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Paraiso (Haruomi Hosono album)

Paraiso
Haruomi Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band Paraiso.jpg
Studio album by Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band
Released April 25, 1978 (1978-04-25)
Recorded December 1977 – January 1978
Studio Alfa Studio “A”, Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo
Crown Studio, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ("Asatoya Yunta")
Genre Jazz fusion
Exotica
Technopop
Length 34:37
Label Alfa
Sony Music Direct
Producer Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono chronology
Bon Voyage co.
(1976)Bon Voyage co.1976
Paraiso
(1978)
Cochin Moon
(1978)Cochin Moon1978

Paraiso (はらいそ, Haraiso) is Haruomi Hosono's fourth solo album and Yellow Magic Band (later on Yellow Magic Orchestra)'s first album. This album continues the tropical style of Hosono House, Tropical Dandy and Bon Voyage co., while being influenced by the music of Hawaii and Okinawa, incorporating electronic sounds that would be later developed on Hosono's and YMO's careers. YMO, The Yellow Magic Band at this point in time, was composed of Tin Pan Alley members and studio musicians, such as Hosono's former Happy End band mate Shigeru Suzuki and future YMO members Ryuichi Sakamoto (who would later perform an altered version of "Asatoya Yunta" in his solo career) and Yukihiro Takahashi, as well as guitarist Hirofumi Tokutake (who would later perform in Technodon and Wild Sketch Show).

All tracks written by Haruomi Hosono, except "Japanese Rhumba" by a composer only known as 'G. Miller'; "Asatoya Yunta", a traditional Okinawan song and "Fujiyama Mama", written by Earl Burrows with lyrics translated by Seiichi Ida and additional lyrics written by Hosono.


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