Tsumi to Batsu

"Tsumi to Batsu"
Single by Shiina Ringo
from the album Shōso Strip
Released January 26, 2000
Format CD Single
Length 13:49 minutes
Label Toshiba EMI/Virgin Music
Writer(s) Shiina Ringo, Seiji Kameda
Producer Uni Inoue
Shiina Ringo singles chronology
"Gibusu"
(2000)
"Tsumi to Batsu"
(2000)
"Zecchoushuu"
(2000)

"Tsumi to Batsu" (罪と罰 Crime and Punishment?) is Japanese singer Shiina Ringo's 6th single and it was released on January 26, 2000. The distributor is Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music.

Outline

"Tsumi to Batsu" is taken from Shiina's second album Shōso Strip. When she sang this song on her first national tour Senkō Ecstasy, she joked with her fans, "If you want to buy this song as a single, please send a letter to Toshiba-EMI". Then, the letters actually poured in to Toshiba EMI, and it was decided to release this song.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger(s) Length
1. "Tsumi to Batsu (罪と罰 Crime and Punishment?)"   Ringo Shiina Ringo Shiina Seiji Kameda & Ringo Shiina 4:43
2. "Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (君ノ瞳ニ恋シテル Can't Take My Eyes Off You?)" (The Four Seasons cover.) Bob Crewe Bob Gaudio Seiji Kameda & Ringo Shiina 4:31
3. "17 (Seventeen)"   Ringo Shiina Ringo Shiina Seiji Kameda & Ringo Shiina 4:33
Total length:
13:49

Personnel

Tsumi to Batsu

Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru

17