Highvision

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Highvision
Supercar - Highvision.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2002
Genre Alternative rock, experimental rock, electronica
Length48:13
Label Ki/oon Music
Producer Supercar
Supercar chronology
Futurama
(2000)
Highvision
(2002)
Answer
(2004)
Singles from Highvision
  1. "Strobolights"
    Released: May 23, 2001 [1]
  2. "Yumegiwa Last Boy"
    Released: November 21, 2001 [1]
  3. "Aoharu Youth"
    Released: February 6, 2002 [1]

Highvision is the fourth album by the Japanese alternative rock [2] band Supercar. It was released on April 24, 2002, and peaked at 11th place on the Oricon Albums Chart. [3] [4] The album is notable for Supercar's continued experimental trajectory starting from their previous album Futurama [5] expanding upon it in Highvision, with the single "Strobolights" not even containing a guitar. The song "Storywriter" was used in the soundtrack of the anime Eureka Seven , which also contains several references to music from the 1980s and 1990s. [6] [7]

Contents

In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan listed Highvision as number 86 among its "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time." [8]

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."Starline"4:04
2."Warning Bell"4:30
3."Storywriter"4:23
4."Aoharu Youth"5:09
5."Otogi Nation"3:29
6."Strobolights"4:06
7."I"6:14
8."Yumegiwa Last Boy"4:11
9."Nijiiro Darkness"6:40
10."Silent Yaritori"5:27

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