Çà et là du Japon
by Pizzicato Five
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 2001
- Label: Columbia Music Entertainment
- Country: Japan
- Length: 1:01:38
- Community rating: 3.43/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: ロニー, Naoki Takao, Yossie, Maki Nomiya, Yuko Ohishi, Haruo Kubota, Satoshi Oyama, 砂田和道, Masahiro Kobayashi, Ben Human, Keinosuke Sato, Takako Belinda, Akihito Toda, Ken Shima, Naotaka Yamaguchi, Yoshié, Takashi Nagazumi, Motoya Hamaguchi, Toshiyuki Matsumoto, Rocketman, Sparks, Hiroko Otsuka, Daisaku Kume, 松崎しげる, Naruyoshi Kikuchi, Makoto Kimura, Hajime Ariizumi, Rie Tominaga, Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings, Yasuharu Konishi, Raymond Johnson, Maki Kitada, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Hirokazu Tanaka, 斎藤節子, Taeko Saito, Tomonori Satoh, Hiroko Ohashi, Rush By Kato, Kiyoshi Hiyama, Izumi Yukimura, Bertrand Burgalat, Takehiko Maeda, イマクニ?, Clémentine, Hitoshi Watanabe, Jun Matsue, Masahiko Kitahara, Isao Kanayama, Kazunori Tomiyama, Kaori Nishina, Coba, Takashi Asahi, 上真行, Junko Hirotani, Genta Egawa, Yoshitaka Mikuni, Pokémon Kids, Mitsuo Shindo, Ryuji Koga, Takashi Matsumoto, Eiichi Ohtaki, You The Rock, Makoto Kojima, 千家尊福, Vagabond Suzuki, Masumi Arichika, Kiriya Kazuaki, 柴原正, Yoshinori Watanabe, Kumi Sasaki, 木川かえる, Shinobu Yuki, Noboru Tomizawa, HIROKO UMEYAMA, Scott Addison, Ichizo Seo, Duke Aces, Tomoyuki Asakawa, Naoki Tsuruta, Masakazu Ishibashi, Takashi Kato, Ken Yokoyama
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Çà et là du Japon', Pizzicato Five's album of Japan-themed collage pop, was the duo's final studio album before their dissolution. Yasuharu Konishi's sample architecture and Maki Nomiya's vocals survey Japanese popular culture here and there, per its French title.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, rhythmic, melodic, female-vocals, sampling
Tracklist
- 一月一日 = 1 Janvier (1:14)
- ノンストップ・トゥ・トウキョー = Nonstop To Tokyo (4:28)
- 君が代 = Kimigayo (0:31)
- さくらさくら = Sakura Sakura (3:54)
- 現代人 = Moderns (3:27)
- キモノ = Kimono, Kimono (5:31)
- Fashion People (4:04)
- アメリカでは = In America (5:26)
- ポケモン言えるかな? = Gatta Call'em All! (4:41)
- グランバザール = Grand Bazar (0:19)
- 12月24日 = 24 Decembre (6:11)
- スキヤキ・ソング = Sukiyaki Song (3:33)
- 東京の合唱 = À Tokyo (5:54)
- さえら = Çà Et Là (4:59)
- 大東京 = Le Grand Tokyo (3:46)
- 愛餓を = Aiueo (3:40)
Credits
- 栗山和弥 - cgi artist [special effects]
- 市川崑 - calligraphy
- Noboru Tomizawa - hair, make-up
- Takako Belinda - hair, make-up
- Ben Human - musician, featuring
- Bertrand Burgalat - musician, featuring, lyrics by, music by
- Clémentine - musician, featuring
- Coba - musician, accordion
- Akihiko Takenaka - engineer [mixdown engineer], engineer [recording engineer], mastered by
- Osamu Hirose - engineer [mixdown engineer], engineer [recording engineer]
- Naotaka Yamaguchi - a&r
- Yoshinori Watanabe - a&r
- Mitsuo Shindo - art direction
- Seiko Sakuragi - coordinator [production coordinator]
- Yuko Ohishi - design
- Ayako Kato - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Greg Fleming - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Maki Onodera - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Nobuyuki Aoyagi - engineer [recording engineer]
- Sie Medway-Smith - engineer [recording engineer]
- Tomonori Satoh - executive-producer
- 木川かえる - illustration
- Satoshi Oyama - management
- Toshiyuki Matsumoto - management
- Kiriya Kazuaki - photography by
- Naoki Tsuruta - photography by
- 柴原正 - photography by
- Mako Tanaka - translated by [lyrics translation]
- 千家尊福 - lyrics by
- 上真行 - music by
- Keitaro Takanami - arranged by [vocal arrangement]
- Shuntaro Tanikawa - lyrics by [original lyrics]
- Toshiro Mayuzumi - music by
- Akihito Toda - lyrics by
- Hirokazu Tanaka - music by
- Ichizo Seo - music by
- Tatsuya Murayama - arranged by [string arrangements]
- Takashi Matsumoto - lyrics by
- Eiichi Ohtaki - music by