Backed by Little Feat with Lowell George and by top Japanese musicians (including Haruomi Hosono), Japanese Girl is one of the most important Japanese albums of the '70s, mixing pop, rock, and Japanese folk together with Little Feat's superb classic sound
Yano recorded Ai Ga Nakucha Ne, her sixth studio album, with Japan's Mick Karn, Steve Jansen, and David Sylvian at London's Air Studios. The album exhibits her distinctive electro-pop sound, with lyrics sung in both Japanese and English.