Miki Matsubara – Pocket Park

Miki Matsubara's 1980 debut opens with Mayonaka no Door (Stay With Me), the song that went viral decades later, and the rest of the album is better than most people expect. She was barely out of her teens, but her rich, smoky voice handles brisk pop, jazzy mid-tempo songs and ballads with ease. Choose it if Stay With Me is your entry point and you want more in the same mood.