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This song by City Pop chanteuse Nanako Sato（佐藤奈々子）had me by the throat right from its rolling piano intro which sounds like a fresh babbling brook in the forest.
"Muse no Koibito" (The Muse's Lover) is a ballad from Sato's December 1977 sophomore album "Sweet Swingin'". Composed by the singer along with her own muse Motoharu Sano（佐野元春）and written by Sato as well, it flows across the score sheet like a one-day thrill of a romantic adventure from morning to night in those 1970s. From her vocals and the arrangement, it also sounds like something that another up-and-comer from those days, Junko Yagami（八神純子）, would also tackle. It has that feel of a midtown-to-downtown escapade but I think the City Pop tones are more subdued here. Instead, what comes more to the fore is the flavour of female pop balladry from America. You can also try another track from the album, "Shuumatsu no Highway"（週末のハイウェイ）.
Whoa... really nice track from someone I've not heard of before. Also, that album cover looks remarkably not-of-its-time... At first glance I thought this post was gonna be about someone more recent.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Ms. Sato was quite the looker back then. Glad that you liked the song, too.
DeleteI agree with Robert! It is difficult to believe that this album cover is really from the 1970's! The pose and the hair style does make this look more like a 1990's or early 2000's album cover and Nanako Sato looks a little like Amuro Namie.
DeleteYes exactly! Framing the face this close up on a record cover wasn't so common in the 70s, and also both her makeup and hair (what we see of it) do not look dated to that time.
DeleteYou fellows should check out some of her other album covers. For me, Nanako looks a bit like current jazz/R&B singer JUJU.
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