''Soundtrack from the Film Mabuta no Ura'' is the ninth studio album by

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ese experimental band Boris, released on June 29, 2005, through Catune and Inoxia and on November 12 of the same year through

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" and created a 7" single with an extended version of the track. A music video was also released for this song but it is based on the 7" single. There is yet another version of the song which was included on the 2010 compilation, ''

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'' includes a bonus disc with the track "Your Name Part 2," apparently a sequel to the track of that name from this album.

Album title

Though the title describes the album as a soundtrack for the film ''Mabuta no Ura'' (lit. "Under the Eyelids"), no such film exists. The album is rather the result of the band imagining a film in their heads and writing a soundtrack for it. Because of this, the band has classified this as a concept album.Information of "Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura"" on Discog
/ref> The album's concept is also driven by photography and art-styling which is included on a version of the album.

Release

Two versions of this album exist. The first one is the version of the album was released on CD by the label Catune. This version was housed on brown packaging which included story cards with photos and the stories and lyrics in Japanese. Inoxia released this version of the album on an LP limited to 600 copies with a different cover and photo book. The second version was released by the Brazilian label

, limited to 2000 copies, this version has a different arrangement and song list to the other versions mentioned above. This version shows the same cover as the LP version and includes numerous photos, story card materials, and lyrics in English. They also made a special box-set edition limited to 199 hand-numbered copies that contained art prints, flyers, and a bunch of dead flowers.

Track listing

Personnel

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- Drums and Percussion * Takeshi - Guitar, Bass and Vocals * Wata - Guitar and Effects * Fangsanalsatan - Photography * Artwork by Regina * Recorded and Mixed by Fangsanalsatan * Produced by Boris * Mastered By Souichirou Nakamura * Translated By – Yoshiko Ikeda * Thanks to Kensuke Saito * Taisei Umeki - Story: A Home That Is Far * Touko Aimiya - Story: A Midnight Cat * Chihiro Suda - Story: Lowering Her Eyes, She's Smiling * Kouhei Igarashi - Story: The Trail

Pressing History

References

External links

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