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1981 · THE LISTENING ROOM

Piano Woman

Yumi Seino

The review

“Piano Woman” unfolds at an unhurried pace, giving Yumi Seino's cool, elegant voice room to shape every phrase. The keyboards and rhythm section create a sophisticated late-night atmosphere with an unmistakable early-eighties sheen.

“Rio no Mahotsukai” adds a more colorful counterpart on the reverse. Together the two sides show why Seino's small catalogue has remained a rich corner of Japanese city pop.

Sides

  • A · Piano Woman
  • B · Rio no Mahotsukai

Original single

Blow Up · AH-85-A

Coupled with

Rio no Mahotsukai

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 · GoyojinOff Course · City NightsYou 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 PocketShinji Harada & Crisis · Let Me Hold You Again TonightTavito Nanao × Yakenohara · Rollin' Rollin'Kou Shibasaki · Chiffon Blue no CurtainMicrostar · Night Flight