BTTB (album)

BTTB
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	February 2, 1999 (Japan) January 2000 (Europe) February 8, 2000 (US)
Studio	Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Mouri Artworks Studio and Victor Aoyama Studio (Tokyo)
Genre	Classical
Length	63:04
Label	Sony Classical
Producer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Discord (1997) BTTB (1999) Comica (2002)
Singles from BTTB
"Ura BTTB (ウラBTTB)" Released: May 26, 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork	8.0/10

BTTB is a 1999 piano solo and duet album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album title is an acronym for "Back To The Basics". Two separate versions of the album were pressed, for Japanese and international markets. The International version opens with the three songs off of the Ura BTTB (ウラBTTB) maxi single released in Japan as a promotional tool, while replacing a few pieces elsewhere in the album. The maxi single peaked at no. 1 in the Japanese singles chart and was the fourth best selling single of 1999 in Japan.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opus"	4:27
2.	"Sonatine"	3:38
3.	"Intermezzo"	3:44
4.	"Lorenz and Watson"	3:57
5.	"Choral No. 1"	2:27
6.	"Choral No. 2"	2:05
7.	"Do Bacteria Sleep?"	4:18
8.	"Bachata"	8:14
9.	"Chanson"	2:23
10.	"Distant Echo"	5:53
11.	"Prelude"	4:08
12.	"Sonata"	3:31
13.	"Uetax"	0:26
14.	"Aqua"	4:29
15.	"Snake Eyes"	6:07
16.	"Tong Poo"	5:03

International version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Energy Flow"	4:36
2.	"Put Your Hands Up"	4:51
3.	"Railroad Man"	4:42
4.	"Opus"	4:27
5.	"Sonatine"	3:38
6.	"Intermezzo"	3:44
7.	"Lorenz and Watson"	3:57
8.	"Choral No. 1"	2:27
9.	"Choral No. 2"	2:05
10.	"Bachata"	8:14
11.	"Chanson"	2:23
12.	"Prelude"	4:08
13.	"Uetax"	0:26
14.	"Aqua"	4:29
15.	"Tong Poo"	5:03
16.	"Reversing"	3:58

Personnel

• Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano, production
• Fernando Aponte – engineer
• Naoto Shibuya – engineer, mixing
• Masaki Sekiguchi – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Hideki Nakajima – direction