23-Ji no Ongaku

２３時の音楽 23-Ji no Ongaku
Studio album by Yoko Kanno
Released	May 22, 2002
Genre	Avant-pop jazz
Label	Victor Entertainment
Producer	Yoko Kanno
Yoko Kanno chronology
Song to Fly (1998) ２３時の音楽 23-Ji no Ongaku (2002) CM Yoko

23-Ji no Ongaku (２３時の音楽, Music of the 23rd Hour) is the second studio album by Yoko Kanno, with vocals by frequent collaborator Maaya Sakamoto. It was released on May 22, 2002. It is the soundtrack for the NHK radio drama adaptation of the book The Other Side of Midnight.

Track listing

No.	Title	Contributors	Length
1.	"Two Things"		3:18
2.	"Here"	Maaya Sakamoto – Vocalist Tim Jensen – Lyricist	5:04
3.	"Daniel (ダニエル, Danieru)"	Maaya Sakamoto – Vocalist troy – Lyricist	3:47
4.	"Pepper Stretch"		3:40
5.	"Kissing the Christmas Killer"	Maaya Sakamoto – Vocalist, Lyricist Kazumi Someya – Lyricist	4:27
6.	"Trust Me"	Maaya Sakamoto – Vocalist nota – Lyricist	3:17
7.	"Noelle (ノエル, Noeru)"		3:08
8.	"Fad (ファド, Fado)"	Maaya Sakamoto – Vocalist nota – Lyricist	3:09
9.	"Talcum (タルカン, Tarukan)"		2:18
10.	"Pengin Shuurijin (ぺンギン修理人, Penguin Repairman)"		3:17
11.	"Mujoken Supekutoru (無条件スペクトル, Unconditional Spectrum)"		4:20
12.	"Toto"	Maaya Sakamoto – Vocalist Tim Jensen – Lyricist	4:05
13.	"Kudamono Naifu no Shi (果物ナイフの死, Death of the Fruit Knife)"		3:44
14.	"Noelle's Piano (ノエルのピアノ, Noeru no Piano)"		3:27

Personnel

• Piano & Keyboards: Yoko Kanno
• Bass: Hitoshi Watanabe
• Drums: Yasuo Sano
• Guitar: Tsuneo Imahori, Hisaaki Hogari
• Percussion: Masaharu Sato
• Trumpet: Shiro Sasaki
• Trombone: Satoshi Sano
• Saxophone: Shoji Haruna
• Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki group
• Synthesizer manipulating: Keishi Utara, Syunsuke Sakamoto
• Vocals: Maaya Sakamoto, Masaharu Sato, Gabriela Robin, Hisaaki Hogari
• Special thanks: Tim & Mayu Jensen, Hayashi-san, Saeko Nishimura

External links

• 23-Ji no Ongaku at Kanno Yoko Network