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Shōso Strip (勝訴ストリップ), also known as Winning Strip, is the second studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Ringo Sheena, 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.[1] In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated the album at number 89 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".[2]

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, she started with a clean slate. There were several songs which were not recorded because of her busy schedule,[clarification needed] 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.[clarification needed]

In 2012, the song "Tsuki ni Makeinu" was covered by Nanou on his album Unsung.

Awards

  • Japan Gold Disc Award "Rock Album of the Year" (日本ゴールドディスク大賞「ロック・アルバム・オブ・ザ・イヤー」)
  • Japan Record Award "Best Album prize" (日本レコード大賞「ベストアルバム賞」)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ringo Sheena; all tracks arranged by Seiji Kameda and Ringo Sheena

No.TitleLength
1."I Am a Liar" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Kyogen-shō)5:26
2."Bathroom" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Yokushitsu)4:15
3."Excuse Debussy" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Benkai Dobyusshii)3:16
4."Gips" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Gibusu)5:38
5."A Driving Rain in Darkness" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Yami ni Furu Ame)5:03
6."Identity" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Aidentiti)3:05
7."Crime and Punishment" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Tsumi to Batsu)5:32
8."Stoicism" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Sutoishizumu)1:46
9."A Broken Man and Moonlight" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Tsuki ni Makeinu[3])4:14
10."Tidbits" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Sakana[4])3:43
11."Sickbed Public" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Byōshō Public)3:16
12."Instinct" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Honnō)4:14
13."I Am an Addict" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) Izon-shō)6:23

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年4月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. April 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). 487. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 8. June 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "Finally! "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" Listed". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  3. ^ The literal translation is "Underdog and the Moon", which parodied the title of Hiroshige Ando's ukiyo-e, "Wild Geese and the Moon (月に雁, Tsuki ni kari)".
  4. ^ "Sakana" can potentially refer to two Japanese words which are homophones with different meanings; either "fish" (as referenced in the lyrics of the song) or "snacks paired with alcohol" (as referenced by the song's English title).
  5. ^ a b Uwamono (上物) is musical instruments except rhythm section.
  6. ^ Ringo Sheena's friend from one of her earliest bands.
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