Neptune (Toshinobu Kubota album)

Neptune
Studio album by Toshinobu Kubota
Released	July 1, 1992
Recorded	1991-1992 Electric Lady Studios NYC
Genre	R&B, pop, dance, dance-pop
Length	57:10
Label	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Producer	Toshinobu Kubota, Yoichiro Kakizaki
Toshinobu Kubota chronology
Kubojah: Parallel World I (1991) Neptune (1992) The Baddest II (1993)

Neptune is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota, released on July 1, 1992. The album charted at number 3 on the Oricon Monthly Albums chart and remained on the charts for total of 13 weeks.^[1] The album sold a total of 484,000 units, reaching double platinum certification.

Track listing

1. Mayonaka no Taiyō (真夜中の太陽, "Midnight Sun")
2. To the Limit
3. Adeus Meu Amor
4. Toranpetto Fukinagara (トランペット吹きながら, "Playing a Trumpet")
5. Natsu no Shigosen (夏の子午線, "Summer Meridian")
6. Sweet Dreams: Sotto Oyasumi (Ｓｗｅｅｔ　Ｄｒｅａｍｓ～そっとおやすみ～)
7. Let's Get a Groove: Yo! Hips
8. Our Masterpiece
9. Pump Up Your Gold
10. Get Six
11. Chikai (誓い, "Oath")

Personnel

• Artwork (art direction & design): Ryuzoh Nagasex (Sony Records)
• Artwork (type setting): Art Press
• Co-producer: Andres Levin (tracks 1, 4, 10), Camus Celli (tracks 1, 4, 10), Jeff Bova (tracks: 9), Yoichiro Kakizaki (tracks 2, 3, 5 to 8, 11)
• Engineer: Stephen Seltzer
• Engineer (assistant): Jenni Bette, Shannon Carr
• Engineer (mastering): Ted Jensen
• Executive producer: Hidenori Taga (Kitty), Yasohachi "88" Itoh (Sony Records)
• Lyrics: Masumi Kawamura (tracks 2, 5), Toshinobu Kubota (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 to 11)
• Mixing: Larry Alexander, Stephen Seltzer
• Music: Yoichiro Kakizaki (track 9)
• Photography: Yoshiaki Sugiyama
• Photography (digital): Foton
• Production, music: Toshinobu Kubota

Funkin' On Neptune Tour

Staged from June 26 to October 1, 1992,^[2] and included songs from the album Neptune, as well as the songs "Time (Shower ni Utarete)" and "Eien no Tsubasa" from his previous album Groovin'.^[3]

The opening act for the June 26 show was Yoshie Shimizu.^[4]

Set list

1. Let's Get a Groove: Yo! Hips
2. Natsu no Shigosen
3. To the Limit
4. Our Masterpiece
5. Eien no Tsubasa
6. Mayonaka no Taiyō
7. Time (Shower ni Utarete)

Personnel

Band

• Bass: Dale Sanders
• Guitar: Ichiro Haneda
• Keyboard: Yoichiro Kakizaki, Takuo Sugiyama
• Percussion: Obao Nakajima
• Other instruments: Hiroshi Araki, Kazufumi Suzuki

Background vocalists

• Dale Sanders
• Rinko Urashima
• Yoko Takahashi

References

1. "Toshinobu KubotaのCDアルバムランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
2. ●久保田利伸●tour'92『FUNKIN' ON NEPTUNE TOUR』パンフ●即決. Yahoo Japan. Retrieved on October 12, 2012
3. 久保田利伸(1992.LIVE). Tuduo. Retrieved on October 12, 2012. (Chinese)
4. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~elly/yoshie/index.html