Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: MAMALAID RAG -- Café Terrace（カフェテラス）

 

Number: 021

Lyricist/Composer/Arranger: Hirokuni Tanaka

From MAMALAID RAG's 2002 album: "Mamalaid Rag"

Bringing in the feeling spanning between his "Velvet Hotel" and "Ki no Ha no Sketch"（木の葉のスケッチ...Leaf Sketch）, "Café Terrace" is a number rich in the flavour of Eiichi Ohtaki（大滝詠一）. However, the appeal of MAMALAID RAG is that it leaves a refreshing impression, far from being sarcastic at all. This is a song that I recommend in the sense that one can wholeheartedly experience Hirokuni Tanaka's（田中拡邦）vocals which have a quality that perfectly emulates Ohtaki's distinct ability to vibrate his vocal cords.

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