Essential J-Pop Album Index
A genre-by-genre index of 33 curated albums. Editorial notes remain in the app.
Kayokyoku / Shōwa Pops
- Uta wa Waga Inochi (My Song Is My Life)Hibari Misora · 1967
Folk / New Music
- Kazemachi RomanHappy End · 1971
- Hikōki Gumo (Vapor Trail)Yumi Arai · 1973
Japanese Folk
- Watashi wo Danzai Seyo (Condemn Me)Nobuyasu Okabayashi · 1969
- Genki Desu. (I'm Doing Fine.)Takuro Yoshida · 1972
- Kōri no Sekai (World of Ice)Yosui Inoue · 1973
- Yatto Ichimaime (Finally, My First Record)Kazuki Tomokawa · 1975
- Tobimasu (I'll Fly)Hako Yamasaki · 1975
Ska / Ska Punk
- STILL ECHOMUTE BEAT · 1987
- Sukapara Toujou (Enter Sukapara)Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra · 1990
- Little PlaymateKEMURI · 1997
- Full of DeterminationDETERMINATIONS · 1997
- YOUR SONG IS GOODYOUR SONG IS GOOD · 2004
Japanese Blues / Blues Rock
- Yuka DanYuka Dan · 1975
- Kono Atsui Tamashii wo Tsutaetainya (I Want to Convey This Burning Soul)Masaki Ueda and South to South · 1975
- BLUES POWERWest Road Blues Band · 1975
- Maki Asakawa no Sekai (The World of Maki Asakawa)Maki Asakawa · 1970
- Squeezin' & Blowin'Mitsuyoshi Azuma & The Swinging Boppers · 1991
City Pop
Technopop / Electro
- SOLID STATE SURVIVORYellow Magic Orchestra · 1979
- GAMEPerfume · 2008
Idol Pop
- Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Has Risen)Seiko Matsuda · 1981
J-Rock / Band Boom
- THE BLUE HEARTSTHE BLUE HEARTS · 1987
- Hachimitsu (Honey)Spitz · 1995
Visual Kei
- HEARTL'Arc~en~Ciel · 1998
Shibuya-kei / Indie
- Zukan (Encyclopedia)quruli · 2000
Dance / R&B
- First LoveUtada Hikaru · 1999
- SWEET 19 BLUESNamie Amuro · 1996
Internet / Vocaloid
Modern J-POP
- CEREMONYKing Gnu · 2020
- HELP EVER HURT NEVERFujii Kaze · 2020