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Romantic
EP by
ReleasedJuly 10, 1988 (1988-07-10)
Recorded1988
StudioWarner-Pioneer Studios
Genre
Length20:33
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
Label Warner Pioneer
ProducerYukio Seto
Chisato Moritaka chronology
Mi-ha
(1988)
Romantic
(1988)
Mite
(1988)

Romantic (ロマンティック, Romantikku) is an EP by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka, released on July 10, 1988 by Warner Pioneer. The EP is themed around summer, headlined by Moritaka's cover of Dionne Warwick's " Do You Know the Way to San Jose". While the album is packaged in a standard 12 cm CD case, the disc itself is an 8 cm mini CD. [1] [2]

The album peaked at No. 22 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 24,000 copies. [3] [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1." Do You Know the Way to San Jose" (San Hose e no Michi (サンホセへの道, "The Road to San Jose"))
  • Bacharach
  • David
Takumi Yamamoto2:46
2."Romantic" (Romantikku (ロマンティック)) Chisato MoritakaKen ShimaShima4:44
3."Ano Hi no Photograph (Bossa Nova Version)" (Ano Hi no Fotogurafu (Bosa Noba Vājon) (あの日のフォトグラフ(ボサノバ・ヴァージョン), "The Photograph of That Day (Bossa Nova Version)")) Hiromasa IjichiShimaShima4:03
4."Kaigan" ((海岸, "Coast"))Makoto ŌishiYamamotoYamamoto4:36
5."Shizuka na Umi" ((静かな夏, "A Quiet Summer"))Kanon KuwaYamamotoYamamoto4:22

Personnel

  • Chisato Moritaka – vocals
  • Takumi Yamamoto – vocals (1)
  • Ken Shima – piano, keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1–3)
  • Keiji Toriyama – synthesizer programming (2–3)
  • Tomoaki Arima – synthesizer programming (4–5)
  • Yukio Seto – guitar (3)
  • Keiichi Ishibashu – bass (1)
  • Kenji Takamizu – bass (2–3)
  • Yuichi Togashiki – drums (1)
  • Masahiro Yamazaki – drums (2–3)
  • Shingo Kanno – percussion (2)
  • Nana – backing vocals (4)

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [3] 22

References

  1. ^ "Romantic". Kioku no Kiroku. The Federation of Music Publishers Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  2. ^ "森高千里". Idol.ne.jp. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  3. ^ a b "Romantic/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  4. ^ "森高千里". Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

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