Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (album)

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Professional reviews
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

Studio album by Puffy AmiYumi
Released	November 16, 2004
Recorded	1996-2004
Genre	Japanese pop
Length	51:25
Label	Epic Records
Producer(s)	Tamio Okuda, Andy Sturmer, Tetsutaro Sakurai
All Music Guide (4.5/5) [1]
Puffy AmiYumi chronology
PRMX Turbo (2003)	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (2004)

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is a compilation album by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). It was compiled to tie in with the group's animated series of the same name. There is also a Japanese version of this CD, of which contains the subtitle, "Happy Fun Rock Music from the Series" and includes 2 additional "TV Mix" tracks.

[edit] Track listing

"Hi Hi" (listen (help·info)) (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 2:54
"Friends Forever" (listen (help·info)) (Sturmer) – 4:03
"Planet Tokyo" (listen (help·info)) (Sturmer) – 3:50
"Joining a Fan Club" (listen (help·info)) (Manning, Sturmer) – 3:58
"Forever" (listen (help·info)) (Sturmer) – 2:29
"V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" (listen (help·info)) (Yasuharu) – 3:30
"Love So Pure" (listen (help·info)) (Sturmer) – 3:57
"True Asia" (listen (help·info)) (Inoue, Okuda) – 4:40
"Boogie-Woogie No. 5" (listen (help·info)) (Okuda) – 4:10
"That's the Way It Is" (also known as "Koregawatashino Ikirumichi"; listen (help·info)) (Okuda) – 3:19
"Sunrise" (listen (help·info)) (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 3:56
"Into the Beach" (also known as "To the Beach"; listen (help·info)) (Okuda) – 3:12
"December" (listen (help·info)) (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 4:20
"Teen Titans Theme" (listen (help·info)) (Sturmer) – 5:38
"Hi Hi (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 2:59 †
"Teen Titans Theme (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 3:06 †

† Appears on the Japanese Version of this CD.

[edit] Personnel

Ami Onuki - guitar, vocals
Yumi Yoshimura - vocals
Puffy AmiYumi - vocals, harmony
Kohsaku Abe - drums
Shinji Asakura - percussion
Dorian Crozier - drums
John Fields - bass, guitar, keyboard
Takashi Furuta - drums, harmony
Michael S. Kawai - percussion
Hiroharu Kinoshita - bass
Maki Kitada - bass
Masahiro Kitahara - trombone
Haruo Kubota - guitar
Daisaku Kume - keyboard
Takamune Negishi - bass, harmony
Tamio Okuda - guitar, saxophone, vocoder, harmony
Susumu Osada - guitar, harmonica
Zac Rae - glockenspiel, theremin, optigan
Yuta Saito - keyboard
Tetsutaro Sakurai - background vocals
Andy Sturmer - bass, guitar, drums, keyboard
Thomas Tjärnqvist - bass, guitar, keyboard
Lyle Workman - guitar
Konishi Yasuharu - keyboard

[edit] Production

Japanese Cover

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

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
Created By:	Sam Register
Original Run:	November 19, 2004 - June 27, 2006
Starring:	Ami Onuki \| Yumi Yoshimura \| Janice Kawaye \| Grey DeLisle \| Keone Young
Official Site:	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
Characters	Title Characters: Ami \| Yumi \| Kaz Minor Characters: Harmony \| Eldwin Blair \| King Chad \| Wall \| Domo \| Talent Suckers \| Atchan
Episodes:	List of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi episodes
Merchandise
CDs	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi \| Hi Hi
Video Games:	Kaznapped! \| The Genie and the Amp \| Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi II
DVDs:	Let's Go! \| Rock Forever!
Books:	Hi Hi PUFFY English

Puffy AmiYumi
Members: Ami Onuki \| Yumi Yoshimura
Years Active: 1995 - Present
Manager: Kaz Harada
Producer: Tamio Okuda, Andy Sturmer
Record Labels: Bar None \| Epic \| Tofu Records
Discography
Albums: Solo Solo \| Jet-CD \| FeverFever* \| Spike \| The Hit Parade \| Nice. \| 59 \| Splurge
Singles: Asia no junshin \| Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi \| Circuit no musume \| Nagisa ni matsuwaru etc. \| Mother/Nehorina hahorina \| Ai no shirushi \| Tararan/Puffy no tourmen \| Puffy de Rumba \| Nichiyoubi no musume \| Yume no tame ni \| Umi e to \| Boogie Woogie No. 5 \| Atarashii hibi \| Aoi Namida \| Hurricane \| Akai buranko \| Sunrise \| Hajimari no uta/Nice Buddy \| Hi Hi \| Mogura Like \| Tokyo I'm on My Way
EPs: AmiYumi
Compilations: Puffy Re-Mix Project \| The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever \| An Illustrated History \| PRMX Turbo \| Hi Hi
Other Works:
Television Saku Saku Morning Call \| Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy \| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi \| Hi Hi PUFFY Bu
DVDs: RUN! PUFFY! RUN! \| TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! \| Jet Tour '98 \| Jet \| Fever Fever \| PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen \| Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 \| Funclips Funclub
Video Games: Puffy: P.S. I Love You \| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped! \| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp \| Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi II
Books: PUFFY 10th Anniversary Book \| Hi Hi PUFFY English