Tropical Dandy is the second solo studio album by Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono, released on June 25, 1975.
Album This album begins the tropical style which Hosono features very prevalently in the beginning of his career in following albums such as Bon Voyage co. and Paraiso. Also, it features performances from "Caramel Mama" (who had, by this point, changed their name to "Tin Pan Alley"). This album was reissued as part of a box set with bonus tracks taken from Tin Pan Alley albums by Crown decades later.
Track listing
Album cover The album's cover is a parody of the sailor-themed packaging of Player's Navy Cut cigarettes, similar to the 1969 Procol Harum album, A Salty Dog. The quotation marks around Hosono's surname refer to the "medium" version of the cigarette. The cover also portrays a ship resembling the RMS Titanic, which Hosono's grandfather, Masabumi, infamously escaped the sinking of on her maiden voyage.
Personnel Haruomi Hosono – Bass, Vocals, Mellotron, Marimba, Guitar (Acoustic & Electric), Clavinet, Cowbell, Whistle, Backing Vocals/Choir, Production, Liner notes Masataka Matsutoya – Piano, Hammond organ, String Arrangements Shigeru Suzuki – Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals/Choir Tatsuo Hayashi – Drums, Percussion Hiroki Komazawa – Pedal steel guitar Hiroshi Satō – Piano, Clavinet Ginji Itō – Electric Guitar Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion Makoto Yano – Strings, Horn (Wind and Brass) & String Arrangements Minako Yoshida – Duet Vocals, Backing Vocals/Choir Makoto Kubota – Backing Vocals/Choir, Scat Vocals Teruyuki Fukushima – Trumpet Masayuki Kuniyoshi – Flute Yōji Yamashita – Ukulele Clare Francis – Voice Kayo Ito, Taeko Ōnuki & Kōsetsu Minami – Backing Vocals/Choir Kazuhiro Ichihashi – Backing Vocals/Choir, Assistant Engineering Shincihi Furuzaki – Re-mixing Yasuo Yagi – Cover and Back Tropical Artwork, Concept Art Michiko Oshima – Liner Artwork Takumi Uchida – Photography
See also 1975 in Japanese music
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