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1984 · THE LISTENING ROOM

City Nights

Off Course

The review

“City Nights” takes Off Course into a dry, nocturnal groove. The bass and clipped guitar create a firm pulse, while Kazumasa Oda and Hitoshi Shimizu trade lines and chorus parts with characteristic precision.

Paired with “Midori no Hibi,” it is a polished mid-eighties single whose reverse side carries its own distinct city atmosphere—cool, rhythmic and built for after dark.

Sides

  • A · Midori no Hibi
  • B · City Nights

Original single

Fun House · 07FA-1011

Coupled with

Midori no Hibi

Tatsuro Yamashita · Amaku Kiken na KaoriMinako Yoshida · Koi wa Ryusei Part I & IIAnn Lewis · Boogie Woogie Love TrainLisa Tatsuki & Yuji Konno · Kibun o Dashite Mo IchidoYoshitaka Minami · Sobakasu no Aru ShojoMother Goose · Marine BlueAmii Ozaki · My Pure LadyYumi Matsutoya · Hoshi no Rouge LienHi-Fi Set · Hoshi Furu MayonakaCircus · Futari no KaerimichiAkira Terao · Cinema HotelJin Kirigaya · Summer SunsetKengo & Sweet Relation · Wareta NatsuKengo Kurozumi · Paradise IslandKazuhito Murata · Up to LoveYasuhiro Abe · Still I Love YouKazushi Inamura · GoyojinYou Yamashita · Ever After LoveMasato Fujiwara · New York City SerenadeGoro Noguchi · Good LuckBAHO · VoicesYuko Asano · Summer ChampionBal Balloon (バルバルーン) · Stardust SerenadeSeiko Matsuda · Komugiiro no MermaidYoshiko Takahashi · Kumo ni NotteMakoto Kubota · Shoka no KaoriLily · HinikuFrank Nagai · WomanSaori Yuki · Kokoromochi KimagureMami Horie · Loving YouNoriyo Ikeda · HitonemuriThe Eastern Gang · CharlotteCools Rockabilly Club · Sentimental New YorkEri Kojima · Lonely Feelin'Yuko Ohtaki · Koi no Warming UpAyako Sawada · Air PocketYumi Seino · Piano WomanShinji Harada & Crisis · Let Me Hold You Again TonightTavito Nanao × Yakenohara · Rollin' Rollin'Kou Shibasaki · Chiffon Blue no CurtainMicrostar · Night Flight