First Finale
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| Released | December 11, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | August 12, 1985 - November 29, 1985 | |||
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| Genre | City pop · synth-pop · kayōkyoku[1] | |||
| Label | VAP | |||
| Producer | Koichi Fujita | |||
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First Finale (Japanese: ファースト・フィナーレ; stylized as FIRST FINALE) is the fifth and final studio album by Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe, released by VAP on December 11, 1985, shortly before their breakup on December 24. Then album peaked at the #1 spot of the Oricon charts,[2] and the album's single, "Glass No Palm Tree," peaked at #5.[2][3]
Background
At the end of 1985, the group decided to have a "developmental dissolution." The best album Single's History was scheduled to be the last album, but at the suggestion of Tetsuji Hayashi, it was decided that they would make another album. The title was also given by Hayashi.[a] In addition, Yasushi Akimoto, who has provided many lyrics since the debut in the lyrics, did not participate in this work, while producer Koichi Fujita did. Also, in the arrangement, Masanori Sasaji, who will later work on Sugiyama's solo work, also participated.
During the group's last tour of the same name from October 4 to December 24, no song from this album was played.[4] After that, "Glass No Palm Tree" and "First Finale" were played at the 2004 reunion tour "First Finale 2". Also, "Kimi wa In The Rain" has been featured many times in Sugiyama's solo performances.
Like with their previous album, Another Summer, First Finale reached the #1 spot, recording the largest sales. It was also ranked 6th on the 1986 annual album chart.
Many best albums have been released since this work, and the best album The Omega Tribe, selected by the members, was released at the time of the reunion in 2004, but no new song under the name "Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe". From September 2016, it is available on MEG-CD.
The portrait of the back jacket is a photo selected from the photos solicited from the public.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Glass no Palm Tree" (ガラスのPalm Tree) | Chinfa Kan | Tetsuji Hayashi | Hayashi | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Yunagi Tsushin" (タ凪通信) | Kiyotaka Sasaki | Shinji Takashima | Ken Shiguma | 4:37 |
| 3. | "November Blue" | Masako Arikawa | Kiyotaka Sugiyama | Masanori Sasaji | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Remember The Brightness" | Kumiko Aoki | Sugiyama | Shiguma | 4:31 |
| 5. | "Kiri no Down Town" (霧のDown Town) | Koichi Fujita | Toshitsugu Nishihara | Shiguma | 4:56 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Platonic Dancer" | Aoki | Hayashi | Hayashi | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Nidome no Eve" (二度目のイヴ) | Arikawa | Hayashi | Hayashi | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Kimi wa In The Rain" (君はIn The Rain) | Arikawa | Sugiyama | Sasaji | 4:32 |
| 4. | "First Finale" | Arikawa | Hayashi | Hayashi | 4:45 |
Personnel
- Bass – Takao Oshima[b]
- Session Coordinator – Nicky Enterprises, Velvet Line
- Design – Rikaco Furuya, Takeharu Tanaka
- Directors – Ken Shiguma, Shigeru Matsuhashi
- Drums & Percussion – Keiichi Hiroshi
- Digital Editor – Kenji Takeda
- Overdubbing Engineers – Hiroshi Fujita, Jun Wakao, Tatsuo Sekine, Yoshiaki Matsuoka
- Second Engineers – Hiroshi Shitamiya, Junichi Fujimori, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Mizuo Miura, Toshio Misu, Yoshiyuki Kaneko
- Executive-Producer – Atsushi Kitamura, Katsuhiko Endo
- Guitar – Shinji Takashima[b]
- Keyboards – Toshitsugu Nishihara[b]
- Lacquer Cut By – Osamu Shimoju
- Artist Management – Triangle Production
- Photography – Kohga Sekido (Front cover), Yukiya Negami (Back cover)
- Producer – Koichi Fujita
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Kunihiko "Jr." Shimizu
- Supervised By – Tetsuji Hayashi
- Vocals – Kiyotaka Sugiyama
Charts
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| Oricon[2][5][6] | 1 |
References
- ^ "S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe = 杉山清貴&オメガトライブ* – First Finale". Discogs.
- ^ a b c "Hits of the World". Billboard. December 28, 1985. p. 78. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. December 21, 1985. p. 55. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Kondo, Masayoshi (August 3, 2016). "杉山清貴＆オメガトライブ オリジナル・アルバム5タイトル 2016.8.3ハイレゾ配信 start". VAP (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 25, 2018.
- ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. January 25, 1986. p. 61. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. January 18, 1986. p. 53. Retrieved May 29, 2020.