Spitz (album)

Spitz
Studio album by Spitz
Released March 25, 1991
Recorded October 23 - November 20, 1990
at the Smile Garage, Sound Inn, and Key-Stone Studios
Genre J-pop, alternative rock
Length 48:17
Label Polydor Records
Producer Nobuhiko Takahashi
Spitz
Spitz chronology

Spitz
(1991)
Namae wo Tsukete Yaru
(1991)
Singles from Spitz
  1. "Hibari no Kokoro" [edit] /"Bīdama"
    Released: March 25, 1991
  2. "Natsu no Mamono"/"Ninoude no Sekai"
    Released: June 25, 1991

Spitz (スピッツ) is the studio album by Japanese band Spitz, released in March 1991 under the Polydor Records. It was their first album which was released under the major-label.

Their eponymous album comprises 12 tracks written by Masamune Kusano (except music of "Tsuki ni Kaeru" and "Shinigami no Misaki e" were composed by Tetsuya Miwa, a guitarist of the band), and half of them had already come out before they contracted with Polydor.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Masamune Kusano, unless otherwise indicated

  1. "Ninoude no Sekai (ニノウデの世界)" – 4:30
  2. "Umi to Pink (海とピンク)" – 3:38
  3. "Bīdama (ビー玉)" – 4:42
  4. "Gosenkounen no Yume (五千光年の夢)" – 2:42
  5. "Tsuki ni Kaeru (月に帰る)" (Kusano, Tetsuya Miwa) – 4:26
  6. "Telebi (テレビ)" – 4:08
  7. "Tanpopo (タンポポ)" – 5:08
  8. "Shinigami no Misaki e (死神の岬へ)" (Kusano, Miwa) – 3:44
  9. "Tonbi Tobenakatta (トンビ飛べなかった)" – 3:31
  10. "Natsu no Mamono (夏の魔物)" – 3:10
  11. "Umeboshi (うめぼし)" – 3:36
  12. "Hibari no Kokoro (ヒバリのこころ)" – 4:51

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Production

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number Notes
Japan March 25, 1991 Polydor Records CD POCH-1080
July 7, 1997 LP POJH-1009 Reissue
October 16, 2002 Universal CD UPCH-1181 Reissue, Original recording digitally remastered
December 17, 2008 SHM-CD UPCH-1671