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1983 · THE LISTENING ROOM

STARGAZER

Masamichi Sugi

The review

After being tempered by Niagara Triangle, he tries a new style boldly. A2 is lifted into a groove by a string hit at a crucial point, a sparkling guitar solo and Kenji Okazawa's chopper bass. A5 fuses a Philly-soul-like electric sitar with a densely layered chorus recalling 10cc, as if the world of Sugi's fiction had turned into music. It confirms that pop on this scale was alive in the 1980s as well.

Recommended tracks

  • A2
  • A5

Vinyl

CBS Sony · 28AH-1519

CD

GT music / Sony · MHCL-30068