Beauty

Personnel includes: Ryuichi Sakamoto (vocals, piano, keyboards);, Laura Shaheen, Jill Jones, Arto Lindsay (vocals); Eddie Martinez, Carlos Lomas (guitar); Daisy Paradis (sitar); Sang-Won Park (kayagum); Misako Koja (sanshin, sanba); Kazumi Tawaki (sanshin); Jeff Bova, Kirk Crumpler (keyboards, programming); Mark Johnson (acoustic bass); Pino Palladino, Larry White (bass); Carmen Rizzo Jr. (programming); Pandit Dinesh (tabla); Sibiri Outtara, Paco Ye (percussion); Youssou N'Dour, Brian Wilson, L. Shankar, Robert Wyatt, Sly Dunbar, Nana Vasconcelos, Robbie Robertson.
Recorded in New York, New York, Los Angeles, California and Tokyo, Japan.
Contains extensive live footage from his worldwide tour supplemented with interview film clips of his career.
A world-music tapestry featuring a mixture of Eastern, Western, and African elements, it includes such musicians as Robbie Robertson, Sly Dunbar, and even Brian Wilson. ~ David Szatmary