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| Released | March 25, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | October - December 1992 | |||
| Studio | Eggs, Shep Studio, Oshino, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi Key-Stone Studio, Ōhashi, Meguro, Tokyo Tokyu Fun Digital Mastering Room (mast.), Dōgenzaka, Shibuya, Tokyo | |||
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| Length | 35:19 | |||
| Label | Polydor K.K. | |||
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Big Body (stylized as big body) is the ninth studio album by P-Model and the second by the band's "defrosted" lineup.
Following in the footsteps of the self-titled P-Model, Big Body is another take on a science fiction themed album, putting greater emphasis on melodic variety.
All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Cluster" | 3:44 | |
| 2. | "Chevron" | 3:14 | |
| 3. | "Biiig Eye" | 3:32 | |
| 4. | "Big Foot" | 3:36 | |
| 5. | "Welcome to the House of 'Time's Leaking Through Equal Distance Curve'" (時間等曲率漏斗館へようこそJikantō Kyokuritsu Rōtokan e Yōkoso, Welcome to the House of Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum) | 3:19 | |
| 6. | "Journey Through Your Body" | Katsuhiko Akiyama | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Neoteny Box" (幼形成熟BOXYō Keisei Juku BOX) | Hikaru Kotobuki | 2:39 |
| 8. | "Burning Brain" | Akiyama | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Binary Ghost" | 2:40 | |
| 10. | "Homo Gestalt" | 4:44 |
"Biiig Eye" contains a sample of "Loud, Loud, Loud" by Aphrodite's Child (lyrics by Costas Ferris). [1]
All tracks arranged by Hirasawa, except 6 & 8 by Akiyama and 7 by Kotobuki. All track titles are stylized in all caps.
| Date | Label(s) | Format | Catalog | Notes |
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| March 25, 1993 | Polydor K.K. | CD | POCH-1195 | |
| May 10, 2002 July 4, 2014 | Chaos Union, Teslakite | CHTE-0011 | Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of Disc 7 of the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set, alongside P-Model. Re-released with new packaging by Kiyoshi Inagaki. | |
| September 8, 2004 December 5, 2012 | UM³, USM Japan | UPCY-6022 UPCY-9273 | Part of the "GOLDEN☆BEST" budget bundle brand, packaged with P-Model. Reissue available for sale for a limited time. | |
| May 2, 2012 | Universal Music Japan, Tower Records | PROT-1023 | Limited reissue, sold only through Tower Records. | |
P-Model was a Japanese electronic rock band started in 1979 by members of the defunct progressive rock band Mandrake. The band has experienced many lineup revisions over the years but frontman Susumu Hirasawa was always at the helm of operations. P-Model officially disbanded in 2000, although many of its members continue to release solo albums and collaborate with each other on different projects.
P-Model is the eighth studio album by P-Model and the first by the "defrosted" lineup.
In a Model Room is the debut album of Japanese band P-Model.
Landsale is P-Model's second album.
Potpourri is the third album of Japanese band P-Model.
Aurora is Susumu Hirasawa's fourth solo album.
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The Ghost In Science is Susumu Hirasawa's second solo album.
Water in Time and Space is Susumu Hirasawa's first solo album.
Virtual Rabbit is Susumu Hirasawa's third solo album.
Pause is the first live album by P-Model. It was recorded at the final show by the "defrosted" lineup. It is part of a pair of conceptual takes on a live album, alongside The Way of Live: On this album, Hirasawa presented the show as an audience member would have heard it, and as such most technical glitches and leaked backstage audio heard at the concert was kept for the release.
Perspective is P-Model's fourth album.
Karkador is the sixth album by the Japanese electronic rock band P-Model, and the first where frontman Susumu Hirasawa was the sole remaining founding member.
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Scuba is an album by the Japanese new wave band P-Model. It is different from other P-Model albums in that it was made almost entirely made by guitarist Susumu Hirasawa alone and for its original issue in the cassette book format: the album was packaged with an 84-page booklet that contained techniques to induce rapid eye movement sleep and hypnosis, the lyric story expanded Scuba Monogatari, photos of the involved band members in a coastal area that illustrated the stories, and an interview with The Stalin vocalist Michiro Endo.
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