Heartbeat is the ninth solo studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, released in 1991 by Virgin Records. A second version of the album was released in the United States and Europe in 1992, which replaced the original version of "Tainai Kaiki" with the David Sylvian-featuring version, "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb", as well as English versions of "High Tide" and "Sayonara", and bonus song "Cloud #9".
Track listing
Personnel Performers Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, piano, lead vocals (5, 8) Steven Bernstein – trumpet (1, 3, 4) Dee Dee Brave – vocals (1, 8) Satoshi Tomiie – percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 8) Magic Dick – harmonica Marco Prince – vocals (3) John Lurie – sax (4) Debra Barsha – backing vocals (4) Arto Lindsay – vocals (5) Houria Aïchi – vocals (7) Youssou N'Dour – vocals (9) Bill Frisell – guitar (11, 12) Ingrid Chavez – vocals (11, 12) John Cage – voice (11) David Sylvian – vocals (11, 12)
Technical Lolly Grodner – engineer (11, 12) Patrick Dillett – engineer (all tracks except 12) Yoshifumi Iio – engineer (all tracks except 11, 12) Jungle DJ Towa Towa – co-producer (2) Axel Niehaus – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12) Fernando Aponte – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12) Jim Caruana – assistant engineer (11, 12) Koichiro Nagao – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12) Wes Naprstek – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
Charts + Chart performance for Heartbeat Chart (1992) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 94
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