Transparent Things (album)

For the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, see Transparent Things (novel).

Transparent Things
Studio album by Fujiya & Miyagi
Released	May 2006 (2006-05)
Studio	Church Road, Hove, UK
Genre	Electronic krautrock dance-punk [ citation needed ]
Length	36:21
Label	Tirk
Producer	Fujiya & Miyagi
Fujiya & Miyagi chronology
Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style (2003) Transparent Things (2006) Lightbulbs (2008)
Alternative cover
2007 US artwork

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Observer Music Monthly	[3]
Pitchfork Media	8.3/10 [4]
Prefix Magazine	8.0/10 [5]
Stylus Magazine	B+ [6]

Transparent Things is the second studio album by British band Fujiya & Miyagi, released in May 2006 by Tirk. It was re-released in 2007 by Deaf Dumb & Blind Communications in the US, with different artwork and the bonus track "Reeboks in Heaven".

The title of the album comes from Vladimir Nabokov's 1972 novel of the same name. ^{[7] [ better source needed ]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fujiya & Miyagi unless otherwise stated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ankle Injuries"	Fujiya & Miyagi Matt Collins	5:04
2.	"Collarbone"		4:03
3.	"Photocopier"		4:05
4.	"Conductor 71"		4:09
5.	"Transparent Things"		2:55
6.	"Sucker Punch"	Fujiya & Miyagi Matt Avery Matt Collins	2:40
7.	"In One Ear & Out the Other"		3:43
8.	"Cassettesingle"		6:31
9.	"Cylinders"		3:06

US bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Reeboks in Heaven"	Fujiya & Miyagi Matt Avery	2:21

Japan bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Skinny Little Punk"	3:14
10.	"Electro Karaoke in Negative Styles"	6:22
11.	"Cylinders"	3:06

Personnel

Fujiya & Miyagi

• David Best – vocals, guitar, Moog synthesizer ^[7]
• Steve Lewis – keyboards, beats, programming ^[7]
• Matt Hainsby – bass guitar ^[7]

Technical personnel

• Julian Tardo – recording
• Alan Boorman – mixing

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [8]	25

References

1. "Transparent Things". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
2. Brown, Marisa. "Transparent Things Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
3. Thompson, Ben (10 December 2006). "Fujiya & Miyagi, Transparent Things". Observer Music Monthly . Archived from the original on 4 February 2007.
4. Bowers, William (14 September 2006). "Fujiya & Miyagi: Transparent Things". Pitchfork Media . Archived from the original on 10 May 2007.
5. Sahl, Chris (24 January 2007). "Fujiya & Miyagi – Transparent Things". Prefix Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007.
6. Gaerig, Andrew (31 January 2007). "Fujiya & Miyagi – Transparent Things". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
7. Transparent Things (Media notes). Fujiya & Miyagi (Promo ed.). Deaf Dumb & Blind Communications. 2007 – via Discogs.
8. "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.

External links

• Transparent Things at AllMusic

• Transparent Things at Discogs (list of releases)
• Transparent Things at the Tirk Recordings website^{[ dead link ]}