is Shiina Ringo

Shiina Ringo

, known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, music composer and music producer. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen.She describes herself as ""....

's 2nd album, released on March 31, 2000 by Toshiba EMI.

The limited edition version includes a special booklet and case.

The album debuted at #1 and has sold over 2,316,000 copies.

Receiving a prize

• Japan Gold Disc Award
  Japan Gold Disc Award
  The Japan Gold Disc Awards for Music sales in the Recording Industry Association of Japan, is major music awards held annually in Japan also released as a CD.- List of the Artists of the Year :************...
  
    "Rock Album of the Year" (日本ゴールドディスク大賞「ロック・アルバム・オブ・ザ・イヤー」)
• Japan Record Award
  Japan Record Award
  for outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association, is major music awards show held annually in Japan.- Categories :The Japan Record Award are four awards which are not restricted by genre....
  
   "Best Album prize" (日本レコード大賞「ベストアルバム賞」)

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Kyogen-shō

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Yukio Nagoshi - electric guitars
  Electric Guitars
  Electric Guitars were formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport and Richard Hall who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders , Matt Salt and Dick Truscott , they also later added two backing singers: Sara and Wendy...
  
  , acoustic guitars
• Seiji Kameda
  Seiji Kameda
  is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist.He is currently the bassist in Ringo Shiina's band, "Tokyo Jihen".- Biography :He was born in New York city, and went back to Japan at one year after birth....
  
   - bass guitars
• Noriyasu Kawamura - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Koichi Asakura, Asa-Chang (from Asa-Chang & Junray
  Asa-Chang & Junray
  Asa Chang & Junray is the band of the Japanese percussionist Asa Chang, who was the founder and original bandmaster of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. After leaving that group in 1993, he formed Asa Chang & Junray in 1998 with programmer and guitarist Hidehiko Urayama. They were joined in 2000 by...
  
  , ex-Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
  Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
  , commonly abbreviated by fans as Skapara or TSPO, is a Japanese ska and jazz band officially formed in 1988 by the percussionist Asa-Chang, and initially composed of over 10 veterans of Tokyo's underground scene...
  
  ) - drums, percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming
  Programming (music)
  Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
  
  
• Toshiyuki Mori - electric piano
  Electric piano
  An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
  
  
• Chieko Kinbara Strings
  String instrument
  A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
  
   - string section
  String section
  The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
  
  

Yokushitsu

• Ringo Shiina - vocals, piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming
• Yuta Saito - synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  , harp
  Harp
  The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
  
  s

Benkai Debussy

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Masayuki Muraishi - drums
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming
• Makoto Totani (from Thinners) - guitars (uwamono)
• Makoto Minagawa (from Thinners) - synthesizer, chorus (uwamono)

Gibs

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Noriyasu Kawamura - drums, tambourines
• Nobuhiko Nakayama & Hiroshi Kitashiro - programming

Yami ni furu ame

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Noriyasu Kawamura - drums, tambourines
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming
• Ittetsu Gen Strings - string section

Identity

• Ringo Shiina - vocals, electric guitars
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Masayuki Muraishi - drums
• Makoto Minagawa - tambourines
• moOog yamamOTO (from Buffalo Daughter
  Buffalo Daughter
  Buffalo Daughter is a Japanese rock group formed in 1993. The three main members are suGar Yoshinaga on guitar, Yumiko Ohno on bass, and Moog Yamamoto on turntables and graphic design...
  
  ) - turntables
  Phonograph
  The phonograph record player, or gramophone is a device introduced in 1877 that has had continued common use for reproducing sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds...
  
  

Tsumi to Batsu

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Kenichi Asai, Benzie (from Blankey Jet City
  Blankey Jet City
  Blankey Jet City was a rock and roll/rockabilly trio from Japan.- Members : Vocals, Guitar* He also plays in Sherbets and Jude and was a part of Ajico...
  
  ) - electric guitars, tooth flute
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Masayuki Muraishi - drums
• Yuta Saito - organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
  

Stoicism

• Ringo Shiina - vocals, electric guitars
• Rino Tokitsu - the sample of voice
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars

Tsuki ni Makeinu

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Yukio Nagoshi - electric guitars, acoustic guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Koichi Asakura, Asa-Chang (from Asa-Chang & Junray) - drums

Sakana

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Noriyasu Kawamura - drums, tambourines
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming
• Yuta Saito - electric piano
  Electric piano
  An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
  
  
• Yokan Mizue - trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  

Byoushou Public

• Ringo Shiina - vocals, electric guitars
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Masayuki Muraishi - drums
• Toshiyuki Mori - organ

Honnou

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Yukio Nagoshi - electric guitars, acoustic guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Yuta Saito - piano
• Masayuki Muraishi - drums
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming

Izon-shō

• Ringo Shiina - vocals
• Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitars
• Seiji Kameda - bass guitars
• Noriyasu Kawamura - drums, tambourines
• Toshiyuki Mori - piano
• moOog yamamOTO (from Buffalo Daughter) - turntables
• Nobuhiko Nakayama - programming