69/96

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69/96
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)
GenreShibuya-kei[1]
Length72:00
LabelTrattoria
ProducerKeigo Oyamada
Cornelius chronology
The First Question Award
(1994)
69/96
(1995)
96/69
(1996)
Singles from 69/96
  1. "Moon Walk"
    Released: October 16, 1995[2]
Alternative cover
Limited edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

69/96 is the second studio album by Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released on November 1, 1995 by Trattoria Records.[3] The album peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart.[4] A remix album titled 96/69 was released the following year.

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Keigo Oyamada and Bryan Burton-Lewis, except where noted; all music is composed by Oyamada

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."69/96 a Space Odyssey: Prelude (In Atami)" 1:20
2."Moon Walk" 5:31
3."Brand New Season" 5:18
4."Volunteer Ape Man (Disco)" 5:27
5."1969 (Case of Monsieur Kamayatsu)" 0:22
6."How Do You Feel?"Yasuharu Konishi5:47
7."1969" 4:25
8."Last Night in Africa" 5:10
9."1996" 1:03
10."Blow My Mind" 3:20
11."69/96 Girl Meets Cassette" 4:17
12."Concerto No. 3 from the Four Seasons (Pink Bloody Sabbath)" 1:03
13."Heavy Metal Thunder" 5:55
14."Rock/96" 7:18
15."World's End Humming: Reprise (In Hawaii)" 2:27
16.Untitled 4:08
69.Untitled 0:33
96.Untitled 1:18
Total length:72:00

Notes

  • Tracks 17 to 68 and 70 to 95 are silent.

Personnel[edit]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

Musicians

  • Keigo Oyamada – vocals, 12-string, acoustic, and electric guitars, ukulele, harp, sitar, electric sitar, kazoo, sounds, conducting, arrangement
  • Asa-Chang – drums (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 13–15), percussion (tracks 2, 6, 11, 15), noises (track 3), trumpet (track 15)
  • Bonzow – drums (track 8)
  • Bryan Burton-Lewis – vocals (track 9)
  • Reon Daniels – vocals (track 1)
  • Ellie – vocals (track 1)
  • Hirohisa HorieHammond B-3 organ (track 2)
  • Riki Imanari – sound manipulation (tracks 2–14)
  • Wornell Jones – vocals (track 1)
  • Monsieur Kamayatsu – vocals (track 5)
  • Kahimi Karie – vocals (track 11)
  • Daisuke Kawai – Wurlitzer piano (tracks 3, 14), clavinet (tracks 5, 7), Hammond B-3 organ (track 10), synthesizer (track 10)
  • Kinbara Strings – strings (tracks 12, 14)
  • Maki Kitada – bass (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 13–15)
  • Toyoaki Mishima – sound manipulation (tracks 2–14)
  • Masaya Nakahara – noises (tracks 2, 14)
  • Takashi Ozaki – pedal steel guitar (tracks 3, 11, 15)
  • Pink Sabbath – noises (tracks 8, 12, 14)
  • Vagabond Suzuki – bass (track 10)
  • Yoshié Toda – drums (tracks 6, 10)
  • Hitoshi Watanabe – bass (tracks 3, 11), bass sitar (track 6), ukulele (track 15)
  • Nobuo Yagi – blues harp (track 11), harp (track 13)
  • Moog Yamamoto – turntables (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8–10, 13, 14)
  • Sugar Yoshinaga – TB-303 synthesizer and electric guitar (track 4)

Production

  • Keigo Oyamada – production
  • Yuka Koizumi – mastering
  • Ken Makimura – executive production
  • Ichiro Oka – production direction and management
  • Michifumi Onodera – mixing (assistant), recording (assistant)
  • Tohru Takayama – mixing (tracks 1–3, 5–15), recording
  • Shojiro Watanabe – mixing (track 4)

Design

  • Keigo Oyamada – art direction, artwork concept, photography
  • Gen Inaba – photography
  • Kahimi Karie – photography
  • Masakazu Kitayama – design
  • Masaya Nakahara – T-shirt design
  • Akemi Nakano – face painting
  • Hiroshi Nomura – photography
  • Mitsuo Shindō – art direction, artwork concept
  • Skate Thing – T-shirt design
  • Hiroko Umeyama – props

Charts[edit]

Chart (1995–1996) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mills, Ted. "69/96 – Cornelius". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "MOON WALK | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "69 96 | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "CORNELIUSのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  5. ^ 69/96 (liner notes). Cornelius. Trattoria Records. 1995. Menu.69.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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