Sakura (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Sakura
Type = Album
Artist = Susumu Yokota


Released = 1999
Genre = Ambient
Length = 50:13
Label = Skintone
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ahl67uu020j0 link]
* Pitchfork (8.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23370/Susumu_Yokota_Sakura link]
Last album = "1999"
(1999)
This album = "Sakura"
(1999)
Next album = "Mix"
(1999)

"Sakura" is a full-length album from electronic artist Susumu Yokota, released in 1999 in Japan on Skintone (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.

Track six, "Gekkoh", features a sample from the opening of Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians".

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

Track listing

tracklist
all_writing = Susumu Yokota

title1 = Saku
note1 =
length1 = 5:45

title2 = Tobiume
note2 =
length2 = 4:38

title3 = Uchu Tanjyo
note3 =
length3 = 3:13

title4 = Hagoromo
note4 =
length4 = 3:52

title5 = Genshi
note5 =
length5 = 4:57

title6 = Gekkoh
note6 =
length6 = 4:59

title7 = Hisen
note7 =
length7 = 3:48

title8 = Azukiiro no Kaori
note8 =
length8 = 2:39

title9 = Kodomotachi
note9 =
length9 = 4:06

title10 = Naminote
note10 =
length10 = 5:43

title11 = Shinsen
note11 =
length11 = 4:33

title12 = Kirakiraboshi
note12 =
length12 = 1:55

Double-LP

tracklist
headline = Disc one – side A

title1 = Saku
note1 =
length1 = 5:45

title2 = Uchu Tanjyo
note2 =
length2 = 3:13

title3 = Hagoromo
note3 =
length3 = 3:52tracklist
headline = Disc one – side B

title4 = Genshi
note4 =
length4 = 4:57

title5 = Gekkoh
note5 =
length5 = 4:59

title6 = Kirakiraboshi
note6 =
length6 = 1:55tracklist
headline = Disc two – side A

title1 = Kodomotachi
note1 =
length1 = 4:06

title2 = Hisen
note2 =
length2 = 3:48

title3 = Tobiume
note3 =
length3 = 4:38tracklist
headline = Disc two – side B

title4 = Naminote
note4 =
length4 = 5:43

title5 = Shinsen
note5 =
length5 = 4:33

title6 = Azukiiro no Kaori
note6 =
length6 = 2:39