''Bamboo Collage'' is Hitomi Takahashi's second album released under gr8! records, a division of Sony Records. The album was released on October 24, 2007, and, like its predecessor, the album came in two versions, CD Only and CD+DVD. There were a total of five singles to promote the album.

Overview

''Bamboo Collage'' is the second original studio album to be released by Japanese punk/rock singer Hitomi Takahashi. The album came out just over a month after the release of her 8th single, "Tsuyoku Nare", and over a year and a half after her debut album "sympathy". The album contains a total of six new songs - the other seven were already released on the five singles released for the album's promotion. As with the singles released for this album, all songs were produced by Takuya, while music and lyrics were written by punk/rock artists such as shogo.k from 175R and Maeda and Yamamoto from GagagaSP. Unlike her debut album, nearly every song on ''Bamboo Collage'' falls in the punk/rock genre, while only containing one true ballad song. The album even contains the genre of

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in the song "Breakthrough" - a genre that Takahashi had never before attempted. The version of "Ko·mo·re·bi" that appears on the album is modified so that it is no longer the ballad song it once was, but is now a punk/rock version to fit with the rest of the album.

Track listing

CD Portion

# "" – 5:16
Lyrics, music, and arrangement by Takuya # "" – 4:02
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi
Music and arrangement by Takuya # "Pride" – 3:35
Lyrics and music by shogo.k
Arrangement by Takuya # "" – 3:09
Lyrics by Kohei Japan
Music and arrangement by Takuya # "" – 5:36
Lyrics and music by Satoshi Yamamoto
Arrangement by Takuya # "" – 4:47
Lyrics by Takuya, Hitomi Takahashi, & mavie
Music and arrangement by Takuya # "" – 3:27
Lyrics and music by Cozakku Maeda
Arrangement by Takuya # "" – 3:10
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Hidenori Tanaka
Music by Kou Heiya
Arrangement by Takuya # "" – 5:13
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Akiko Watanabe
Music and arrangement by Takuya # " -Bamboo Ver.-" – 4:16
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Akiko Watanabe
Music and arrangement by Takuya # "Jet Boy Jet Girl" – 4:34
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & mavie
Music and arrangement by Takuya # "Stay Tune" – 4:11
Lyrics by Kohei Japan
Music and arrangement by Takuya # "" – 3:02
Lyrics and music by Kuwahara Yasunobu
Arrangement by Takuya

DVD Portion

# "" (music video) # "" (music video) # "" (music video) # "Jet Boy Jet Girl" (music video) # "" (music video)

Personnel

* Hitomi Takahashi -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(All tracks) * B-side Boys - backing

(Track #4) * TAKUYA -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s (All tracks),

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

(Track #2), programming (Tracks #2, #3, & #11), &

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

(Track #3 & #11) * Hirose "HEESEY" Yōichi -

(Tracks #1, #4, #5, #7, #8, #10, & #12) * Sōru Tōru -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(Tracks #1, #4, #5, #7, #8, #10, & #12) * nishi-ken -

(Tracks #1, #4, #7, #8, #10, #11, & #12) * Kōta Igarashi -

(Tracks #2, #3, #6, #11, & #13) * Katsuhiko Kurosu -

(Tracks #3, #6, & #11) * Ken Iikawa (LONG SHOT PARTY) -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(Track #4) * kj (LONG SHOT PARTY) - sax (Track #4) * Koji Igarashi -

(Tracks #5, #6, & #9) * Steve Etou -

percussions A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excl ...

(Track #6) * Ninji -

(Track #9) * Takashi Furuta -

(Track #9) * Kuwahara Yasunobu-

(Track #13)

Production

* Directors - Kazuma Jo & Taku Sugawara * Art Direction - Junya Mathyama * Jacket Design - Saori "hammer" Hamanaka * Styling - Mika Nagasawa * Hair & Make-up - Naoki Katagiri

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

{{Authority control 2007 albums Hitomi Takahashi (singer) albums Gr8! Records singles