Endless Fantasy | ||||
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Released | May 14, 2013 | |||
Studio | Carriage House Studios, Stratosphere Sound, Shout It Out, Loud Studios, Swan 7 and band members bedrooms [1] | |||
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Length | 76:10 | |||
Label | dream.hax, Alcopop! | |||
Producer | Gabe Liberti, Anamanaguchi, Kurt Feldman, Ashley Eskrett, Jonathan Baken, Eric W. Brown | |||
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Singles from Endless Fantasy | ||||
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Endless Fantasy is the second studio album by American chiptune-based pop and rock band Anamanaguchi released on May 14, 2013 in the US through the band's own dream.hax record label and on September 30, 2013 in the UK by Alcopop! Records. [5]
On May 3, 2013, Anamanaguchi provided a Kickstarter project for the album. [4] In just 11 hours, their funding goal of $50,000 was reached. At the end of its run, the project was backed by 7,253 people who contributed to raising a grand total of $277,399, [6] making it the second most successful music project to be funded on Kickstarter at the time, behind that of singer Amanda Palmer. [7]
On May 23, 2013, the album debuted at No. 1 in Billboard 's Heatseekers Albums chart [8] as well as No. 2 in Dance/Electronic Albums. [9]
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AllMusic | [2] |
All songs were written and composed by Peter Berkman and Ary Warnaar except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Endless Fantasy" | 5:58 |
2. | "Japan Air" (featuring m33sh) | 4:23 |
3. | "Echobo" | 3:13 |
4. | "Planet" | 4:19 |
5. | "Viridian Genesis" (featuring Eimear O'Donovan) | 3:02 |
6. | "John Hughes" | 3:26 |
7. | "Prom Night" (featuring Bianca Raquel) | 3:48 |
8. | "Interlude (Gymnopedie No. 1)" (Erik Satie) | 1:09 |
9. | "Akira" | 3:31 |
10. | "SPF 420" | 2:06 |
11. | "Interlude (Total Tea Time)" (Luke Silas) | 0:59 |
12. | "Meow" | 3:31 |
13. | "Canal Paradise" | 4:34 |
14. | "Snow Angels" | 4:38 |
15. | "In the Basement" | 3:30 |
16. | "U n Me" | 4:51 |
17. | "Space Wax America" | 3:48 |
18. | "EVERYTHING EXPLODES" | 2:43 |
19. | "Interlude (STILL 'SPLODIN' THO)" | 1:06 |
20. | "Pastel Flags" | 3:21 |
21. | "Bosozoku GF" | 4:48 |
22. | "(T-T)b" | 3:35 |
Chart | Position |
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US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] | 1 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [11] | 2 |
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [12] | 8 |
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [13] | 20 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14] | 21 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] | 30 |
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [16] | 102 |
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