Casiopea - Discography

Discography

• Casiopea (1979)
• Super Flight (1979)
• Thunder Live (1980)
  • Drummer Takashi Sasaki leaves the band and is replaced by Akira Jimbo.
• Make Up City (1980)
• Eyes of the Mind (1981)
  • Harvey Mason begins to be Casiopea's 1st Support Member, Producer and Composer, having played a bit on this album.
• Cross Point (1981)
  • Though Harvey Mason doesn't play on this album, he did compose 1 song in it, "Any moment (We'll be one)".
• Mint Jams (live) (1982)
  • Harvey Mason doesn't appear on this album at all.
• 4x4 (1982)
  • This album has 4 guest Musicians and Casiopea, a band of 4 members, hence the name, 4x4 (Four by Four).
  • The other 4 musicians are drummer Harvey Mason, who, for a while, didn't record with Casiopea after this album was released, bassist Nathan East, guitarist Lee Ritenour and pianist Don Grusin.
  • Except for Don Grusin, all these guest musicians would soon form a Smooth Jazz group of their own, called Fourplay.
• Photographs (1983)
• Jive Jive (1983)
• The Soundgraphy (1984)
• Down Upbeat (1984)
• Halle (1985)
• Casiopea Live (1985)
• Sun Sun (1986)
  • Yukoh Kusonoki joined the group as a Lead Vocalist after the release of this album.
• Casiopea Perfect Live II (1987)
• Funky Sound Bombers (1987; Japan-Only Release)
• Platinum (1987)
• Euphony (1988)
  • Yukoh Kusunoki left the group.
• Casiopea World Live '88 (1988)
  • For the live performances on the Japanese part of their World Tour, Casiopea joined forces with 2 Funk Brass Sections, "Spectrum" (who were famous in Japan from 1978 to their break-up in 1981) and "Top Horn" (who once played a Live Version of Koizumi Kyoko's "Wink Killer", which is a Lyricized version of The Square's 1985 hit, "Omens of Love").
• The Party (1990)
  • Bassist Tetsuo Sakurai is replaced by Yoshihiro Naruse.
  • Drummer Akira Jimbo is replaced by Masaaki Hiyama.
  • Both Sakurai and Jimbo would later form their own Bass/Drum duo, Jimsaku.
• Full Colors (1991)
• Active (1992)
• We Want More (1992)
• Dramatic (1993)
  • Due to Health Problems caused by smoking, drummer Masaaki Hiyama leaves the band and is replaced by Noriaki Kumagai.
  • Former percussionist of The Square (hereafter known as T-Square), Kiyohiko Senba, makes an appearance on one of the tracks of this album.
• Answers (1994)
• Hearty Notes (1994)
  • This is Casiopea's first and only Fully Acoustic album.
• Asian Dreamer (1994)
  • This is an album that features Casiopea playing new arrangements of their old hits. (Except for the Title track, "Asian Dreamer", which was the only new track on this album).
• Freshness (1995)
• Flowers (1996)
• Light and Shadows (1997)
  • Drummer Noriaki Kumagai leaves the group and is replaced by Support Member Harvey Mason in some recordings, and Former Casiopea Drummer Akira Jimbo in other recordings and live performances.
• Be (1998)
  • Harvey Mason left the group again.
• Material (1999)
• 20th (Casiopea's 20th Anniversary Album) (2000)
• Bitter Sweet (2000)
• Single Collection (2001)
• Main Gate (2001)
• Inspire (2002)
• Platinum 2 (2002, Indonesia-Only Release)
• Places (2003)
• Marble (2004)
• Casiopea vs. The Square (2004)
  • The first full release from Casiopea to feature more than one Band since 4x4.
  • Released as both DVD and CD in 2004, Rereleased as Blu-ray and SACD as part of the "Legend of Casiopea" box set in 2009.
• GIG 25 (Casiopea's 25th Anniversary Album) (2005)
• Casiopea and Sync DNA: 5 Stars Live! (2005)
  • The first Casiopea live performance to feature both Akira Jimbo and former T-Square drummer Hiroyuki Noritake as Synchronized DNA (shortened to Sync DNA).
• Signal (2005)
  • The first Casiopea studio Album to feature Sync DNA.
  • The last Casiopea studio album before leader and guitarist Issei Noro decided to put the band on Hiatus (due to having a busy schedule).
• Gentle & Mellow (Best Studio Recordings Compilation Album, 2006)
• Groove & Passion (Best Live Performances Compilation Album, 2006)
• Legend of Casiopea (30th Anniversary Box Set, 2009)