Lightbulbs (album)

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Lightbulbs
Studio album by Fujiya & Miyagi
Released September 2009
Genre Indie Rock
Length41:41
Label UK: Full Time Hobby Records US: Deaf Dumb & Blind
Producer Fujiya & Miyagi
Fujiya & Miyagi chronology
Transparent Things
(2006) Transparent Things 2006
Lightbulbs
(2008)
Ventriloquizzing
(2011) Ventriloquizzing 2011
Professional ratings
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Lightbulbs is the third album by Fujiya & Miyagi released in 2008. This is their first album with their new band member, Lee Adams. The first song on the album, Knickerbocker, was also the first single for this album. The single has been released in August. The song "Uh" is featured in TV series "Breaking Bad" and "Misfits."

Fujiya & Miyagi band

Fujiya & Miyagi are a British group formed in Brighton, East Sussex in 2000. The current line-up consists of David Best, Stephen Lewis, Ed Chivers (drums), Ben Adamo & Ben Farestuedt. They have released seven studio albums: Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style (2002), Transparent Things (2006), Lightbulbs (2008), Ventriloquizzing (2011), Artificial Sweeteners (2014), Fujiya & Miyagi (2017), and Different Blades from the Same Pair of Scissors (2017). They are currently signed to Impossible Objects of Desire worldwide.

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Knickerbocker"
  2. "Uh"
  3. "Pickpocket"
  4. "Goosebumps"
  5. "Rook to Queen's Pawn Six"
  6. "Sore Thumb"
  7. "Dishwasher"
  8. "Pterodactyls"
  9. "Pussyfooting"
  10. "Lightbulbs"
  11. "Hundreds & Thousands"
  12. "Je Ne Comprends Pas" (Special Edition Bonus Track)
  13. "One Trick Pony" (Special Edition Bonus Track)

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