Fanclub

Fanclub (ファンクラブ) is the acclaimed third studio album by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, released on March 15, 2006. The album peaked at number three on Oricon charts and sold 253,137 copies by year's end, eventually becaming the 48th album of the year.^[2] The album included two singles, "Blue Train," which reached number five on the charts, and "World Apart," which earned the band their very first number-one single.

1 Title meaning
2 Track listing
- 2.1 B-sides
3 Personnel
4 Chart positions
- 4.1 Album
- 4.2 Singles
5 References
6 External links

Title meaning

The album title "fanclub" is derived from the members' disposition toward creativity, their desire to be devoted followers not only of rock, but every type of music and its unique aspects and capabilities. The title also reflects their wish for people to love and live with the music in everyday life.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Masafumi Gotō, except:

"Blue Train," composed by Masafumi Gotō and Kensuke Kita.
The piano intro in "Moonlight" is from Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque (specifically Clair de Lune).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Waltz In Code" (暗号のワルツ Angō no Warutsu)	4:25
2.	"World Apart" (ワールドアパート Wārudo Apāto)	4:29
3.	"Blackout" (ブラックアウト Burakkuauto)	5:19
4.	"Primrose" (桜草 Sakurasō)	3:53
5.	"Rabbit In the Back Alley" (路地裏のうさぎ Rojiura no Usagi)	2:47
6.	"Blue Train" (ブルートレイン Burū Torein)	4:19
7.	"Midwinter Dance" (真冬のダンス Mafuyu no Dansu)	3:25
8.	"Butterfly" (バタフライ Batafurai)	4:44
9.	"Senseless" (センスレス Sensuresu)	5:36
10.	"Moonlight" (月光 Gekkō)	6:22
11.	"Tightrope" (タイトロープ Taito Roopu)	5:28

B-sides

Song	Length	B-side of
"Road Movie"	4:23	"Blue Train"
"Tobenai Sakana"	2:57
"Gekkō"	6:21
"Eien ni"	3:09	"World Apart"
"Uso to Wonderland"	2:27	"World Apart"

Personnel

Masafumi Gotō – lead vocals, guitar, lyrics
Kensuke Kita – lead guitar, background vocals
Takahiro Yamada – bass, background vocals
Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums, percussion, piano
Asian Kung-Fu Generation – producer

Kenichi Nakamura – mixing, recording
Tofu Takayama – mixing, recording
Yuya Suzuki – recording
George Marino – mastering
Yusuke Nakamura – art direction

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Peak positions
2006	Oricon	3
2006	World Chart	7^[3]

Singles

Year	Song	Peak positions
Year	Song	Oricon
2005	"Blue Train"	5
2006	"World Apart"	1

References

^ Allmusic review
^ ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION – Oricon-Style
^ "Asian Kung-fu Generation – Fanclub". αCharts.us. March 2006. http://acharts.us/album/25569. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

External links

Fanclub at MusicBrainz
Fanclub at Last.fm

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Masafumi Gotō · Takahiro Yamada · Kensuke Kita · Kiyoshi Ijichi

Studio albums	Kimi Tsunagi Five M · Sol-fa · Fanclub · Feedback File · World World World · Surf Bungaku Kamakura · Magic Disk

EPs	Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation · The Time Past and I Could Not See You Again · I'm Standing Here · Hōkai Amplifier · Mada Minu Ashita ni

Singles	"Mirai no Kakera" · "Kimi to Iu Hana" · "Siren" · "Loop & Loop" · "Rewrite" · "Kimi no Machi Made" · "Blue Train" · "World Apart" · "Aru Machi no Gunjō" · "After Dark" · "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" · "Fujisawa Loser" · "Shinseiki no Love Song" · "Solanin" · "Maigoinu to Ame no Beat"

Compilations	Nano-Mugen Compilation · Nano-Mugen Compilation 2006 · Nano-Mugen Compilation 2008 · Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009 · Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011

Videos	Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 1 · Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 2 · Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 3 · Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 4 · Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5 · Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 6 · Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 7

Related articles	Discography

[[Category:Asian Kung�Fu Generation albums]]