| Artisan | ||||
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| Released | June 18, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Smile Garage Onkio Haus Tokyo Fan Hitokuchizaka | |||
| Genre | Japanese pop, R&B, soul music | |||
| Length | 44:08 | |||
| Label | MMG/Moon Records, Warner Music Japan | |||
| Producer | Tatsuro Yamashita | |||
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Artisan is the thirteenth studio album recorded by the Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita. It was released in June 1991, led by a string of hit singles he produced. Artisan became his first album that was not released on LP. Like his 1989 live album Joy, illustration for a front cover of Artisan was drawn by Andre Miripolsky, who painted a cover art of Bette Midler's 1983 No Frills album. It debuted at the No. 1 on the Oricon, and spent 20 weeks on chart with sales of over 710,000 copies in total. In December 1991, the album won the 33rd Japan Record Awards for "Best Pop/Rock Album" and "Excellent Albums" prizes.[1]
- ^ "History of the Japan Record Awards – List of the 33rd Award Winners" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2009.