Toki no Nai Hotel

Toki no Nai Hotel (時のないホテル) is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, released in June 1980.

Pictures featured on the back and front sleeve art were taken at the Brown's Hotel in London. No songs were released as a single except "Tamerai", which first appeared as a B-side of the non-album track "Daydream", released in May 1980.

Like other studio albums which came out after she remained with EMI in 1977 when Alfa finally started operating as a record label, Toki no Nai Hotel was released on CD for the first time in 1985. The album was reissued in 1999, digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman.

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Yumi Matsutoya, arranged by Masataka Matsutoya.
 * 1) "Cecile no Shūmatsu (セシルの週末)"– 5:26
 * 2) "Toki no Nai Hotel (時のないホテル)" – 4:15
 * 3) "Miss Lonely" – 4:28
 * 4) "Ame ni Kieta Jogger Ame ni Kieta Jogā (雨に消えたジョガー)" – 5:00
 * 5) "Tamerai (ためらい)" – 3:46
 * 6) "Yosoyuki Gao de (よそゆき顔で)" – 4:30
 * 7) "5cm no Mukougishi (5cmの向こう岸)" – 6:22
 * 8) "Compartment (コンパートメント)" – 7:18
 * 9) "Mizu no Kage (水の影)" – 4:02

Footnotes

Recorded versions

 * "Mizu no Kage" was originally written for the female folk duo called Simons in 1978.
 * "Tamerai" was originally written for Midori Hagio. The song was later covered by Yoshiko Miyazaki, Keiko Saito, and Pink Lady member Keiko Masuda.
 * Queen's Fellows, a 2002 tribute album for Matsutoya includes two cover versions of the songs which were featured on Toki no Nai Hotel; "Cecile no Shumatsu" performed by Aiko and the title track by Takao Tajima.

Personnel

 * Masataka Matsutoya - keyboards
 * Tatsuo Hayashi - drums
 * Jun Aoyama - drums
 * Yuichi Tokashiki - drums
 * Nobu Saito - percussion
 * Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar
 * Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitar
 * Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar
 * Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
 * Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar
 * Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar, mandolin
 * Hiromi Yasuda - acoustic guitar
 * Masamichi Sugi - backing vocals
 * Kiyoshi Saito - saxophone
 * Jake H Conception - saxophone
 * Shunzo Sunabara - saxophone
 * Yukio Eto - flute
 * Eiju Yamada - horn
 * Yasuhiro Okita- horn
 * Tomato Strings Unsemble - strings
 * Junichi Hiiro - violin
 * Leona - backing vocals
 * Clara - backing vocals
 * Lilika - backing vocals
 * Hideki Matsutake - synthesizer programming