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2000 studio album by Susumu Yokota

Sakura

Studio album by Susumu Yokota

Released

September 11, 2000

Genre

Ambient

Length

50:13

Label

Skintone Records

Susumu Yokota chronology

'Susumu Yokota Album'
(1999)

Sakura
(2000)

Mix
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork Media	(8.4/10)

Sakura is a full-length album from electronic artist Susumu Yokota, released in 1999 in Japan on Skintone Records (STR03) and on 11 September 2000 in the United Kingdom on The Leaf Label (BAY13). It was named as the top electronic release of the year 2000 by The Wire.

Some tracks sample elements of Harold Budd's album "The Pavilion of Dreams". Track two, "Tobiume", samples the opening track ("Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rahim"); track four, "Hagoromo", features a sample from "Let Us Go Into The House of the Lord/Butterfly Sunday", and track eleven - "Shinsen" - opens with a sample from "Rosetti Noise/Chrystal Garden and a Coda".

Track six, "Gekkoh", features a sample from the opening of Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians", and also contains elements of Young Marble Giants' "The Taxi" (from their album Colossal Youth).

Track eight, "Azukiiro No Kaori", contains samples from the Return to Forever song "Sometime Ago/La Fiesta" from Return to Forever.

Track nine, "Kodomotachi", features a sample from Joni Mitchell's song "Songs to Aging Children Come" from Clouds.

Track ten, "Naminote", features a sample from Chick Corea & Gary Burton's track "Señor Mouse" from Crystal Silence.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Susumu Yokota

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saku"	5:45
2.	"Tobiume"	4:38
3.	"Uchu Tanjyo"	3:13
4.	"Hagoromo"	3:52
5.	"Genshi"	4:57
6.	"Gekkoh"	4:59
7.	"Hisen"	3:48
8.	"Azukiiro no Kaori"	2:39
9.	"Kodomotachi"	4:06
10.	"Naminote"	5:43
11.	"Shinsen"	4:33
12.	"Kirakiraboshi"	1:55

Double-LP

Disc one – side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saku"	5:45
2.	"Uchu Tanjyo"	3:13
3.	"Hagoromo"	3:52

Disc one – side B
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Genshi"	4:57
5.	"Gekkoh"	4:59
6.	"Kirakiraboshi"	1:55

Disc two – side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kodomotachi"	4:06
2.	"Hisen"	3:48
3.	"Tobiume"	4:38

Disc two – side B
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Naminote"	5:43
5.	"Shinsen"	4:33
6.	"Azukiiro no Kaori"	2:39

References

"Sakura by Susumu Yokota". Bandcamp. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
Sakura at AllMusic
Pitchfork media review

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