Length 21:20 Release date 18 January 2012 Producer Uni Inoue Genres Pop music, Pop rock | Artist Tokyo Jihen Songs sa_i_ta Label Virgin Records | |
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Released January 18, 2012 (2012-01-18) (Japan) Color Bars
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Color Bars (カラーバー) is the sixth and final studio album by Japanese rock band Tokyo Jihen, released on January 18, 2012 in Japan through EMI Music Japan and Virgin Music. The album was produced by the band and Japanese recording engineer Uni Inoue.
Contents
The first press edition is a cardboard sleeve.
Background
The album's cover art is a combination of many "color bars", which is a representation of SMPTE color bars. They suggested the end of the band by it, since color bars fill the telescreen after all the TV programs for the day finish in Japan.
This mini album, intended to be the band's final studio release, includes one song written by each band member, including Toshiki Hata's first composition for the band and the first time Seiji Kameda wrote lyrics for his own song. In addition, the lead vocals on "Kai Horror Dust" and "Honto no Tokoro" were provided by the songs' respective composers, while Ringo Shiina played drums on the latter track. As in Dai Hakken, each song title is made up of seven characters.
Track listing
All the official European language titles according to Ringo Shiina's website.