フュージョンの黄金期を飾る洗練されたサウンド
スクェアが到達した、都会的センスと演奏技術の完璧な融合。
1986年のアルバム「Sports」は、バンドの円熟期を象徴する作品として知られる。緻密なアンサンブルと爽快なメロディが特徴で、各メンバーの卓越した演奏技術が随所に光る。タイトル通りスポーティな疾走感と軽快なリズムが心地よく、日本のフュージョン・シーンにおける到達点を示している。
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- Arranged By - The Square
- Art Direction, Design - Makoto Suzuki (4)
- Bass Trombone - Sumio Okada (2)
- Coordinator [Instruments] - Nobuhiko Matsumoto
- Drums - Hiroyuki Noritake
- Electric Bass, Synthesizer [Synthesizer Bass] - Toyoyuki Tanaka
- Engineer [Assistant] - Hiroshi Irie
- Engineer [Assistant] - Shingo Miyata
- Engineer [Assistant] - Yasuhiko Ohta
- Engineer [Assistant] - Yohji Kawanishi
- Engineer [Mixing] - Seigen Ono
- Engineer [Recording] - Seigen Ono
- Engineer [Recording] - Shingo Miyata
- Guitar - Masahiro Andoh
- Keyboards, Synthesizer - Hirotaka Izumi
- Management - Mikio Aoki
- Management [Product Manager] - Yoshiko Sakazaki
- Photography By - Kenji Ishikawa
- Producer - Yasohachi "88" Itoh
- Producer [Assistant] - Taku Kanazawa
- Saxophone - Jake H. Concepcion (2)
- Saxophone, Lyricon, Synthesizer [Digital Takecon-1] - Takeshi Itoh
- Technician [Synclavier Manipulator] - Ken Matsumoto
- Technician [Synclavier Manipulator] - Nobuo Sawada
- Technician [Synthesizer Manipulator] - Seiichiroh Seki
- Trombone - Eiji Arai (2)
- Trumpet - Kenichiro Hayashi (2)
- Trumpet - Susumu Kazuhara (2)
