Paraiso (Haruomi Hosono album)

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Paraiso
Studio album by Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band
Released	April 25, 1978 (1978-04-25)
Recorded	December 1977 – January 1978
Studio	Alfa Studio "A", Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo Crown Studio, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ("Asatoya Yunta")
Genre	City pop Jazz fusion Exotica Technopop
Length	34:37
Label	Alfa Sony Music Direct
Producer	Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono chronology
Bon Voyage co. (1976) Paraiso (1978) Cochin Moon (1978)

Paraiso (はらいそ, Haraiso) is Haruomi Hosono's fourth solo album and Yellow Magic Band's (later Yellow Magic Orchestra) first album. This album continues the tropical style of Hosono House, Tropical Dandy and Bon Voyage co., while being influenced by the music of Hawaii and Okinawa, incorporating electronic sounds that would be later developed on Hosono's and YMO's careers. YMO, The Yellow Magic Band at this point in time, was composed of Tin Pan Alley members and studio musicians, such as Hosono's former Happy End bandmate Shigeru Suzuki and future YMO members Ryuichi Sakamoto (who would later perform an altered version of "Asatoya Yunta" in his solo career) and Yukihiro Takahashi, as well as guitarist Hirofumi Tokutake (who would later perform in Technodon and Wild Sketch Show).