Cassis is the 20th solo studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in July 2002.
The album includes "Kimerareta Rhythm", which was featured on the Academy Award-nominated motion picture The Twilight Samurai, directed by Yoji Yamada. The song "You are the Top" was originally contributed to the same-titled musical by Kōki Mitani. Two singles were cut from the album: "Kono Yo no Sadame" and "Final Love Song"; both songs were featured on the TV advertisings of Kirin Beverage starring Inoue himself.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise indicated "" - 4:23 "" - 5:00 "Final Love Song" - 4:25 "" - 4:28 "" - 6:18 "" - 3:19 "" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 3:10 "" (Inoue/Hirai) - 2:28 "You are the Top" (Inoue/Hirai/Kōki Mitani) - 4:28 "" - 4:47 "" - 4:13
Personnel Yōsui Inoue - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand-claps Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar, acoustic guitar Haruo Kubota - electric guitar Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar Tsuneo Imabori - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, computer programming Chiharu Mikuzuki - electric bass, uplight bass, 12-string guitar Masafumi Minato - drums Hideo Yamaki - drums Matarou Misawa - percussion Yahiro Tomohiro - percussion Nobuo Kurata - acoustic piano Natsumi Hirai - acoustic piano Yasuharu Nakanishi - acoustic piano, electric piano Yoshiki Kojima - acoustic piano, keyboards, organ Yūta Saitō - acoustic piano, keyboards Masao Ōmura - keyboards Banana U-G - keyboards, computer programming Kazuya Miyazaki - computer programming Tetsuo Ishikawa - computer programming Yōichi Murata - trombone, bass trombone Kōji Nishimura - trumpet Shirou Sasaki - trumpet Masahiko Sugasaka - trumpet Takuo Yamamoto - saxophone Bob Zang - saxophone Masakuni Takeno - saxophone Udai Shike - cello Jun - background vocals Chie Nagai - background vocals
Chart positions
Album YearChartPositionSales2002Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)1273,000
Singles YearSingleB-Side(s)ChartPositionSales2001"Kono Yo no Sadame""Kegani", "Kyoto Tabemono Jijou"Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100)607,0002002"Final Love Song""Yagi no Milk"438,000"Mori Hana Shojo Rin""Kimerareta Rhythm"——
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