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| ''Shokumotsu Rensa'' was produced by Sakamoto, who arranged nearly all of its songs and composed five.<ref name=":2" /> Primarily a [[Pop music|pop]] album, it draws from a range of genres. The opener "Mind Circus" is a later addition to [[city pop]] with lyrics by [[Masao Urino]], who was an influential figure in the genre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanazawa |first=Toshikazu |date=March 22, 2023 |title= |script-title=ja:中谷美紀「MIND CIRCUS」収録！これはシティポップじゃなくてシティミュージック？ |trans-title=Miki Nakatani's "MIND CIRCUS" included! Is this city music, not city pop? |url=https://reminder.top/143678866/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=reminder.top |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2022 |title=#35 2022/10/29 放送後記 {{!}} GOODYEAR MUSIC AIRSHIP～シティポップ レイディオ～ - TOKYO FM 80.0MHz - |url=https://www.tfm.co.jp/airship/report/9526 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[Tokyo FM]] |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanazawa |first=Toshikazu |title= |script-title=ja:林哲司×売野雅勇×金澤寿和 シティ・ポップの始まりと人気を集めた背景を紐解く |trans-title=Tetsuji Hayashi, Masao Urino, and Toshikazu Kanazawa: Unraveling the Beginnings of City Pop and the Background of its Popularity |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/3270 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Japan]] |language=ja}}</ref> It makes use of [[Modulation (music)|modulations]].<ref name=":6" /> [[Yasuharu Konishi]] contributed the [[acid jazz]] {{nihongo|"Aibiki no Mori de"|逢いびきの森で|||lead=}}, while the [[electropop]] "My Best of Love" was penned by [[Taeko Onuki]].<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=きみになりたい。 |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/きみになりたい。-オムニバス/dp/B0001BUDL4 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon Japan]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mori |first=Tomoyuki |date=April 8, 2023 |title= |script-title=ja:坂本龍一が携わった後世にも伝えたい音楽作品 日本のポップミュージックを豊かにした偉大なる功績 |trans-title=Ryuichi Sakamoto was involved in musical works that will be handed down to future generations — Great Achievements in Enriching Japanese Pop Music |url=https://realsound.jp/2023/04/post-1299589_2.html |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=Real Sound |language=ja |ref=realsound}}</ref> "Where the River Flows" is [[Music of Japan|Japanese]]-styled, while "Tattoo" channels [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] and features the only lyrics written by Nakatani.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" /> A [[bossa nova]] influence can be heard on {{nihongo|"Shikisai no Naka e"|色彩の中へ|||lead=}} and "Sorriso Escuro"; both credit Brazilian musician [[Vinicius Cantuária]] as a composer, while the latter was written with American musician [[Arto Lindsay]] and contains elements of [[ambient music]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Takeshima |first=Rui |date=September 29, 2017 |title=【音楽レビュー】Invoke／Arto Lindsay |url=https://popmaster.jp/music/invoke/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=Pop Master |language=ja}}</ref> Elsewhere, "Strange Paradise" was remixed for inclusion on the album and references the 1985 [[Jean-Luc Godard]] film [[Hail Mary (film)|''Hail Mary'']] in its lyrics.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | ''Shokumotsu Rensa'' was produced by Sakamoto, who arranged nearly all of its songs and composed five.<ref name=":2" /> Primarily a [[Pop music|pop]] album, it draws from a range of genres. The opener "Mind Circus" is a later addition to [[city pop]] with lyrics by [[Masao Urino]], who was an influential figure in the genre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanazawa |first=Toshikazu |date=March 22, 2023 |title= |script-title=ja:中谷美紀「MIND CIRCUS」収録！これはシティポップじゃなくてシティミュージック？ |trans-title=Miki Nakatani's "MIND CIRCUS" included! Is this city music, not city pop? |url=https://reminder.top/143678866/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=reminder.top |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2022 |title=#35 2022/10/29 放送後記 {{!