The book, “These 100 Pieces of 90’s J-POP Basics! will be published on September 20 (Wednesday).
The book is written and selected by a writer and music selector known as the author of “The Basics of City Pop” (“City Pop Basics” in 100 CDs). The book is written by Hitoshi Kurimoto, a writer and music selector known as the author of “The Basics of City Pop” and who has worked at record companies and Billboard Live, and focuses on J-POP of the 1990s, the decade with the highest CD sales in history. The book is composed of disc reviews and columns that examine the 1990s from a variety of perspectives.
At the end of the book, there is a QR code to access Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music playlists of the discs featured in the book. The cover illustration is a newly drawn work by gata.
Seikai-sha Shinsho “’90s J-POP Basics’ in These 100 Discs!
Author: Hitoshi Kurimoto
Number of pages: 272
Release date: September 20, 2023 (Wednesday) *Release date may vary depending on your location
Price: 1,250 yen (excluding tax)
（The book is composed of)
The author himself selected 100 albums and wrote an elaborate disc review of each one.
Selection of 10 albums for each year from 1990 to 1999
Carefully selected albums that are not only at the top of the annual charts, but also symbolic of the year.
Columns that examine the 1990s from various perspectives
Column 1: Tie-Ups and Million Hits
Column 2: Hit Producers
Column 3: Alternative music and the dawn of festivals
Artists featured in this book
Southern All Stars, BUCK-TICK, FLYING KIDS, LINDBERG, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, BEGIN, TAMA, KAN, JITTERIN’JINN, Yasuyuki Okamura, Tatsuro Yamashita, Vibraphone, Flipper’s Guitar, ORIGINAL LOVE, HIS, Kyoko Koizumi, Noriyuki Makihara, CHAGE&ASKA, B’z, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, THE BLANKEY JET CITY, Kazumasa Oda, SING LIKE TALKING, L⇔R, Yone Rice Club, X JAPAN, Miyuki Nakajima, Mariya Takeuchi, Dreams Come True, Senri Moritaka, Kyosuke Himuro, Tachibana Izumi, WANDS, PIZZICATO FIVE, ZARD, Koji Tamaki, Kenji Ozawa, Masaharu Fukuyama, Yumi Matsutoya, Kami Hirose, trf, Fumiya Fujii, CARNATION, Mr. Children, Towa Tei, LUNA SEA, Sharan Q, Maki Oguro, THE BOOM, JUDY AND MARY, Kazuyoshi Saito, LOVE TAMBOURINES, Tamio Okuda, Schadaraparr, SMAP, Mayumi Kojima, Spitz, Toko Furuuchi, My Little Lover, King Ghidorah, Wolfles, Fishmans, GLAY, Sunny Day Service, thee michelle gun elephant, globe, Namie Amuro, Elephant Kashimashi, UA, Toshinobu Kubota, THE YELLOW MONKEY, Denki Groove, Bonnie Pink, Masayoshi Yamazaki, SPEED, Makoto Kawamoto, Miki Imai, KinKi Kids, Sugashkao, Chara, Buffalo Daughter, PUFFY, SUPERCAR, Every Little Thing, Cocco, MISIA, Morning Musume。 Yuzu, the brilliant green, hide, Ayumi Hamasaki, Ringo Shiina, Sugar Soul, Hikaru Utada, Kururi, Hi-STANDARD, L’Arc~en~Ciel, RHYMESTER, Dragon Ash, clammbon
Total of 100 artists
Playlists featuring the discs featured in this book are available on three music subscription services!
Listen while you read! You can read while you listen!
QR codes to access the playlists on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music are included at the end of the book!
