, a.k.a. ''Goraku'' is the third
studio album
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by Japanese band
Tokyo Jihen, released on September 26, 2007 in Japan through EMI Music Japan and Virgin Music. The album was produced by the band and Japanese
recording engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...
Uni Inoue.
The album contains thirteen tracks and has spawned two
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
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.
The lead single, "O.S.C.A.", was released on July 11, 2007. "Killer-tune" followed as the second single on August 22, 2007.
Background
Its thirteen tracks were carefully selected from a vast number of
demos
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created by the band, with all tracks featuring music written by members other than lead vocalist
Ringo Sheena. This was a different direction for the band, most of whose previous material had been composed by Ringo Sheena. The record includes seven tracks from guitarist
Ukigumo, five tracks from keyboard player
Ichiyo Izawa
, better known by his stage name is a Japanese pianist, vocalist and songwriter, best known for his work in the Ringo Sheena-helmed band Tokyo Jihen. He is also the lead vocalist and pianist of the band Appa.
Biography
Izawa was born in 1976 ...
and one composed by bassist
Seiji Kameda. Drummer
Toshiki Hata
Toshiki is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toshiki can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
*敏樹, "agile, tree"
*敏生, "agile, birth"
*敏喜, "agile, rejoice"
*敏起, "agile, to ri ...
was also asked to contribute, but he declined.
After the album's release, the song "Kingyo no Hako" was picked to be the film ''
Mōryō no Hako
is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is the second novel in the ''Kyōgokudō'' series that began with ''Summer of the Ubume''. The novel has been turned into a live action feature film, a manga, and an anime television series.
S ...
s theme song.
Track listing
Credits adapted from
Ringo Sheena's website.
Charts and certifications
Charts
Sales and certifications
Notes and references
External links
Tokyo Jihen Discography
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Tokyo Jihen albums
2007 albums