A quick mashup of what I believe to be some essential city pop tracks.
“In the early 1980s, with the spread of car stereos, the term City Pop came to describe a type of popular music... a breezy, mellow mixture of smooth jazz and album-oriented rock – often with elements of jazz fusion, jazz-funk, or boogie – which appealed to an older and more affluent Japanese audience. “
0:00 Tomoko Aran - I’m in Love
5:50 Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
13:46 Hiroshi Sato - Say Goodbye
17:07 Junko Ohashi - Telephone Nu