18/02/2026

Akiko Kobayashi "City Of Angels" (1988) -City Pop / Soft Rock-



Label : Fun House Records


Japon Side A

01 - Rainbow, Rainbow (Akiko Kobayashi)
02 - Put Another Memory On The Fire (Joe Curiale, Barbara Rothstein, Jack Keller & Jill Colucci )
03 - Hold Me (Joey Carbone)
04 - How Could I Ask For More? (John Bettis & Richard Carpenter)
05 - Beg, Borrow & Steal (Robin Lerner & Tom Harriman)

Side B

01 - Let's Fall In Love Forever (Pamela Phillips Oland & Randall Rumage)
02 - Suddenly Love (Pamela Phillips Oland)
03 - China River (Akiko Kobayashi)
04 - Only The Angels Know (Dean Pitchford & Michael Gore)
05 - The Reply (Pamela Phillips Oland & Richard Carpenter)


Produced & Arranged by Richard Carpenter
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Cherokee Recording Studios, Westlake Recording Studios, Hollywood California & The Evergreen Scoring Stage, Studio City, California
Recording Engineer : Roger Young
Assistants : Dan Nash, Bob Vogt, Brian Scheuble, Tom Banghart, Alvin Broussard, Mike Bosley, James Johnson, Dennis Stefan & Mike Hatcher
Mixed at A&M Recording Studios
Mixing Engineer : Roger Young (A-03, 04, 05 ; B-03, 05), Tony Peluso (A-01, 02 ; B-01, 02, 04)
Assistant : Dan Nash
Mastered by Arnie Acosta at A&M Mastering Studios
Concert Master : Jimmy Getzoff
Executive Producer : Hiroshi Shigemi


Side A

01 - Rainbow, Rainbow 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

02 - Put Another Memory On The Fire 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

03 - Hold Me 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

04 - How Could I Ask For More? 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

05 - Beg, Borrow & Steal 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Alto & Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

Side B

01 - Let's Fall In Love Forever 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

02 - Suddenly Love 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

03 - China River 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

04 - Only The Angels Know 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Flute : Joel Peskin
Flugelhorn : Ron Gorow
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

05 - The Reply

Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Backing vocals : Akiko Kobayashi