''Premium Collection: The Japan Covers'', known as in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, is a

cover album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Andrew W.K. Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier (born May 9, 1979), known professionally as Andrew W.K., is an American conceptual performance artist, rock singer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. Raised in Michigan, Wilkes-Krier began his musi ...

The album, consisting of covers of various

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

songs, was released in Japan by

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on November 26, 2008. The songs were originally marketed as 30-second ringtones and repackaged in their complete versions as this 14-song album. Andrew W.K. is quoted as saying that this album is a "gift to the Japanese people, for all the incredible warmth and kindness they've given me over the years."

Tracks

#"KISEKI" (originally GReeeeN's " Kiseki" []) #"GIROPPON" (originally Nezumi Senpai's "Roppongi ~Giroppon~" []) # #"Linda Linda" (originally The Blue Hearts, THE BLUE HEARTS' "Linda Linda" []) # # #"Runner" (originally by Bakufu Slump, BAKUFU-SLUMP) # # # #"MY FIRST KISS" (originally covered by Hi-Standard, Hi-STANDARD) # # #

References

External links

ANDREW W.K. DISCOGRAPHY
Track listing at

Andrew W.K. albums Covers albums 2008 albums Universal Records compilation albums {{Japan-album-stub