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- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
barcode: '4988041005986'
catalog: NACL-1506
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
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- disc_length: '46:03'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: MEET ME TONIGHT
    track_length: '4:23'
  - names:
      English: TRUE SOMEBODY
    track_length: '4:44'
  - names:
      English: WONDER CITY
    track_length: '5:56'
  - names:
      English: HOLLY'S ISLAND
    track_length: '4:27'
  - names:
      English: MARIA
    track_length: '4:59'
  - names:
      English: MIDNIGHT CRUISING
    track_length: '5:44'
  - names:
      English: ALL DAY PRETENDER
    track_length: '4:53'
  - names:
      English: MANHATTAN STORY
    track_length: '5:27'
  - names:
      English: VIEW OF SILENCE
    track_length: '5:30'
link: album/24822
lyricists:
- link: artist/27703
  names:
    en: Teruzane Utada
    ja: 宇多田照實
- names:
    en: BANDIT
- names:
    en: Kysia Bostick
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2011-03-19T13:06
  edited_date: 2022-10-06T12:50
  fetched_date: 2026-01-10T06:31
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 2775
name: PRETENDER / JOE HISAISHI
names:
  en: PRETENDER / JOE HISAISHI
  ja: PRETENDER / 久石 譲
  ja-latn: PRETENDER / JOE HISAISHI
notes: 'All Songs Composed and Arranged by Joe Hisaishi

  M-01

  Vocals, Keyboards & Piano by Joe Hisaishi

  Lyrics by Teruzane Utada

  Guitars: Paul Pesco

  Chorus: Kysia Bostick, N.David "Tigger" Witworth

  M-02

  Vocals by N.David "Tigger" Whitworth

  Lyrics by Teruzane Utada

  Drums: Steve Holly

  Bass: Brian Stanley

  Keyboards: Joe Hisaishi

  Guitars: Paul Pesco

  Chorus: Kysia Bostick, N.David "Tigger" Whitworth, Joe Hisaishi

  M-03

  Vocal & Keyboards: Joe Hisaishi

  Lyrics by Teruzane Utada

  Drums: Steve Holly

  Bass: Brian Stanley

  Guitars: Paul Pesco

  Percussions: Steve Thornton

  Tabla: Adam Rudolph

  Chorus: Kysia Bostick, N.David "Tigger" Whitworth, Joe Hisaishi

  M-04

  Drums: Steve Holly

  Bass: Brian Stanley

  Keyboards: Joe Hisaishi

  Guitars: Paul Pesco

  Saxophone: Steve Elson

  Chorus: Kysia Bostick, N.David "Tigger" Whitworth

  M-05

  Vocal, Keyboards & Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Lyrics by BANDIT, Kysia Bostick

  Guitars: Paul Pesco

  Percussions: Steve Thornton

  Saxophone: Steve Elson

  <String Section>

  Concertmaster: David Nadian

  Violin: Marti.J.Sweet, Harry Lookofsky, Arnold Eidus, Richard Sortomme, Sol Greitzer,
  John Pintavalle, Charles Libove, Barry Finclair, Lamar Alsop

  Viola: Elena Barer, Jan Mullen

  Cello: Charles P.McCracken, Richard Locker

  String Arrangement: Ed Bilous

  Chorus: Kysia Bostick, N.David "Tigger" Whitworth

  M-06

  Drums: Steve Holly

  Bass: Brian Stanley

  Keyboards & Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Guitars: Paul Pesco

  Percussions: Steve Thornton

  Saxophone: Steve Elson

  M-07

  Vocal & Keyboards: Joe Hisaishi

  Lyrics by Teruzane Utada

  Drums: Steve Holly

  Bass: Brian Stanley

  Chorus: Kysia Bostick, N.David "Tigger" Whitworth

  M-08

  Vocals by Kysia Bostick

  Drums: Steve Holly

  Bass: Brian Stanley

  Keyboards & Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Saxophone: Steve Elson

  <String Section>

  Concertmaster: David Nadian

  Violin: Marti.J.Sweet, Harry Lookofsky, Arnold Eidus, Richard Sortomme, Sol Greitzer,
  John Pintavalle, Charles Libove, Barry Finclair, Lamar Alsop

  Viola: Elena Barer, Jan Mullen

  Cello: Charles P.McCracken, Richard Locker

  String Arrangement: Ed Bilous

  M-09

  Piano & String Arrangement: Joe Hisaishi

  <String Section>

  Concertmaster: David Nadian

  Violin: Marti.J.Sweet, Harry Lookofsky, Arnold Eidus, Richard Sortomme, Sol Greitzer,
  John Pintavalle, Charles Libove, Barry Finclair, Lamar Alsop

  Viola: Elena Barer, Jan Mullen

  Cello: Charles P.McCracken, Richard Locker

  Executive Producer: Masaharu Honjoh (NEC Avenue), Mamoru Fujisawa (WONDER CITY)

  Producer: Joe Hisaishi

  Co-Producer: Thomas Hiruta (WONDER CITY), Akira Shimabukuro (NEC Avenue), Ed Bilous

  Recording Engineer: Roger Moutenot, Kennon Keating, Don Wershba, Suminobu Hamada

  Mixing Engineer: Roger Moutenot

  Mastering Engineer: Tony Dawsey (Masterdisk)

  Assistant Engineer:

    Jim Goatley (Sorcerer Sound)

    Judy Kirscher (Sorcerer Sound)

    Eric Hurtig (Sanctuary)

    Anthony Sanders (Soundtrack)

  Fairlight/Synth Programmer: Joe Hisaishi, Bill Seery, Steve Rimland

  Recording Studios: Sorcerer Sound, Sanctuary Recording, RCA Studio, Wonder Station

  Mixing down Studio: Soundtrack

  Mastering Studio: Masterdisk

  Co-ordination: The MEDIUS Corporation, NY

  Recorded on April 1989~June 1989

  Object Manufacturer: Eisaku Kitoh

  Photographer: Katsumi Takada

  Design: Rieko Kanno (AC Project)

  Art Co-ordinator: Yumi Horie (NEC Avenue)

  Special Thanks: Jin Tamura (Inner Photo), PARCO (Obje TOKYO-TEN 1989)'
organizations:
- &id001
  names:
    en: IXIA
    ja: IXIA
    ja-latn: IXIA
  role: label
- names:
    en: NEC AVENUE
    ja: NEC AVENUE
    ja-latn: NEC AVENUE
  role: label
- link: org/83
  names:
    en: NEC Avenue, Ltd.
    ja: NECアベニュー株式会社
    ja-latn: NEC Avenue, Ltd.
  role: publisher
performers: []
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '1992-11-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2500.0
reprints:
- catalog: N29C-703
  link: album/24821
  note: ''
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/24822?perpage=99999
vocals:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
- names:
    en: N.David "Tigger" Whitworth
- names:
    en: Kysia Bostick
votes: 0
