Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura"

Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura"
Studio album by Boris
Released June 29, 2005 (Catune & Inoxia versions)
December 12, 2005 (Essence version)
Recorded Winter 2003 to Summer 2004
Genre Ambient, post rock, experimental
Length 40:08 (Catune & Inoxia versions)
53:10 (Essence version)
Label Inoxia Records, Catune Records, Essence Records
Producer Boris
Boris chronology

Dronevil
(2005)		 Soundtrack from Film "Mabuta no Ura"
(2005)		 Boris Archive
(2005)
Alternative cover
Catune CD version cover
Singles from Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura"
  1. "A Bao A Qu"
    Released: 2005

Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura" is the ninth studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris. Though the title describes the album as a soundtrack for the film Mabuta no Ura (lit. "Under the Eyelids"), no such film exists. The album is rather the result of the band imagining a film in their heads and writing a soundtrack for it. Because of this, the band has classified this as a concept album.[1] The album's concept is also driven by photography and art-styling which is included on a version of the album.

Two versions of this album exists. The first one is the version of the album was released on CD by the label Catune. This version was housed on brown packaging which included story cards with photos and the stories and lyrics in Japanese. Inoxia released this version of the album on an LP limited to 600 copies with a different cover and photo book. The second version was released by the Brazilian label Essence Music, limited to 2000 copies, this version has a different arrangement and song list to the other versions mentioned above. This version shows the same cover as the LP version and includes numerous photos, story card materials, and lyrics in English. They also made a special box-set edition limited to 199 hand-numbered copies that contained art prints, flyers, and a bunch of dead flowers.

The album includes the song "A Bao A Qu" which shares the same name as the version included on the album The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked. However, both versions are quite different from one another. The band used this version of the song "A Bao A Qu" and created a 7" single with an extended version of the track. A music video was also released for this song but it is based on the 7" single. There is yet another version of the song which was included on the 2010 compilation, Boris / Variations + Live in Japan, and a live recording is included in Archive II.

Track listing

Catune/Inoxia Version
No. Title Length
1. "Theme"   2:32
2. "The Middle of the Stairs"   1:59
3. "A Bao A Qu"   4:58
4. "The Slow Ripple of a Puddle"   3:29
5. "Your Name"   3:25
6. "White Warmth"   2:26
7. "Melting Guitar"   1:32
8. "Yesterday Morning"   3:16
9. "Amber Bazaar"   3:09
10. "Smoke Sequence"   2:37
11. "Space Behind Me Part 2"   1:59
12. "The Picture of the Wind"   2:43
13. "It Touches"   6:03
Total length:
 40:08
Essence Version
No. Title Length
1. "Yesterday Morning"   6:35
2. "A Bao A Qu"   4:59
3. "The Slow Ripple of a Puddle"   3:30
4. "Your Name"   3:25
5. "White Warmth"   2:27
6. "Melting Guitar"   1:35
7. "Continues"   4:07
8. "The Meddle of Stairs"   1:58
9. "Amber Bazaar"   3:08
10. "The Picture of a Wind"   2:43
11. "It Touches"   6:04
12. "Space Behind Me"   12:39
Total length:
 53:10

Personnel

Pressing History

Year Label Format Country Out of Print? Notes
2005 Inoxia Records LP Japan Yes Ltd. 600
2005 Catune Records CD Japan No
2005 Essence Records CD Brazil Yes Ltd. 2000
2005 Essence Records Box CD Brazil Yes Ltd. 199 hand numbered

References

  1. ↑ Information of "Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura"" on Discog

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