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Phew

Five Finger Discount

(BeReKeT, bmp-001) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Rue Auble (3:49)
  2. Sekai no Hatemade Tsuretette (6:55)
  3. Tokiniwa Hahano Nai Kono Youni (5:16)
  4. Love Me Tender (5:17)
  5. Thatness and Thereness (3:39)
  6. Fushigina Hi (5:28)
  7. Dokokade (5:54)
  8. Subarashii Jinsei (4:56)
  9. Shonenwa Koyawo Mezasu (3:32)
  10. Yumede Aimasho (5:21)

Songs by Takeshi Matsuyama and Kazuhiko Kato (1, 6), Shuji Terayama and J.A. Caesar (2), Shuji Terayama and Michi Tanaka (3), Elvis Presley and PD (4), Yoshitaka Goto and Ryuichi Sakamoto (5), Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura (7, 10), Nobumitsu Takeuchi and Hachidai Nakamura (8), Hiroyuki Itsuki and Kazuhiko Kato (9)

Phew: vocals (all tracks), organ (3, 10)
Jim O'Rourke: bass (1-4, 7-10), synthesizer (5, 6), whistle (8)
Eiko Ishibashi: piano (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
Hisato Yamamoto: guitar (1-4, 7-10), whistle (8)
bikke: solo guitar (1, 7)
Seiichi Yamamoto: rhythm guitar (2), noise guitar (2, 10), reverberant guitar (4, 7, 10), noise (4), noisy solo guitar (9)
Yuriko Mukoujima: violin (2, 3), viola (2, 3)
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums (2-10), tambourine (7), whistle (8)

Recorded and mixed by Naoyuki Uchida at GOK Sound
Additional guitar on tracks 1, 7, and 9 recorded by Hiroshi Ikeda at Presence Studio
Mastered by Soichiro Nakamura at Peace Music
Produced by Phew
Arranged by Every Musician
Illustrations by Erika Kobayashi
Art direction by Tsuyoshi Abe
Includes Japanese liner notes by Masato Matsumura

Released in September 2010