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Hitomi Yaida's fourth original album.
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M-01.

  Akira Murata: Programming and Keyboards
  Katsumi Usui: Drums
  Peter O'Toole: Bass, Acoustic Guitar and Electric Bouzouki
  Sharon Shannon: Accordion
  Atsushi Murakami: Drum Tech


M-02. 10th Single

  Akira Murata: Programming and Keyboards
  Susumu Nishikawa: Bass and Electric Guitar


M-03. 9th Single / NTV Drama "Madam Mari" Theme Song

  Hitomi Yaida: Shaker
  Akira Murata: Programming and Keyboards
  Mitsutaka Saito: Bass
  Susumu Nishikawa: Electric Guitar and Acoustic Guitar
  Kiyohide Ura: Acoustic Piano


M-04. Lipton "Limone Sparkle" CM Song

  Hitomi Yaida: Additional Piano
  Akira Murata: Programming, Acoustic Piano and Keyboards
  Susumu Nishikawa: Bass and Electric Guitar


M-05.

  Akira Murata: Programming, Keyboards and Backing Vocal
  Mitsutaka Saito: Bass
  Susumu Nishikawa: Electric Guitar
  Daishi Kataoka: Electric Guitar and Backing Vocal
  Tatsuya Shimogami: Trumpet and Brass Arrangement
  Takemi "SASUKE" Kosaka: Trombone
  Shinichi Tanabe: Percussion
  Naomi: Backing Vocal


M-06.

  Akira Murata: Programming
  Susumu Nishikawa: Bass and Electric Guitar


M-07.

  Hitomi Yaida: Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine and Blues Harp
  Akira Murata: Programming, Bass and Keyboards
  Daishi Kataoka: Electric Guitar


M-08.

  Akira Murata: Programming and Keyboards
  Susumu Nishikawa: Bass, Electric Guitar and Electric Sitar


M-09.

  Akira Murata: Programming, Keyboards and Backing Vocal
  Katsumi Usui: Drums
  Susumu Nishikawa: Bass and Electric Guitar
  Daishi Kataoka: Backing Vocal
  Atsushi Murakami: Drum Tech


M-10. Bonus Track from 11th Single / TAITO "EZmelody Torihoudai" CM Song

  Katsumi Usui: Drums
  Takumi "FIRE" Matsuda: Bass
  Susumu Nishikawa: Electric Guitar
  Daishi Kataoka: Electric Guitar
  Kiyohide Ura: Electric Piano
  Akira Murata: Organ


M-11.

  Hideo Yamaki: Drums
  Mitsutaka Saito: Bass
  Susumu Nishikawa: Electric Guitar
  Satoru "SALT" Shionoya: Acoustic Piano and Strings Arrangement
  Kinbara Chieko Strings: Strings

  Satoru "SALT" Shionoya by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.



All Lyrics and Music by Hitomi Yaida

Produced and Arranged by Daishi Kataoka
                                       Akira Murata
                                       Hitomi Yaida

Recorded at
prime sound studio form, Studio TERRA and Sony Music Studios, London

All songs recorded by Shuichi Watanabe (Studio TERRA)

Additional tracks recorded by
Roland Herrington [M-1]
Ayato Taniguchi (Ambient Vision) [M-7]

Mixed by
Shuichi Watanabe [M-2,M-4,M-6,M-7,M-8,M-10]
Roland Herrington [M-1,M-3,M-5,M-9,M-11]

Assistant Engineers:
Satoshi Sasamoto, Shunroku Hitani and Toshiyuki Watanabe @ prime sound studio form
Yuji Kamijyo @ Studio TERRA
Andrew Nichols, Dave Clarke, Jake Loftus and Dave Moore @ Sony Music Studios, London

Mastered by
Ian Cooper @ Metropolis Mastering, London

Some samples used under license from AMG   license number: SP1201069

Production Coordinate in London: Naomi Takahashi (NANA MUSIC UK LTD)

Art Direction and Design: Takayuki Uchiyama (creek)
Photography: Yasue Takeuchi (Vivid Room)
Assistant: Nobu Yamaguchi
Styling: Megumi Isaka (neat)
Hair and Make up: Takuma Itakura (nude)
Photo shoot coordinate: Masaya Sato, Rika Shirayanagi and Haruna Murata (Green Lights)

Artist Management: Clear Sky Corporation
Artist Manager: Mariko Arimoto

A&R:
Mamoru Ohta (Aozora Records)
Takeshi Kawamura (TOSHIBA-EMI Virgin Records)
Naofumi Shimada (TOSHIBA-EMI Virgin Records)

Promotion:
Fumihiko Mihoya and Shunsuke Miyai (Aozora Records), Susumu Kakisaka, Yasuko Kuroda, Yuko Taya, Mayuko Kato, Maki Yamamoto, Akira Yaji, Hisashi Hattori, Kyoko Tanabe, Ryosuke Seki, Hideki Ishino, Yuichi Kurahara, Sayoko Morishita, Yuko Tomatsu, Kenshi Chikazoe, Yoshihiro Nakahata, Kenji Sakuma, Yukihiko Anzawa and Shinji Izumi (TOSHIBA-EMI Virgin Records)

Sales Promotion:
Katsunori Honda (Aozora Records)
Yoshifumi Yamaminami (TOSHIBA-EMI)

Executive Producers:
Yukio Taguchi (Aozora Records)
Junya Nakasone (TOSHIBA-EMI)

Thanks to:
prime direction, Smash room, Peers International, Coyote Invention, GEN PLANNING, Tom Sherlock, John Dunford, DEUCE, LEGATO MUSIC, Kanda Shokai, Yairi, Gibson, pci, Full moon guitars, dragon fly, Miki Hayashida, GMS, JAL Travel

Special Thanks to:
Father, Mother, Big Brother, everyone at ClearSky, everyone at Aozora Kikaku, all the tour staff, everyone at TOSHIBA-EMI, all the eventers, fellow musicians, friends in the beautiful Osaka, Sister, 美味しい焼き鳥屋さん, かえる, all listeners.

www.aozorarecords.com/
www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/virgintokyo