The best Ryuichi Sakamoto albums & soundtracks

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	"An electronic avant-garde masterpiece with real soul. The Japanese version is the best one."

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	"An acoustic piano trio album with arrangements of some of Ryuichi's best material - Absolutely essential listening."

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	"The first showings of the musically ambitious experimentalist, heavily influenced by the avant-garde but still maintaining melodic sensibilities."

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	"Beautiful arrangements of Sakamoto's most cherished pieces, performed and arranged by himself. Also check out the companion album, '04."

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	"A world-fusion album featuring a collection of original works that blends eastern and western instrumentation. Features guest performances by Jill Jones, Brian Wilson and Youssou N'Dour."

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	"A beautiful piano album containing original compositions inspired by such artists as Satie, Ravel, Debussy and John Cage."

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	"An album which fuses electronic instrumentation with acoustic with a strong bossa-nova feel. There are also some beautiful contemporary classical pieces scattered throughout."

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	"A gorgeous collection of Antonio Carlos Jobim arrangements for piano, cello and voice, performed with an impressionistic slant."

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	"Soundtrack to the film Little Buddha. The final piece, Acceptance, is perhaps Sakamoto's most heart-rendering and emotional piece, with echoes of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings."

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	"A contemporary electronic album that is both fresh and interesting to the ears. The closing track, Seven Samurai End Theme, is among the most beautiful pieces Sakamoto has ever written."

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	"Perhaps Sakamoto's most well-known soundtrack. The album contains several synthesizer based pieces with a heavy emphasis on melody. Strange, evocative and meloncholic."

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	"A very 'warm' sounding electronic album mostly containing vocal tracks. Features guest vocals on two tracks by David Sylvian and a guest performace by Youssou N'Dour."

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	"An album of live orchestral performances mostly taken from Sakamoto's 'f' tour. Stand out pieces include Forbidden Colours feauturing David Sylvian on vocals, Little Buddha, and The Last Emperor."

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	"An extremely beautiful and partly improvised piece that was composed for the Yohji Yamamoto 1995 fashion show. The only track on the EP, Bridge, is a thirty minute epic solo piano piece."

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	"Improvised solo piano over an ambient electronic backing. I love this album, though it may not be to everyone's taste. Very sparse and very ambient, though not as sparse as his later outings with Noto"

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	"A live collection of Sakamoto pieces performed and hand picked by the maestro himself."

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	"Sakamoto's foray in to the world of contemporary classical music. Four movements: Grief, Anger, Prayer, and Salvation."

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	"Late 80s pop album blending funk, technopop, rock and Okinawan music. Guest stars include Bootsy Collins, and Iggy Pop who supplies vocals on the song 'Risky'."