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Fantastic Explosion

Best of Fantastic Explosion

(Transonic Beautiful*Challenge, TRS-BC001) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Theme from Fantastic Explosion (0:28)
  2. Japan Was No. 1 (6:49)
  3. The World War III -no edit- (1:24)
  4. Safari (6:02)
  5. Dangerous Ginza -no edit- (1:54)
  6. Six Mille Un (5:12)
  7. Saturday Night (1:48)
  8. Shutoken (6:35)
  9. Hakugin-bushi (0:30
  10. Never Give Up (4:29)
  11. Now...!! -new edition- (0:28)
  12. Japan as No. 1 (5:41)
  13. Hixon & Carter (1:55)
  14. Fantastic Carnival (6:02)
  15. Grand Finale -- Message from Fantastic Explosion (1:18)

Music by Takahiro Suzuki (2, 6, 7, 12, 14); Kazunao Nagata and Takahiro Suzuki (4, 8); and Tomonori Sawada (10)
Dubbed and collaged by Kazunao Nagata (1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15)

Fantastic Explosion
Kazunao Nagata: programming, hard disk recorder, turntable, ARP-2600 synthesizer
Takahiro Suzuki: programming, keyboard
Tomonori Sawada: programming

Produced by Kazunao Nagata
Recorded at Yoyogi Transonic Studio, February-April and October-November 1997
Remastered by Kazunao Nagata at Transonic Suginami Studio, Tokyo, March 29-30, 2000
Artwork and design by Fujita Blender
Photography by Kozaburo Sakamoto

Released in May 2000