Spitz
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 1991 (1991-03-25)
RecordedOctober 23 - November 20, 1990
StudioKey-Stone Studios, Smile Garage, Sound Inn
GenrePost-punk
Length48:17
LabelPolydor Records
ProducerSpitz, Nobuhiko Takahashi
Spitz chronology
Spitz
(1991)
Namae o Tsukete Yaru
(1991)
Singles from Spitz
  1. "Hibari no Kokoro / Bīdama"
    Released: March 25, 1991
  2. "Natsu no Mamono / Ninoude no Sekai"
    Released: June 25, 1991

Spitz is a studio album by Spitz, released via Polydor Records in 1991. It is the band's first major-label album. It peaked at number 60 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[1] In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan placed it at number 94 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Japanese titleLength
1."Ninoude no Sekai"Masamune Kusanoニノウデの世界4:30
2."Umi to Pink"Kusano海とピンク3:38
3."Bīdama"Kusanoビー玉4:42
4."Gosenkounen no Yume"Kusano五千光年の夢2:42
5."Tsuki ni Kaeru"Kusano, Tetsuya Miwa月に帰る4:26
6."Telebi"Kusanoテレビ4:08
7."Tanpopo"Kusanoタンポポ5:08
8."Shinigami no Misaki e"Kusano, Miwa死神の岬へ3:44
9."Tonbi Tobenakatta"Kusanoトンビ飛べなかった3:31
10."Natsu no Mamono"Kusano夏の魔物3:10
11."Umeboshi"Kusanoうめぼし3:36
12."Hibari no Kokoro"Kusanoヒバリのこころ4:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Spitz

  • Masamune Kusano – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Tetsuya Miwa – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric/acoustic twelve-string guitar, classical guitar
  • Akihiro Tamura – four-string bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar
  • Tatsuo Sakiyama – drums, tambourine, cabassa, triangle, claves

Additional musicians

  • Tsunehiko Yashiro – harmonium ("Bīdama"), ensoliq ("Tsuki ni Kaeru"), Farfisa organ ("Shinigami no Misaki e"), Hammond organ ("Hibari no Kokoro")
  • Aska Kaneko – violin ("Umeboshi")
  • Jun Takeuchi – violin ("Umeboshi")
  • Shigeo Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
  • Shinichi Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
  • Jake H. Conception – bass clarinet ("Umeboshi")

Production

  • Spitz – producer, art direction
  • Nobuhiko Takahashi – producer
  • Juli Kawai – recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Shinya Nakamura – additional engineer
  • Jiro Takita – additional engineer
  • Koreyuki Tanaka – additional engineer
  • Shinji Kobayashi – additional engineer
  • Takayoshi Yamauchi – additional engineer
  • Reiko Miyoshi – mastering engineer
  • Yoshiro Kajitani – art direction, design
  • Michiko Arakawa – design
  • Masao Torii – photography
  • Takeo Ogiso – photography
  • Yutaka Yoda – hair, make-up
  • Mayumi Katayama – styling
  • Yoshitomo Yoshimoto – graphic novel (1997 reissue)
  • Stephen Marcussen – remastering engineer (2002 reissue)
  • Yoichiro Yamazaki – sleevenotes (2002 reissue)

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[1] 60

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number Notes
Japan March 25, 1991 Polydor Records CD POCH-1080
July 7, 1997 LP POJH-1009 Reissue
October 16, 2002 Universal Music Group CD UPCH-1181 Reissue, original recording digitally remastered
December 17, 2008 SHM-CD UPCH-1671
July 05, 2017 LP UPJH-9024

References

  1. 1 2 "スピッツ - スピッツ". Oricon. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  2. Lindsay, Cam (November 14, 2007). "Finally! "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" Listed". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
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