Summer Nerves

ReleasedJune 21, 1979 (1979-06-21)^[1]

Genre

• City pop^[2]
• contemporary classical
• electronic^[3]
• Japanese traditional^[3]
• jazz fusion
• reggae^[1]
• synthpop
• world^[3]

LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan

ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto

Summer Nerves
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	June 21, 1979 (1979-06-21)[1]
Genre	City pop[2] contemporary classical electronic[3] Japanese traditional[3] jazz fusion reggae[1] synthpop world[3]
Label	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Producer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Thousand Knives (1978) Summer Nerves (1979) B-2 Unit (1980)

Summer Nerves (サマー・ナーヴス, Samā Nāvusu) is an album which recorded a so-called "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" between jazz fusion musicians and Japanese rock musicians, led by Ryuichi Sakamoto at the time of the formation of Yellow Magic Orchestra.^[1] "Martial arts (格闘技, kakutougi) session" of this album is regarded as a prototype of Kazumi Watanabe's "Kylyn session".^[4]