Go Ahead!
1978 studio album by Tatsuro Yamashita
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Go Ahead! is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in December 1978.
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| Released | December 20, 1978 | |||
| Studio | CBS/Sony | |||
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| Length | 42:15 54:05 (2002 reissue) | |||
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| Producer | Tatsuro Yamashita | |||
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Overview
"A masterpiece third solo album that marked the creativity of Yamashita's brilliant and versatile writing style which determined his subsequent path."[1]
In commercial music, etc., there was a high demand for Yamashita as a musician who works under anonymity, but Yamashita's evaluation as a contract musician for a record company, was favorable, but he wasn't meeting the sales figures RCA wanted. Yamashita himself felt that the world of rock and folk that he had lived in had entered a new stage at that time, and thought that if he went on like this, he would probably have to give up his records and live activities. So he had a pessimistic prediction that this album would probably be the last. The album was criticized by critics and listeners for being disorganized, but it can be said that the writer's principle, which began to suffer, was the sprout of the album production policy that followed.[2] However Tatsuro Yamashita was told that one of his songs in the Go Ahead! album "Bomber" was a hit song in a disco in Osaka. Therefore, in 1979, a promotional single was released under the title of "Bomber".
The songs "Let's Dance Baby", "Bomber" & "潮騒 (The Whispering Sea)" would've be featured in his 1982 greatest hits album "Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita". Meanwhile, the song "This Could Be The Night" would get re-recorded in 1984 as part of his soundtrack album "Big Wave".
In 2002, a remastered reissue (BVCR-17015) was released as part of The RCA/AIR Years 1976–1982 series. The reissue would include remastered tracks and three additional tracks that were previously unreleased before. It would enter the Oricon charts, peaking in at number twenty-five.
Track listing
All music is composed by Tatsuro Yamashita, except where noted.[3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Overture" | — | 0:48 | |
| 2. | "Love Celebration" | James Ragan | 4:26 | |
| 3. | "Let's Dance Baby" | Osamu Yoshioka | 4:12 | |
| 4. | "Monday Blue" | Tatsuro Yamashita | 7:12 | |
| 5. | "ついておいで (Follow Me Along)" | Minako Yoshida(ja) | 4:48 | |
| Total length: | 21:26 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Bomber" | Minako Yoshida | 5:58 | |
| 2. | "潮騒 (The Whispering Sea)" | Minako Yoshida | 4:23 | |
| 3. | "Paper Doll" | Tatsuro Yamashita | 3:27 | |
| 4. | "This Could Be The Night" | Harry Nilsson | Harry Nilsson | 3:56 |
| 5. | "2000トンの雨 (2000t Of Rain)" | Tatsuro Yamashita | 3:05 | |
| Total length: | 20:49 | |||
2002 remastered edition
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Overture" | — | 0:47 | |
| 2. | "Love Celebration" | James Ragan | 4:25 | |
| 3. | "Let's Dance Baby" | Osamu Yoshioka | 4:14 | |
| 4. | "Monday Blue" | Tatsuro Yamashita | 7:12 | |
| 5. | "ついておいで (Follow Me Along)" | Minako Yoshida | 4:51 | |
| 6. | "Bomber" | Minako Yoshida | 5:56 | |
| 7. | "潮騒 (The Whispering Sea)" | Minako Yoshida | 4:22 | |
| 8. | "Paper Doll" | Tatsuro Yamashita | 3:28 | |
| 9. | "This Could Be The Night" | Harry Nilsson | Harry Nilsson | 3:55 |
| 10. | "2000トンの雨 (2000t Of Rain)" | Tatsuro Yamashita | 3:09 | |
| 11. | "潮騒 [英語ヴァージョン-English Version-]" | Eddie de Joy | 4:21 | |
| 12. | "2000トンの雨 [カラオケ-Karaoke-]" | — | 3:06 | |
| 13. | "潮騒 [カラオケ-Karaoke-]" | — | 4:19 | |
| Total length: | 54:05 | |||
Personnel
Overture
- Tatsuro Yamashita: All Voices[3]
Love Celebration
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar (Left), Hammond organ & Vibraphone
- Yutaka Uehara: Drums
- Akihiro Tanaka: Bass
- Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar (Right)
- Hiroyuki Namba: Electric Piano
- Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet
- Yoshikazu Kishi: Trumpet
- Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone
- Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone
- Motoo Okazaki: Alto Sax Solo
- Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax
- Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax
- Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master
Let's Dance Baby
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar (Left), Percussion, Bang! & Background Vocals
- Yutaka Uehara: Drums & Percussion
- Akihiro Tanaka: Bass & Percussion
- Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar (Right) & Percussion
- Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboards & Percussion
- Motoo Okazaki: Alto Sax Solo
- Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
- Ryuzo Kosugi: Background Vocals
Monday Blue
- Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami: Drums
- Akira Okazawa: Bass
- Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar
- Hiroshi Sato: Keyboards
- Keiko Yamakawa: Harp
- Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master
ついておいで (Follow Me Along)
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar (Left) & Background Vocals
- Yutaka Uehara: Drums
- Akihiro Tanaka: Bass
- Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar (Right)
- Hiroyuki Namba: Electric Piano
- Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion
- Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone Solo
- Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
Bomber
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar & Background Vocals
- Yutaka Uehara: Drums
- Akihiro Tanaka: Bass
- Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar Solo
- Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboards
- Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
潮騒 (The Whispering Sea)
(Same personnel for the English version)
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Arp Odyssey Synthesizer (Bass), Percussion & Background Vocals
- Yutaka Uehara: Drums
- Akihiro Tanaka: Bass
- Hiroyuki Namba: Acoustic Piano
- Chuei Yoshikawa: Acoustic Guitar
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: KORG PS-3100 Synthesizer
- Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion
- Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
Paper Doll
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Percussion & Background Vocals
- Yutaka Uehara: Drums
- Akihiro Tanaka: Bass
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Keyboards
- Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
This Could Be the Night
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Piano, Glockenspiel, Percussion, & Background Vocals
- Chuei Yoshikawa: Acoustic Guitar
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Poly Moog Synthesizer
- Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion
2000トンの雨 (2000t Of Rain)
- Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar, Percussion & Background Vocals
- Yutaka Uehara: Drums
- Akihiro Tanaka: Bass
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Acoustic Piano
- Motoo Okazaki: Alto Sax Solo
- Ryuzo Kosugi: Percussion
- Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
- Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master
Credits
From the inner sleeve notes of the album (RVL-8037).
- Produced by Tatsuro Yamashita
- All songs arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita
- Directed by Ryuzo "Junior" Kosugi
- Engineered by Tamotsu Yoshida
- Session co-ordinator – Ryuzo Kosugi
- Disk mastering engineer – Tohru Kotetsu
- Assistant engineer – Toshihiro Itoh (Onkio Haus)
- Art direction – Kenkichi Satoh
- Cover design – Kenkichi Satoh, Akira Sugiyama
- Recording studios: Onkio Haus 1st, 2nd, & 3rd; Media 2nd, RCA 1st
- Mastering studio: Nihon Victor Yokohama Mastering Studio
Chart positions
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number[3] |
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| Japan | December 20, 1978 | RCA/RVC | LP | RVL-8037 |
| CT | RCJ-1602 | |||
| February 21, 1985 | CD | RHCD-513 | ||
| March 15, 1987 | R28H-2803 | |||
| November 21, 1989 | RCA/BMG Victor | B25D-13005 | ||
| August 21, 1990 | BVCR-7003 | |||
| June 4, 1997 | RCA/BMG Japan | BVCR-1030 | ||
| May 21, 1999 | BVCK-37008 | |||
| February 14, 2002 | RCA/BMG Funhouse | BVCR-17015 | ||
| February 20, 2002 | LP | BVJR-17005 |