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Side For Optimists
A1	Thermo Limbo Lyrics By – C. Mosdell*, GimpeiMusic By – Y. Imai*	5:47
A2	Watashi No Suki Na Kuni Lyrics By – C. AkagiMusic By – Y. Imai*	5:54
A3	Swimming Under The Glass Lyrics By – C. Mosdell*, GimpeiMusic By – Y. Imai*	4:12
A4	Do The Wolf Lyrics By – C. Mosdell*Music By – Y. Imai*	4:38
Side For Pessimists
B1	Exotic Dance Lyrics By – C. Mosdell*Lyrics By, Music By – Y. Imai*	6:04
B2	Narcissa Lyrics By – C. Mosdell*Music By – Y. Imai*	5:18
B3	Dodo Bird Music By – Imitation, Steve Scales	1:27
B4	Muscle And Heat Lyrics By – C. Mosdell*Music By – Y. Imai*	5:05
B5	Oriental Oriental Music By – Y. Imai*	3:18

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Kitty Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.
• Distributed By – Polydor K.K.

Credits

• Arranged By – Imitation
• Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Masanobu Hoshino
• Chorus – Dolette McDonald, Makoto Kubota, Sandi*
• Coordinator [MC-8 Programming] – Yasuhiko Terashima
• Drums [Pearl Drums], Percussion, Kalimba, Backing Vocals – Shigeru (Shee-chan) Inoue*
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Osamu (Son Of Sam) Sakasai*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Akio Igawa, Teiji Wakita
• Engineer, Mixed By – Mitsuru Isono, Tatsuya Morokaji
• Executive-Producer – Katsuya Yasumuro
• Graphics – Mutsuo Inomata
• Management [Artist Management] – Masaru Morita
• Mastered By – Hiroshi Yuasa
• Narrator [Swahili Narration] – Iku Mwakimi (tracks: B3), Tuli Mwakimi (tracks: B3)
• Painting [Front] – Yla Okudaira
• Painting [Inner] – Emiko Shimoda
• Percussion – Steve Scales
• Performer [Sanshin], Kokyu – Hidetaro Honjo
• Producer – Chris Mosdell (tracks: B1, B2)
• Producer, Synthesizer [Prophet #5], Vocoder, Piano [Steinway], Arranged By, Mixed By – Yu Imai
• Programmed By [MC-8] – Hideki Matsutake, Masahiro Nagao
• Recorded By, Production Manager [Production Coordinator] – Juan T. Oya
• Saxophone [Saxes] – Jake Concepcion*
• Saxophone [Solo] – Yu Imai (tracks: A2)
• Sleeve [Concept And Design] – Naoya Nakamura
• Sleeve [Coordination And Carving] – Shintaro Katsuyama
• Vocals – Chibo

Notes

Sample Not For Sale
Special thanks to:
Sandi and Makoto, Ms Akiko Osada, Bun-chan, Mr. Mwakimi of the Embassy of Tanzania
Sleeve Concept and Design, Graphics: 100%Project
Sleeve Coordination and Carving: Soap Opera, Co.
Front Painting: Amakane
Recorded at K. R. S. Studio and Izu Polydor Studio
Mixed at K. R. S. Studio and Izu Studio
Mastered at JVC Cutting Centre
Dolette McDonald Courtesy of Bruce Wallace Management, Inc., N. Y.
Sandi and Makoto Courtesy of Alfa Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
28MS 0014	Imitation	Muscle And Heat ‎(LP)	Kitty Records	28MS 0014	Japan	1982

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