Spitz is the first major-label studio album by Spitz, released via Polydor Records in 1991. It peaked at number 60 on the Oricon Albums Chart. In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan placed it at number 94 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes.
Spitz Masamune Kusano – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica Tetsuya Miwa – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric/acoustic twelve-string guitar, classical guitar Akihiro Tamura – four-string bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar Tatsuo Sakiyama – drums, tambourine, cabassa, triangle, claves
Additional musicians Tsunehiko Yashiro – harmonium ("Bīdama"), ensoliq ("Tsuki ni Kaeru"), Farfisa organ ("Shinigami no Misaki e"), Hammond organ ("Hibari no Kokoro") Aska Kaneko – violin ("Umeboshi") Jun Takeuchi – violin ("Umeboshi") Shigeo Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi") Shinichi Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi") Jake H. Conception – bass clarinet ("Umeboshi")
Production Spitz – producer, art direction Nobuhiko Takahashi – producer Juli Kawai – recording engineer, mixing engineer Shinya Nakamura – additional engineer Jiro Takita – additional engineer Koreyuki Tanaka – additional engineer Shinji Kobayashi – additional engineer Takayoshi Yamauchi – additional engineer Reiko Miyoshi – mastering engineer Yoshiro Kajitani – art direction, design Michiko Arakawa – design Masao Torii – photography Takeo Ogiso – photography Yutaka Yoda – hair, make-up Mayumi Katayama – styling Yoshitomo Yoshimoto – graphic novel (1997 reissue) Stephen Marcussen – remastering engineer (2002 reissue) Yoichiro Yamazaki – sleevenotes (2002 reissue)
Charts Chart Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 60
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 Music Group CD UPCH-1181 Reissue, original recording digitally remastered December 17, 2008 SHM-CD UPCH-1671July 05, 2017LPUPJH-9024
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