Hachimitsu

by Spitz

Hachimitsu cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 September 1995
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 43:13
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Hachimitsu' completely solidified Spitz as undeniable heavyweights within the mid-90s Japanese pop landscape. Selling well over a million copies, the record expertly fuses upbeat, highly melodic jangle-pop sensibilities with a bright, optimistic production sheen. It remains a definitive, incredibly warm staple of the era's flourishing J-pop scene.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, japanese, jangly, guitar-driven, accessible

Tracklist

  1. ハチミツ (3:05)
  2. 涙がキラリ☆ (3:57)
  3. 歩き出せ、クローバー (4:25)
  4. ルナルナ (3:39)
  5. 愛のことば (4:21)
  6. トンガリ ’95 (3:03)
  7. あじさい通り (5:12)
  8. ロビンソン (4:20)
  9. Y (4:23)
  10. グラスホッパー (3:28)
  11. 君と暮らせたら (3:16)

Credits

  • Akihiro Tamura - bass guitar
  • Hideki Tokuhisa - bassoon [fagotto]
  • Masayuki Okamoto - bassoon [fagotto]
  • Yusuke Noda - clarinet
  • Tatsuo Sakiyama - drums, snare, cymbal, shaker, tambourine
  • Masakazu Ishibashi - english horn
  • Tetsuya Miwa - guitar, sitar [electric]
  • Naito Yamada - illustration [comics 「hachimitsu」 by]

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