Cassis (album)
# Cassis (album)

Cassis is the 20th solo studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in July 2002.

The album includes "Kimerareta Rhythm", which was featured on the Academy Award-nominated motion picture The Twilight Samurai, directed by Yoji Yamada. The song "You are the Top" was originally contributed to the same-titled musical by Kōki Mitani. Two singles were cut from the album: "Kono Yo no Sadame" and "Final Love Song"; both songs were featured on the TV advertisings of Kirin Beverage starring Inoue himself.

## Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise indicated

* "Imitation Complex (イミテーション・コンプレックス, Imitēshon Konpurekkusu)" - 4:23
* "Kono Yo no Sadame (この世の定め)" - 5:00
* "Final Love Song" - 4:25
* "Television (テレビジョン, Terebijon)" - 4:28
* "Koi no Express (恋のエキスプレス, Koi no Ekisupuresu)" - 6:18
* "Mori Hana Shojo Rin (森花処女林)" - 3:19
* "Punky Rockabilly (パンキー・ロカビリー, Pankī Rokabirī)" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 3:10
* "Kekkyoku Ame ga Furu (結局 雨が降る)" (Inoue/Hirai) - 2:28
* "You are the Top" (Inoue/Hirai/Kōki Mitani) - 4:28
* "Tokai no Ame (都会の雨)" - 4:47
* "Kimerareta Rhythm (決められたリズム, Kimerareta Rizumu)" - 4:13

## Personnel

* Yōsui Inoue - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand-claps
* Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
* Haruo Kubota - electric guitar
* Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar
* Tsuneo Imabori - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, computer programming
* Chiharu Mikuzuki - electric bass, uplight bass, 12-string guitar
* Masafumi Minato - drums
* Hideo Yamaki - drums
* Matarou Misawa - percussion
* Yahiro Tomohiro - percussion
* Nobuo Kurata - acoustic piano
* Natsumi Hirai - acoustic piano
* Yasuharu Nakanishi - acoustic piano, electric piano
* Yoshiki Kojima - acoustic piano, keyboards, organ
* Yūta Saitō - acoustic piano, keyboards
* Masao Ōmura - keyboards
* Banana U-G - keyboards, computer programming
* Kazuya Miyazaki - computer programming
* Tetsuo Ishikawa - computer programming
* Yōichi Murata - trombone, bass trombone
* Kōji Nishimura - trumpet
* Shirou Sasaki - trumpet
* Masahiko Sugasaka - trumpet
* Takuo Yamamoto - saxophone
* Bob Zang - saxophone
* Masakuni Takeno - saxophone
* Udai Shike - cello
* Jun - background vocals
* Chie Nagai - background vocals

## Chart positions

### Album

| Year | Chart | Position | Sales |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 12 | 73,000 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | B-Side(s) | Chart | Position | Sales |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | "Kono Yo no Sadame" | "Kegani", "Kyoto Tabemono Jijou" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 60 | 7,000 |
| 2002 | "Final Love Song" | "Yagi no Milk" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 43 | 8,000 |
| 2002 | "Mori Hana Shojo Rin" | "Kimerareta Rhythm" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | — | — |
