69/96
| 69/96 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Shibuya-kei[1] | |||
| Length | 72:00 | |||
| Label | Trattoria | |||
| Producer | Keigo Oyamada | |||
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| Singles from 69/96 | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
69/96 is the second studio album by Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released on November 1, 1995 by Trattoria Records.[3] The album peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart.[4] A remix album titled 96/69 was released the following year.
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Keigo Oyamada and Bryan Burton-Lewis, except where noted; all music is composed by Oyamada
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "69/96 a Space Odyssey: Prelude (In Atami)" | 1:20 | |
| 2. | "Moon Walk" | 5:31 | |
| 3. | "Brand New Season" | 5:18 | |
| 4. | "Volunteer Ape Man (Disco)" | 5:27 | |
| 5. | "1969 (Case of Monsieur Kamayatsu)" | 0:22 | |
| 6. | "How Do You Feel?" | Yasuharu Konishi | 5:47 |
| 7. | "1969" | 4:25 | |
| 8. | "Last Night in Africa" | 5:10 | |
| 9. | "1996" | 1:03 | |
| 10. | "Blow My Mind" | 3:20 | |
| 11. | "69/96 Girl Meets Cassette" | 4:17 | |
| 12. | "Concerto No. 3 from the Four Seasons (Pink Bloody Sabbath)" | 1:03 | |
| 13. | "Heavy Metal Thunder" | 5:55 | |
| 14. | "Rock/96" | 7:18 | |
| 15. | "World's End Humming: Reprise (In Hawaii)" | 2:27 | |
| 16. | Untitled | 4:08 | |
| 69. | Untitled | 0:33 | |
| 96. | Untitled | 1:18 | |
| Total length: | 72:00 | ||
Notes
- Tracks 17 to 68 and 70 to 95 are silent.
Personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]
Musicians
- Keigo Oyamada – vocals, 12-string, acoustic, and electric guitars, ukulele, harp, sitar, electric sitar, kazoo, sounds, conducting, arrangement
- Asa-Chang – drums (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 13–15), percussion (tracks 2, 6, 11, 15), noises (track 3), trumpet (track 15)
- Bonzow – drums (track 8)
- Bryan Burton-Lewis – vocals (track 9)
- Reon Daniels – vocals (track 1)
- Ellie – vocals (track 1)
- Hirohisa Horie – Hammond B-3 organ (track 2)
- Riki Imanari – sound manipulation (tracks 2–14)
- Wornell Jones – vocals (track 1)
- Monsieur Kamayatsu – vocals (track 5)
- Kahimi Karie – vocals (track 11)
- Daisuke Kawai – Wurlitzer piano (tracks 3, 14), clavinet (tracks 5, 7), Hammond B-3 organ (track 10), synthesizer (track 10)
- Kinbara Strings – strings (tracks 12, 14)
- Maki Kitada – bass (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 13–15)
- Toyoaki Mishima – sound manipulation (tracks 2–14)
- Masaya Nakahara – noises (tracks 2, 14)
- Takashi Ozaki – pedal steel guitar (tracks 3, 11, 15)
- Pink Sabbath – noises (tracks 8, 12, 14)
- Vagabond Suzuki – bass (track 10)
- Yoshié Toda – drums (tracks 6, 10)
- Hitoshi Watanabe – bass (tracks 3, 11), bass sitar (track 6), ukulele (track 15)
- Nobuo Yagi – blues harp (track 11), harp (track 13)
- Moog Yamamoto – turntables (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8–10, 13, 14)
- Sugar Yoshinaga – TB-303 synthesizer and electric guitar (track 4)
Production
- Keigo Oyamada – production
- Yuka Koizumi – mastering
- Ken Makimura – executive production
- Ichiro Oka – production direction and management
- Michifumi Onodera – mixing (assistant), recording (assistant)
- Tohru Takayama – mixing (tracks 1–3, 5–15), recording
- Shojiro Watanabe – mixing (track 4)
Design
- Keigo Oyamada – art direction, artwork concept, photography
- Gen Inaba – photography
- Kahimi Karie – photography
- Masakazu Kitayama – design
- Masaya Nakahara – T-shirt design
- Akemi Nakano – face painting
- Hiroshi Nomura – photography
- Mitsuo Shindō – art direction, artwork concept
- Skate Thing – T-shirt design
- Hiroko Umeyama – props
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1995–1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mills, Ted. "69/96 – Cornelius". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "MOON WALK | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "69 96 | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "CORNELIUSのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ 69/96 (liner notes). Cornelius. Trattoria Records. 1995. Menu.69.
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External links
[edit]- 69/96 at Discogs (list of releases)
- 69/96 at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
