Bamboo Collage

Infobox Album |
Name = Bamboo Collage
Type = Album
Artist = Hitomi Takahashi


Released = October 24, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Punk/J-pop/J-Rock
Length = 54 min 43 s (CD)
Label = gr8! records
Producer = TAKUYA
Reviews =

Last album = "sympathy"
(2006)
This album = "Bamboo Collage"
(2007)
Next album =

"Bamboo Collage" is Hitomi Takahashi's second album released under gr8! records, a division of Sony Records. The album was released on October 24, 2007, and, like its predecessor, the album came in two versions, CD Only and CD+DVD. There were a total of five singles to promote the album.

Overview

"Bamboo Collage" is the second original studio album to be released by Japanese punk/rock singer Hitomi Takahashi. The album came out just over a month after the release of her 8th single, "Tsuyoku Nare", and over a year and a half after her debut album "sympathy". The album contains a total of six new songs - the other seven were already released on the five singles released for the album's promotion. As with the singles released for this album, all songs were produced by Takuya, while music and lyrics were written by punk/rock artists such as shogo.k from 175R and Maeda and Yamamoto from GagagaSP.

Unlike her debut album, nearly every song on "Bamboo Collage" falls in the punk/rock genre, while only containing one true ballad song. The album even contains the genre of ska in the song "Breakthrough" - a genre that Takahashi had never before attempted. The version of "Ko·mo·re·bi" that appears on the album is modified so that it is no longer the ballad song it once was, but is now a punk/rock version to fit with the rest of the album.

Track listing

CD Portion

# "nihongo|Graduation|グラデュエイション|" – 5:16
Lyrics, music, and arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Candy Line|キャンディ・ライン|" – 4:02
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi
Music and arrangement by Takuya
# "Pride" – 3:35
Lyrics and music by shogo.k
Arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Breakthrough|ブレイクスルー|" – 3:09
Lyrics by Kohei Japan
Music and arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Yoru no Melody|夜のメロディ|" – 5:36
Lyrics and music by Satoshi Yamamoto
Arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Tsuyoku Nare|強くなれ|" – 4:47
Lyrics by Takuya, Hitomi Takahashi, & mavie
Music and arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Renai Kyou no Uta|恋愛狂の歌|" – 3:27
Lyrics and music by Cozakku Maeda
Arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Selection|セレクション|" – 3:10
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Hidenori Tanaka
Music by Kou Heiya
Arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Communication|コミュニケイション|" – 5:13
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Akiko Watanabe
Music and arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Ko·mo·re·bi|コ･モ･レ･ビ| -Bamboo Ver.-" – 4:16
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Akiko Watanabe
Music and arrangement by Takuya
# "Jet Boy Jet Girl" – 4:34
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & mavie
Music and arrangement by Takuya
# "Stay Tune" – 4:11
Lyrics by Kohei Japan
Music and arrangement by Takuya
# "nihongo|Kanjiru Mama|感じるまま|" – 3:02
Lyrics and music by Kuwahara Yasunobu
Arrangement by Takuya

DVD Portion

# "nihongo|Communication|コミュニケイション|"
# "nihongo|Ko·mo·re·bi|コ･モ･レ･ビ|"
# "nihongo|Candy Line|キャンディ・ライン|"
# "Jet Boy Jet Girl"
# "nihongo|Tsuyoku Nare|強くなれ|"

Personnel

* Hitomi Takahashi - vocals (All tracks)
* B-side Boys - backing vocals (Track #4)
* TAKUYA - guitars (All tracks), bass (Track #2), programming (Tracks #2, #3, & #11), & keyboards (Track #3 & #11)
* Hirose "HEESEY" Yōichi - bass (Tracks #1, #4, #5, #7, #8, #10, & #12)
* Sōru Tōru - drums (Tracks #1, #4, #5, #7, #8, #10, & #12)
* nishi-ken - keyboards (Tracks #1, #4, #7, #8, #10, #11, & #12)
* Kōta Igarashi - drums (Tracks #2, #3, #6, #11, & #13)
* Katsuhiko Kurosu - bass (Tracks #3, #6, & #11)
* Ken Iikawa (LONG SHOT PARTY) - trumpet (Track #4)
* kj (LONG SHOT PARTY) - sax (Track #4)
* Koji Igarashi - keyboards (Tracks #5, #6, & #9)
* Steve Etou - percussions (Track #6)
* Ninji - bass (Track #9)
* Takashi Furuta - drums (Track #9)
* Kuwahara Yasunobu- bass (Track #13)

Production

* Directors - Kazuma Jo & Taku Sugawara
* Art Direction - Junya Mathyama
* Jacket Design - Saori "hammer" Hamanaka
* Styling - Mika Nagasawa
* Hair & Make-up - Naoki Katagiri

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References