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Kuchiroro

Kuchiroro

(Weather/Headz, WEATHER 017/HEADZ 23) (Japan) (CD)


  1. I Know Inotch (7:18)
  2. To the Sea (2:07)
  3. Mero Mero (4:35)
  4. Haru Hello! (3:46)
  5. Kuchiroro Posse (9:04)
  6. Natsu no Wild Pitch (2:04)
  7. Costura (5:47)
  8. Civil War (1:16)
  9. Kono Sekai (10:18)
  10. James vs. Jane (3:17)
  11. Yoake Made (4:19)
  12. Our Hands (7:57)
  13. Hikaru Machi (2:43)

Composed by Koshi Miura, except (2, 9), by Kuchiroro; (12), by Kazumi Namba; and (13), by Koshi Miura and Kazumi Namba
Arranged by Koshi Miura, except (2, 9), by Kuchiroro; (7, 13), by Koshi Miura and Kazumi Namba; and (12), by Kazumi Namba
Lyrics by Koshi Miura and Kazumi Namba (1, 6), Koshi Miura (3, 8, 10, 11), and Kazumi Namba (4, 13)

Kuchiroro
Koshi Miura
Kazumi Namba

Players
Akeybo: electric guitar (3, 13)
Yutaka Ito: banjo (3, 6), acoustic guitar (11)
Misako Oki: electric guitar (2, 9), voice (6), vocal (13)
Yusuke Suzuki: turntable (5, 7)
Masahito Hirose: shaker (13)
Masutaro Yoshimura: bass (2, 9)
Headz: handclap (2, 6)
Kazumi Namba: keyboard, effect (2, 7, 12), handclap (2, 6), sampler (7, 9)
Koshi Miura: everything else

Produced by Kuchiroro
Recorded by Kuchiroro and Tatsuki Masuko
Mixed by Tatsuki Masuko, Koshi Miura (8), and Kazumi Namba (12) at Float
Mastered by Shuji Kitamura at Audio City, Inc.
Photos by Miho Kakuta and Hiroshi Kinjo
Logo by Moji8Fresh
Design by Akira Sasaki
Includes a booklet with lyrics in English (tracks 1 and 10 only) and Japanese

Released in June 2004