[1990] Hiroshi Mirai - Natural (Full Album) || 90s City Pop

Tracklist: 1. Off Limit na Yoru [0:00] 2. Video Days [3:38] 3. Jun [8:05] 4. Namida no Kieru Bashou [13:16] 5. Natsu no Kakurega —Weekend Resort— [17:33] 6. Pacific Side Hotel [23:05] 7. Hikari no Asa [27:11] 8. A Long Time Ago [30:40] 9. Hikigane [36:00] 10. June 25 —Xmas kara Ichiban Tooi Hi— [40:27] Arranged by: Greg Mathieson (01, 03, 05 ~ 10) Jerry Hey (01, 03) Motoki Funayama (02, 04) Yasuhiro Kido (02) Bought, ripped, & scanned by me Special thanks to Mii (chickensauce843) for helping me obtain this!! When I bought Hiroshi Murai's "Dolphin Kick" album a long time ago, an acquaintance of mine told me about some other albums he had made—one of them being "Natural", his seemingly last album that was published in 1990. A few tracks from this album can be found online, but has otherwise been VERY elusive aside from that. Copies scarcely go up for sale and when they do they're listed for a fortune... a rip exists within the citypop community but is sadly gatekept by private collectors. It wasn't until very recently when I checked the Discogs page for this album again out of curiosity and saw something that absolutely shocked me: a complete copy being sold for roughly $50 USD!! An absolute STEAL, especially for the hundreds that it usually goes for online. However it was only being sold in Britain and the seller didn't want to ship to the US. Thankfully, with the help of the aforementioned Mii, he managed to grab the album on my behalf and shipped it to the US after. And now, here I am, FINALLY in the possession of this album. What do I think of it? Well... It's okay LOL Alright but for real though, all the tracks on here have absolutely superb production quality. I'm just really picky, but the only tracks on here that I REALLY liked were 5 (especially that one), 9, and 10. The others aren't bad, but I didn't think the compositions on them were good enough to justify me checking them out again in future listening sessions. One thing's for sure though, I'm glad I spent $50 on this. Considering how the whole album is, I would have been very disappointed spending hundreds on it. Regardless, enjoy!!