Sunshine, Moonlight
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| Studio album by Toshinobu Kubota | ||||
| Released | September 5, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994-1995 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Soul, Go go | |||
| Length | 67:50 | |||
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Columbia (USA) Sony Music (Japan) |
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| Producer | Toshinobu Kubota, Kim Burse, William Burke, Camus Mare Celli, Israel Embry, Kaz Hayashida, Ralph MacDonald, Rex Rideout, William Salter, D'Wayne Wiggins, Bill Withers | |||
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Sunshine Moonlight is the eighth studio album of Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota, released on September 5, 1995. The album credited under the name, Toshi Kubota. This was also Kubota's first English-language album. The album's musical style ranges from 1980s-90s R&B and pop to funk elements such go-go. Synth instrumentation was not employed in recording most of the song as the album contains live instrumentation.
In 1996, Kubota released a follow up album, La La La Love Thang, and proceed with his tour, which was titled Oyeees! Tour.
Kubota began working on the project in 1995. After the release of his previous album "Bumpin' Voyage" in January 1995, Kubota returned the studio to begin recording a new album. Songs from "Bumpin' Voyage" were re-recorded and mastered for the "Sunshine, Moonlight" album. The songs that were re-recorded were "DJ Fonk / Funk It Up", "6 to 8 / My Love (6 to 8)", "Too Lite 2 Do / Too Light to Do", "Sunshine, Moonlight", "Oh Honey", "Not Yet! / Ain't Nobody", and "Tawawa Hit Parade". Kubota also wrote and recorded new songs for the project which include "Holding You", "Jam With Me", "Angel", "Get It Together", and "Nice & Ez".
In addition to producing, Kubota also enlisted in the production team of Kim Burse, William Burke, Camus Mare Celli, Israel Embry, Kaz Hayashida, Ralph MacDonald, Rex Rideout, William Salter, D'Wayne Wiggins, and Bill Withers. All the song were written or co-written by Kubota except the song "Just the Two of Us".
On September 5, 1995, Kubota released his eighth album "Sunshine, Moonlight", which is his first English album. The album was also Kubota's first international release outside Japan. The album peaked number one on the Oricon Albums chart and sold over a half of million units.
The album's lead single "Funk It Up" was released in the United States in August 1995. A music video was shot for the single. On October 21, 1995, Kubota released a maxi-single EP "Funk It Up / Nice & EZ". The singles charted at number ninety-one on the Oricon Singles chart.
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