Transworld Ultra Rock

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Transworld Ultra Rock
Electric Eel Shock Transworld Ultra Rock Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by Electric Eel Shock
Released October 1, 2007 [1]
Recorded 2007
Genre Garage rock
Rock and roll
Heavy metal
Length40:56 (excluding bonus tracks)
Label Double Peace
P-Vine
Producer Attie Bauw
Electric Eel Shock chronology
Beat Me
(2004)
Transworld Ultra Rock
(2007)
Sugoi Indeed
(2009)
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Transworld Ultra Rock is the seventh album of Japanese band Electric Eel Shock and was released in 2007. The Album was produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Attie Bauw. The album was recorded at Bauwhaus Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Drums were recorded at The Tracking Room, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Additional vocal arrangement and production on track 12 by David Laudat.

Electric Eel Shock band

Electric Eel Shock (EES) are a three-piece garage rock band, formed in Tokyo in 1994. They first toured the United States in 1999 and have been touring the world ever since.

Amsterdam Capital of the Netherlands

Amsterdam is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 854,047 within the city proper, 1,357,675 in the urban area and 2,410,960 in the metropolitan area. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country but is not its capital, which is Haarlem. The Amsterdam metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, which has a population of approximately 8.1 million.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

Contents

The name of this album is based upon the name of the hit 1970s Japanese television show Transamerica Ultra Quiz. [2]

The songs "Joe" and "Joe II" were inspired by the 1970s Anime/Manga Tomorrow's Joe's main character. [2]

Anime Japanese animation

Anime is hand-drawn and computer animation originating from or associated with Japan.

Manga comics or graphic novels created in Japan

Manga are comics or graphic novels created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art.

Track listing

All tracks written by Electric Eel Shock, except track 12 written by Riperton/Rudolph.

No.TitleLength
1."I Can't Hear You"3:11
2."Big Mistake"3:02
3."Dice de Try!"3:05
4."Joe"3:45
5."Joe II"2:36
6."Kill the Weekend"3:50
7."War"3:26
8."Transamerica Ultra Rock"2:25
9."Limousine"2:30
10."Baby"3:11
11."All My Music"5:15
12."Lovin' You"4:37
13."Bastard (Bonus Track)"2:30
14."No Standing Still (Bonus Track)"3:09

Tracks 13 and 14 are bonus tracks that only appear on the Japanese version of this album released by P-Vine Records. The bonus track "Bastard" was bastardised by Timmy B .

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom October 1, 2007 Double Peace Stereo Compact Disc ?
Stereo LP ?
Japan November 16, 2007 P-Vine Stereo Compact Disc PCD-24198

Personnel

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