1989 Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe – Be Yourself

Be Yourself is an album by Japanese band Omega Tribe fronted by Japanese Brazilian singer Carlos Toshiki. It was released on February 8, 1989. The single “Aquamarine no Mama de Ite” released on August 10, 1988, peaked at 3rd place on the single’s chart.

Tracks

1  失恋するための500のマニュアル (Masao Urino; Carlos Toshiki; Shinji Takashima; Toshitsugu Nishihara) 04:40
2  Half An Apple (Shun Taguchi; Hitoshi Haba) 05:19
3  1000 Love Songs (Shun Taguchi; Carlos Toshiki; Shinji Takashima; Toshitsugu Nishihara) 05:05
4  Subway Stories (Shun Taguchi; Hitoshi Haba) 04:16
5  Be Yourself (Masao Urino; Tetsuji Hayashi) 05:24
6  アクアマリンのままでいて (Masao Urino; Tsunehiro Izumi) 04:27
7  太陽を追いかけて (Kumiko Aoki; Toshitsugu Nishihara) 05:23
8  Body Works (Masao Urino; Tetsuji Hayashi) 04:50
9  Innocent Dreamer (Masao Urino; Tsunehiro Izumi) 03:53
10  Last Train (Shun Taguchi; Kiyotaka Sugiyama) 05:53

Band

Guitar Shinji Takashima
Keyboards Joey McCoy
Keyboards Toshitsugu Nishihara
Background Vocals Carlos Toshiki
Background Vocals Joey McCoy
Background Vocals Shinji Takashima
Background Vocals Toshitsugu Nishihara
Vocals Joey McCoy
Vocals Carlos Toshiki

Other Musicians

Musician JR Robinson
Musician Nathan East
Musician Abraham Laboriel Sr
Musician Paul Jackson Jr
Musician Mike Landau
Musician Tom Keane
Musician Hiroshi Shinkawa
Musician Jerry Hey
Musician Paulinho Da Costa
Musician Bill Reichenbach
Musician Gary Grant
Musician Marc Russo
Musician Dan Higgins
Musician Tom Scott
Musician Ken Rarick
Musician Bo Tomlyn
Musician Wornell Jones
Musician Maxayn Lewis
Musician Mike Dunn
Musician Darelle Foster-Holden
Musician Rosalyn Keel
Musician Takao Ohshima
Musician Kenji Yoshida

Liner Notes

Producer – Koichi Fujita, Hiroshi Shinkawa
Arranged By – Hiroshi Shinkawa
Arranged By (Horns) – Jerry Hey (Tracks 4, 6, 8)
Engineer (Second) – Leslie Ann Jones, Miwako Yamagihara, Tadayuki Takiguchi, Kazugoshi Inoue, Hiroshi Shitamiya
Mastered By – Osamu Shimoyu
Mixed By – Eiji Uchimuma
Recorded By – Kaz Masumoto
Recorded By (Additional) – Pin Saito, Hiroshi Migauchi, Masao Tezuka, Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Satoshi Yoshii, Mizwo Miura, Kouji Uchikado, Junichi Fujimori

Design – Akiro Kumano + Soap Inc.
Photography – Hiroshi Yagi

Mastered At JVC Cutting Center, Yokohama
Mixed At Sound Valley B Studio
Recorded At Capitol Studio
Recorded At Peninsula
Recorded At Discomate
Recorded At Nishion
Recorded At Jive
Recorded At Vincent
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