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''Bon Voyage Co.'' is the third album released by Japanese artist Music/HaruomiHosono. Session players on the album are the band Tin Pan Alley and most members of Hosono's former rock band Happy End.
This album is part of three albums where Hosono explores the Exotica genre (the first one being ''Music/TropicalDandy'' and the third one being ''{{Music/Paraiso}}''. While the album has a tropical vibe, it also showcases Hosono's interest in blues/swing music akin to the New Orleans' scene from early 20th century. It is also the first album where Hosono sings in english.
This album is part of three albums where Hosono explores the Exotica genre (the first one being ''Music/TropicalDandy'' and the third one being ''{{Music/Paraiso}}''. While the album has a tropical vibe, it also showcases Hosono's interest in blues/swing music akin to the New Orleans' scene from early 20th century. It is also the first album where Hosono sings in english.
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''Bon Voyage Co.'' is the third album released by Japanese artist Music/HaruomiHosono. It was released in 1976 through Panam Records. Session players on the album are the band Tin Pan Alley and most members of Hosono's former rock band Happy End.
This album is part of three albums where Hosono explores the Exotica genre (the first one being ''Music/TropicalDandy'' and the third one being''{{Music/Paraiso}}''.''Music/{{Paraiso}}''. While the album has a tropical vibe, it also showcases Hosono's interest in blues/swing music akin to the New Orleans' scene from early 20th century. It is also the first album where Hosono sings in english.
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This album is part of three albums where Hosono explores the Exotica genre (the first one being ''Music/TropicalDandy'' and the third one being ''Paraiso''. ''{{Music/Paraiso}}''. While the album has a tropical vibe, this album it also showcases Hosono's interest in blues/swing music akin to the New Orleans' scene from early 20th century. It is also the first album where Hosono sings in english.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hosono is credited under the anglicized name Harry Hosono. He would later use this moniker again on the album ''{{Music/Paraiso}}''.
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Bon Voyage Co. is the third album released by Japanese artist Music/HaruomiHosono. Session players on the album are the band Tin Pan Alley and most members of Hosono's former rock band Happy End.
This album is part of three albums where Hosono explores the Exotica genre (the first one being ''Music/TropicalDandy'' and the third one being ''Paraiso''. While the album has a tropical vibe, this album also showcases Hosono's interest in blues/swing music akin to the New Orleans' scene from early 20th century. It is also the first album where Hosono sings in english.
Some songs on this album would turn out to become concert staples in Hosono's late career.
!!Tracklist
# "Butterfly-San" (3:15)
# "Hong Kong Blues" (3:09)
# "Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)" (4:31)
# "Roochoo Gumbo" (3:01)
# "Bon Voyage Co." (2:36)
# "Tokyo Shyness Boy" (2:19)
# "Black Peanuts" (2:28)
# "Chow Chow Dog" (4:46)
# "Pom Pom Vapor" (1:56)
# "Exotica Lullaby" (3:49)
!!This album provides examples of:
* AlliterativeTitle: "Chow Chow Dog" and "Pom Pom Vapor".
* CoverVersion: "Hong Kong Blues" (originally by Hoagy Carmichael) and "Sayonara" (by Freddy Morgan and Hasegawa Yoshida).
* {{Eagleland}}: "Hong Kong Blues" is about an impoverished Hong Kong resident who wants to earn money in order to travel to the US.
--> ''And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price''
--> ''Of a ticket to the land of the free''
--> ''Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice''
--> ''But it's really in Tennessee''
* FaceOnTheCover: Same layout with the tropical setting than ''Music/TropicalDandy'' but different colour scheme and this time Hosono isn't painted.
* GratuitousEnglish: On "Butterfly-San" and "Pom Pom Vapor".
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Bon Voyage Co.".
* MeaningfulName: The japanese name of the album (''Taian Yoko'') referes to a convenience store Hosono discovered while touring with Tin Pan Alley in Nagasaki.
* OneWordTitle: "Butterfly-San" and "Sayonara".
