tokyo) as a theme but they also always projected feelings of adolescent uncertainty and alienation. Her clear vocals expressing such images of despair are timeless and display an eternal brilliance.

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