Heartbeat (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)
# Heartbeat (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

Heartbeat is the ninth solo studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, released in 1991 by Virgin Records. A second version of the album was released in the United States and Europe in 1992, which replaced the original version of "Tainai Kalki" with the David Sylvian-featuring version, "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning to the Womb", as well as English versions of "High Tide" and "Sayonara", and bonus song "Cloud #9".

## Personnel

Performers

* Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, piano, lead vocals (5, 8)
* Steven Bernstein – trumpet (1, 3, 4)
* Dee Dee Brave – vocals (1, 8)
* Satoshi Tomiie – percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 8)
* Magic Dick – harmonica
* Marco Prince – vocals (3)
* John Lurie – sax (4)
* Debra Barsha – backing vocals (4)
* Arto Lindsay – vocals (5)
* Houria Aïchi – vocals (7)
* Youssou N'Dour – vocals (9)
* Bill Frisell – guitar (11, 12)
* Ingrid Chavez – vocals (11, 12)
* John Cage – voice (11)
* David Sylvian – vocals (11, 12)

Technical

* Lolly Grodner – engineer (11, 12)
* Patrick Dillett – engineer (all tracks except 12)
* Yoshifumi Iio – engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
* Jungle DJ Towa Towa – co-producer (2)
* Axel Niehaus – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
* Fernando Aponte – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
* Jim Caruana – assistant engineer (11, 12)
* Koichiro Nagao – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)
* Wes Naprstek – assistant engineer (all tracks except 11, 12)

## Charts

Chart performance for Heartbeat :

| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 94 |
