Heartbeat (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

Heartbeat is the ninth solo studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, released in 1991 by Virgin Records. A second version of the album was released in the United States and Europe in 1992, which replaced the original version of "Tainai Kalki" with the David Sylvian-featuring version, "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb", as well as English versions of "High Tide" and "Sayonara", and bonus song "Cloud #9".

Heartbeat
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 1991 (Japan)
July 28, 1992 (USA)
GenreSynthpop, experimental rock
LabelVirgin Records America
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian (11, 12), Satoshi Tomiie (track 1)
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
The Sheltering Sky
(1990)
Heartbeat
(1991)
Little Buddha
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

Japanese version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbeat"Ryuichi Sakamoto, Satoshi Tomiie, Jeffrey Cohen4:46
2."Rap the World"Sakamoto, Jungle DJ Towa Towa, Super DJ Dmitry4:53
3."Triste"Sakamoto, FFF, Marco Prince4:23
4."Lulu"Sakamoto4:19
5."High Tide" (sung in Japanese)Sakamoto4:47
6."Song Lines"Sakamoto2:56
7."Nuages"(Traditional)2:15
8."Sayonara" (sung in Japanese)Sakamoto5:24
9."Borom Gal"Sakamoto3:59
10."Epilogue"Sakamoto3:42
11."Tainai Kaiki II"Sakamoto, Arto Lindsay5:20
Total length:46:43
International version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbeat"Ryuichi Sakamoto, Satoshi Tomiie, Jeffrey Cohen4:46
2."Rap the World"Sakamoto, Jungle DJ Towa Towa, Super DJ Dmitry4:53
3."Triste"Sakamoto, FFF, Marco Prince4:23
4."Lulu"Sakamoto4:19
5."High Tide" (sung in English)Sakamoto4:47
6."Song Lines"Sakamoto2:56
7."Nuages"(Traditional)2:15
8."Sayonara" (sung in English)Sakamoto5:24
9."Borom Gal"Sakamoto3:59
10."Epilogue"Sakamoto3:42
11."Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb"Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Arto Lindsay5:20
12."Cloud #9"Sakamoto, Sylvian5:17
Total length:52:00

Personnel

Performers

Technical

  • Lolly Grodner – engineer (11, 12)
  • Patrick Dillett – engineer (all tracks except 12)
  • Yoshifumi Iio – engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
  • Jungle DJ Towa Towa – co-producer (2)
  • Axel Niehaus – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
  • Fernando Aponte – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
  • Jim Caruana – assistant engineer (11, 12)
  • Koichiro Nagao – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
  • Wes Naprstek – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)

References

  1. Hayes, Kevin. "Beauty". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 31, 2016.


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