* OpiumDen: "Hong Kong Blues"
--> ''It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man''
--> ''Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong''
--> ''He got twenty years privilege taken away from him''
--> ''When he kicked old Buddha's gong'' [[note]]"Kicking the gong" refers to smoking opium and is a term which has been used in jazz music.[[/note]]
* RegionalRiff: The ''oriental riff'' (often used in music which parodies eastern-asian culture) is featured on "Hong Kong Blues".
* SameFaceDifferentName: Hosono is named "Harry "The Crown" Hosono" on the album's cover. He would rarely use that [[ThisIsMyNameOnForeign english-sounding first name]].
* ShoutOut: "Pom Pom Vapor" references Music/JerryLeeLewis's "Great Balls Of Fire" and Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise".
* SpecialGuest: Akiko Yano (who would release her debut album during the same year as Bon Voyage Co.) is a backing vocalist on the album.
* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: The album is credited to "Harry "The Crown" Hosono". He wouldn't use this anglicized version of his first name until way later in his career (probably as a call-back to this album).
* TitleTrack: "Bon Voyage Co." is also the only instrumental track of the album.
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Bon Voyage Co. is the third album released by Japanese artist Music/HaruomiHosono. Session players on the album are the band Tin Pan Alley and most members of Hosono's former rock band Happy End.
This album is part of three albums where Hosono explores the Exotica genre (the first one being ''Music/TropicalDandy'' and the third one being ''Paraiso''. While the album has a tropical vibe, this album also showcases Hosono's interest in blues/swing music akin to the New Orleans' scene from early 20th century. It is also the first album where Hosono sings in english.
Some songs on this album would turn out to become concert staples in Hosono's late career.
!!Tracklist
# "Butterfly-San" (3:15)
# "Hong Kong Blues" (3:09)
# "Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)" (4:31)
# "Roochoo Gumbo" (3:01)
# "Bon Voyage Co." (2:36)
# "Tokyo Shyness Boy" (2:19)
# "Black Peanuts" (2:28)
# "Chow Chow Dog" (4:46)
# "Pom Pom Vapor" (1:56)
# "Exotica Lullaby" (3:49)
!!This album provides examples of:
* AlliterativeTitle: "Chow Chow Dog" and "Pom Pom Vapor".
* CoverVersion: "Hong Kong Blues" (originally by Hoagy Carmichael) and "Sayonara" (by Freddy Morgan and Hasegawa Yoshida).
* {{Eagleland}}: "Hong Kong Blues" is about an impoverished Hong Kong resident who wants to earn money in order to travel to the US.
--> ''And now he's poppin' the piano just to raise the price''
--> ''Of a ticket to the land of the free''
--> ''Well, he says his home's in Frisco where they send the rice''
--> ''But it's really in Tennessee''
* FaceOnTheCover: Same layout with the tropical setting than ''Music/TropicalDandy'' but different colour scheme and this time Hosono isn't painted.
* GratuitousEnglish: On "Butterfly-San" and "Pom Pom Vapor".
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Bon Voyage Co.".
* MeaningfulName: The japanese name of the album (''Taian Yoko'') referes to a convenience store Hosono discovered while touring with Tin Pan Alley in Nagasaki.
* OneWordTitle: "Butterfly-San" and "Sayonara".
* OpiumDen: "Hong Kong Blues"
--> ''It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man''
--> ''Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong''
--> ''He got twenty years privilege taken away from him''
--> ''When he kicked old Buddha's gong'' [[note]]"Kicking the gong" refers to smoking opium and is a term which has been used in jazz music.[[/note]]
* RegionalRiff: The ''oriental riff'' (often used in music which parodies eastern-asian culture) is featured on "Hong Kong Blues".
* SameFaceDifferentName: Hosono is named "Harry "The Crown" Hosono" on the album's cover. He would rarely use that [[ThisIsMyNameOnForeign english-sounding first name]].
* ShoutOut: "Pom Pom Vapor" references Music/JerryLeeLewis's "Great Balls Of Fire" and Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise".
* SpecialGuest: Akiko Yano (who would release her debut album during the same year as Bon Voyage Co.) is a backing vocalist on the album.
* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: The album is credited to "Harry "The Crown" Hosono". He wouldn't use this anglicized version of his first name until way later in his career (probably as a call-back to this album).
* TitleTrack: "Bon Voyage Co." is also the only instrumental track of the album.
