Music Pool 2002

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Music Pool 2002
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Live album by
Yaiko
guest: Daishi Katoaka & Imogen Heap
Released19 February 2003
Recorded Expo Commemoration Park, Osaka, Japan
27 July 2002
Genre J-pop
LanguageEnglish, Japanese
Label Aozora
Producer Diamond Head & Hitomi Yaida
Hitomi Yaida chronology
U.K. Completion
(2002)
Music Pool 2002
(2003)
i/flancy
(2002)

Music Pool 2002 is the first live album by Hitomi Yada, released on 19 February 2003. The full title is Aozora Records Music Pool 2002 performed by Yaeko, as this event was an exposition of Aozora Records' artists at the time performing around and with Yada. Recorded in the Osaka International Expo Park, it features appearances by both Imogen Heap and Daishi Kataoka (Aozora and Yada producer and solo artist).

The CD was released with an accompanying DVD of the concert, which included promotional videos for both Heap and Kataoka. Songs by both Heap and Kataoka appear at the end of the CD. The artwork was produced by Yada herself.

The audio version of Life's Like a love song seen on the DVD can be found as the bonus track on the Limited-edition Japanese release of i/fancy.

Track list

CD
No.TitleLength
1."B'coz I Love You" 
2."Dizzy Dive" 
3."Ring My Bell" 
4."Zeitaku na Sekai" 
5."Over the Distance" 
6."I Can Fly" 
7."I'm Here Saying Nothing" 
8."Nee" 
9."Moshimo no Uta" 
10."Look Back Again" 
11."Te to Namida" 
12."Angry Angel" (performed by Imogen Heap) 
13."Life Goes On 2002" (performed by Daishi Kataoka) 
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Angry Angel" (performed by Imogen Heap) 
2."Candlelight" (performed by Imogen Heap) 
3."B'coz I Love You" 
4."Dizzy Dive" 
5."Ring My Bell" 
6."Zeitaku na Sekai" 
7."Not Still Over" 
8."Over the Distance" 
9."I Can Fly" 
10."Life Goes On 2002" (performed by Daishi Katoaka with Yaiko) 
11."I'm Here Saying Nothing" 
12."Nee" 
13."Moshimo no Uta" 
14."Look Back Again" 
15."Te to Namida" 
16."I'm Not Afraid" (session with Imogen Heap) 
17."I like" (session with Imogen Heap) 
18."Life's Like a Love Song" 
19."I Like (UK mix)" (end credits with song) 
20."B-Love" (Daishi Katoaka promo music video) 
21."Aeroplane" (Imogen Heap promo music video) 

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