Category: Ｃｉｔｙ ｐｏｐ
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![[The JukeBox] #95 – Junko Yagami – 黄昏のBAY CITY](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/baycitycover-1024x576.png)
[The JukeBox] #95 – Junko Yagami – 黄昏のBAY CITY
Back to Japan and back to 1983 for another Jukebox from Junko Yagami and was a prominent artist in the 70s and 80s. To date, they have released over 25 albums in 4 decades. Today, Yagami resides in Los Angeles but flies to Japan to perform live. 黄昏のBAY CITY (“Bay City” here within) was released…
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![[The JukeBox] #92 – Mariya Takeuchi – September](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mariya_takeuchi_love_songs.jpg)
[The JukeBox] #92 – Mariya Takeuchi – September
It’s time for Mariya’s hit parade. (Yes, I know I’m posting this in October… I was busy OK) September, released in August 1979 on RCA Records label and was part of the 1980 album LOVE SONGS. It spent over half a year within the Oricon Top 100 charts for 1979 and won the “Best Newcomer…
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![[The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/anri-timely.png)
[The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer
Another track from ANRI’s 7th Album, Timely!!, Windy Summer. 🎵 Check out [The JukeBox] #66 – ANRI – 悲しいがとまらない I CAN’T STOP THE LONELINESS Honestly, the whole album is so good that I could post a JukeBox for ALL the tracks on this album. A refresher of who ANRI is from #66 ANRI (Real name…
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![[The JukeBox] #90 – Macross 82-99 – Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sailorwave_iii.png)
[The JukeBox] #90 – Macross 82-99 – Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)
💸 This post contains compensated/sponsored content. When a Macross 82-99 album releases, you can’t help but be sucked into a particular track. For me. there are far too many to choose from and one for me features the fantastic vocals of the talented Neon Vectors. Two of a Kind was released as part of SAILORWAVE…
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![[The JukeBox] #88 – Macross 82-99 – Aogashima Island!](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sailorwaveii.png)
[The JukeBox] #88 – Macross 82-99 – Aogashima Island!
Macross 82-99 released Sailorwave II back in 2018 as a EP after the successful release of the album Sailorwave back in 2013. Aogashima Island! is one of those songs that has always been in my playlists but never really took a liking to. But recently, something about the song changed my perpective on it and…
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![[The JukeBox] #83 – MONDO GROSSO – Labyrinth](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20170719022359.jpg)
[The JukeBox] #83 – MONDO GROSSO – Labyrinth
Normally with The JukeBox posts, I discover a song or an album, add it to my Spotify playlist, go back through the playlist at a later stage (Normally 6 months to a couple of years) and then decide whether to create a post for it. This song, I heard one day and I must have…
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![[The JukeBox] #82 – Casiopea – Galactic Funk](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/casiopea_cross_point.png)
[The JukeBox] #82 – Casiopea – Galactic Funk
Within specific genres of music, there are those ‘staple’ songs. A set of pieces that capture the essence of a genre. Within the City pop genre, you would find some staples, Plastic Love, Dress Down, Stay with Me, and Flyday Chinatown.Jazz Fusion sensation, Casiopea would be a staple band for the genre. Still going today…
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![[The JukeBox] #71 – Miki Matsubara – Stay with Me](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/stay-with-me-miki-matsubara-1024x576.png)
[The JukeBox] #71 – Miki Matsubara – Stay with Me
Back in 1979, a few days from her 20th birthday, Miki Matsubara released her debut single Mayonaka no Door (Stay With Me) under the Pony Canyon label but this wasn’t her first foray into music. Matsubara’s mother was in a jazz band called the ‘Crazy Cats’ and while attending school, Matsubara was in the rock…
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[The Jukebox] #67 – ANRI – 悲しいがとまらない I CAN’T STOP THE LONELINESS
While listening to some Citypop, a track that seems to be on every playlist that I have on Spotify is ANRI’s I CAN’T STOP THE LONELINESS from her 7th album Timely!! ANRI (Real name ‘Eiko Kawashima’) is a singer-songwriter from Yamato, Japan who has been releasing music since her 1978 album “Apricot Jam” and continues…
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![[The Jukebox] #62 – Dress Down – Kaoru Akimoto](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/wordpress/2020/11/160498985287be434c768997cf069c5d.jpeg)
[The Jukebox] #62 – Dress Down – Kaoru Akimoto
In March of 1986, Akimoto released her one and only album Cologne under the Victor record label but went under the radar when it was initially released.
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