 Recorded at various sound studios throughout Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles, "Beauty" features many collaborators that include Arto Lindsay, Brian Wilson, Robbie Robertson, and Sly Dunbar.On his time working with Wilson, Sakamoto said, "I had asked Brian Wilson to sing on the album so I went to Los Angeles and we recorded with him.I had been informed that he had had a difficult time, some kind of mental illness, and I could sense that, even though he wasn't that surprising in the studio.