Carrots and Sticks | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 3, 2019 (Sticks EP) May 3, 2019 (Carrots EP) July 3, 2019 (full release) | |||
Genre | Punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock, pop rock, alternative metal | |||
Length | 58:28 | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
Label | Avex Trax | |||
Producer | Kenta Matsukuma, JxSxK | |||
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STiCKS cover | ||||
CARROTS cover | ||||
Carrots and Sticks (stylized as CARROTS and STiCKS) is the fifth album by Japanese idol group Bish released through Avex Trax on July 3,2019. The album was released in three parts:Sticks (stylized as STiCKS,an EP) on April 3,Carrots (stylized as CARROTS,also an EP) on May 3,and the full version on July 3. The two EPs contained four songs each,while the full version contained an additional six songs for a combined fourteen songs.
The album was first announced on April 1,2019,during Bish's theater screening of Bring Icing Shit Horse Tour Final "The Nude",a film documenting the group's concert "Bring Icing Shit Horse Tour" at Makuhari Messe in December 2018. On the same day,a video detailing the release schedule of the album accompanied by a song in the album,"Tsuinishi",was released on YouTube. In the video,producer Kenta Matsukuma described Sticks as containing songs that were "dirty,can't sell,and noisy",while Carrots would contain "sellable,cool" songs. The EPs were distributed exclusively through Apple Music. [1] [2]
On June 12,Bish "released" the entire album through Tower Records 21 days before the official release date,a stunt also pulled for the previous album, The Guerrilla Bish . However,it was soon revealed that the album was a fake:all fourteen songs were performed by producers Kenta Matsukuma and JxSxK under the name "Beat Mint Boyz". The real version was released on Apple Music the following day. [3] [4] [5] Nevertheless,the fake album managed to climb to 6th place on the Oricon weekly charts. [6]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Notes | Length |
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1. | "DISTANCE" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:53 | |
2. | "Tsunishi" (遂に死) | JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Sticks | 3:09 |
3. | "MORE THAN LiKE" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:00 | |
4. | "FREEZE DRY THE PASTS" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Sticks | 3:52 |
5. | "CHOP" | Momoko Gumi Company | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:38 | |
6. | "I am me." | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Carrots | 4:25 |
7. | "NO SWEET" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Carrots | 4:42 |
8. | "O・S" | Lingling | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:24 | |
9. | "Mada Tochū" (まだ途中) | Momoko Gumi Company | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Carrots | 3:42 |
10. | "Yasashii PAiN" (優しいPAiN) | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Sticks | 5:31 |
11. | "Identity" (アイデンティティ) | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:05 | |
12. | "FiNALLY" | Cent Chihiro Chittiii | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Sticks | 3:47 |
13. | "CAN YOU??" | Aina the End & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | Included in Carrots | 5:06 |
14. | "GRUNGE WORLD" | JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:54 | |
Total length: | 58:28 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Notes | Length |
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1. | "Paint It Black" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:51 | |
2. | "Life is beautiful" | Renai Yoshio | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:22 | |
3. | "HiDE the BLUE" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:17 | |
4. | "NON TiE-UP" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 5:56 | |
5. | "stereo future" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:30 | |
6. | "Futarinara" (二人なら) | Aina the End | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:52 | |
7. | "Small Fish" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | From Fist of the North Star 35th anniversary album | 4:42 |
Total length: | 30:56 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Tsunishi" (遂に死) | JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:09 |
2. | "FiNALLY" | Cent Chihiro Chittiii | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:47 |
3. | "Yasashii PAiN" (優しいPAiN) | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 5:31 |
4. | "FREEZE DRY THE PASTS" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:52 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "I am me." | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:25 |
2. | "Mada Tochū" (まだ途中) | Momoko Gumi Company | Kenta Matsukuma | 3:42 |
3. | "CAN YOU??" | Aina the End & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 5:06 |
4. | "NO SWEET" | Kenta Matsukuma & JxSxK | Kenta Matsukuma | 4:42 |
Title | Peak chart positions | |
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JPN Oricon | JPN Hot 100 | |
Fake edition | 6 [6] | |
Full edition | 4 [10] |
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