For You (Tatsuro Yamashita album)

In 1980, Tatsuro Yamashita's single Ride on Time became a hit, as did the album of the same name. Yamashita would hold frequent live concerts throughout 1981 as a result, making it difficult to plan for his next album, but his band continued to improve as they performed. Yamashita said about the success of Ride on Time, "This album finally fulfills my dream from the time of Sugar Babe, I wanted to record as much as I wanted without worrying about budget and time". When For You released in 1982, it became Yamashita's second hit studio album, peaking at number one on the Oricon LP charts and number two on the CT charts. It was also his last studio album under the AIR/RVC label. Later that year, he married Mariya Takeuchi on April 6. Originally, the song "Morning Glory" was written for Takeuchi's album Miss M. The songs "Sparkle" and "Loveland Island" were used as commercial songs for Suntory beer. Meanwhile, the song "Your Eyes" was used as a commercial song for Nissui starring Bunta Sugawara. At this time, advances were made in car stereos and Walkman devices that gave portable music devices improved audio quality. The album was produced and promoted with this in mind to reinforce the 'resort pop' feeling, with the slogan "Summer, the sea, Tatsuro!" officially cementing his image as the "Summer Song Guy". Originally, Yamashita was thinking of requesting Hiroshi Nagai to make the album cover, but at that time Nagai had already decided to work on the album cover for Eiichi Ohtaki's album A Long Vacation. Eizin Suzuki instead created For You's cover art. In the 2002 reissue of the album, four bonus tracks were added. The bonus track "Every Night" was an unpublished cover Yamashita recorded of Mariya Takeuchi's song from her album Miss M. Loveland, Island / Your Eyes was released as a single the same year. The song Loveland, Island was used as the ending theme for the Japanese drama series The Long Love Letter. ==Track listing==

Sparkle • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Percussion & Background Vocals • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Hiroyuki Namba: Acoustic Piano, Synth • Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo • Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals • Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet • Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet • Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone • Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone • Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax • Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax Music Book • Tatsuro Yamashita: Percussion & Background Vocals • Yuichi Togashiki: Drums • Akira Okazawa: Bass • Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar • Hiroshi Sato: Electric Piano • Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion • Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone Solo • Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals • Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet • Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet • Yasuo Hirauchi: Trombone • Sumio Okada: Trombone • Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax • Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax • Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master Interlude A Part I • Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices Morning Glory • Tatsuro Yamashita: Acoustic Piano, Electric Guitar, Marimba, Percussion & Background Vocals • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar • Hiroyuki Namba: Electric Piano • Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet • Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet • Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone • Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone • Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax • Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax Interlude A Part II • Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices Futari • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Percussion & Background Vocals • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Hiroshi Sato: Acoustic Piano & Electric Piano • Hiroyuki Namba: KORG λ String (KORG Lambda) • Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax • Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master Loveland, Island • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar (Right) & Background Vocals • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar (Left) • Hiroyuki Namba: Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer • Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion • Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo • Keiko Yamakawa: Harp Interlude B Part I • Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices '''Love Talkin' (Honey It's You)''' • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano. Glocken, Percussion & Background Vocals • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Hiroyuki Namba: KORG PS-3100 Synthesizer • Keiko Yamakawa: Harp • Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals Hey Reporter! • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano & Background Vocals • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Hiroyuki Namba: Acoustic Piano Interlude B Part II • Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices Your Eyes • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Electric Sitar, Percussion & Background Vocals • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Chuei Yoshikawa: Acoustic Guitar • Hiroyuki Namba: Acoustic Piano • Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo • Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master • Hiroki Inui: Strings Arrangement あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori] (same personnel for TV Instrumental Version 1) • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar (Left), Acoustic Piano Solo & Percussion • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar (Right) • Hiroyuki Namba: Electric Piano • Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion • Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet • Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet • Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone • Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone • Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax • Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax • Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master • Masahide Sakuma: Strings Arrangement あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, TV Instrumental Version 2] • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar & Percussion • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboards • Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo Every Night • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar & Percussion • Jun Aoyama: Drums • Koki Ito: Bass • Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboards • Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion Production / Credits Taken from the inner sleeve notes of the album. (RAL-8801) • Produced by Tatsuro Yamashita for Smile Company • Associate Producer: Ryuzo "Junior" Kosugi • Production Co-ordinator: Nobumasa Uchida • Recording Engineer Tamotsu Yoshida, Toshiro Itoh • Re-mix Engineer: Tamotsu Yoshida • Assistant Engineers: Masato Ohmori, Shigemi Watanabe, Akira Fukada • Instrument Maintenance: Takeshi Yamamoto • Recorded at CBS/SONY Roppongi Studio A & B • Re-mixed at CBS/SONY Roppongi Studio B • Mastering Studio: JVC Yokohama Cutting Studio • Disc Mastering Engineer: Tohru Kotetsu • Cover Illustration: Eizin Suzuki • Design: Hiroshi Takahara • Inner Photograph: Nobuo Kubota ==Chart positions==