- Larme de Crocodile
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Name = Larme de Crocodile
Type =Studio album
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Artist =Kahimi Karie
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Released =March 25 ,1997
Recorded =Tokyo ,Paris
Genre =Shibuya kei ,Indie pop
Length = 41:26
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Label =CRUE-L Records
Producer =Kahimi Karie ,Kenji Takimi (executive)
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*Allmusic Rating|3|5 (3/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:5uzyxdgb3ol7 link]
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This album = "Larme de Crocodile" (1997)
Next album = "Kahimi Karie" (1998)
Misc ="Larme de Crocodile" (in English, "crocodile tears"; Japanese name: クロコダイルの涙) is the first Kahimi Karie full-length, released after a string of six EPs and the Momus-penned Japanese chart hit "Good Morning World". It was released in 1997 by
CRUE-L Records and was only available in the U.S. and Europe as a Japanese import. The album featured five additional Momus collaborations (including two with music by accordianistCoba ), as well as songs written byYasuharu Konishi ofPizzicato Five andPhilippe Katerine ."Larme de crocodile" contains references to many diverse musical genres, such as
jazz , French chanson andelectronic music . It can be considered an important release in the then-boomingShibuya kei sub-genre ofJapanese pop . Karie explained that "with "Larme de [c] rocodile", I wanted to make really, really melancholic music, to be alone." [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/kahimi_karie.shtml]Track listing
# "Alcohol" (Yasuharu Konishi) – 5:52
# "Superfreak" (Coba/Momus) – 4:36
# "David Hamilton" (Momus) – 4:15
# "Electorophone" (Philippe Katerine) – 2:36
# "Paris, Texas" (Aiha Higurashi )– 2:59
# "Lolitapop Dollhouse" (Momus) – 4:09
# "Tiny King Kong" (Coba Momus)– 5:17
# "Cat From The Future" (Momus) – 5:14
# "私の人生、人生の夏" ("Watashi No Jinsei, Jinsei No Natsu") (Yasuharu Konishi) – 4:46
# "Les leçons de français" (Philippe Katerine) – 1:42
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