Material (Casiopea album)

Material
Studio album by Casiopea
Released May 19, 1999
Recorded at Studio Jive, Tokyo
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 44:15
Label Pony Canyon PCCR-00304
Producer Casiopea
Casiopea chronology

Be
(1998)
Material
(1999)
20th
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Material is the thirty-second album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea recorded and released in 1999.

Track listing

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Freak Jack"  Issei Noro 4:06
2. "Down South"  Akira Jimbo 3:54
3. "Twinkle Visions"  Issei Noro 3:56
4. "Naturally"  Issei Noro 4:49
5. "The Night In Blue"  Issei Noro 4:39
6. "Longing"  Issei Noro 4:42
7. "Precious Joy"  Yoshihiro Naruse 5:09
8. "Lucky Stars"  Minoru Mukaiya 4:12
9. "Promenade"  Minoru Mukaiya 4:24
10. "Day And Night"  Issei Noro 4:24
11. "City Talk"  Issei Noro 5:00

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Guitars, Synthesizer, Voice
Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass, Bass Synthesizer

Supported

Akira Jimbo - drums, Hip Gig (M-2,7)

Additional Musicians

Takahiro Kaneko - Tenor Saxophone (M-1,2,11)
Futoshi Kobayashi - Trumpet (M-1,2,11)
Yasushi Horicuchi & CASIOPEA - Manipulation of Synthesizer & Sequencer

Production

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan May 19, 1999[2] Pony Canyon CD PCCR-00304
Japan November 20, 2008[2] Pony Canyon remastered CD PCCR-50014 DSD, HQCD
Australia
Canada
U.S.A.
U.K.
August 10, 2010 Pony Canyon Digital distribution 389199312 iTunes Store[3]

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Yahoo!Music Casiopea MATERIAL". Yahoo!Music. Yahoo Japan Corporation. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  3. "Casiopea Material". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2014-09-26.