Scuba (P-Model album)
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| Studio album by P-Model | ||||
| Released | September 25, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Studio | AC Unit, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo | |||
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| Label | JICC Printing Office | |||
| Producer | P-Model | |||
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Scuba is an album by the Japanese new wave band P-Model. It is different from other P-Model albums in that it was made almost entirely made by guitarist Susumu Hirasawa alone and for its original issue in the cassette book format: the album was packaged with an 84-page booklet[1] that contained techniques to induce rapid eye movement sleep and hypnosis, the lyric story expanded Scuba Monogatari, photos of the involved band members in a coastal area that illustrated the stories, and an interview with The Stalin vocalist Michiro Endo.
Track listing
All tracks written by Susumu Hirasawa, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Frozen Beach" | 4:24 | ||
| 2. | "Boat" | 4:16 | ||
| 3. | "Seven Joint Man" (七節男 Nana Fushi Otoko) | 4:11 | ||
| 4. | "Ohayo II" (オハヨウ II) | 4:31 | ||
| 5. | "Looping Opposition" | Michiro Endo (intro), Hirasawa | 4:10 | |
| 6. | "REM Sleep" | Hirasawa, Shunichi Miura | 4:31 | |
| 7. | "Fish Song" | Hirasawa, Akiro "Kamio" Arishima | Hirasawa, Kamio | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Scuba" | instrumental | 1:12 |
Endo's segment on "Looping Opposition" is not present on the CD mix of the track, shortening it by 23 seconds. The cassette book version contains sheet music for a "Song of Horohomo" (ホロホモーの歌 Horohomō no Uta), credited to "Furufucchi" (フルフッチ). No recording of this composition by Hirasawa or anyone involved with the album exists.
Personnel
- P-Model - Production, Arrangements
- Susumu Hirasawa - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drum machine, Sampler, Programming
- Shunichi Miura - Keyboards
- Additional personnel
- Akemi Tsujitani - Costumer, Backing Vocals on "Boat"
- Michiro Endo - Voice on "Looping Opposition" (cassette book version only)
- Akiro "Kamio" Arishima - Synthesizer on "Fish Song"
- Yūichi Hirasawa (credited as "yuhichi hirasawa") - Art director
- Yoshihiro Ichikawa - Photography