, 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 prom ...

. In September 2007, ''

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'' 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 ...

'', 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

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"Rock Album of the Year" *

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" Best Album prize"

Track listing

Personnel

"Kyogen-shō" * Ringo Sheena –

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electric guitars Electric Guitars were an English band formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport (vocals, lyrics) and Richard Hall (bass, vocals) who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Sander ...

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. Biography He was born in ...

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bass guitars The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

* Noriyasu Kawamura –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Koichi Asakura, ''Asa-Chang'' (from Asa-Chang & Junray, ex-

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) – drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

* Nobuhiko Nakayama –

programming Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to: Business and management * Program m ...

* Toshiyuki Mori –

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into ele ...

* Chieko Kinbara

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string section The string section of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. It is the most numerous group in the standard orchestra. In ...

"Yokushitsu" * Ringo Sheena – vocals,

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Susumu Nishikawa ''Diamond Head'' was a Japanese band formed of session musicians and producers. They first gained notability as the backing and touring band for Hitomi Yaida. History Working as a band in their own right they wrote and performed the song "l ...

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

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

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has 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 orchestras or ...

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 ...

. * 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

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) –

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"Tsumi to Batsu" * Ringo Sheena – vocals * Kenichi Asai, ''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 and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

"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 musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

"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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