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Kimi Tsunagi Five M

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Released
  
November 19, 2003

Length
  
50:06

Artist
  
Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Label
  
Ki/oon Music

Recorded
  
2003

Kimi Tsunagi Five M (2003)
  
Sol-fa (2004)

Release date
  
19 November 2003

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Genres
  
Rock music, Indie rock, Alternative rock, Pop punk

Similar
  
Asian Kung-Fu Generation albums, Music of Japan albums, Other albums

Kimi Tsunagi Five M (君繋ファイブエム, Kimi tsunagi faibu emu) is the first full-length studio album by Japanese rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION and their second major-label release overall, released on November 19, 2003 on Ki/oon Records. The album's name is sometimes given as "Kunkei Five M," but the reading "Kimitsunagi" is given in katakana on the original compact disc. Peaking at number five on the Oricon charts, the LP retained two successful singles, "Mirai no Kakera" and "Kimi to Iu Hana, and has gone on to sell over 250,000 copies. The album is also featured in a live studio recording which is included as a bonus DVD from the limited edition of future compilation, Best Hit AKG.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Masafumi Gotō, except for "No Name", written by Takahiro Yamada.

  1. "Flashback" (フラッシュバック, Furasshubakku) – 1:58
  2. "Mirai no Kakera" (未来の破片, Fragments of the Future) – 4:45
  3. "Denpatō" (電波塔, Radio Tower) – 3:31
  4. "Understand" (アンダースタンド, Andāsutando) – 3:44
  5. "Natsu no Hi, Zanzō" (夏の日、残像, A Summer's Day, Afterimage) – 4:41
  6. "Mugen Glider" (無限グライダー, Mugen Guraidā, Infinite Glider) – 5:07
  7. "Sono Wake o" (その訳を, That Reason) – 4:36
  8. "N.G.S." (Number Girl Syndrome) – 2:54
  9. "Jihei Tansaku" (自閉探索, Self-Absorbed Search) – 3:28
  10. "E" – 4:12
  11. "Kimi to Iu Hana" (君という花, A Flower Called You) – 6:10
  12. "No Name" (ノーネーム, Nōnēmu) – 5:00
  13. "Yoru no Call" (夜のコール, Yoru no Kōru, Call of the Night) (2009 Korean reissue Bonus Track) - 3:55

Personnel

  • Masafumi Gotō – lead vocals, guitar, lyrics
  • Kensuke Kita – lead guitar, background vocals
  • Takahiro Yamada – bass, background vocals
  • Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums
  • Asian Kung-Fu Generation – producer
  • Tohru Takayama – mixing
  • Mitsuharu Harada – mastering
  • Kenichi Nakamura – recording
  • Yusuke Nakamura – art direction

    • Songs

    1Flash Back1:58
    2Piece of the Future4:49
    3Radio Tower3:31

    References

    Kimi Tsunagi Five M Wikipedia
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