}} GOODYEAR MUSIC AIRSHIP～シティポップ レイディオ～ - TOKYO FM 80.0MHz - |url=https://www.tfm.co.jp/airship/report/9526 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[Tokyo FM]] |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanazawa |first=Toshikazu |title= |script-title=ja:林哲司×売野雅勇×金澤寿和 シティ・ポップの始まりと人気を集めた背景を紐解く |trans-title=Tetsuji Hayashi, Masao Urino, and Toshikazu Kanazawa: Unraveling the Beginnings of City Pop and the Background of its Popularity |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/3270 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Japan]] |language=ja}}</ref> It makes use of [[Modulation (music)|modulations]].<ref name=":6" /> [[Yasuharu Konishi]] contributed the [[acid jazz]] {{nihongo|"Aibiki no Mori de"|逢いびきの森で|||lead=}}, while the [[electropop]] "My Best of Love" was penned by [[Taeko Onuki]].<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=きみになりたい。 |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/きみになりたい。-オムニバス/dp/B0001BUDL4 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon Japan]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mori |first=Tomoyuki |date=April 8, 2023 |title= |script-title=ja:坂本龍一が携わった後世にも伝えたい音楽作品 日本のポップミュージックを豊かにした偉大なる功績 |trans-title=Ryuichi Sakamoto was involved in musical works that will be handed down to future generations — Great Achievements in Enriching Japanese Pop Music |url=https://realsound.jp/2023/04/post-1299589_2.html |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=Real Sound |language=ja |ref=realsound}}</ref> "Where the River Flows" is [[Music of Japan|Japanese]]-styled, while "Tattoo" channels [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] and features the only lyrics written by Nakatani.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" /> A [[bossa nova]] influence can be heard on {{nihongo|"Shikisai no Naka e"|色彩の中へ|||lead=}} and "Sorriso Escuro"; both credit Brazilian musician [[Vinicius Cantuária]] as a composer, while the latter was written with American musician [[Arto Lindsay]] and contains elements of [[ambient music]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Takeshima |first=Rui |date=September 29, 2017 |title=【音楽レビュー】Invoke／Arto Lindsay |url=https://popmaster.jp/music/invoke/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=Pop Master |language=ja}}</ref> Elsewhere, "Strange Paradise" was remixed for inclusion on the album and references the 1985 [[Jean-Luc Godard]] film [[Hail Mary (film)|''Hail Mary'']] in its lyrics.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |
| Nakatani commented, "What's so strange about Mr. Sakamoto's sound is that even though it contains a lot of mechanical and synth sounds, it is somehow not cold. On the other hand, when you play with an orchestra, it sounds raw, but it's kind of cold. I like the balance between the new and the old, and the balance between the warm and the cold."<ref name=":0" /> | |
| [[File:Ryuichi Sakamoto side.jpg|thumb|[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] (pictured in 2013), the album's executive producer.]] | [[File:Ryuichi Sakamoto side.jpg|thumb|[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] (pictured in 2013), the album's executive producer.]] |
| Masao Urino wrote the lyrics to five songs on ''Shokumotsu Rensa''.<ref name=":2">{{cite AV media notes |title=Shokumotsu Rensa |type=liner notes |others=[[Miki Nakatani]] |publisher=[[For Life Music|For Life Records]] |year=1996 |id=FLCG-3023 |location=Japan}}</ref> Pressuring himself to match the quality of Sakamoto's "imposing" arrangements, Urino spent a month working on each song. He reflected on their collaboration with fondness as Sakamoto gave him a newfound confidence to write with "instinct". Their partnership began with "Mind Circus", where Sakamoto showed him a picture of British supermodel [[Kate Moss]] and said, "Look at this and write whatever your instinct tells you to write."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fujii |first=Tetsukan |date=July 9, 2016 |title= |script-title=ja:35周年を迎えた作詞家・売野雅勇氏 明菜、チェッカーズらヒット曲誕生秘話語る |trans-title=Lyricist Masao Urino, celebrating his 35th anniversary, talks about the birth of hit songs by Akina, The Checkers, and others |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49117/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Usui |first=Takashi |date=July 1, 2023 |title= |script-title=ja:売野雅勇、作詞家人生40年。