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Variety (娯楽 (バラエティ)), a.k.a. Goraku[1] is the third studio album by Japanese band Tokyo Jihen, released on September 26, 2007 in Japan through EMI Music Japan and Virgin Music.[2] The album was produced by the band and Japanese recording engineer Uni Inoue. The album contains thirteen tracks and has spawned two singles. The lead single, "O.S.C.A.", was released in July 11, 2007. "Killer-tune" followed as the second single in August 22, 2007.

Background

Its thirteen tracks were carefully selected from a vast number of demos 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 and one composed by bassist Seiji Kameda. Drummer Toshiki Hata 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's theme song.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ringo Sheena except where noted, all music arranged by Tokyo Jihen

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ramp (ランプ)
(Official European title: Ramp)"		 Ukigumo3:04
2."Mirror ball (ミラーボール)
(Official European title: Mirror-ball)"		UkigumoUkigumo4:26
3."Kingyo no Hako (金魚の箱, Box of goldfish)
(Official European title: Box of Goldfish)"		Ichiyō IzawaIchiyō Izawa3:25
4."Shiseikatsu (私生活, Private life)
(Official European title: Backstage)"		 Seiji Kameda3:49
5."OSCA
(Official European title: O.S.C.A.)"		UkigumoUkigumo4:25
6."Kuroneko-dō (黒猫道, Black cat way)
(Official European title: My way)"		 Ichiyō Izawa2:52
7."Fukushū (復讐, Vengeance)
(Official European title: Vengeance)"		 Ukigumo4:11
8."Bō Tomin (某都民, Certain Tokyo citizens)
(Official European title: The citizens)"		 Ukigumo3:46
9."SSAW
(Official European title: ss/aw)"		 Ichiyō Izawa3:55
10."Tsukigime Hime (月極姫, Monthly princess)
(Official European title: Princesse mensuelle)"		 Ukigumo3:50
11."Sake to Geko (酒と下戸, Sake & nondrinker)
(Official European title: Sake & Nondrinker)"		 Ichiyō Izawa4:14
12."Killer tune (キラーチューン)
(Official European title: Killer-tune)"		 Ichiyō Izawa3:43
13."Metro (メトロ)
(Official European title: Metro)"		UkigumoUkigumo3:59

All official European language titles according to Ringo Sheena's website.[3]

Charts and certifications

Notes and references

  1. ^ Ringo Sheena usually calls this album "Goraku".
  2. ^ Billboard - 13 Oct. 2007 - Page 84 JAPAN .. TOKYO JIHEN VARIETY EMI "
  3. ^ kronekodow. 娯楽. website (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  4. ^ Oricon [1] Retrieved on November 9.
  5. ^ Oricon [2] Retrieved on November 9.Template:Ja icon
  6. ^ Soundscan [3] Archived 2012-09-10 at archive.today Retrieved on November 9.Template:Ja icon
  7. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2007年9月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
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