The Same As a Flower is the fourth studio album by Japanese psychedelic-folk rock duo Nagisa Ni te

Nagisa ni te

is a Japanese psychedelic-folk rock duo. The group's name is translated as "on the beach". Shinji Shibayama, the group's founder — anda previous member of Idiot O'Clock and Hallelujahs — is also owner of Org Records, which has released albums from groups like Maher Shalal Hash Baz and Naoki Zushi...

. It was released in 2004 by Org Records. In 2004, P-Vine Records re-released this album, followed by Jagjaguwar in 2004 for North American/European distribution with added text to the album cover.

The album can be described as the band's most intimate effort, focusing on the delicate and naive pop sounds of their music.

Track listing

1. "The Same As a Flower" - 6:45
2. "Threads of Souls" - 4:51
3. "River" - 3:49
4. "A Light" - 5:42
5. "Wife" - 4:42
6. "Bramble" - 11:41
7. "Beyond the Grass" - 5:59
8. "After a Song" - 4:13
9. "Hope" - 3:02

Personnel

• Masako Takeda: vocals, drums, electric guitar, nylon string acoustic
  Classical guitar
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  , steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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  , "fuzz" guitar, mellotron, congas, surdo
  Surdo
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  , maracas, Leslie organ, Korg synthesizer bass, Mirano echo chamber
• Shinji Shibayama: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, Leslie piano, Ace tone rhythm-box, glockenspiel, guiro
  Güiro
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  , chamberlin
• Eiji Tanaka: bass
• Naoki Zushi: electric guitar and backing vocals
• Soichiro Nakamura: organ, rohdes piano
  Rhodes piano
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  , and backing vocals

Production and credits

All songs written by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda

Recorded and Mixed at Peace Music, Tokyo, during October 2002 and February 2004

Engineered by Soichiro Nakamura

Mixed by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda

Digital mastering by Akihiko Takenaka at Heart Beat, Tokyo, February 2004

English translation by Alan Cummings

Art direction and design by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda

Photographs by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda

Illustration by Masako Takeda

Special thanks to Noriyuki Ando

Arranged and produced by Nagisa Ni te for Org Records