Happy Bivouac

Happy Bivouac
Studio album by the pillows
Released	December 2, 1999
Recorded	Bazooka Studio
Genre	Indie rock jangle pop
Length	42:46
Label	King KICS-758
Producer	Zin Yoshida
The pillows chronology
Runners High (1999) Happy Bivouac (1999) Fool on the Planet (2001)
Singles from Happy Bivouac
"Carnival" Released: July 28, 1999 "Rush" Released: October 27, 1999

Happy Bivouac (officially Happy Bivouac on the Hillary Step) is an album released by Japanese band the pillows on December 2, 1999. It marks the band's first record with Jun Suzuki on bass. As with its predecessor Runners High, several songs from the album were used for the anime series FLCL.

Happy Bivouac contains several references to the American band Pixies. Track 8 is named after Pixies bassist Kim Deal and at the end of "Back Seat Dog", the pillows can be heard singing the chorus of "Here Comes Your Man" from the album Doolittle.

Track listing

1. "Happy Bivouac" — 3:28
2. "Rush" — 3:39
3. "Last Dinosaur" — 3:44
4. "Carnival" — 3:49
5. "Our Love and Peace" — 4:10
6. "Crazy Sunshine" — 4:07
7. "Back Seat Dog" — 3:59
8. "Kim Deal" — 4:12
9. "Funny Bunny" — 3:37
10. "Beautiful Morning with You" — 5:43
11. "Advice" — 2:15

Personnel

• Sawao Yamanaka — Guitar, vocals
• Yoshiaki Manabe — Guitar
• Shinichiro Sato — drums
• Jun Suzuki - Bass

References

• Happy Bivouac Cover Insert

External links

• Happy Bivouac at the pillows official web site