Tracklist

1	日/水と光 (Sunnyside Of The Water) 太陽	3:09
2	水/水銀 躍動の踊り (Mercuric Dance) 水星	7:08
3	金/美の生成 (Formation Of The Venus) 金星	5:01
4	土/大地へ (Down To The Earth) 地球	3:00
5	火/火の化石 (Fossil Of Flame) 火星 ～木/五十鈴 (Fifty Bell-Trees) 木星	8:33
6	冥/水晶の演技 (Prepared Quartz) 冥王星	3:03
7	海/龍の道 (Sea Of Tau) 海王星	9:44
8	風/風の国 (Windy Land) 月	5:11
9	空/空へ (To The Air) 真空	5:10

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Teichiku Records Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Composed By, Producer – Haruomi Hosono
• Percussion – Yujin Harada

Notes

Music commissioned for a contemporary ballet piece released on video in 1984 by Bandai, in collaboration with Tadayoshi Arai.

Each track is "inspired" by a planet or the moon (except last one).
Track 1 : 太陽 = The Sun
Track 2 : 水星 = Mercury
Track 3 : 金星 = Venus
Track 4 : 地球 = The Earth
Track 5 : 火星 + 木星 = Mars + Jupiter
Track 6 : 冥王星 = Pluto
Track 7 : 海王星 = Neptune
Track 8 : 月 = The Moon
Track 9 : 真空 = The Void

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 004 00026 3

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
28MD-2	Haruomi Hosono	Mercuric Dance ‎(LP, Album)	Monad Records	28MD-2	Japan	1985
TECN-18038	Haruomi Hosono	Mercuric Dance ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Monad Records	TECN-18038	Japan	1990
TECN-15338	Haruomi Hosono	Mercuric Dance ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Baidis	TECN-15338	Japan	1996
28MD-2	Haruomi Hosono	Mercuric Dance ‎(Cass, Album)	Monad Records	28MD-2	Japan	1985
TEI-15	Haruomi Hosono	Mercuric Dance ‎(CD, RE, RM, SHM)	Imperial Records	TEI-15	Japan	2008

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