Material (Aco album)

Material
Studio album by Aco
Released	23 May 2001
Genre	Electronica, Trip-Hop, Soul, Experimental
Label	Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Producer	Shin Kono, Hideki Yamashita, Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald, TOSH Masuda (from FUNKY TWEAK MOB), Michiharu Shimoda (from SILENT POETS), Yoshinori Sunahara
Aco chronology
Absolute Ego (1999) Material (2001) Irony (2003)
Singles from Material
"Heart wo Moyashite" Released: November 1, 2000 "4 gatsu no hero" Released: February 21, 2001 "Hoshi no kuzu" Released: May 9, 2001

Material, also stylized as material, is Japanese singer-songwriter ACO's fifth studio album, released on May 23, 2001.

Material delves deep into the experimental, electronica-based music trend ACO touched upon on her previous album Absolute Ego.^[1]

Track listing

• All lyrics by ACO except for track 7. For tracks 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, and 12, all music by ACO.
• Music by ACO and A. Maxwell for tracks 1, 6, 10. ACO shares music credit on tracks 3 and 5 with Shin Kono and Michiharu Shimoda, respectively.

1. Melancholia (メランコリア^?) (6:35)
2. Hoshi no Kuzu (ja:星ノクズ^?) (4:56)
3. Canary wa Naku (カナリアは鳴く^?) (3:04)
4. Shinsei Romanticist (真正ロマンティシスト^?) (6:46)
5. Sora Shiranu Ame (空シラヌ雨^?) (4:33)
6. ASK ME (3:59)
7. This Woman's Work (3:35)
8. 4 gatsu no Hero (ja:４月のヒーロー^?) (4:53)
9. Time (4:37)
10. Interlude (4:47)
11. Anata ni Sasagu Uta (貴方に捧ぐうた^?) (5:25)
12. Heart wo Moyashite-Special Branch Mix- (ハートを燃やしてーSpecial Branch Mixー^?) (5:32)
13. Hoshi no Kuzu-dub version- (星ノクズーdub versionー^?) (5:05)

• Track 7 is a cover of the Kate Bush song of the same name
• Tracks 6 and 10 are instrumental

References

1. ^ http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/ACO/eng/index.html