Alone is the tenth studio album by Japanese musician, producer, and composer Masayoshi Takanaka, released by Kitty Records on 10 December 1981. Musically, Alone blends jazz fusion with elements of city pop, funk, and touches of electronic music. The album features the title track "Alone". Another track, "Penguin Dancer", gained renewed attention after being sampled by Grimes.
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Background
Alone followed the release of The Rainbow Goblins in 1981.
Personnel
Credits and personnel adapted from liner notes
Bass guitar: Getao Takahashi (tracks: A1, A3), Masakazu Goto (tracks: B4), Yasuo Tomikura (tracks: A2, A4-B2)
Drums: Masahiro Miyazaki (tracks: B4); Yuichi Togashiki (tracks: A1-B3)
Keyboards: Haruo Togashi (tracks: A4, B2), Hiroki Inui (tracks: A1, A3); Kiyosumi Ishikawa (tracks: A2, B1, B4); Yoshinobu Maruyama (tracks: A1, B3); Yuji Kawashima (tracks: A1, A3-B2, B4)
Percussion: Makoto Kimura (tracks: B4); Susumu Ohno (tracks: B4); Yuki Sugawara (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B4)
Strings – Kato Grop (tracks: A4, B1)
Violin – Masahiro Takekawa (tracks: B3)
Vocals – Choux Suzuki (tracks: A1, B3), Masaki Ueda (tracks: A1)
Producer, arranger, composer, electric guitar: Masayoshi Takanaka
Lyricist: Choux Suzuki (tracks: B4)
Charts
The album reached number 5 on the Oricon chart. The album reached number 6 in the Music Labo albums chart, having debuted at number 10. It reached number 5 on the Cash Box of Japan LPs chart published on 23 January 1982, but no Japanese chart was published in either the preceding or following weeks.
