Kimi no Station: The Home of City Pop's video: Ken Kobayashi - Urban Blue 1986 Full Album

Album: Urban Blue Artist(s): Ken Kobayashi (小林健) Release date: July 21, 1986 Label: Columbia Genre(s): Rock, Funk/Soul, Pop --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Urban Blue is the debut studio album by singer-songwriter Ken Kobayashi. Many of the songs on the album were composed and arranged by Kobayashi himself. Kobayashi also served as producer for the album. The album was co-produced by Shinji Shiwada (沢田信二) and co-arranged by keyboardist Tadashi Nanba (難波正司), who would eventually become a member of the jazz fusion band T-Square from 1997 to 1999. The song「君の瞳のブルー」was featured in a commercial by Yamaha made for promoting their music products, in which Kobayashi himself made an appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1uPerk90w This was one of a few works released during Kobayashi's short musical career. He released two studio albums and a few singles before disappearing from the music industry without a trace. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracklist: 1. ~Overture~ Urban Blue (Instrumental) [0:00] 2. 君の瞳のブルー (Kimi no Hitomi no Blue) [2:34] 3. ラベルの無いカセット (Label no Nai Cassette) [7:14] 4. Walking Alone [12:17] 5. Mistake [16:25] 6. 熱帯夜急行 (Nettaiya Kyuko) [20:11] 7. Count Down [24:17] 8. 恋のジグソーパズル (Koi no Jigsaw Puzzle) [27:50] 9. Lady My Love [31:31] 10. Never Say Good-Bye [35:46] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links: https://www.discogs.com/Ken-Kobayashi-Urban-Blue/release/12779424 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ℗ 1986 Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. © 1986 Columbia/Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 君のSTATION (pronounced Kimi-no-Station, or "Your Station") is the showcase for music of the "city pop" genre. Unlike other channels, however, relatively obscure albums, albums currently existing in low quality, and albums that haven't been uploaded in full, will be seen here on this channel. DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything in this video at all; all content belongs to their respective owners. Fair use, that's all.