{{Infobox album | name = Take Off and Landing | type = studio | artist = Yoshinori Sunahara | cover = Take off and landing cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1998|05|21}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Electronic | length = {{Duration|m=70|s=23}} | label = Ki/oon Records | producer = Yoshinori Sunahara | prev_title = Crossover | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = The Sound of '70s | next_year = 1998 }} '''''Take Off and Landing''''' is the second solo studio album by Yoshinori Sunahara. It was released on Ki/oon Records on May 21, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/YoshinoriSunahara/discography/KSC2-205|title=TAKE OFF AND LANDING|website=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|language=ja|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/210375/products/147425/1/|title=TAKE OFF AND LANDING {{!}} 砂原良徳|website=Oricon|language=ja|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref> It is centered around the fictional Tokyo Underground Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdjournal.com/main/cdjpush/sunahara-yoshinori/1000000600/1|title=砂原良徳 (page 2 of 3)|website=CD Journal|language=ja|date=April 14, 2011|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-off-and-landing-mw0000044159|title=Take off and Landing - Yoshinori Sunahara|website=AllMusic|first=Ben|last=Davies|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref> }} Ben Davies of AllMusic gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing, "most tracks are too repetitive and drawn out."<ref name=allmusic/>
''Snoozer'' placed the album at number 26 on the "50 Best Albums of the Year" list.<ref>{{cite journal|title=50 Best Albums of the Year|journal=Snoozer|publisher=Little More|language=ja|date=February 1999|pages=28–33}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Information of TUA | length1 = 2:49 | title2 = Cross Wind Take Off | length2 = 3:41 | title3 = Magic Sunset Street | length3 = 5:53 | title4 = Sony Romantic Electro Wave | length4 = 4:35 | title5 = Sun Song '80 | length5 = 5:33 | title6 = 2300 Hawaii | length6 = 7:18 | title7 = Count Down | length7 = 1:22 | title8 = Journey Beyond the Stars | length8 = 7:03 | title9 = Life & Space | length9 = 8:11 | title10 = No Sun | length10 = 8:02 | title11 = The Good Timing of the World of Love Song | length11 = 2:41 | title12 = Summer | length12 = 5:06 | title13 = My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose | length13 = 3:23 | title14 = Welcome to Japan | length14 = 4:47 | total_length = 70:23 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|92833|Take Off and Landing}} {{Yoshinori Sunahara}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1998 albums Category:Yoshinori Sunahara albums Category:Ki/oon Records albums