is the studio album by Japanese band Spitz

Spitz (band)

is a Japanese rock band formed in 1987. They gained remarkable commercial success in the mid and late 1990s, and are known for their abstract and eccentric songs penned by primary singer-songwriter and guitarist Masamune Kusano....

, released in March 1991 under the Polydor Records. It was their first album which was released under the major-label.

Their eponymous album comprises 12 tracks written by Masamune Kusano (except music of "Tsuki ni Kaeru" and "Shinigami no Misaki e" were composed by Tetsuya Miwa, a guitarist of the band), and half of them had already come out before they contracted with Polydor.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Masamune Kusano, unless otherwise indicated

1. "" – 4:30
2. "" – 3:38
3. "" – 4:42
4. "" – 2:42
5. "" (Kusano, Tetsuya Miwa) – 4:26
6. "" – 4:08
7. "" – 5:08
8. "" (Kusano, Miwa) – 3:44
9. "" – 3:31
10. "" – 3:10
11. "" – 3:36
12. "" – 4:51

Band

• Masamune Kusano - Vocals, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  s, harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Tetsuya Miwa - Electric guitars, acoustic guitar, electric/acoustic twelve-string guitars, Leslie guitar, classical guitar
  Classical guitar
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• Akihiro Tamura - Four-string bass, Eight-string bass
• Tatsuo Sakiyama - Drums
  Drum kit
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  , tambourine
  Tambourine
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  , cabassa, triangle
  Triangle
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  , claves
  Claves
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Additional musicians

• Tsunehiko Yashiro - Harmonium on "Bīdama", ensoliq on "Tsuki ni Kaeru", Fartisa organ on "Shinigami no Misaki e", Hammond B-3
  Hammond organ
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   on "Hibari no Kokoro"
• Aska Kaneko - Violin on "Umeboshi"
• Jun Takeuchi - Violin on "Umeboshi"
• Shigeo Horiuchi - Cello on "Umeboshi"
• Shinichi Horiuchi - Cello on "Umeboshi"
• Jake H. Conception - Bass clarinet on "Umeboshi"

Production

• Producers: Spitz, Nobuhiko Takahashi
• Recording and Mixing Engineer: Juli Kawai
• Additional Engineers: Shinya Nakamura, Jiro Takita, Koreyuki Tanaka, Shinji Kobayashi, Takayoshi Yamauchi
• Mastering Engineer: Reiko Miyoshi
• Art Direction: Yoshiro Kajitani, Spitz
• Design: Yoshiro Kajitani, Michiko Arakawa
• Photography: Masao Torii (Cover), Takeo Ogiso (The Band)
• Hair, Make-Up: Yutaka Yoda
• Styling: Mayumi Katayama
• Artist Management: Road & Sky Co.,Ltd.
• Personal Management: Yuji Sakaguchi
• Graphic novel for 1997 reissue: Yoshitomo Yoshimoto
• Re-mastering Engineer for 2002 reissue: Stephen Marcussen
• Sleevenotes for 2002 reissue: Yoichiro Yamazaki

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number	Notes
Japan	March 25, 1991	Polydor Records Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...	CD	POCH-1080
	July 7, 1997		LP	POJH-1009	Reissue
	October 16, 2002	Universal Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...	CD	UPCH-1181	Reissue, Original recording digitally remastered
	December 17, 2008		SHM-CD	UPCH-1671