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• Haruomi Hosono's Tropical Dandy, released in 1975, is a landmark album that blends exotica, jazz, and pop, laying the groundwork for the city pop genre. The album features performances from the band Tin Pan Alley, formerly known as Caramel Mama, and continues the tropical style initiated in his previous work, Hosono House .

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  "Hosono plays the drunk Japanese tourist swaddled in an oversized Hawaiian shirt, belching through Elvis and Irving Berlin karaoke... Hosono deserves distinction for prefiguring stuff like Pizzicato Five and Momus and Stereo Totalwithout being arch and obnoxious." Pitchfork

• Artist: Haruomi Hosono Label: Crown, Kakubarhythm, Stones Throw Records Format: LP Units: 1 Country: US Genre: Soul & Funk Style: Easy Listening, Exotica, Pacific, Soft Rock

• A1 = Chattanooga Choo Choo
  A2 = Hurricane Dorothy
  A3 = Kinukaido
  A4 = Nettaiya
  A5 = Peking Duck
  B1 = Hyoryuki
  B2 = Honey Moon
  B3 = Sanji No Komori Uta
  B4 = Sanji No Komori Uta (Instrumental)
  B5 = Hyoryuki (Instrumental)