Light and Shadows

Light and Shadows is the thirtieth album and the twenty-first studio album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea recorded and released in 1997. This album features guest drummer Harvey Mason and also marks the return of the band's former drummer Akira Jimbo.

Light and Shadows
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	September 3, 1997
Recorded	at Studio Jive, Tokyo , Sunset Sound, Los Angeles . 1997
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	54:38
Label	Pony Canyon PCCA-01123
Producer	Casiopea
Casiopea chronology
Flowers (1996) Light and Shadows (1997) Be (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Golden Waves"	Issei Noro	5:24
2.	"Forbidden Fruits"	Issei Noro	4:35
3.	"Chain Reaction"	Issei Noro	4:02
4.	"Missing Days"	Issei Noro	5:35
5.	"Speeded Age"	Issei Noro	4:45
6.	"The Tease"	Harvey Mason	4:46
7.	"Don't Leave Me Alone"	Minoru Mukaiya	5:24
8.	"Movin'"	Yoshihiro Naruse	5:34
9.	"The Smile of Tender"	Issei Noro	5:48
10.	"Riddle"	Minoru Mukaiya	4:18
11.	"A Dressy Morning"	Issei Noro	4:27
Total length:			54:38

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Guitars

Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards

Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass

Additional Musicians

Akira Jimbo - drums (M-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11), Electric Percussion & Timbales (M-1,3,5,6,7,9)

Harvey Mason - Drums (M-1,5,6)

Production

• Sound Produced - CASIOPEA
• Executive Producer - Yuzo Watanabe

• Recording Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura, Don Murray
• Assistant Engineer - Tadashi Yamaguchi, Doug Boehm
• Mixing Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura
• Mastering Engineer - Mitsuo Koike

• Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi, Eisuke Sasaki

• Art Direction & Design - Satoshi Yanagisawa
• Photography - Yoshihito Sasaguchi

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	September 3, 1997	Pony Canyon	12cmCD	PCCA-01123
	November 20, 2008		remastered 12cmCD	PCCR-50012	DSD, HQCD
Japan Australia Canada U.S.A. U.K.	August 10, 2010		Digital distribution	389192618	iTunes Store[2]