Tokyo Jukebox
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Tokyo Jukebox is a studio album
by the American guitarist Marty Friedman. The album is a collection of his cover of 11 J-pop
songs and 1 J-Rock song, produced and arranged by Marty Friedman himself. The songs were chosen in part by the readers of Nikkei Entertainment! and in part by Marty Friedman himself.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the American guitarist Marty Friedman. The album is a collection of his cover of 11 J-pop
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
songs and 1 J-Rock song, produced and arranged by Marty Friedman himself. The songs were chosen in part by the readers of Nikkei Entertainment! and in part by Marty Friedman himself.
Track listing
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