Extreme Beauty [Japanese Import]

• Minako Yoshida’s 13th studio album
• First time on vinyl
• Record Store Day 2022 Limited Release
• 2xLP pressed on Classic Black Vinyl
• Housed in a Gatefold Jacket
• Originally released in 1995

Minako Yoshida’s 13th studio album “EXTREME BEAUTY”, originally released in 1995, has never been released on analog vinyl until now. For the first time in 27 years, the album is reissued as Record Store Day 2022 limited release. Featuring 10 tracks on 2xLP Classic Black Vinyl and housed in a fresh double gatefold jacket. A must-have for any Japanese City Pop collector. 

• A&R – Yuzo Toda
• Arranged By [Strings] – Yasuaki Shimizu (tracks: 4, 7, 10)
• Arranged By [Voices] – Tatsuro Yamashita (tracks: 2)
• Art Direction, Design – Yohko Hamada
• Bass – Akira Okazawa (tracks: 4, 7, 9)
• Congas, Triangle – Motoya Hamaguchi (tracks: 2, 4)
• Coordinator – Tatsuo Sato
• Engineer – Tamotsu Yoshida, Tsuneo Tomono
• English Horn – Gaichi Ishibashi (tracks: 10)
• Executive-Producer – Hiroyuki Iwata
• Guitar – Kazuo Shiina (tracks: 4), Takayuki Hijikata (tracks: 6)
• Lyrics By – Aki (tracks: 5), Minako Yoshida (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10), Minnie Shady (tracks: 5)
• Management – Yoshimi Ishii
• Management [General Manager] – Jun Usami
• Mastered By – Masao Nakazato
• Mixed By – Tamotsu Yoshida
• Other [Assistant] – Ritsuko Baba, Takeshi Hirata, Yukiko Yoshida
• Photography By – Katsuo Hanzawa
• Piano, Organ – Yasuharu Nakanishi (tracks: 5, 7, 9)
• Producer, Music By, Arranged By – Minako Yoshida
• Programmed By – Kazuo Shiina
• Promotion – Yoshiro Inoue
• Strings [Session Leader] – Yuichiro Goto (tracks: 4, 7, 10)
• Voice – Tatsuro Yamashita (tracks: 2, 5)