Zetchōshū

"Zetchōshū"
"絶頂集"
Studio album with live tracks by Shiina Ringo
Released 13 September 2000
Recorded Shibuya Public Hall (Disc1)
NHK Hall (Disc1)
STUDIO TERRA (Disc2)
Shinjuku LIQUIDROOM (Disc3)
Genre J-pop, pop, rock and roll, hard rock, grunge, punk rock, pop rock, jazz, kayōkyoku
Length 14:34 (Disc1)
11:25 (Disc2)
08:22 (Disc3)
Label Toshiba EMI
Producer Uni Inoue
"Zetchōshū"
Single by Shiina Ringo
Released 13 September 2000
Format CD Single
Length 14:34 minutes (Disc1)
11:25 minutes (Disc2)
08:22 minutes (Disc3)
Label Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music
Writer(s) Shiina Ringo, Seiji Kameda
Producer Uni Inoue
Shiina Ringo singles chronology
"Tsumi to Batsu"
(2000)		 "Zetchōshū"
(2000)		 "Mayonaka wa Junketsu"
(2001)

Zetchōshū (絶頂集 Ecstasy Collection?) is the single collection of 3 piece sets of Shiina Ringo. It was released on September 13, 2000 by Toshiba EMI/Virgin Music. It was recorded live of a series of "Ecstasy" tours mainly. The performance by a different band is collected to each three pieces.

Contents

Outline

Disc1 contains three songs from "Gekokujō Xstasy (下剋上エクスタシー Usurpation Ecstasy?)" tour.

Disc2 was due to collect three songs from "Manabiya Ecstasy (学舎エクスタシー School Ecstasy?)". But, she decided to re-record in studio instead of recording them because she wasn't pleased with the performance.

Disc3 contains three songs from secret live tour "Hatsuiku Status Gokiritsu Japon (発育ステータス 御起立ジャポン Growth Status Stand Up Japan?)".

Because this work had been released in a special form of 3 piece sets though they were singles, it was treated as an album in Oricon. And it took the first place in the album chart.

Inside story

The reason why she released this work as not one album but three pieces of singles' collection is the result of the contract contents with her and Toshiba EMI. She had signed with EMI the contract of releasing CD of the fixed quantity which is within a fixed period of time.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ringo Shiina, all music composed by Ringo Shiina unless otherwise noted. All songs arranged and played by each band.

Disc1: Gyakutai Glycogen
No. Title Music Length
1. "Yattsuke Shigoto (やっつけ仕事 Rush Job?)"     3:29
2. "Gamble (ギャンブル Gamble?)"     5:31
3. ""Jｪﾁ~ｯじo？ｳ", Onaji Yoru (同じ夜 Ordinary Night?)[1]"     5:30
Total length:
 14:34
Disc2: Tensai Praeparat
No. Title Music Length
1. "Merou (メロウ Mellow?)"   Makoto Totani and Shiina Ringo[2] 5:54
2. "Fukou Jiman (不幸自慢 Unhappy Pride?)[3]"     2:25
3. ""喪@CINコ瑠ヲュWァ", Soo Koorudo (喪 興瑠怒(仮) So Cold?)[4]"     3:05
Total length:
 11:25
Disc3: Hatsuiku Status
No. Title Music Length
1. "Fukurande kichatta (膨らんできちゃった It Expanded?)"     2:06
2. "Hai Hai (はいはい Crawling?)"   Shiina Ringo and Hisako Tabuchi 2:34
3. "Kougousei (光合成 Photosynthesis?)"     3:41
Total length:
 8:22

Personnel

Disc1: Gyakutai Glycogen (虐待グリコゲン Abuse Glycogen?)

Disc2: Tensai Praeparat (天才プレパラート Genius Praeparat?)

Disc3: Hatsuiku Status (発育ステータス Growth Status?)

Music video

Yattsuke Shigoto (やっつけ仕事 Sloppy Job?)
This promotional video was made later according to the sound recorded in "Gekokujou Ecstasy tour." It was shot on the day of the dress rehearsal of the one-night stand live "Zazen Ecstasy" performed at Kaho theater of Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka in 2000. All extras playing spectators in the theater were her fans, and they were chosen from her fans who drew a blank in the lottery of the live ticket. The parody of the news report of the various countries in the world at the beginning is used as the introduction part of the music of different arrangement recorded in the 3rd album "Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana" released later.

Notes and references

  1. ^ She made the title garbled purposely.
  2. ^ Shina Ringo added words to the music which Totani, the guitarist, brought to the band.
  3. ^ She replaced "Fuck You G-men" with the Japanese words of the similar sound.
  4. ^ She made the title garbled purposely.