中森明菜や菊池桃子、中谷美紀らとの熱い思い出と“生みの苦しみ”を語る |trans-title=Masao Urino, 40 years as a lyricist. He talks about his passionate memories of Akina Nakamori, Momoko Kikuchi, Miki Nakatani, and others, and the "pain of creation". |url=https://fumufumunews.jp/articles/-/24016 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=fumufumu news |language=ja}}</ref> The line "boyishness is a wound, but it's your knife" references the [[Charles Baudelaire]] poem "L'Héautontimorouménos" from his collection, ''[[Les Fleurs du mal]]'' (1867).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kagawa |first=Fujiya |date=August 27, 2023 |title=「涙のリクエスト」「少女A」の作詞家「売野雅勇」が明かす"YMO"との秘話 「高橋さん、坂本さんは少年のような人たちでした」（2ページ目） |script-title=ja:「涙のリクエスト」「少女A」の作詞家「売野雅勇」が明かす“YMO”との秘話 「高橋さん、坂本さんは少年のような人たちでした」（2ページ目） |trans-title=Msao Urino, lyricist of "Tear Request" and "Shojo A," reveals his secret story with YMO: "Mr. Takahashi and Mr. Sakamoto were like boys" (Page 2) |url=https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2023/08271104/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[Shukan Shincho|Daily Shincho]] |language=ja}}</ref> Urino counts his work with Nakatani as among his favorites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takashima |first=Mikio |date=May 10, 2017 |title= |script-title=ja:売野雅勇さんインタビュー |trans-title=Interview with Masao Urino |url=https://www.ntvm.co.jp/interview/new001/003.html |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Music Corporation]] |language=ja}}</ref> | Masao Urino wrote the lyrics to five songs on ''Shokumotsu Rensa''.<ref name=":2">{{cite AV media notes |title=Shokumotsu Rensa |type=liner notes |others=[[Miki Nakatani]] |publisher=[[For Life Music|For Life Records]] |year=1996 |id=FLCG-3023 |location=Japan}}</ref> Pressuring himself to match the quality of Sakamoto's "imposing" arrangements, Urino spent a month working on each song. He reflected on their collaboration with fondness as Sakamoto gave him a newfound confidence to write with "instinct". Their partnership began with "Mind Circus", where Sakamoto showed him a picture of British supermodel [[Kate Moss]] and said, "Look at this and write whatever your instinct tells you to write."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fujii |first=Tetsukan |date=July 9, 2016 |title= |script-title=ja:35周年を迎えた作詞家・売野雅勇氏 明菜、チェッカーズらヒット曲誕生秘話語る |trans-title=Lyricist Masao Urino, celebrating his 35th anniversary, talks about the birth of hit songs by Akina, The Checkers, and others |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49117/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Usui |first=Takashi |date=July 1, 2023 |title= |script-title=ja:売野雅勇、作詞家人生40年。中森明菜や菊池桃子、中谷美紀らとの熱い思い出と“生みの苦しみ”を語る |trans-title=Masao Urino, 40 years as a lyricist. He talks about his passionate memories of Akina Nakamori, Momoko Kikuchi, Miki Nakatani, and others, and the "pain of creation". |url=https://fumufumunews.jp/articles/-/24016 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=fumufumu news |language=ja}}</ref> The line "boyishness is a wound, but it's your knife" references the [[Charles Baudelaire]] poem "L'Héautontimorouménos" from his collection, ''[[Les Fleurs du mal]]'' (1867).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kagawa |first=Fujiya |date=August 27, 2023 |title=「涙のリクエスト」「少女A」の作詞家「売野雅勇」が明かす"YMO"との秘話 「高橋さん、坂本さんは少年のような人たちでした」（2ページ目） |script-title=ja:「涙のリクエスト」「少女A」の作詞家「売野雅勇」が明かす“YMO”との秘話 「高橋さん、坂本さんは少年のような人たちでした」（2ページ目） |trans-title=Msao Urino, lyricist of "Tear Request" and "Shojo A," reveals his secret story with YMO: "Mr. Takahashi and Mr. Sakamoto were like boys" (Page 2) |url=https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2023/08271104/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[Shukan Shincho|Daily Shincho]] |language=ja}}</ref> Urino counts his work with Nakatani as among his favorites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takashima |first=Mikio |date=May 10, 2017 |title= |script-title=ja:売野雅勇さんインタビュー |trans-title=Interview with Masao Urino |url=https://www.ntvm.co.jp/interview/new001/003.html |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Music Corporation]] |language=ja}}</ref> |
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