Tropical Dandy

Tropical Dandy is Haruomi Hosono's second solo album. This album continues the tropical style of Hosono House (which would continue later on with Bon Voyage co. and Paraiso) and also features performances from "Caramel Mama" (who had, by this point, changed their name to "Tin Pan Alley"). This album was re-issued as part of a box set with bonus tracks taken from Tin Pan Alley albums by Crown decades later.^[1][2][3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Wire	favorable[4]

Tropical Dandy
Studio album by Haruomi Hosono
Released	June 25, 1975 (1975-06-25)
Recorded	Crown Studio Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz fusion, exotica
Length	34:22
Label	PANAM, CROWN
Producer	Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono chronology
Hosono House (1973) Tropical Dandy (1975) Bon Voyage co. (1976)
Singles from Tropical Dandy
""Silk Road"/"Honey Moon"" Released: 1975

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Chattanooga Choo Choo"	Mack Gordon (English lyrics), Aloysio de Oliveira (Portuguese lyrics), Harry Warren (music)	2:49
2.	"Hurricane Dorothy"		5:46
3.	"Silk Road" (絹街道 Kinukaidō)		3:32
4.	"Tropical Night" (熱帯夜 Nettaiya)		4:55
5.	"Peking Duck" (北京DUCK Pekin Duck)		2:36
6.	"Drifting Chronicle" (漂流記 Hyōryūki)		3:08
7.	"Honey Moon"		2:37
8.	"Three o'Clock Lullaby" (三時の子守唄 Sanji no Komori Uta)		2:31
9.	"Three o'Clock Lullaby" (三時の子守唄 Sanji no Komori Uta) (instrumental)		2:26
10.	"Drifting Chronicle" (漂流記 Hyōryūki) (instrumental)		4:02

All tracks are written by Haruomi Hosono, except where noted.

Harry Hosono Crown Years 1974–1977 box set bonus tracks

No.	Title	Originally from	Length
11.	"Choo Choo Gatagoto'75" (CHOO CHOO ガタゴト'75)	Caramel Mama, 1975	3:17
12.	"Yellow Magic Carnival"	Caramel Mama, 1975	3:34
13.	"Rose and Beast" (薔薇と野獣 Bara to Yajū)	Tin Pan Alley 2, 1977	4:13
14.	"Ballad of Aya" (アヤのバラード Aya no Barādo)	Caramel Mama, 1975	1:37
15.	"Theme of "Evening Primrose" Part 1〜Drifting Chronicle" ("宵待草"のテーマ Part 1〜漂流記 "Yoimachigusa" no Tēma Part 1〜Hyōryūki)	Yoimachigusa (soundtrack), 1975	4:09
16.	"Theme of "Evening Primrose" Part 2〜Drifting Chronicle" ("宵待草"のテーマ Part 2〜漂流記 "Yoimachigusa" no Tēma Part 2〜Hyōryūki)	Yoimachigusa (soundtrack), 1975	1:36

Album cover

The album's cover is a parody of the sailor-themed packaging of Player's Navy Cut cigarettes, similar to the 1969 Procol Harum album, A Salty Dog. The quotation marks around Hosono's surname is in reference to the "medium" version of the cigarette. The cover also portrays a ship resembling the RMS Titanic, which Hosono's grandfather Masabumi infamously escaped the sinking of on her maiden voyage.

Personnel

• Haruomi Hosono – Bass, Vocals, Mellotron, Marimba, Guitar (Acoustic & Electric), Clavinet, Cowbell, Whistle, Backing Vocals/Choir, Production, Liner notes
• Masataka Matsutoya – Piano, Hammond organ, String Arrangements
• Shigeru Suzuki – Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals/Choir
• Tatsuo Hayashi – Drums, Percussion
• Hiroki Komazawa – Pedal steel guitar
• Hiroshi Satō – Piano, Clavinet
• Ginji Itō – Electric Guitar
• Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion
• Makoto Yano – Strings, Horn (Wind and Brass) & String Arrangements
• Minako Yoshida – Duet Vocals, Backing Vocals/Choir
• Makoto Kubota – Backing Vocals/Choir, Scat Vocals
• Teruyuki Fukushima – Trumpet
• Masayuki Kuniyoshi – Flute
• Yōji Yamashita – Ukulele
• Clare Francis – Voice
• Kayo Ito, Taeko Ōnuki & Kōsetsu Minami – Backing Vocals/Choir
• Kazuhiro Ichihashi – Backing Vocals/Choir, Assistant Engineering
• Shincihi Furuzaki – Re-mixing
• Yasuo Yagi – Cover and Back Tropical Artwork, Concept Art
• Michiko Oshima – Liner Artwork
• Takumi Uchida – Photography