Foo?

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Studio album by
Porno Graffitti
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2001
Recorded2000–2001
Genre J-pop
Length55:50
Label SME Records
Producer Porno Graffitti
Porno Graffitti chronology
Romantist Egoist
(2000)		foo?
(2001)		 Kumo o mo Tsukamu Tami
(2002)
Singles from foo?
  1. "Music Hour"
    Released: 2000/7/12
  2. "Saudade"
    Released: 2000/9/13
  3. "Saboten"
    Released: 2000/12/6

"Foo?" (Stylized as foo?) is the second album by the Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti, it was released on February 28, 2001. [1]

Contents

The album's title is a play on the words "Hi, Fu, Mi" (ひぃふぅみぃ/One, Two, Three) from the fact that it is their second album, and the English phrase "Who?". The cover photo is a pink square tile, and Akimitsu Honma revealed that the shadow on the tile is Tama. [2]

Release

Released almost a year after their last album, "Romantist Egoist", the album contains 12 tracks including three hit singles from 2000: "Music Hour", "Saudade" and "Saboten". "Music Hour" (ミュージック・アワー) was released on July 12, 2000, [3] used in a promotion for Otsuka Pharmaceutical's Pocari Sweat. [4] A cover of the song was performed by Poppin'Party and released as part of the BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol. 4 in 2020. [5]

The second single, "Saudade" (サウダージ), was released on September 13, 2000. [6] "Saudade" means in Portuguese such as "Nostalgia" , "Melancholy" , "Emotions Feeling Lost" , essentially the feeling of missing happy times or events that were frequent in the past.[ original research? ] The third and final single, "Saboten" (サボテン) (English: Cactus), was released on December 6, 2000. [7]

Commercial performance

The album ranked #2 for weekly Oricon charts. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."INNERVISIONS"4:34
2."Guava Juice" (グァバジュース)4:22
3."Saudade "D" tour style" (サウダージ "D" tour style)4:26
4."Ai Naki…" (愛なき… / Without Love…)5:17
5."Ore, Tenshi" (オレ、天使 / I am, Angel)3:58
6."Saboten" (サボテン / Cactus)4:54
7."Name is Man 〜Kimi no Mikata〜" (Name is man 〜君の味方〜 / Name is Man 〜Your Side〜)4:58
8."Draw #2 Harumitsu" (デッサン #2 春光)5:20
9."Music Hour Ver.164" (ミュージック・アワー Ver.164)4:39
10."Kūsō Kagaku Shōnen" (空想科学少年 / Science Fiction Boy)4:58
11."Report 21"5:17
12."Yoake Mae ni ha" (夜明けまえには / Before Dawn)4:40

References

  1. ↑ Official discography http://www.pornograffitti.jp/disco/index.php?category=ALL
  2. ↑ Twitter https://twitter.com/akimitsuhomma/status/1041658203103092736 (Japanese)
  3. ↑ Music Hour at CD-Universe
  4. ↑ "【10リスト】ポルノグラフィティ、一生聴き続けられる名曲10はこれだ！" [[Top 10 list] Porno Graffitti, this is a masterpiece that you can listen to for the rest of your life!]. Rockin'on (in Japanese). October 18, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ "『バンドリ！ ガールズバンドパーティ！ カバーコレクションVol.4』の収録楽曲が発表" ["Bang Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover collection Vol.4” recorded songs announced]. Dengeki (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. March 21, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ Saudade at CD Japan
  7. ↑ Saboten at CD-Japan
  8. ↑ Oricon source http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/157948/products/432779/1/



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