Spitz (album)

Spitz
Spitz
Studio album by Spitz
Released	March 25, 1991
Recorded	October 23 - November 20, 1990
Studio	Key-Stone Studios, Smile Garage, Sound Inn
Genre	Post-punk
Length	48:17
Label	Polydor Records
Producer	Spitz, Nobuhiko Takahashi
Spitz chronology
Singles from Spitz
	"Hibari no Kokoro / Bīdama"; Released: March 25, 1991; "Natsu no Mamono / Ninoude no Sekai"; Released: June 25, 1991;

Last updated August 09, 2023

Spitz is a studio album by Spitz, released via Polydor Records in 1991. It is the band's first major-label album. It peaked at number 60 on the Oricon Albums Chart.^[1] In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan placed it at number 94 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Japanese title	Length
1.	"Ninoude no Sekai"	Masamune Kusano	ニノウデの世界	4:30
2.	"Umi to Pink"	Kusano	海とピンク	3:38
3.	"Bīdama"	Kusano	ビー玉	4:42
4.	"Gosenkounen no Yume"	Kusano	五千光年の夢	2:42
5.	"Tsuki ni Kaeru"	Kusano, Tetsuya Miwa	月に帰る	4:26
6.	"Telebi"	Kusano	テレビ	4:08
7.	"Tanpopo"	Kusano	タンポポ	5:08
8.	"Shinigami no Misaki e"	Kusano, Miwa	死神の岬へ	3:44
9.	"Tonbi Tobenakatta"	Kusano	トンビ飛べなかった	3:31
10.	"Natsu no Mamono"	Kusano	夏の魔物	3:10
11.	"Umeboshi"	Kusano	うめぼし	3:36
12.	"Hibari no Kokoro"	Kusano	ヒバリのこころ	4:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Spitz

Masamune Kusano – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Tetsuya Miwa – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric/acoustic twelve-string guitar, classical guitar
Akihiro Tamura – four-string bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar
Tatsuo Sakiyama – drums, tambourine, cabassa, triangle, claves

Additional musicians

Tsunehiko Yashiro – harmonium ("Bīdama"), ensoliq ("Tsuki ni Kaeru"), Farfisa organ ("Shinigami no Misaki e"), Hammond organ ("Hibari no Kokoro")
Aska Kaneko – violin ("Umeboshi")
Jun Takeuchi – violin ("Umeboshi")
Shigeo Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
Shinichi Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
Jake H. Conception – bass clarinet ("Umeboshi")

Production

Spitz – producer, art direction
Nobuhiko Takahashi – producer
Juli Kawai – recording engineer, mixing engineer
Shinya Nakamura – additional engineer
Jiro Takita – additional engineer
Koreyuki Tanaka – additional engineer
Shinji Kobayashi – additional engineer
Takayoshi Yamauchi – additional engineer
Reiko Miyoshi – mastering engineer
Yoshiro Kajitani – art direction, design
Michiko Arakawa – design
Masao Torii – photography
Takeo Ogiso – photography
Yutaka Yoda – hair, make-up
Mayumi Katayama – styling
Yoshitomo Yoshimoto – graphic novel (1997 reissue)
Stephen Marcussen – remastering engineer (2002 reissue)
Yoichiro Yamazaki – sleevenotes (2002 reissue)

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[1]	60

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number	Notes
Japan	March 25, 1991	Polydor Records	CD	POCH-1080
	July 7, 1997	Polydor Records	LP	POJH-1009	Reissue
	October 16, 2002	Universal Music Group	CD	UPCH-1181	Reissue, original recording digitally remastered
	December 17, 2008		SHM-CD	UPCH-1671
	July 05, 2017		LP	UPJH-9024

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References

1 2 "スピッツ - スピッツ". Oricon . Retrieved October 25, 2017.
↑ Lindsay, Cam (November 14, 2007). "Finally! "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" Listed". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 25, 2017.

External links

Spitz at Discogs (list of releases)

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[oricon-1] 1 2 "スピッツ - スピッツ". Oricon . Retrieved October 25, 2017.

[2] Lindsay, Cam (November 14, 2007). "Finally! "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" Listed". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 25, 2017.

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