1995 Minako Obata – We Have A Dream
We Have A Dream (1995, GYC Records) is the first album from Japanese singer/songwriter Minako Obata.
Tracks
1 In The Beginning – Keep On Going (Kenji Sano; Minako Obata) 06:54
2 Need Me Now (Minako Obata) 06:01
3 Take Me (Minako Obata) 04:40
4 Sunshine In Your Eyes (Bill Cantos; Minako Obata) 03:53
5 I Can’t Hold You Any More (Minako Obata) 05:15
6 M# What !? (Kenji Sano; Minako Obata) 05:18
7 Mooki’s Song (Minako Obata) 00:49
8 The Power Of Love (Kenji Sano; Minako Obata) 04:03
9 Spain (I Can Recall) (Chick Corea; Joaquin Rodrigo; Al Jarreau; Artie Maren) 06:32
10 Just To Know You Love Me (Bill Cantos; Minako Obata) 05:07
11 Without You (Minako Obata; Kenji Sano) 04:56
Biography
Musicians
1 In The Beginning – Keep On Going
| Bass | Kenji Sano |
| Keyboards | Kaiide Keikou |
| Organ | Yasuharu Nakanishi |
| Piano | Yasuharu Nakanishi |
| Programming | Tomizou Nishiguchi |
| Programming | Hideo Ueda |
| Cowbell | Kenji Sano |
| Percussion | Nobu Saito |
| Background Vocals | Melodie Sexton |
| Background Vocals | Joey Johnson |
| Background Vocals | Wornell Jones |
| Background Vocals | Dee Wright |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
2 Need Me Now
| Guitar | Takayuki Hijikata |
| Programming | Keiji Toriyama |
| Sax | Mantell Nonoda |
| Sax | Toshiyuki Honda |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
3 Take Me
| Drums | Yuichi Togashiki |
| Guitar | Takayuki Hijikata |
| Piano | Ken Shima |
| Programming | Keiji Toriyama |
| Sax | Mantell Nonoda |
| Sax | Toshiyuki Honda |
| Trombone | Eijiro Nakagawa |
| Trumpet | Shin Kazuhara |
| Trumpet | Kenichiro Hayashi |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
4 Sunshine In Your Eyes
| Bass | Kenji Sano |
| Drums | Yuichi Togashiki |
| Guitar | Kazuhiko Iwami |
| Keyboards | Bill Cantos |
| Programming | Bill Cantos |
| Background Vocals | Bill Cantos |
| Background Vocals | Kenji Sano |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
5 I Can’t Hold You Any More
| Bass | Kenji Sano |
| Drums | Nobuo Eguchi |
| Guitar | Shigeru Suzuki |
| Piano | Haruo Togashi |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
6 M# What !?
| Bass | Kenji Sano |
| Drums | Nobuo Eguchi |
| Guitar | Shigeru Suzuki |
| Guitar | Yoshihiro Matsuura |
| Organ | Yasuharu Nakanishi |
| Piano | Haruo Togashi |
| Sax | Takuo Yamamoto |
| Trombone | Yoichi Murata |
| Trumpet | Toshio Ayaki |
| Trumpet | Hitoshi Yokoyama |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
7 Mooki’s Song
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
8 The Power Of Love
| Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
| Drums | Ralph Humphrey |
| Keyboards | Bill Cantos |
| Percussion | Michito Sanchez |
| Background Vocals | Melodie Sexton |
| Background Vocals | Joey Johnson |
| Background Vocals | Dee Wright |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
9 Spain (I Can Recall)
| Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
| Drums | Ralph Humphrey |
| Keyboards | Bill Cantos |
| Percussion | Michito Sanchez |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
10 Just To Know You Love Me
| Bass | Kenji Sano |
| Drums | Yuichi Togashiki |
| Guitar | Kazuhiko Inami |
| Piano | Bill Cantos |
| Synthesizer | Bill Cantos |
| Programming | Bill Cantos |
| Vocals | Bill Cantos |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
11 Without You
| Keyboards | Bill Cantos |
| Vocals | Minako Obata |
Liner Notes
Producer – Kenji Sano, Hidehiko Koike
Producer (Executive) – Shohei Sato
Arranged By – Kenji Sano (Tracks 1, 6, 8, 9)
Arranged By – Toshiyuki Honda (Tracks 2, 3)
Arranged By – Bill Cantos (Tracks 4, 5, 10, 11)
Arranged By – Minako Obata (Track 7)
Arranged By (Horns) – Michael Paulo (Track 6)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Minako Obata (Tracks 3, 8)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Kenji Sano (Track 8)
Engineer (Assistant) – Yoshinori Sakuma, Toyoaki Harada, Yoichi Tokunaga, Kiyofumi Jr. Ueda, Mark Endert, Yutaka Shimoyama, Masayuki Oka
Mastered By – Kazushige Yamazaki
Mixed By – Takeshi Sukegawa
Recorded By – Takeshi Sukegawa (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Recorded By – Hido Ueda (Track 1)
Recorded By – Jay Graydon (Tracks 8, 9)
Recorded By (Vocals) – Takeshi Sukegawa (Tracks 8, 10, 11)
Art Direction – Sojiro Saito
Design – Sojiro Saito, Sogo Seki
Photography – Bruno
Mastered At Victor Aoyama
Mixed At Baybridge Studio
Recorded At Baybridge Studio
Recorded At Sedic
Recorded At Victor Aoyama
Recorded At Sony Music Studio
Phonographic Copyright GYC Records
Copyright GYC Records