Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is a compilation album by pop duo Puffy AmiYumi, released in 2004. It was compiled to tie in with the group's animated series of the same name.[2] There is also a Japanese version of this CD, of which contains the subtitle, "Happy Fun Rock Music from the Series" and includes two additional "TV Mix" tracks. The album peaked at #49 on the Japanese Albums Chart.[3]
| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | ||||
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| Compilation album /Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | November 16, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–2004 | |||
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| Length | 51:25 | |||
| Label | Epic, Sony Music Soundtrax | |||
| Producer | Tamio Okuda, Andy Sturmer, Tetsutaro Sakurai | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
edit- "Hi Hi" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 2:54
- "Friends Forever" (Sturmer) – 4:03
- "Planet Tokyo" (Sturmer) – 3:50
- "Joining a Fan Club" (Jellyfish cover) (Manning, Sturmer) – 3:58
- "Forever" (Sturmer) – 2:29
- "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" (Yasuharu) – 3:30
- "Love So Pure" (Sturmer) – 3:57
- "True Asia" (Inoue, Okuda) – 4:40
- "Boogie-Woogie No. 5" (Okuda) – 4:10
- "That's the Way It Is" (Okuda) – 3:19
- "Sunrise" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 3:56
- "Into the Beach" (also known as "To the Beach" (Okuda) – 3:12
- "December" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 4:20
- "Teen Titans Theme" (Sturmer) – 3:10
- "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 2:59 †
- "Teen Titans Theme (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 3:06 †
† Appears only on the Japanese Version of this CD.
Personnel
edit- Ami Onuki - vocals
- Yumi Yoshimura - vocals
- Puffy AmiYumi - vocals, harmony
- Ikhoka Mukara - guitar
- Kohsaku Abe - drums
- Shinji Asakura - percussion
- Dorian Crozier - drums
- John Fields - bass, guitar, keyboards
- Takashi Furuta - drums, harmony
- Michael S. Kawai - percussion
- Hiroharu Kinoshita - bass
- Maki Kitada - bass
- Masahiro Kitahara - trombone
- Haruo Kubota - guitar
- Daisaku Kume - keyboards
- Takamune Negishi - bass, harmony
- Tamio Okuda - guitar, saxophone, vocoder, harmony
- Susumu Osada - guitar, harmonica
- Zac Rae - glockenspiel, theremin, optigan
- Yuta Saito - keyboards
- Zuyi Ratza - background vocals
- Tetsutaro Sakurai - background vocals
- Iyaza Kukora - background vocals
- Thomas Tjärnqvist - bass, guitar, keyboards
- Lyle Workman - guitar
- Konishi Yasuharu - keyboards
Production
edit- Producers: Tamio Okuda, Tetsutaro Sakurai, Andy Sturmer
- Executive producers: Yasunori Heguri, Taizo Ito
- Mixing: David Bianco, John Fields, Osamu Hirose, Tetsuhiro Miyajima, David Thoener, Dave Way, Joe Zook
- Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
- A&R: June Shinozaki
- Director: Isao Tanuma
- Compilation: Kaz Utsunomiya
- Art direction: Aimee MacAuley
- Design: Aimee MacAuley
- Photography: Bruce Osborn
References
edit- ^ Sendra, Tim. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ "The Happy-Fun Puffy AmiYumi Empire", Shojo Beat (February 2008).
- ^ "Oricon charts listing". Oricon. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
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