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| Released | 5 March 1978 | |||
| Length | 40:35 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
| Producer | Masataka Matsutoya | |||
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Benisuzume (Japanese: 紅雀, English: "Red Sparrow"), sometimes called Linnet / Beni Suzume, is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya. It was released through EMI Music Japan on 5 March 1978.[1][2]
Background
[edit]This is the first album released after Matsutoya's marriage to Masataka Matsutoya and thus her first under the name Yumi Matsutoya (she had previously recorded under the name Yumi Arai).[3] The album features Latin and South American musical influences.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Yumi Matsutoya.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Lighthouse (9月には帰らない; Kugatsu Niwa Kaeranai)" | 4:55 |
| 2. | "Erigeron Philadelphicus, Erigeron Annuus (ハルジョオン・ヒメジョオン)" | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Without Me (私なしでも; Watashi Nashi Demo)" | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Sentimental By the Mediterranean Sea (地中海の感傷; Chichukai No Kanshou)" | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Linnet (紅雀; Beni Suzume)" | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Crime and Punishment (罪と罰; Tsumi To Batsu)" | 4:26 |
| 7. | "The Letter You'll Never Read (出さない手紙; Dasanai Tegami)" | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Until the White Morning (白い朝まで; Shiroi Asa Made)" | 3:17 |
| 9. | "Memories of the Laundry-Gate (ランドリーゲイトの想い出; Laundry-Gate No Omoide)" (also titled LAUNDRY-GATEの想い出) | 5:30 |
| 10. | "Left Behind (残されたもの; Nokosareta Mono)" | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 40:35 | |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
Musicians
[edit]- Yumi Matsutoya — lead vocals, chorus
- Masataka Matsutoya — keyboards, flat mandolin
- Tatsuo Hayashi — drums, syndrum
- Nobu Saito — percussion, tuning tom
- Kenji Takamizu, Haruomi Hosono — bass
- Shigeru Suzuki, Masaki Matsubara — electric guitar
- Ted M. Gibson — acoustic guitar
- Koji Hatori — trumpet, flugel horn
- Mitsuru Honda — trumpet, flugel horn
- Tokiichi Sugiyama — trumpet, flugel horn
- Kenji Nakazawa — trumpet, flugel horn
- Sumio Okada, Katsuyuki Sugimoto, Susumu Kazuhara, Yasuo Hirauchi — trombone
- Ryo Koyama, Eishige Yamada, Yuichi Tominari, Manabu Umeda — French horn
- Jake H. Concepcion — saxophone, clarinet, chorus
- Shunzo Sunahara — saxophone
- Ichiro Mimori — saxophone, flute
- Kiyoshi Saito — saxophone, flute
- Shigeo Suzuki — saxophone, flute
- Seiji Kuniyoshi, Mitsuru Soma — flute
- Hiroyuki Saka — oboe
- Hideo Koide, Takeru Koyama — kena
- David Rankin — chorus
- Junichi Hiiro, Eiji Shirai, Jo Watanabe, Masashi Shinozaki, Teiji Okubo, Shigeki Oshita, Toshiki Akiyama, Michiyo Toda, Nao Saito, Teruko Ogino — violin
- Katsuhiko Toyama, Toshio Yokoi — viola
- Masatoshi Maeda, Masashi Abe — cello
- Keiko Yamakawa — harp
Technical
[edit]- Masataka Matsutoya — producer
References
[edit]- ↑ "Linnet / Beni Suzume". Apple Music. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "紅雀 | Discography". 松任谷由実 オフィシャルサイト - YUMI MATSUTOYA OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-04-27.
- ↑ king_o_titans (2021-07-03). "紅雀 / 松任谷由実". アルバム文化が絶滅するまでアルバムレビューするブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-04-27.
- ↑ 紅雀 (Media notes). Yumi Matsutoya. EMI Music Japan. 5 March 1978.
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