Sitting at a burger spot in Kamakura watching surfers catch waves and seagulls soar along the shore, it was easy to imagine the colorful, coastal Japan depicted by the many artists that fall within the beach umbrella of the city pop genre. Think of this as a Day-Glo orange mixtape inserted into an aqua-colored boombox and transport yourself to the sunny sea with an air of a nostalgia for years you've never experienced.
1 | Anri | Windy Summer | 00:00 |
2 | Masataka Mastutoya | Lovers Paradise | 03:48 |
3 | Cindy | Watashitachi Wo Shinjite Ite | 08:08 |
4 | Junko Ohashi | Telephone Number | 13:52 |
5 | 1986 Omega Tribe | Kimi Wa 1000% | 17:49 |
6 | Yu Hayami | 緑色のラグーン | 21:46 |
7 | Taeko Onuki | Tokai | 25:19 |
8 | Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuro Yamashita | Kiska | 30:27 |
9 | Momoko Kikuchi | Ocean Side | 35:35 |
10 | Makoto Matsushita | September Rain | 39:55 |
11 | Kingo Hamada | Dolphin in Town | 44:22 |
12 | Nina Atsuko | Icebox & Movie | 47:43 |
13 | Anri | Good Bye Boogie Dance | 51:57 |
14 | EPO | Down Town | 56:06 |
15 | Miki Matsubara | Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me | 59:51 |
16 | Tatsuro Yamashita | Music Book | 1:05:05 |
17 | Masayoshi Takanaka | Tokyo Leggy | 1:09:49 |
18 | PIPER | Summer Breeze | 1:13:52 |
19 | CASIOPEA | Asayake | 1:16:55 |
20 | Tomoko Aran | Midnight Pretenders | 1:21:22 |
21 | Kaoru Akimoto | Dress Down | 1:27:05 |
22 | Kaoru Akimoto | Wagamama na High Heels | 1:31:14 |
23 | Meiko Nakahara | Dance in the Memories | 1:34:35 |
24 | Yurie Kokubu | I Wanna Be With You | 1:38:44 |
25 | Junko Yagami | 1984 | 1:43:34 |
26 | Yukihiro Takahashi | Present | 1:48:36 |
27 | Tatsuro Yamashita | Loveland, Island | 1:53:14 |
28 | Mariya Takeuchi | Plastic Love | 1:55:13 |