, also known as ''Winning Strip'', is the second studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter

Ringo Sheena , known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen. She describes herself as "". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled ...

, released on March 31, 2000, by Toshiba EMI. The limited edition version includes a special booklet and case. The album debuted at #1 and has sold over 2,332,000 copies. It was certified two million copies by the

RIAJ The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969. The RIAJ's activities include p ...

. In September 2007, ''

Rolling Stone Japan ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its c ...

'' rated the album at number 89 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".

Background

Sheena began to record ''Shōso Strip'' from the summer of 1999. Since she thought that the track list was almost the same as ''

Muzai Moratorium , also known as ''Innocence Moratorium'', is the debut studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Ringo Sheena, released on February 24, 1999 by Toshiba EMI. The album debuted at #2 and has sold over 1,433,000 copies. The album was certified t ...

'', she started with a clean slate. There were several songs which were not recorded because of her busy schedule, but had been completed in her head. She decided to record new songs and replaced some of those old songs for the album with them. The recording was finished during that same summer. In 2012, the song "Tsuki ni Makeinu" was covered by Nanou on his album ''Unsung''.

Awards

Japan Gold Disc Award The is an award presented by the Recording Industry Association of Japan The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Associa ...

"Rock Album of the Year" *

Japan Record Award is a major music awards show, held annually in Japan that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association. Until 2005, the show aired on New Year's Eve, but has since aired every December 30 on TBS Japan at 6:30 P.M JST a ...

" Best Album prize"

Track listing

Personnel

"Kyogen-shō" * Ringo Sheena –

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 ...

Yukio Nagoshi Yukio is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yukio can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *幸夫, "happiness, man" *幸生, "happiness, live" *幸男, "happiness, man" *幸雄, ...

–

electric guitars An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

acoustic guitars An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

Seiji Kameda is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist. He has worked extensively with Ringo Shiina, serving as her producer and touring bassist for many years, including his tenure with their band Tokyo Jihen from 2005 to 2012. Biography ...

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bass guitars The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

* Noriyasu Kawamura –

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 ...

* Koichi Asakura, ''Asa-Chang'' (from

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, ex-

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra , commonly abbreviated by fans as Skapara or TSPO, is a Japanese ska and jazz band formed in 1988 by the percussionist Asa-Chang, and initially composed of over 10 veterans of Tokyo's underground scene. At the time, the band's sound was unlike t ...

) – drums,

percussion 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. Exc ...

* Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming * Toshiyuki Mori –

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

* Chieko Kinbara

Strings String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...

– string section "Yokushitsu" * Ringo Sheena – vocals,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming * Yuta Saito –

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

s "Benkai Debussy" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Masayuki Muraishi – drums * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming * Makoto Totani (from Thinners) – guitars (uwamono) is musical instruments except

rhythm section A rhythm section is a group of musicians within a music ensemble or band that provides the underlying rhythm, harmony and pulse of the accompaniment, providing a rhythmic and harmonic reference and "beat" for the rest of the band. The rhythm sec ...

. * Makoto Minagawa (from Thinners) – synthesizer, chorus (uwamono) "Gibs" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums,

tambourines The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called " zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

* Nobuhiko Nakayama & Hiroshi Kitashiro – programming "Yami ni furu ame" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums, tambourines * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming * Ittetsu Gen Strings – string section "Identity" * Ringo Sheena – vocals, electric guitars * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Masayuki Muraishi – drums * Makoto Minagawa – tambourines * moOog yamamOTO (from

Buffalo Daughter Buffalo Daughter is a Japanese rock band formed in 1993. The three main members are suGar Yoshinaga (ex-Havana Exotica) on guitar, Yumiko Ohno (ex-Havana Exotica) on bass, and Moog (later changed to MoOog) Yamamoto on turntables and graphic desi ...

) –

turntables A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu ...

"Tsumi to Batsu" * Ringo Sheena – vocals *

Kenichi Asai is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢一, "wise, one" *健一, "healthy, one" *憲一, "constitution, one" *謙一, "humble, one" *建一, "build, one" * ...

, ''Benzie'' (from

Blankey Jet City Blankey Jet City was a Japanese rock trio from Aichi Prefecture, active from 1987 to 2000. It consisted of Kenichi Asai on vocals and guitar, Toshiyuki Terui on bass, and Tatsuya Nakamura on drums. History Blankey Jet City was formed in 1987, ...

) – electric guitars, tooth flute * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Masayuki Muraishi – drums * Yuta Saito –

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

"Stoicism" * Ringo Sheena – vocals, electric guitars * Rino TokitsuRingo Sheena's friend from one of her earliest bands. – the sample of voice * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars "Tsuki ni Makeinu" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Yukio Nagoshi – electric guitars, acoustic guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Koichi Asakura, ''Asa-Chang'' (from Asa-Chang & Junray) – drums "Sakana" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums, tambourines * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming * Yuta Saito –

* Yokan Mizue –

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 ...

"Byoushou Public" * Ringo Sheena – vocals, electric guitars * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Masayuki Muraishi – drums * Toshiyuki Mori – organ "Honnou" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Yukio Nagoshi – electric guitars, acoustic guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Yuta Saito – piano * Masayuki Muraishi – drums * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming "Izon-shō" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums, tambourines *Toshiyuki Mori – piano * moOog yamamOTO (from Buffalo Daughter) – turntables * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming

Notes

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